Rei Kuromiya 黒宮れい

[ihmissusi]

Rei and her band Brats did this week some promotion for their single.
Photos from one live show, store promotion events and Brats twitter page:



Photos from Spice magazine interview:



https://spice.eplus.jp/articles/129880

Looks like rebel girl Rei owns a Louis Vuitton handbag.

 

[theranch]

Looks like rebel girl Rei owns a Louis Vuitton handbag.

Quite popular amongst Japanese women...guess she can't resist conforming a little.

 

[bellotax]

left arm...
omg what they do to this little girl...

 

[gokkunfan]

I saw this on twitter; worth sharing. Original clip was rotated incorrectly, so I made it right.
Rei gives Rie a cute little kiss upon the cheek.


45 seconds, 640x480, 6.5MB

https://filejoker.net/0ykx3l7xa8os
or
https://we.tl/AWlY86mPnf

 

[ihmissusi]

left arm...
omg what they do to this little girl...

First photo I seen that shows her scars that clearly.
Rei must felt great pain within to go as far as cutting herself.
The scars don't look recent. It's good if she managed to stop
this self-harming behavior.

I heard many times that Rei is only playing this role of a sad and
depressed girl to get attention or to be anti-idol. I heard also
some claim she is just acting up as she is a teen.
But those scars clearly show that Rei's pain is for real.

The pain and the inner struggles Rei suffers from might have
its roots in her being exploited from young age as a U15 model.

 

[ihmissusi]

New liveshop broadcast with Rei and Yuko. 17-07-06

Rei wears a Def Leppard tshirt and Yuko a Beastie Boys tshirt.
It makes me wonder if they listen to these bands. But I guess
they are wearing those tshirts as its fashionable in Japan
to wear vintage tshirts with print.
Usually those who buy these vintage tshirts have no clue about the artist or
what the tshirt says.



https://liveshop.jp/channels/27/programs/352



Ripped:



https://filejoker.net/is40dvm0olsq - 500.0 Mb
https://filejoker.net/a3d8gwogdobm - 500.0 Mb
https://filejoker.net/zd4bzx0er8w8 - 346.2 Mb

 

[ihmissusi]

Some Rei stuff of recent times...

June 27 Rei wrote she is coming to Taiwan.

She also wrote she isnt wearing any bra and something about it being tiresome/bothersome
as her boobs are growing bigger. Later she deleted the text and just wrote "die"



If she actually was in Taiwan I haven't found out. The photo posted above
in this thread with Rei in that grey-white-blue dress with visible scars might been taken
in Taiwan then as well.

Ladybaby rehearsal for the coming live shows:



In case you are desperate to know what Rei has in her handbag and pouch
BIS magazine posted that info:



Rei in "Reebook Classic 2 Way Backpack" commercial:



A few other recent photos:



One Brats photo:



4/7 she posted on Instagram this photo with a long text all written in Hiragana.
And then later she removed the text and replaced it with "die"



Today 9/7 Rei posted this photo on her instagram with the word "lolicon"
Rie posted wearing same clothes and mentioned it being a Clearstone
shoot. Perhaps another "TOKIMEKI GRAFFITI" costume catalog and
commercial shoot.

 

[ihmissusi]

From liveshop youtube page:

 

[ihmissusi]

Confirmed. There will be a new lineup of "TOKIMEKI GRAFFITI" costumes
released in septemeber. Rei and Rie are the models for it.
I hope they release as many photos as they did last time when Rei and Rie
did a shoot for "TOKIMEKI GRAFFITI".

Short video from Clearstone twitter. Rie tries to do a serious
presentation video while Rei is less serious and even starts to
suck Rie's finger!



As Rie seems to be a police officer, I bet she arrested Rei afterwards
for indecent behavior and gave her a good spanking!









https://filejoker.net/o5ax1wpmn4yi - 2.2 Mb

 

[megatroll]

The pain and the inner struggles Rei suffers from might have
its roots in her being exploited from young age as a U15 model.

You mean the terrible 'exploitation' that kickstarted her career? The 'exploitation' which brought her band to life or which saved her a spot in L.Baby to garner worldwide fame? The 'exploitation' that gave her countless opportunities to appear on TV and to perform in front of thousands of people? The horrible 'exploitation' which granted her many jobs as a model in commercials for clothing, music etc. ???

It's such a crime she suffered through these horrible, terrifying years of 'exploitation', playing and smiling in front of a camera in a bikini, traveling to nice places free and being treated like a star at an early age. Which devil would ever do this to her?


Thank god she is now safe and can live carefree, earning money by acting like an edgy, retarded mindless, spoiled teenager brat, being celebrated by fans all over the planet and wearing designer clothes, while other lowly people her age are working their hands dirty for a slight prospect of a low paying job or apprenticeship in today's hard economy Japan.

I'm sure she would have made all that without the 'exploitation', because she is such a naturally gifted singer and there aren't any other girls her age who would be prettier or perform better.

Sarcasm: OFF



Honestly, I'm sick of hearing this. It's pretty obvious that Rei has contributed greatly to the death of the junior industry as we knew it. Western fans have investigated her past, discovered junior idols through her, and are now banging the drums to destroy what made Rei rise to fame in the first place. The irony couldn't be bigger.


