Sayumi Michishige: Her endearing "La" photobook.... a repost, two of five(?) books....

 

 Did introduce a newbie back on June 1st and will be having her second post soon. What I've been slightly torn over is whether to have more newbies join her, the more the merrier is a saying but still need to mull those choices over. One turned 22 back in  January and had been waiting for that to happen as there is that loose rule a new woman needs to be that age before I begin posting about her. However it's been a slow stretch for her so am biding my time until her activities pick back up, she's one sure bet to have posts though it may not happen for over a month.

 The other two are both 25+ in age and are mainly gravure models who I have had my eye on for a few years. Both gals I do like a lot and perhaps that level would increase if posts began for either of them but just can't decide on what to do. It may seem as though I do post about many gravure models but that's really not the case, the total is just nine current models though there's also five others who at one time were J-Pop Idols. This November will mark eleven years since Sayumi hung up her Idol crown and she was so popular back then, not at the level of Nogi or AKB stars but one of the most popular Hello Project members ever. Sayumi has many fans here as all of her older posts have well over a thousand views, did a repost of another older photobook eight days ago and that's quickly reached 400 views. As the title says this is two of five reposts for Sayumi's older books and the next may be near the end of this month. As many of you have noticed have been doing a clean up of some older photobooks and mainly the ones that have remained popular with you viewers over the years. Some of the reposts are of better versions of the book which wasn't the case with this one which is a repost as I combined two posts to make one, at 68 photos there was no good reason to have two posts and that was the case with many books. It's also nice to take a trip down memory lane as I bet many of you have forgotten about certain older Idols and will confess I have at many times. On a side note it's now two days after the eighth anniversary of C-ute's final concert, they are my all time favorite J-Pop group and they are one who I sorely miss and will never forget about....

 In that first clean up post said I couldn't believe that Sayumi will be hitting the age of 36 next month and that still throws me for such a loop! July 13th is the actual date of birthday #36 so let me have some sort of regular post if possible right after that date and will try not to have any of her books in that post. Back in January Sayumi announced she would be retiring from the entertainment industry and to celebrate 22 years in show biz would have a final tour which hasn't begun yet. So in that July post will try to find out more info about tour plus try to have many other things from the past few years. "La" was Sayumi's seventh photobook as a Morning Musume member, that was a record which I think another member tied four months ago and that eleven is the second most of any Hello Project member. This book was released on April 26, 2010 when Sayumi was twenty in age and she had four more books after this one. Sayumi is such a thin woman and wish she had taken seconds more often at the buffet table but she does have some sort of 'aura' about her which is why she has so many fans and I think she looks mighty fine!!!! For the photo shoot Sayumi traveled to Guam, that and Hawaii have always been the two most common places for H!P books. Books back then were a bit smaller as this one just has 68 pics, there was a DVD of the photo shoot but won't have a segment from it after this batch as the quality of them on YT is just so-so. Will have one more older Sayumi book near the end of the month then at least one regular post around her July 13th birthday. All of her books after hitting the age of twenty are so super, what a terrific book this is yet two upcoming ones top it!