Nao Kanzaki: Sigh, haven't completely disappeared yet...

 

 Sorry for this hiatus which was unplanned and it will continue for another day or so. Think it was ten days ago when the last post was done, the following day was thinking about doing another had been pondering about should I watch a few more episodes of "Sukeban Deka"? Right at that moment which was the evening of May 13th I just said to myself enough is enough and how I need a break! Wasn't sad, mad or angry at anything or anyone but just had to step back for a while. Would think all of you have been there before where you just needed a break and how I truly have needed one so decided on that unannounced hiatus. If anything am a bit frustrated at not being able to do more posts, especially for some of my long time massive favorites.

 Such as my #2 woman of all time who is Hinako and how her activities have really slowed down. Will admit I do get a bit bummed out when a fave cuts back on their work but it's out of my control and there's others like her too which you've noticed. I don't plan on introducing anyone new which means these mini breaks may happen a few more times in the future. I'm getting up there in age so this new wave of gravure models and Idols who are between 19-22 in age don't interest me all that much these days. So the next post for Hinako should be in mid-July when she celebrates her 29th birthday but to keep the Kitano name alive will have a post for Ruka next week as her 26th birthday will be taking place on May 25th.

 So give me another 2-3 days and will be back to posting, still need to figure out what to do with recapping dramas as the amount in my cache is staggering. Whatever day that next post happens will feature one for Akari and could do that post for today but have a few other things going on. She's knocking at the door to be my #1 woman of all time and will end off the post with my former top gal.

 A woman who hasn't had a post for at least five years is Saki Fukuda and you would have to be a long time visitor here to recall how much I adore her. Bet many may not even know who Saki is and she was among my first ever favorite women, she'll be hitting the age of 35 this September! From 2012-15 Saki was close to being my top woman during that stretch and was number two on the 2015 faves list. But then her career got derailed and it was impossible to do posts for her. But she has made a bit of a comeback and that started with the "Kamen Rider Gotchard" series which I may recap, she also has a movie coming out this Summer. So let me work on that post for a bit and my all time favorite photos from an event were from one held in January 2010, Saki had won an award for being one of the best dressed jewelry wearers in Japan and to this day no event pics have ever topped these!!!!

 Almost done with this quickie post and not sure how many will be done before May ends. But had said a few times that the first post for June would be for Yuki's third photobook and will keep that promise. She's been a bit quiet since her graduation though her activities have started to pick up and know all are hoping it's not the end of her gravure pics.

 Will end off with this section and what the huge mystery is what has happened to Risa😍 ???? She was my number one woman of all time when that list was done almost three years ago and how I wanted her to keep that title for the next list which will be done in the Summer of 2026. However Risa has disappeared and so many of us are wondering what has happened to her? First she announced that she was leaving Non-no as a model after eight years and that took place in February. So for close to three months zero has been heard from Risa and hasn't even done a post on her IG page in that time. In July she'll be hitting the age of 27 and hope retirement isn't in her immediate future, things had been working out so well after leaving Keya so why has she decided to become a recluse?? Hopefully it's a case of Risa being a bit like me and just needed to step back for a while from everything but she's done so little since the end of 2023 so there wasn't much to step away from.... Sigh, is there any wonder why Risa was my number one woman for so long....