Earlier in January, tomochin made a trip to Hong Kong for the opening of Samantha Thavasa as a solo member. During her short one and a half day’s stay in Hong Kong, it was reported that she had a photoshoot and now, finally, the magazine is released! I am not too sure if tomochin is the first AKB member to grace the cover of a magazine outside Japan but this sure is good news to me.

Tomochin is the covergirl for KETCHUP magazine and it will be the first time that the magazine will have a double cover, meaning 2 different versions of covers will be available for sale. Not too impressed with the photographer for some of the shots but I absolutely adore the white cover and the one which tomochin was in a light purple flower embellished dress. Below are the 2 covers:

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Rest of the photoshoot:

KETCHUP’s official facebook account also shared a behind the scenes video:

“Hi everyone, I am Itano Tomomi (in cantonese). It’s my first time in Hong Kong, and I am here for the opening of Samantha Thavasa store. There were a lot of fans who came to pick me and I am really happy about it. I hope everyone in Hong Kong will come to like the bags of Samantha Thavasa!”