HKT48 member Sashihara Rino posed semi-nude on the cover of female weekly magazine "anan." The upcoming issue will be the magazine's annual sex special issue.

On August 5, Sashihara tweeted the news, "I will be on the cover of anan's sex special issue! Every year, I look forward to this issue and wonder who will be on the cover of the year?...though I told the editor that it definitely won't sell if I cover it... but I was able to be chosen. I would like to tell my past self, who took selfies pretending to be on the cover,  about this! Sorry that I'm the one to cover the issue!"

Sashihara's group fellow Kodama Haruka responded with a tweet saying, "It's amazing! Sashiko Ne-san looks beautiful. I will buy it for sure!" She then added, "Wait, I tweeted that without knowing the content. Now I am getting flustered. How do I buy it?" NGT48's Kitahara Rie also tweeted, "Since I am an adult, I will buy it confidently. (Haruppi '=Kodama', you shouldn't buy it for yourself)."

anan's sex special issue will be published on August 10.

Source & Image: Oricon