Nao's 'Top Twenty of All Time Faves' list #2.... the wrap-up post....

 

Links to the previous positions

#20, Nashiko .... #19, Kazusa .... #18, Kii(e) .... #17, Nene

#16, Nanase .... #15, Yuika .... #14, Kyoko .... #13, Miona

#12, Mai .... #11, Maimi .... #10, Minami .... #9, Saki

#8, Rika .... #7, Akari .... #6, Yui .... #5, Tsubasa

#4, Marie .... #3, Miyuki .... #2, Hinako .... #1, Risa

 Sure most noticed the list as it was much more popular than the first one done in 2018. Right above are all the positions and may refer to the numbers instead of names at times. So while I figured the stats out ahead of time most of my ramblings will be spur of the moment thoughts and hope that works out well. So the stats will be the ages, heights, etc. and will have some other tidbits. To me this worked out much better than the first list for after a month or so was wondering if some of the positions were correct? This list is right on the money to me and the only two positions I wonder about is of second and third, should they have been reversed and those two faves were that close.

 Lists such as these kinds you can't do that often, once every four years sounds just about right and will I be around in 2026 for #3? So am wondering if a list is done four years from now which faves on this one would also make that list? In my eyes would think its 100% certain that #'s 1, 4, 5, 6, 13, 14 and 17 would make that list. Also with a good chance to make a future top twenty would be #'s 2, 3, 8 and 16. Would love to see many others make it for once someone drops off they need to be replaced and that's much easier said than done. Of course Risa above, who was number one, will be on the next list but sadly Saki who was #1 on the previous list and ninth this time around will be a goner. Yes, her and others are such long time faves but they don't do nearly all that much these days and really don't want to live in the past too much.

 It won't be easy to replace anyone who drops off the list, by 2026 the requirement may be a fave needs to be 24 in age to be eligible. As of now would say this pair would be on that next list who is Yuki and Maria, both are extremely popular here but much can happen in four years.

 You know what I've noticed this year and bet many others have too. It's the lack of new actresses that have been introduced, seems like almost all the newbies this year have been gravure models and Idols. Nothing wrong with that but seems many of my long time fave actresses aren't as busy as they once were or have faded away and there's been no one to replace them. The two biggest examples of that are Haruka and Mio, she's so popular here but her posts have become a bit drab the last year. Both have made the yearly fave's list three years in a row but that won't be happening in 2022 and also for a while thought both would easily have made this all time list.

 So it'd be nice to see both of them make a return to their 'glory days' and also a few other actresses who I like a lot. It's kind of funny that the last two years have done more drama recaps than ever yet the amount of posts for actresses has decreased save for number's four and five on the list. Here's another newbie that could easily make the next list who is Risa and you viewers like her immensely! The only problem is that she's 28 in age and you seldom see a gravure model continue in that line of work when they hit the age of thirty but hopefully she's the exception to the rule!!!! Risa's had sixteen posts in six months and will have another one for her within the week.

 Enough rambling, have four years to go until list #3 so much can and will happen in that stretch of time. In about three weeks will have a preliminary post for this year's faves list and except for #1 every other position is wide open. On to a few stats and the average height for everyone was a little over 161 cm or 63.4 inches, actresses tend to be much taller than Idols. The shortest fave was Minami who is just a tad short of 150 cm but what a huge fave of mine she is, on the first list she finished in the second position! Second shortest gal was Kyoko who is 154 cm and she should also make that next list, why are such short Idols so bodacious?!?!

 There was a tie for the tallest fave and surprisingly one was an Idol. That's Risa whose height is 167 cm, only three current Idols made the list and seven are graduates. Tying her for the top spot was Marie and didn't many think she would be number one for so long? She's had a semi tough year as far as posts go which stuns me to an extent as no one has had more posts the last four years then her.

 More Marie whose post had the second lowest amount of views with 475. However that's much higher than Tsubasa who was in the fifth position and her post had only 410 views! Most posts had 600+ which was much higher than the first list, sure a month or so down the road a few will have over a thousand. But will give them a bit of a break as a post done in August will have more views than a post done a month later. Hmmmm, then again Miyuki in the third spot already has well over 600 views and one reason is that may have been the best of all twenty posts.

