One of the most popular members of NMB48, Yuzuha Hongo made the surprise announcement on April 4 that she would be graduating the Osaka group.
Alongside her singing, Hongo pursues a burgeoning career in gravure (as reported before), having released her first photo book from Kodansha in 2022.
A second photo book is set for release at the end of May, shortly before she will graduate from NMB48.
Known as Yuzu to her fans, the idol is still just 20 years old and seems very young to graduate (though she joined way back in 2015, so has devoted eight years of her life to the Namba-based group). Given her solo success as a gradol, there is speculation that she will focus on that in her post-NMB life.
She certainly has the busty qualifications for the job!
Her as-yet-untitled “graduation photo book” is set to have an exotic Thai theme, shot on a visits to the Southeast Asian country. We have included the preview shots released so far (apologies for the grainy quality of some of the images).
The gravure magazine Young Magazine will also publish a book in late May about Hongo to accompany the photo book, containing her bikini shoots for the magazine.
