Nagahama Neru (Neru) / Keyakizaka46 1st Generation

Neru, Uemu and Riichan on KochiHoshi public broadcast with 120 lucky (too much hate ) fans.




(Notice that she has gained some weight).

More info and photos https://mdpr.jp/news/detail/1802063

 

Neru's photobook breaks 200,000 in sales with it's tenth additional printing, of 10,000 more copies. Shiraishi Mai and Nishino Nanase have also broken 200K, but only with their second photobooks. Neru's first was the top seller of the first half of 2018, and now has become a "long-seller" as well as a big seller.

 

Neru blog post: Ochazuke ad, photobook sales, getting lost in a book.

 

Neru appears in the newest issue of PLUG magazine ("Pass on the ideas of fashion, culture and life from the new angle"). Her name is on the cover with no mention of Keyakizaka46, just "Nagahama Neru" in a list that starts with "Hirose Suzu." In the magazine, she is in conversation with Yass Ishikawa, the founder and president of Stripe International, the clothing company that runs the brands Mechakari, earth music&ecology, etc., etc. Neru led a group of Hiraganas to be his image models in late 2016, and they have maintained contact. In his tweet, he says that Neru was modest and intellectual, completely unchanged from even before her debut: loving her home town, the Gotou Islands; loving fiction; interested in art; a cultural type of idol. They also talk about Mechakari and Stripe International. source



That last photo has nothing to do with Stripe. It is gathering some interest on 5channel for reasons you can probably guess. Two of them.

 

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her eyes look beautiful as always

 

... They're huge...

 

From Naako's blog.



Since their trip to Korea, they talk even more and she emphasizes that a trip can deepens relationships... ok

 

Neru, Uemu and Ozeki on the KochiHoshi SP with 120 (tons of envy) lucky fans.


if the video does not show watch the video here



More pics on Model Press website.

 

Neru blog post: Filming a TV drama in Nagasaki, a new friend and tangerines. I'd missed the info about Neru being in an NHK drama set in the Nagasaki area. It's a one-shot drama to be aired on BS Premium next February.



The little white thing is the PR character for the area where the drama is set. Neru spent a day taking photos of it, lol.

 

"Kanzarashi ni koishite“.

Main site: https://www.nhk.or.jp/kanzarashi/

Cast: http://www.nhk.or.jp/kanzarashi/cast/index.html

 

Another Neru blog post. She felt so much from a visit to a little restaurant in Nagasaki that she had to write right away, rather than lose the emotion she felt. This is a post that shows Neru's ability as a writer. I hope my translation conveys at least some of the excellence of her writing, and of her feelings.

 

Neru-chan have a strong love to Nagasaki and to the history. She has great sensitivity and is one of her greatest characteristics. Even the dorama "Kanzarashi ni Koishite" have a strong history in the city and she's happy to be part.

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Video Message from Neru.

 

Stills from Neru's drama, Kanzarashi ni Koi Shite:



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Plus a couple of shots I found but don't know where they came from. This first one in particular is undeniable. Strong image.

 

Neru blog post: Bohemian Rhapsody, Mechakari, Kanzarashi. Neru talks about hearing Queen at home as a child, the film, how nice the people on the drama were, and about her magazine conversation with Yass Ishikawa of Mechakari. Here's Neru's defacement of the main visual for the drama, lol:

 

i fallen hard for neru and i can't get back up

 

Who is responsible for Keyaki being back on Kouhaku after this difficult year? The answer is unanimous, from fans of all members: Neru. Her photobook, her drama work, her promotion of her hometown: she has kept Keyaki beloved and in the public eye. Thank you, Neru. source.

This pic from the photobook is of "recording club girl," there with a professional recorder and headphones:

 

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Lol yeah but seriously to be Frank, Neru has been the star of the group this year

 

Neru-chan, Uemuu-chan and Ozeki-chan on the second episode of KochiHoshi SP with 120 lucky fans (liters of tears).


if the video does not show watch the video here

 

Neru blog post: Manaka. Yone-chan.



Neru remembers going one January to watch the first sunrise of the year with Manaka, then going to a sweet shop and a game centre.