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Kōki, Cover Debut in Woman's Fashion Magazine ViVi Receives Backlash: "It's Kawakita Mayuko Graduation Issue"
The revelation that Kōki, will be the cover model of the June issue of the woman's fashion magazine "ViVi" (on sale April 23rd) has aroused criticism.
On the April 11th, it was announced that Kawakita Mayuko, an exclusive model of ViVi will be graduating from the magazine. Kawakita Mayuko has been ViVi's exclusive model for over 7 years, and many magazine readers expressed regret towards her graduation.
Up until now, when an exclusive model of ViVi graduates, an observed pattern is that the graduating model becomes the solo cover model of that issue. Kawakita has never once had a solo magazine cover, and fans of the magazine also hoped to finally see her adorn the front cover. However, what awaited them was the instagram announcement that Kōki, will be debuting in ViVi as the cover model.
ViVi's public instagram account received a flood of criticism from their magazine fans
"I wanted them to give the chance to Mayu-chan at least at the very end. As a ViVi fan, all I can think is, 'Why?'"
"Kawakita Mayuko supported ViVi for 7 years, and this this how you treat her?"
"I like Koki but now's not the time. Now, koki's been put in a bad spot too."
"This instagram post doesn't touch on Mayuko-chan at all. What is the meaning of this?"
2. [+7093 / -25]
The power of gorioshi is amazing.
*Gorioshi means to be overly pushed by their company
3. [+5981 / -32]
Gorioshi'd to the max.
4. [+5917 / -78]
Does koki have someone she loves from the bottom of her heart?
5. [+9583 / -78]
The pitiful one is Kawakita-san
I wanted her to be on the cover at least for her last issue.
*"Now, koki's been put in a bad spot too" in OP's post can be directly translated as "koki's pitiful too."
6. [+4395 / -25]
Ahhh, she's appearing in this too now.
7. [+4891 / -22]
Gorioshi! Shi-chan must feel triumphant (lol)
*Kudo Shizuka
8. [+4147 / -24]
She debuted in ELLE, now ViVi huh...
9. [+4891 / -22]
Despite it being [Kawakita's] graduation issue, the cover's Koki?
10. [+3480 / -76]
She resembles Mizuhara Kiko
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>>10
Girls Channel hate Mizuhara Kiko but her aura is on an entirely different level.
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>>10
Her egoistic side too.
>>10
Girls Channel hate Mizuhara Kiko but her aura is on an entirely different level.
92. [+174 / -3]
>>10
Her egoistic side too.
13. [+308 / -1156]
Kawakita Mayuko is kinda lackluster
14. [+130 / -1005]
Embarrassing immature aunties, you're bashing a minor right now!
15. [+3753 / -22]
What's the "," in "ko-ki," for?
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I don't buy ViVi but
I kind of wanted to see stylishly cool Ojou* cover
*Kawakita Mayuko's nickname
17. [+3032 / -63]
Model aside, doesn't the cover design of this issue look very unsophisticated?
18. [+3730 / -26]
Is O-shizu's power to manipulate things behind the scenes really that great?
*Kudo Shizuka
19. [+4035 / -31]
I wonder why she purposely does things to get herself hated.
20. [+6252 / -27]
It's surprising that Kawakita Mayuko has never had a solo cover!
They should have at least let her have the cover for her last issue.
22. [+2923 / -17]
She's going to be hated more and more.
Unlucky w
23. [+3097 / -66]
My impression of Kawakita in vivi is not as much as people claim.
Having said that, they shouldn't have used Koki either.
26. [+1906 / -20]
What exactly is this Mother-daughter pair aiming for?
27. [+2514 / -21]
It's like they're doing everything they can to be hated.
29. [+1640 / -14]
The pattern where she's over-pushed and is hated instead
31. [+877 / -17]
Didn't they aim for this backlash to happen?
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So cute!
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>>32
No matter how many times I watch this, I get goosebumps every time.
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>>32
No matter how many times I watch this, I can only see a cross-dressing Kimutaku
>>32
No matter how many times I watch this, I get goosebumps every time.
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>>32
No matter how many times I watch this, I can only see a cross-dressing Kimutaku
33. [+2921 / -14]
Her graduation caption is small too. Ojou really hasn't been rewarded for her hard work.
