Nao Kanzaki's Japanese and Korean drama emporium: Yuika Motokariya: Her dazzling "Maururu" photobook and event pics....

Konnichiwa and Annyeong Haseyo minna-san

Konnichiwa and Annyeong Haseyo minna-san

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. The first few weeks there many not be too many posts for new dramas as I'll be copying many recaps from the old blog along with some film reviews and actress posts.

Won't be going too far back, perhaps to 2015 with a few exceptions and will have an entire series in a row to make it easy to follow. Did find it a problem completing series at the Nao Kanzaki blog, won't be doing that here as all the series will have a post for every episode. Thanks for visiting, it'll will be a work in progress for a while here but hopefully not for too long. Comments are also appreciated, like to know your opinions on dramas and for any recommendations you may have.

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".

Thursday, November 25, 2021

Yuika Motokariya: Her dazzling "Maururu" photobook and event pics....

Was taking tomorrow off so thought what fabulous post(s) should I leave everyone to enjoy for two days? Decision was kind of easy as it's hard to top a Yuika photobook, am writing this up a day early so unsure if there will be another post or not(there was). Had this post all set to go actually a month ago but was waiting for her "Cantik" book to drop out of the top ten for most views in a month, Yuika has such a large fan base here and it's easy to see why! If things had worked out better, such as her having twice as many posts, Yuika would be in the battle to be my #1 of all time. Though I may like her more than anyone else I post about the amount of posts you have is extremely important but when I do that 'All Top Twenty Faves' list next year she will finish in the top ten.

Last post for Yuika was an early 'Happy Birthday' one as she turned 34 on September 8th. It may seem as though Idol posts are the most popular ones but if I do a super duper post for someone thirty or older that'll get the same amount of views as one for an Idol and I much prefer doing posts for slightly older females. The photo shoot for the PB took place in Tahiti and as if it wasn't hot enough there!!!! The book was released on January 11, 2019 and Yuika was 31 at the time of the photo shoot. Two days before the photobook came out there was a fan meeting session for it at the Fukuya bookstore in Shinjuku. Plenty of fine pics here from the event and could have sworn there was a video of it but couldn't find one anywhere.

A month after this PB came out there was a digital version released titled "Mahana" which contained some outtake pics. Sadly this wraps up my collection of Yuika photobooks which total four and have posted all of them, click on the label at the bottom to view all of her other ones. Her first PB came out in 2006, it was a decent set of pics but Yuika was just eighteen at the time. The other three came out between December 2011 and February 2020, would say my top one was the "Air" book that came out in 2011 though all the books are terrific. On to the PB pics and hope just because she's 34 in age doesn't mean she's going to stop with these books, of course there's no video of the photo shoot.