Mio Minato: There truly has been no one who I've missed doing posts for.... sob, sob....

 

 Solid first week so far for October as the first three days all had two terrific posts but for today am fairly sure this will be the only one. But least it's a level above terrific and the title is right on the money as there honestly is no woman who I've missed doing posts for. Have briefly said before how there over the years there's been 3-4 women who I fell for instantly, wouldn't call it love at first sight but I was smitten within the first second! And of the quartet my biggest crush has been for Mio 😍 and actually she's not far from being my biggest crush of any woman here!!!! It was a little over six years, think it was August 2019, when I saw a photo of Mio for the first time and she did look a bit different back then. Which makes sense as she was 22 in age and like fine wine matured into a classic lady, I hope the gushing doesn't continue on but it's hard for me to stop when it comes to Mio! 😍 Then didn't see her again until March 2020 when she had her first gravure spread and then a few months later became an original member of BababaBambi so for the next four years she was quite busy and did have a fair amount of posts.

 But after the group's March 14, 2024 Budokan concert Mio went on hiatus and said it was because of her health, she never did any more activities with BababaBambi and officially announced her graduation in July of last year. Then in November Mio did sign with a new agency and has been kind of busy but not doing things which you can post about. She has been in five stage plays this year and has another coming up soon, Mio also opened a fan club and has had a couple of events for the members. She also appeared in a music video back in April and in March was in a web drama so she's been keeping busy enough. But will confess that I miss seeing Mio doing gravure modeling as she was on the verge of being my top woman as far as modeling goes. Mio never did gravure work FT but was in so many magazines plus had at least five digital books while with BababaBambi. Don't think it would be a stretch to say that no woman had more sizzling photos than Mio did from 2020-24!!!!But there's been zero of those photos since the Spring of 2024 though least she's left us with a couple of hundred memorable photos. But Mio was looking more fantastic with each passing day, her figure may surpass every other woman I post about so you can see why I've missed doing posts for her. But even with so things to post about this is Mio's fourth since December, while she didn't do much after leaving BababaBambi she still finished eighth on last year's faves list.

 There's been a few other massive faves who semi-disappeared for a while but made such strong comebacks, the top two being Akari and Miyuki. Mio is now 28 in age and a little after that is when the pair started to become much busier such as doing gravure modeling again and both also had photobooks too along with doing other activities. So there is time for Mio to become much more popular and she is such a likable woman who seems to be like a magnet when it comes to making friends. When I first noticed Mio she was a popular cosplayer and had just moved to Tokyo from Fukuoka, in an August IG post she mentioned how she had now been living in Tokyo for six years and doesn't time just fly right by? It sure does and the point being in this paragraph is that it does take time to get back to a certain level, Mio has been working at that and really feel doing some gravure modeling would put her back in the public's eye. Not that she has to do it full time but a few spreads or digital books now and again would be nice for us fans to gape at.

 You can see what I mean so far about Mio 😍 being second to no one as far as having a flawless figure go, aren't those photos above unbeatable?! They sure are and have many more coming up in this post, most you've seen before but do have a few older pics that are new for here. When I first introduced Mio here back in the Spring of 2020 her posts were anything but popular, as a matter of fact often commented how she may have been the least popular woman at this blog! But that never stopped me from doing posts for Mio and actually made me work harder to make them so memorable which I think worked. For almost all of Mio's posts prior to 2023 now have well over a thousand views which means because her new posts had been so fabulous readers were checking out her older ones so thanks for that. Oh well, if things had worked out better Mio would have been in the running to be number one on the "Top Twenty Faves of All Time' list when I begin on that ten months from now. She'll still make the list but I honestly do like her more than just about anyone else here plus who can top photos such as these?!!!! Usually when a woman I like a lot disappears for a long stretch or even forever it becomes a case of out of sight, out of mind. But not for Mio who I may adore for ever, so she became my #1 woman as far as absence makes the heart grow fonder goes and I don't use that adage too often....

 Not enough new photos for today but do have some older ones that are newish for here and as mentioned Mio needs to get more exposure once again! Meaning her agency needs to line up some magazine spreads and/or books for her, maybe it's been Mio's choice to no longer do gravure modeling and that's happened a few other times in the past with some of my favorites. As far as recent pics go have many from her IG page below and she does post a good amount of them, some are from the rehearsals of her next play that opens in 2 1/2 weeks. There's also four pics near the bottom from August 31st when Mio had an event for her fans, she played a few tunes and while with BababaBambi would play her bass for a song or two at their concerts. The top pair aren't new and are close to two years old but they deserved an encore viewing for her mate in the photos is none other than Miona though don't think they're close friends. Where has she disappeared to(?) and if you ask me her post-Nogi career has been extremely disappointing, she celebrates her 29th birthday in eleven days but will admit I seldom think of her these days.... not by choice....

 It's getting that time when you will see many Halloween photos in these posts and for cosplayers that's probably their favorite time of the year. Did say that when I first 'discovered' Mio she was a popular cosplayer from Fukuoka who had just moved to Tokyo, she doesn't do her fave activity too much these days so these are from years past.

 When I miss adding in things for a post it's not often a negative for when I get whatever-was-missed it often helps me fill out a post. Such as this missed spread from the October, 2021 issue of Entame, the agency for BababaBambi is FamIlia and this special edition featured many of their models and Idols. Sure you can recognize a few faces in the first and last photos.

 Mio was 24 in age for the above spread, this past June 10th she turned 28. Did want to have a post for her back then but there wasn't all that much to have for that post, there still isn't but did get that above spread. Have one other magazine spread for today which is from the March 11, 2024 issue of WPB that was promoting an ultra dazzling digital book. As far as I can tell it's Mio's last spread to date, she just looked so out of this world it'd be such a shame if she gave up doing gravure modeling.

 Have one other thing from WPB though it's not a spread but a mini digital book. The magazine released the book on October 31, 2022 and it featured all seven members of BababaBambi, the next Spring they decreased to five members and four are still with the group. The book had many pics of the members together so this is the first time I filtered out Mio's solo photos(except for the last one) for a post and I can't think of any more superlatives.... gulp.... Just recalled that Mio has a gravure DVD titled "Venus" which I do have and it leaves me speechless every time I view it! That came out in January 2020 so that was her first time doing any gravure work, checked and it's not on YT which makes sense as it's 85 minutes in length.

 Will end off with plenty of sizzling photos that put the word Perfect to shame!!!! As mentioned in the beginning Mio was not a popular woman here for so long but her older posts all have over a thousand views and thanks for checking those out as the posts were all terrific. Mio has changed slightly since 2019 and haven't we all? Mio's face has become even more attractive and while still thin it appears to me Mio gained about 7-10 pounds which all went to the right spots!!!! After these ideal pics is a video from the above book's photo shoot, Mio has a segment but so don't the other BababaBambi members and know that two others are popular here. The group's career is kind of at a standstill, the posts for them these days come in spurts.