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I don't want to buy magazines with this girl on the cover
It's not a magazine targeting middle schoolers anyway.
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Well she's pitiful, but her status must have been so low that she couldn't appear on the cover even for her graduation issue.
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This kid has no charm.
Kawakita is gorgeous and has a good figure
I don't think this month's issue will sell.
42. [+1130 / -12]
I think she'll disappear before long
43. [+780 / -28]
Is she balding? Her forehead's huge.
46. [+2407 / -11]
Kawakita was treated so insignificantly by vivi.
You have to feel sorry for her.
47. [+1833 / -9]
This person (Koki) can have covers any time.
At least give her (Kawakita) the front cover at the very last.
48. [+2808 / -19]
vivi has also changed.
Their features are also about stuff like Korea.
It's because they keep writing about trivial stuff like that, that they're not selling.
50. [+1209 / -112]
If she hasn't had a solo cover even after being their model for 7 years, then doesn't that mean she wasn't popular?
52. [+939 / -5]
What's with this cover, feels like a late 90s cover.
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It's something the editorial department decided so didn't the editorial department just not like Kawakita Mayuko?
60. [+407 / -10]
This person always does something whenever we forget about her.
67. [+1294 / -24]
Fujita Nicole, who joined last year, was also the cover of last month's(?) issue.
I feel that Kawakita-san is more glamorous and model-like though.
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Looks like Kimitaku cross-dressing
I hate old geezer Kimutaku and I hate his old hag wife too.
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I do think she should at least get the cover for her last issue, but to be honest, Kawakita's face has become bloated lately.
It might not work for the cover.
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Aren't there too many people misunderstanding something?
Kawakita simply wasn't chosen, that's all.
81. [+53 / -331]
This girl is cute.
But because her mother is too hated, and did too much in the background, no matter what this girl does, people think that she's being overly pushed.
People in the actual entertainment world have lauded that she has an incredible aura but that's not conveyed at all to the viewers.
Seems like she actually has innate talent but her mother...
Also, I don't hate Kawakita-chan but she probably wasn't at a high enough level as a model to appear on vivi covers.
83. [+984 / -7]
Without her parents, koki has absolutely no charm
She always has a blank look on her face and her eyes have no intensity
Since she wants to be a model, she should study more about expression and posing.
I wish Mika Ahn-sensei will tell her off.
90. [+509 / -5]
The cover is like an old seventeen magazine
95. [+977 / -1]
This girl has lots of solo shoots.
I want her to be photographed, sandwiched between real models with great figures for once.
99. [+574 / -28]
No, it's the editorial department and agency's fault.
Kawakita Mayuko and koki are both victims.
This sort of thing happens in the entertainment world all the time.
The people themselves are nothing but chess pieces being used by the adults around them.
107. [+295 / -50]
If only she had debuted in vivi, not in Elle, when it wasn't someone's graduation issue...
She looks young and cute in this cover.
111. [+737 / -5]
Wait, has ViVi turned to using baby-faces like Kawakita and Nicole?!
Hasegawa Jun and Karina were adult-like and cool though?!
123. [+752 / -1]
If they had given Kawakita the graduation cover this issue and given koki her cover debut the next issue, they would attracted a lot of attention twice.
I don't understand why they overlapped the two. Doing this will only get koki bashed and hated by the readers.
The editorial department are too incompetent.
126. [+778 / -5]
The two ways that 2nd gen girls have succeeded are:
One, selling their relatability like Sekine and Okada*.
Two, working hard as supporting characters from the bottom like [Watanabe] Anne, Ando Sakura, and Mizutani Yutaka's daughter [Shuri].
When they have a magnificent debut like IMALU* and Kitano Takeshi's daughter, their lack of ability stands out so they don't last for long.
*Sekine Mari, talento and daughter of comedian, singer and presenter Sekine Tsutomu
Okada Yui, model and daughter of comedian Okada Keisuke
IMALU - Sanma Akashiya's daughter
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For them to not let Kawakita-san be on the cover even though she's worked for them for 7 years and has some degree of popularity on TV, the darkness of the entertainment world must be vast.
ViVi must hate her.
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The fact that she hasn't been on the cover even once in 7 years, even though even Itano and Sashihara have been, makes you suspect that something must be up.
*Itano Tomomi and Sashihara Rino
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*Shizuka Kudo
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