EDIT: Didn't mean to sound too harsh and this wasn't directed towards ihmissusi, but rather a general remark, because I've heard this exact same phrase countless times now from Westerners since Rei became famous.

 

[PJB]

As I've said in the past, U-15 just needed more explosions and action scenes. If the Idols were holding guns and shooting each other while lobbing grenades in the pools, the West would have been fine with it.

Sarcasm: off.

 

[ESTSOL]

I think someone who talks about exploitation should first read this post from Rei ...

Of this already weeks, but this is the correct translation, according to my sensei



“Today was my birthday. I don’t like birthdays very much or to be congratulated by so many people. Nevertheless I was happy from the bottom of my heart. To be able to have another live event like this, with everyone’s happy words, expressions, feelings, dirty stuff (cheeky crude comments probably), I fucking loved it all.


I used to be in a genre called Junior Idol, I became like a robot and I was killing my emotions. I know that the general public are against it and the world cannot accept it.

But I don’t want my fans to be concerned about me for that reason, or say I am unpopular because of it. I don’t care about being compared to others, and I don’t think I’m cute anyway.

Still I do not regret my past and do not want to hide it, but it seems that everyone is arbitrarily concerned with the past of other people.

People who can’t properly live their own lives, they see a person weaker than themselves and think “that person is worse than me”, and it makes them feel better. For that kind of person, I am shit and useless. I live my life thinking, “Honestly I want to die, really die, absolutely going to die! Will die!”. It’s a secret you know, lol.

In this small world we call life, I’m like the shit that no-one can accept, the shit that no-one wants to accept. Nevertheless to the people who have accepted me, I fucking love each and every one of you. Add to that the recent major debut (King Records release) – it’s too amazing.

When I write this kind of thing, there is an “idol feeling”, a sense of cleanliness. I hate that so I don’t write very often. But my emotions were on the verge of an explosion so I wrote this.

To be honest, although I don’t want to be forgotten I am worried that I surely will be forgotten and it’s scary. To be forgotten is the same as dying.

Anyway, I’m 16 now and more than ever, the number of people who are thinking about me and getting involved is increasing, so I’m happy. So to repay you all (for your support) I will live as best as I can. Thank you.”

 

[ihmissusi]

170718 The Idol Formerly Known As LADYBABY LINE LIVE



3rd Major single "Me!Me!Me!" was announced.
Released date 9/27.



They played a preview of the single as well.
Sounded more like idol pop punk. Seems like
they are going in a different direction.

It didn't sound so original, a bit weak compared to "Ladybaby Blue".
But still a good song.

New stage costumes.





So what do you all think of the new costumes?

They previewed photos from a shoot.





170718 LINE LIVE announcement video from twitter.



Ripped:

https://filejoker.net/kfku34aj8x98 - 2.8 Mb

170718 LINE broadcast.



Ripped:

https://filejoker.net/q9y97nuqsctq - 437.7 Mb

 

[ihmissusi]

Some recent Rei news and photos...

7/8 From Nichome No Saigake Comingout (gayidol) twitter:



7/9 Photo from Ladybaby twitter.



7/14

Two photos from "TOKIMEKI GRAFFITI" shoot.



They censored Rei's finger!!!



From July 23th there will be limited cosplay cheki avaible from the shoot.
Seems like you can only purchase them at live shows.



7/16 Photos from Usagi Kanae's twitter.



7/17 Rei instagram photo.



7/18 Rei instagram photo.



Found this one on twitter. Don't know the source.

 

[gokkunfan]

2017-07-15 with https://twitter.com/nagashimarumi

 

[ihmissusi]

Better quality pictures of the outfits:



Looks like it might be Usagi Kanae whom designed them as there
is knitted details on them.

 

[ihmissusi]

Some more photos of Rei.

A bigger image from the "Reebook Classic 2 Way Backpack" commercial.



One more from "TOKIMEKI GRAFFITI" shoot.



And then this one.

 

[ihmissusi]

Brats article in English about their single release.

http://www.tokyohive.com/article/2017/07/brats-reunite-with-fans-during-cd-release-mini-tour

 

[ihmissusi]

Warning Warning Rei Fans!!!

Announcement made today. Rei's first photobook 「0 -rei-」 will be released 21th august!!!
From 15th August there will be also autograph session for the book.



Doesn't look like it will be a "gravure" photobook. Well it makes sense
as a large part of her fans today are young girls.

128 pages it seems.

https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4907301472

Perhaps they shot it in Taiwan as Rei mentioned
going to Taiwan on her instagram sometime ago.

 

[ihmissusi]

More preview photos from Rei's upcoming photobook.
Some photos clearly reveal they have been shot in Taiwan.
The general image of this photobook is more artsy.
A different direction.





Additional info. The name of the photobook is a concept about
Rei returning to "0" and expressing a new attraction.
So kinda a relaunch of Rei.
120 pages of photos. She worked with three photographers,
Aymuo Shikata, Ichiro Senoh and Maki Taguchi.
There will be a long in-depth interview with Rei and also
messages from famous people and friends who are deeply tied to her.