Nogizaka46’s Shiraishi Mai’s “Passport” photo book surpassed 300,000 copies in circulation which was unprecedented.
And now Kodansha is making sure that Nogizaka46’s new photobook “Nogisatsu” has a strong circulation with 200,000 copies being printed. The first time a photobook received this many copies for its first printing.
To be released on June 26th, the new photobook features Nogizaka46 members becoming a photographer carrying a digital camera and snaking off-shots of each other.
The reason for the high first printing is because of high pre-orders. In fact, for the Nogisatsu Twitter account, there are over 234,000 followers.
Will “Nogisatsu” sell out its 200,000 copies leading to a second printing? We’ll have to wait and see.