Ikeda Momoko First Photobook: Momoiro Eigyo

[Machine Translation] Momoko Ikeda works as a talent sales representative for an entertainment production company while also working as a celebrity herself. She has appeared in TV programs such as "Jikkuri Kikkuri Talou" (TV Tokyo), and has also appeared as a solo gravure model in a weekly magazine alongside her own talent. She is now releasing her long-awaited first photo book. The theme of the photobook, which was shot three times in Tokyo, Izu, and her hometown of Kitakyushu, is "An Adulterous Trip and Its Breakup. It is full of close-up photos that approach the realities of women in their twilight years. The photos are also noteworthy for the way they take off their clothes, easily breaking through their own limits. ( Momoko Ikeda's comment ) I never expected that an amateur who wants to be out would be able to release her first photo book. Even though I am an amateur. And in my 30s. It's really just a word of "no way. Wani Books approached me after seeing my photogravure on TV Tokyo's "Jikkuri Kari Taro" last year, in which I challenged a 10-kilo diet. It was no way, right? I am very happy to have this wonderful opportunity. There were many opinions three years ago when I showed my first gravure, but I feel that it all worked out for the better in the course of my sales work after that. Thanks to the fact that people knew about Gravia, the conversation went smoothly and I was able to get a lot of work ( laughs ). Especially in this day and age of social networking, I don't really care if I'm behind the scenes or in the public eye, I just want to enjoy the opportunity to be an "amateur who wants to be in the public eye" ( lol ). I think I am as enthusiastic as I said I would be. I think I did my best because I don't think I will have an experience like this twice. The theme of the film is "a sparkling girl working in the city who has an affair and returns to her hometown after the breakup," so it is divided into three parts: city, hot spring trip, and hometown. Originally, we had planned to make the hot spring scene the climax of the film, but the test shot in Tokyo turned out to be more sensational than we had expected, and we liked it. I think the shots taken at the hotel in Shibuya, where we drank all the time, turned out to have many bold shots with drunken, natural smiles ( laughs ). I also asked them to shoot in Kitakyushu, my hometown, and they included scenes at my favorite "snack bar," and we also took snapshots at Tangae Market and in downtown Kokura. I never thought I would be releasing a photo book, but it was quite exciting to see it myself, and I hope you will take a look at it, as it was shot so beautifully!

芸能プロダクションでタレント営業の仕事をしながら、自らもタレントとして活動中の池田桃子。『じっくり聞いタロウ』(テレビ東京系)などのテレビ番組にも出演、自社タレントに並んで自身も週刊誌で単独グラビアを飾ったこともあり、その美貌とナイスバディにかねてから注目が集まっていました。そんな彼女がなんと、待望の初写真集を発売することに。東京、伊豆、そして自身の故郷でもある北九州と、3回に渡って撮影されたグラビアのテーマは「不倫旅行、そしてその破局まで」。アラサー女子のリアルに迫る、距離感の近い写真が満載。そして、自身の限界を軽々と突破してしまった、その脱ぎっぷりにも注目です。 〈池田桃子コメント〉 出たがりの素人がまさか、初の写真集を発売できるということになりました。素人なのに。しかも30代で。本当に「まさか」の一言に尽きます。昨年、テレビ東京「じっくり聞いタロウ」で10キロのダイエットに挑戦した際のグラビアを見てワニブックスさんがお話しを進めてくださいました。まさかですよね(笑)。素敵な機会を頂けて本当に嬉しいです。初めてのグラビアを披露した3年前には色々な意見もあったのですが、その後も営業の仕事をしていく中では良い方向に働いたことばかりだったと感じています。知ってもらっていたおかげで話がスムーズに進んで仕事も結構取れたりして(笑)。特にSNSがこれだけ発達した今この時代において、裏方だから、表の人だからという建て付けはあまり気にせず、せっかくの機会なので"出たがり素人"を謳歌したいと思っています(笑)。そんな気持ちで挑ませて頂いたので、言葉通り気合い十分な仕上がりになっていると思います。こんな経験は2度もないと思うので最大限頑張りました。テーマが「都会で働くキラキラ女子の不倫の日々から、破局をして地元に帰る」ということで、都会・温泉旅行・地元と3部に別れています。元々は温泉のシーンを山場にするつもりで打ち合わせを重ねていたのですが、都内でテストシュート的に撮ったものが思ったよりも扇情的な仕上がりになり、気に入っています。渋谷のホテルでの撮影は特にずっとお酒を飲みながら撮影して頂いたので、酔っ払って自然と笑顔かつ大胆なカットが多くなったなと思います(笑)。更には、どうしてもと地元北九州での撮影をお願いし、大好きな「スナック」でのシーンも取り入れてもらったり、旦過市場や小倉の市街地でのスナップ写真も撮影したりと、懐かしい気持ちでこの写真集の旅を締めくくることができました。まさか、の写真集発売とはなりますが、自分で見てもかなり刺激的で、とても素敵に撮影していただけたので、見ていただけたら嬉しいです!