STU48's Kokoa Kai's Highly Anticipated 2nd Photobook to be Released on Wednesday, July 1st!
Kokoa Kai, who recently returned to STU48, will release her 2nd photobook on July 1st. Shot in Bangkok and Phuket, Thailand, the book showcases her mature new side and her biggest exposure yet.
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The highly anticipated 2nd photobook of Kokoa Kai, known as the 'Energetic Symbol of Setouchi', will be released on Wednesday, July 1st. She just returned to her original group, STU48, in March after completing a 1-year and 9-month stint with KLP48 in February of this year.
The locations for this shoot were Bangkok, the capital of the Land of Smiles, Thailand, and Phuket, one of Thailand's premier resort destinations. Drawing parallels to her own experience of living in a foreign land (Malaysia) for 1 year and 9 months, the book opens with scenes of her actually living in a local house in Bangkok. It then features a variety of situations: taking a trip on a local train, having an absolute blast at Phuket's beaches and water parks, her eyes sparkling at a colorful theme park and an unusual upside-down museum, and relaxing and stretching her wings in an Asian-style resort villa.
Furthermore, this photobook includes heart-pounding cuts where she challenges her maximum exposure yet, something she has never shown in her 1st photobook or previous gravure shoots. It is packed with photos capturing the 'current Kokoa Kai', ranging from her signature energetic smiles to her newly grown, mature appearance.
Playing innocently together, thinking of her only as a childhood friend and not being too conscious of her until now, but feeling a strange, new flutter in your chest when you meet her again after a long time... A gem of a book has been completed that allows you to imagine such a story.
The locations for this shoot were Bangkok, the capital of the Land of Smiles, Thailand, and Phuket, one of Thailand's premier resort destinations. Drawing parallels to her own experience of living in a foreign land (Malaysia) for 1 year and 9 months, the book opens with scenes of her actually living in a local house in Bangkok. It then features a variety of situations: taking a trip on a local train, having an absolute blast at Phuket's beaches and water parks, her eyes sparkling at a colorful theme park and an unusual upside-down museum, and relaxing and stretching her wings in an Asian-style resort villa.
Furthermore, this photobook includes heart-pounding cuts where she challenges her maximum exposure yet, something she has never shown in her 1st photobook or previous gravure shoots. It is packed with photos capturing the 'current Kokoa Kai', ranging from her signature energetic smiles to her newly grown, mature appearance.
Playing innocently together, thinking of her only as a childhood friend and not being too conscious of her until now, but feeling a strange, new flutter in your chest when you meet her again after a long time... A gem of a book has been completed that allows you to imagine such a story.