Hope that's correct above but what I'm saying is welcome everyone. May 10, 2019 is the first day of this blog and many may know me from 'Nao Kanzaki and Friends'... aitoda.com. There I have such a mix of things and finally decided to branch out with just a blog devoted to Japanese and Korean dramas. Will also be having some film reviews but one thing you won't see are any J-Pop idols or gravure models except for their dramas, this blog is dedicated 100% to dramas and films.
Also actresses as will be having many, many posts for them. Such as them appearing at events, mag spreads, interview pics and whatever else. So you should be seeing a lot of my bigger long time faves such as Erika Toda, Park Min-Young, Lee Yeon-Hee, Tsubasa Honda and too many others to count.
News and upcoming projects
News and upcoming projects
Should have done this on my Aitoda blog which is to let viewers know what's going on. Seems like a good way to let everyone know if I'll be taking a break, what to look forward to and any other tidbits.
Updating update, May 19th:
Whew, have finally finished transferring over enough posts from the Aitoda blog. May be a few here and there in the future for some new that's being introduced but there shouldn't be too many. Have also included announcers for women that I'll be posting about as my top two current faves just happen to be in that profession.
The first five episodes of '3-Nen A Gumi' have now been posted. For series over five shows will be doing two batches of them as I figure ten posts are way too many to read through during one sitting so will have the second half of the drama coming up in 2-3 weeks, highly recommend the show.
June 4th.... Have written up the recaps for episodes 7 and 8 of the '3-Nen A Gumi' show and will have those long with episode eight by June 6th. Up next for Korean dramas is up in the air but leaning towards a pair of shorter series which will be either "Splish Splash Love" or "The Universe's Star".
This makes it a trifecta of Nogi posts, sure that hasn't happened often and perhaps never! February was such a terrific month here for posts, to me they were bigger and better than ever plus I did many more than I had expected. One other fabulous thing was that so many of those posts were for such long time favorites of mine and for many of the women those posts will be continuing on for a while. But as far as favorite woman go it's tough to top Hinako 😍 for on my 'Top Twenty Faves of All Time' list done 2 1/2 years ago she finished in the second position!!!! I have been so head over heels for Hinako since I first began to notice her almost a decade ago, she's had some truly breathtaking gravure photos but even without them she still would have been one of my all time favorites.
Besides that impressive showing on my all time list Hinako 😍 was third on the 2022 yearly faves list, she also had my #1 photobook for that year and she's in a virtual tie for being my top ever Nogi member. What I have noticed with so many Idols is that when they leave their groups the first six to eight months are often very busy for them. Then it seems the activities begin to taper off, is it more of their decision to slow down or do less job offers come in? That's a good question and while I don't have a definite answer to it that was the scenario for Hinako after she left Nogi. She had the lead female role in a web drama and while the show wasn't too good having a large role was a good start. Hinako also did a lot of modeling for one fashion site and did appear in a pair of stage plays, by then she had been gone from Nogi for over eight months and that's when her period of quietness began.
It may seem hard to believe because Hinako is one of my all time favorite women but this is only her second post in 25 months! Just checked and that's unbelievable to me also but it is true and sadly there was nothing I could do about that. Hinako did have a medium sized role in a drama that aired from January to March 2024 but didn't do any more acting the rest of the year nor did she appear at any events. Hinako wasn't one of Nogi's huge stars but she did have a decent sized fan base and her posts here have usually been popular. So wonder why she did so little over the last year and don't know if it was her own decision or the job offers were few and far between? Hinako does love animals, especially dogs but over the last few years her passion has become horses. Not just regular ones but racing horses and she does have a semi regular tabloid column where she picks the winners. She has hit a few large jackpots so perhaps that's her main source of income which would be a first for any woman I have done posts for.
If I could choose just one graduated Idol to become a FT gravure model without a doubt it would be Hinako 😍, she has such heart attack inducing figure and really blossomed after the age of seventeen. Wonder if she ever thought about doing that kind of work and her two photobooks did have combined sales of 110,000 copies sold so she would have many fans out there willing to purchase her digital or regular books. Not many new pics for today, about 35 in all but also have some golden oldie things and sometimes breaking the ice for someone leads to more posts. First off are these somewhat recent pics from Hinako's IG page and at one time she did post many more than this amount. You will see Hinako with two of her horse racing columns plus as I just mentioned wish she would follow in the path of her close friend in the bottom photo and do some gravure modeling....
For ex-Idols try to include some of their older group cards when possible, it being March have some for the month. Time flies for at the end of April will mark three years since Hinako left Nogi, except for one gal we haven't been hearing that much about the second generation members.
Did just say time flies and that is one true statement for in a little over four months Hinako will be hitting the age of 29! Before long there won't be many posts for those below the age of thirty which isn't a bad thing as I have been preferring woman slightly older. Four months after Hinako left Nogi she was hired to be the main model for the Vannie U fashion site. Her pics for them were so superb and bet she had over a hundred of them but she didn't have any after the Spring of 2023. This small batch is from Hinako's first set of Vannie U modeling pics, to me she looked so magnificent so why hasn't she done more of this line of work?
It's been close to two years since Hinako's last magazine spread, the more this post goes on the sadder I'm getting with the lack of new things. So if there's no new ones let's have some golden oldies and though these sets have been posted before bet they're new to many of you viewers. First older spread is from the September 2021 issue of UTB, seven months later she was no longer with Nogi....
Weekly Ascii is obviously a magazine that comes out every week, it mainly has features on tech items such as laptops and phones. Usually an Idol graces their cover and most of the time it's for two consecutive weeks. Hinako had that honor for the weeks of October 4th and 11th, 2022 and since then has only had two other mini spreads. The spreads in this magazine are also smallish but I've always thought their pics rated an A++++!
Do have a batch of some super duper new photos which are from an event held at the HMV bookstore in Shibuya on February 23rd. Hinako had a fan meeting session to promote her first ever calendar which goes from April of this year to March 2026. The photo shoot took place in October, many of the pics are with horses and while at a race track Hinako did place a wager that turned out to be a huge winner(!), a million yen to be exact which is close to $6,700! Know she's hit a few other large winners so guess that's a main reason why she hasn't been working as much over the last year, below are many terrific pics from the event. The top pic is the cover and after the set is a very short video at the event.
Hinako never had any gravure photos until her first book came out at the end of 2018, even if she never had any of those breathtaking pics she still would have been close to being my #1 woman 😍 of all time! But those gravure photos did help and have to confess that I can't think of anyone with a more perfect figure, especially the photos from her second book that came out three years ago. So will end off with some of my top Hinako pics but there are hundreds of them(!), sure many of you have gaped at these before but bet they're brand new to many of you viewers.
