Shida Manaka (Mona) / Keyakizaka46 1st Generation

So good to see her! I'm a bit curious though.
When it comes to idols they are chosen by Magazines as models from the groups and then pushed on events like this, but who is behind Shida? Does she has an agency or something like that?

 

More photos of Manaka at Girls Award, from Modelpress. For example:



@Dill -- The Arabic logo on her belt suggests to me that this appearance, at least, is thanks to the Qalb brand. Google Translate tells me that's what the Arabic says (it apparently means "heart"). I'd be surprised if she didn't have an agency, but I don't know the business, so I'm not sure.

 

Why is the stage so dark? Can't even see the clothes, what colour it is, and the texture of the fabric

 

You don’t have to be an idol or model to appear at this kind of event. Techi for example, appeared together with other cast members to promote her movie.
I’m pretty sure that she has an agency, I also think that nicole fujita played a role in getting her there.

Manaka being back gives me hope that neru might come back as well.
Everyone is looking forward to photos of Mona with keya members, I wonder if they’re allowed to post them.

 

No, but my guess is that our girls, while they are pretty and we love them, wouldn't be there if it wasn't for Keyaki (or Nogi or Hinata or 48) connections, which lead some of them to also be part of magazines model-teams or, like Techi, be part of movies.
Like Ukifune wrote up here, Shida may be part of this because of Qalb; I was just curious because we usually know pretty soon under which agency graduated members work.

I find the look pretty great for Shida, even if she go on a less aggressive fashion route usually.

 

Here's another great photo, apparently with well-known model Fujita Nicole 藤田ニコル:



There's another photo in Nicole's Instagram.

And more on Manaka's Instagram.

 

I recently saw 2 pics of Mona on Twitter, holding a dog, and Mona has long hair?!

 

^ I'm assuming she's wearing hair extensions.

 

Based on some tweets, it looks like her own hair!

 

HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY MONA!

You may not be in Keyaki anymore but we still love you and wish you the best tanjoubi omedetou!

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE KING

 

Happy birthday

 

Happy Birthday to the girl that embodied at some point the spirit of Keyaki!

 

Happy Birthday!

 

HAPPT BIRTHDAY MANAKA おめでとう～～～　

 

Mona to appear in the near future on a TV program called "millennia girl"?

 

According to her recent Instagram picture, yes.

 

New Modelpress interview from last September's Girls Award
https://mdpr.jp/interview/detail/1914517

 

For me, she still embodies the true spirit of Keyaki, which they are now either struggling to regain or struggling to replace, lol.

EDIT: Here's a page from Modelpress with photos from the Millennia show.