Marie Iitoyo: Happy 23rd Birthday to .... Nao's #1 of all time(?)....

 

 Hmmmm, Nao's #1 of all time, could that be true? Well, don't know why not but my the second official 'Nao's All Time Top Twenty Faves' list wouldn't be happening for a while, say about fifteen months? That would be about 44 months since the first and only one was done which turned out to be a solid twenty women but there would be many changes to a new list. For instance Marie wasn't on that list as I had only been posting about her for a year plus the age requirement was 23, thinking for the next one will make it 24 in age but that wouldn't affect anyone.

 So would have to say Marie is the early front runner to be number one, she's currently neck and neck with the gal who was #4 on last year's faves list but think she'll eventually pull away. Enough talk about that list as it wouldn't happen for a while and so much can change in fifteen or so months. Two days in a row with a birthday post and will tomorrow make it three? Odds are against it as there's not many things for the Nogi member but will give an attempt to have one. The stretch from January 4th until February 7th has more of my massive faves than any other period. Of course there's today's honoree who finished #1 on last year's faves list but there's also two other winners in that time frame. Plus there's at least four who made that first all time list along with many others who have made yearly lists so there may be a few more of these coming up. Not that a birthday post is any different than a normal post but a good excuse to do one.

 Last year Marie set a record with 26 posts in this vein along with twelve for dramas for a total of 38. Can't see that happening again but if she can get to twenty this year that'll be oki doki and also will be thinking of allowing past yearly winners to be eligible for lists. Thought about it last year but said no at the time but am 50/50 at the moment for 2021. Not a huge amount of new things but do expect her activities to be picking back up very soon, she's been busy filming her new drama. But do have close to sixty new current pics along with about twenty oldies that have never been posted here before plus some golden oldies to garner her new fans.

 New fans is what Marie really needs, her posts have become a bit more popular as time goes on but they still get way too few views compared to others. Just one new semi birthday pic and it's from the set of her new drama "Love You as the World Ends" which begins on the 17th. Am really looking forward to this series and if subbed will be recapping it, also stars another fave of mine second from the right.

 Speaking of dramas Marie was in a mini one that aired on NHK from December 28th to the 30th. It was based on a trilogy of mangas written by Hirohiko Araki and it's main character Rohan. So have all three episodes and just viewed the first one but sadly none of the shows will be subbed, least I don't think so. But from what I gathered Rohan in the stories was also a manga writer and quite an oddball, in the mini series she played his editor Kyoka Izumi.

 She too is a tad odd, Kyoka really is knowledgeable about the publishing world but is kind of a klutz though what a stunning one! Kyoka is also the editor for another writer and or at least appeared she was trying to get that position, my language skills remain so-so. The title for this first episode was "Millionaire Village" and each story is a stand alone one. So do have some utterly fabulous screenshots from this first episode and could have done a longer recap. Odds are slim this will be subbed but have noticed shows like this often get some eventually. So am holding out a smidgen of hope it'll happen and then can have recap posts, if not will come back and include more screenshots in future posts.

 Have some good news which is that there will be a 'Tokyo Girls Collection' show taking place on February 28th. So many of my faves attend those and of course I also mean Marie. She wasn't at their last one which took place on September 5th and that was a shame. But she has appeared at about twenty of them from 2016-19 such as their January 2019 show....

 .... along with being at their April 2019 show held in Kumamoto. The gal in the bottom pics with her is way overdue for a post.

 Not many new pics from the Oggi site but there were more than ever in her last post.

 But have many new ones from the More site, those first five or so pics are truly so terrific.

 Here's an older set of modeling pics that had never been posted before, think not but have posted so many pics sometimes forget what's been done. These came out in early 2018 for Elle Girl.

 No new mag spreads for today but hope to have at least one of these in her next post. Marie as mentioned is just so-so popular here at best yet she does have a huge female fan base in Japan and will be the cover girl for two upcoming mags.

 Do moan about the lack of Marie spreads yet bet she averaged two a month in 2020 and was the cover girl at least ten times. She had that honor for this set that hadn't been posted before and it's from the September 2018 edition of Cameraman.

 Have an encore viewing from her December 1st spread from Flash, it was so darn stupendous it needed to be posted for those who didn't view it plus she was once again a cover girl.

 Whew, how about that bottom pic!!!! Marie's spreads are often too conservative yet she does looks so magnificent in them. But her last few have been better than ever and at first was wondering if she was going to release another photobook. Her first and only one came out exactly three years ago and was a solid seller so a new PB would definitely make my year. Have always wished she had a blog as she does seem like she would say so many interesting comments plus would have some super duper pics. But alas she doesn't but does have an IG account which she just uploads pics to sporadically, few are from that drama I briefly talked about.

 Sigh, we've reached the end though it was no kind of special post and guiltily wish they took longer to write up. So as I said in the beginning Marie would hold the edge over everyone at the moment to be #1 on the second 'All Time Top Twenty Faves' list and do have to say hope she retains that edge. Of course I post about many bodacious gravure models and Idols but to me they have nothing on Marie though most may think she's a bit too thin but she looks beyond perfect to me. Plenty of sweltering pics to end off with so she can prove why she's my #1 but do wish she would have a few new gravure pics on the horizon. After the pics is an October video from the Biteki magazine though she rarely appears in their issues. It's a long video but an entertaining one for her pair of fans(!) here to enjoy....