Leader of Morning Musume, Takahashi Ai celebrated the release of her solo photobook "Katachi" (released on May 27th) on the 22nd of June.

Ai said, "When I first released a photobook 8 years ago, all I could think about was 'Why do I have to wear a bikini?', also every bikinis I wore in the past was very coloful and cute, but in this photobook, I got to wear a black bikini which is very 23-year-old-like."

At the event, Ai shook hands with 1,000 of her fans.



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