Keyakizaka46: The 'Neru Nagahama post' #7....

 Up until a month ago that may have been my top Keya pic for the year but with these two recent photobooks it sort of got blown away. Hope that video stays up for a while as it's an interesting one of Neru from yesterday's 'ZIP!' show. EDIT: Of course it didn't stay up for long....

 Think it's a requirement for every Idol PB to have at least one pic of them brushing their teeth!

 Speaking of blown away that's what Neru's "Kokokara" PB did to the competition this week. It was a fairly good week sales wise for all of the top ten photobooks but Neru's first one sold ten times more than the runner up did! Quite an amazing total for it's first week as the PB sold 97,660 copies which is the second highest total of all time for an Idol and only 5,500 off the record.

 With those hard to believe sales wouldn't doubt if 2018 sees so many more books from the Keya members, would Nao like to see next?

 To end this year off right Sunday will be having the scans from Neru's PB, was holding off on them so as not to hurt sales but with almost 100 K sold in it's first week don't have to worry about that. Also that'll be the final post of the year and bet it'll end up with the most views of any of 2017's posts and it truly deserves it.

 On to the main meat of the post and thought there were going to be more pics though there are close to fifty new ones. Neru has been a bit busy with so many activities lately she hasn't posted many new pics on her blog but do have a few from the past week.

 Just a few new mag spreads promoting the new PB but the last month bet Neru has appeared in about twenty solo spreads and all of course have been oki doki. First off is a small set which is from volume 135 of Quick Japan.

 Pair of spreads from Friday magazine with this one being from their December 29th edition.

 Much smaller set here from Friday's January 8th issue, hope when the hoopla about the PB dies down it doesn't mean Neru's mag appearances will also slow down.

 On December 20th Neru made her second appearance on the 'Cream Quiz Miracle 9' show, her first one came at the end of October. This was a special show as they're usually about 45 minutes in length but this one ran for 136 minutes so just skimmed through it for her highlights. At least this time her team eked out a narrow victory but there was no promoting of the PB. No video either but do have one after these screenshots as Neru appeared on TV once again on this week's 'Sanma' show.

Keyakizaka46: The 'Neru Nagahama post' #4

 That top pic has to be in my top five for Keya ones this year but with two photobooks coming out bet that top five pic list will be changing. The bottom one is from the group's fifth single which is "Kaze ni Fukarete mo", bet most fans are wondering how well it's doing so far. It was released on October 25th which means it's been out for three days now.
 Sales stand at an impressive figure of 594,000+ copies sold. Keya's record for first week sales is 632,600 which was for their previous single "Fukyouwaon". I really like that single, the B-sides are especially good, have the new one but need to give it a few more listens before I'll list my faves. It needs to sell about 40,000 more copies for a record and with four days to go should beat it.

 Neru doesn't have a solo song on this single nor is she the center of any of the B-sides, on the second single she did a solo song titled "Mata Aetta Kudasai" which is quite a highlight in concert. As you all may know Neru has her first photobook coming out on December 19th, bit late to catch the Christmas rush. Between Keya and Nogi there are seven books coming out in November and December, Neru's will be the final one and hope that doesn't affect the sales. Here's some promo pics from the book.

 The bottom pic is actually one that will be in the next issue of Friday, if the rest of the PB is along the lines of that pic then, then, then, then, gulp.... don't know what to say, my head is spinning in so many directions....
 Bit over seven weeks until the PB comes out so there's no doubt we'll be seeing her in many upcoming spreads along with Rika whose book is coming out on December 5th. Have a few new mag spreads for today and Neru looks so dynamite in every pic, she's a short gal whose height is 157 cm but always thought she was shorter than that. This first set also features Keya's captain Yuuka, wouldn't mind seeing her have a PB and this A++++ spread is from the November 6th edition of Young Magazine.

 Just an incredible set of pics next, can say that about all of them, as Neru graces the cover of the November issue of EX-Taishu. Actually had already posted the spread before but somehow made a mistake 😢 and only had four of the pics but there was a total of fifteen in the spread.

 Have one other spread and it's one that I thought had been posted but couldn't find it, still think it's in some post. But even if it is discovered guess you can say it deserves an encore view as it's a terrific set of pics from issue #33 of Weekly Shonen.

 The "Cream Quiz Miracle" show airs Wednesday's on TV-Asahi, there's now a 9 added to it's title as now up to season nine. Have viewed it a few times in the past as some Nogi members have made an appearance on it. They're interesting watches but the problem is none are subbed and a lot of the quizzes have to do with words so don't always know what's going on.
 On the October 25th show Neru made an appearance though she wasn't noticeable enough. It's a 42 minute show and there's two teams of nine participants so you can see why some guests may not get too much air time. Neru's team lost badly, wasn't billed that way but seemed to be the youngsters against the old timers and many of those older celebs appear on the show often.

 Neru did get a pair of questions correct but also flubbed on one at the end but so didn't all of teammates. Also on the show was another Idol who was Shizuka Oya from AKB, she's been a member for seven years and still hasn't become too popular. Plenty of screenshots from the show, didn't understand a lot of it but it was entertaining.
 Have a brief video from the last six minutes of the show as the entire episode isn't on YT but appears to be on a few other video sites. As you can see by these screenshots most of the questions were of them writing, Neru was easily the youngest guest on the show and think many of you have seen some of her teammate. They were there to promote their new drama or film but for some strange reason Neru never mentioned Keya's new single.
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 For a bonus though after the pics you can view a new CM for the group's 'Keyaki no Kiseki' app game which was released last week.