Haruka Shimazaki: 2016 Magazine scans #6 and more....

 Hmmmm, that question is very, veryyyy tempting!!!!

 Wasn't planning on making this a '48' day but it somehow turned out that way. As expected AKB''s new single "High Tension" sold over a million on it's first day which was November 16th. Oricon listed a total of 1.12 million copies sold, one of their lower figures but it still topped Nogi's current single by 300,000 copies.
 Haruka is the center for the single and as you may know it'll be her last single with the group as she'll be graduating on December 26th which is only 39 days away. One of my all time fave AKB tunes is "Eien Pressure" which was the first time Haruka had the center position. Highly recommend that tune if you've never heard it and it's also, to me, their all time best PV. and perhaps their longest. Here's a few of the CD covers for the latest single.

 Haruka also did an interview for the single with VIP Press/Lineblog, pics are from that interview and here's their address: lineblog.me/official/archive/1062361377.html

 Just two new mag spreads but both are somewhat big like this first one which is from the December issue of BLT Graph.

 After graduation Haruka will stay in the entertainment industry but just as an actress, so far everything I've seen her in she's done a solid performance. But not being an Idol will probably mean many fewer mag spreads so hopefully there's many lined up before the end of the year, other set for today is from volume 26 of Television Colors.

Haruka Shimazaki: Some recent happenings....

 For the last few months there's been many rumors about Haruka graduating from AKB, until now none of those rumors were true. However at a AKB promo event on October 3rd Haruka finally announced that the time has come for her to leave the group. Along with many others kind of surprised she's lasted this long, seems as though the last few years with all of the other older members graduating her heart hasn't been with the group as much as it once had.
 Doesn't bother me at all as I wish she had done it sooner, she has a much more promising career as an actress versus being an Idol. Haruka does have asthma which has affected her much more these last few years and she's had to take a few breaks from the group. In her announcement Haruka said she's going to continue on with acting, have info on a drama below, plus she also said she wants to do more voice acting. She's already had the lead role in two horror films along with appearing in a few TV movies, once again think she's made the right decision about leaving.
 Don't know if it's official but her graduation concert is tentatively set for December 26th but often those graduations seem to get dragged on a bit. Haruka will be there for AKB's 46th single coming out next month, no title for it yet but she will be the center. Will keep everyone updated on any more news about the graduation.
 Not too many new things for today though there are quite a few pics. For the last few months Haruka has been a model for 'Heather Diary' which is a website which sells women's clothing, sure she'll continue with them after her graduation. Twice a month she's featured in some new outfits and here are the ones for September.

 That promo event where Haruka made her announcement was for a new group CM for 'Baitoru Next', it's a Japanese work agency. She was joined by a few other members of AKB, think they have 40+ members but to be honest these days can only name about seven of them. Quite a change from years ago as I used to be such a huge fan, not so these days as 90% of my faves have graduated and there's only about four left who I really like. You can tell by the posting I do, there's never any for AKB but there are plenty for Haruka and three other members not including the '48' family. Here are some pics from that event and will post the CM soon as there should be another post coming up for Haruka hopefully this or next week.

 www.tv-asahi.co.jp/nashigorenka

 That's the site for Haruka's upcoming drama and that next post for her which I mentioned should be hopefully be for the show. Title of the series is "KeishichouNasi Goreng ka" and it'll be airing on TV-Asahi starting on October 17th at 12:15 am. Don't know much about it except that it's supposed to be some quirky police drama, I'll be checking the show out as these midnight dramas tend to be much better than prime time shows.
 Think Haruka may have gotten the lead role in this drama by winning the actress battle in the AKB 'Horror Night' series which aired about a year ago. Top pic is from the show's site along with some screenshots of a promo video which you can view after the pics.