 It was such a close battle for the most popular post. In second place with 781 views was Miona but I may have to call it a tie. That's because Yuika in the 15th position has 787 views to date but her post was done four days earlier and because of that she just edged out #13.

 It's been a long enough post so will end off with this final stat. The average age was 28.3 years old, eight were thirty or older while another three were 28 or 29 in age. Once again Yuika is #1 in a category as she turned 35 on September 8th, the second oldest will be hitting the age of 34 on October 11th. Twelve days after that the youngest fave on the list will be turning 23, that's Yui and you had to be that age by the end of this year to be eligible.

Rika Izumi: Happy.... 34th Birthday!!!!

 

 Most birthday posts aren't anything special, this could be considered an ordinary post and you don't use that word often to describe Rika! Thought this was a slower year for her but this is tenth post which averages out to one a month, bit surprised she's had that many. Two years ago had babbled about how I thought Rika's posts would be slowing down drastically in the future, think that was the post for her 32ned birthday. Here we are two years later and she's remained one of the few actress/models who I can do posts for on a consistent basis.

 Five years in a row Rika has made the yearly faces list and want to hear about consistency? Her positions have been second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth in the last five years, no one will ever top that semi oddball stat. If the pattern was to continue this year she would be first or seventh, neither will be happening. So while Rika has had a lot of posts in 2022 and all of them have been superb she's kind of fallen into a rut. There's not nearly as much variety in her activities as there once was and though no one tops her regular modeling pics wish she would 'vamp' it up on occasion. Won't begin the countdown until the last week of November and will do a post very soon to talk whatever about it. But unless something extraordinary takes place in the next six weeks think Rika will drop down to the 14th or so position, save for one all my top actress/models will drop this year.

 Last year Rika had her first lead role in a drama which was titled "Takane no Hana-san". It was kind of a silly drama but one that I found enjoyable and did recap the entire series. A second season began a week ago, it is being subbed but not sure if I'll have access to them but if so will recap this new season also. Her true 34th birthday takes place on October 11th, if you're in Japan it is that date but here in the States there's another eight hours to go. So of course there's no new birthday pics but then again there may not be for this year as there's so few of them from the past.

 Actually that bottom pic is new and is from the set of the new drama. So for the most part every Rika post this year has been the same to an extent, many new and terrific modeling pics and a pair of mag spreads which are usually from the same magazines. She's only appeared at two events this year which is such a shame as she looks so elegant at them. Let's get to the new pics and almost all have come out since Rika's last post which was just three weeks ago. Plus she had another post three weeks before that as she had finished in the eighth position on the 'Top Twenty Faves of All Time'' list. First off for new modeling pics are these for AnySis.

 Not too many in that above batch but there are a bit in this one for the Vis Autumn collection.

 Rika has never done all that much gravure modeling, mainly in her two photobooks and on occasion in a mag spread from 2017-2019. Back in 2017 she was a model for Amphi lingerie and have never been able to find all that many pics as most have been deleted at their site. She's 34 in age but she blows away 99% of the gravure models and Idols a decade younger.

 First of two spreads for today is from the November issue of Oggi. Am going to hold off on Rika's pics from their site for her next post as there weren't all that many. As you can see she's modeling golf clothing and she's done some Oggi videos for the sport which she took up two years ago.

 Much bigger and better Rika spread from the October issue of Bijin Hyakka.

 My top Rika modeling pics are for Stola but there were very few new pics at their site, then again have done three posts for her in only six weeks! But do have some new pics from the Snidel site and how about those bottom two!!!!

 We're already at the end and will end off with these 'greatest hits' pics but wish there some new ones in this vein. Many actress/models who have hit the age of 35 or so have released a photobook and in my eyes all have been superb, who wouldn't want to see another dazzling book from Rika! Not sure if I've posted it before but after the pics is a video from the photo shoot for those Snidel pics.