Ryosuke Yamada of the 8-member group Hey! Say! JUMP’s “Ryosuke Yamada 30th Anniversary Premium BOX[First Limited Edition]” (Shueisha / released on January 30th) will be included in the “Oricon Annual Book Ranking” announced today on the 28th. It ranked first in the “Photo Book” genre for men, selling 80,000 copies during the period.

[Video]Ryosuke Yamada is happy to receive the annual book ranking award, and in an interview, he looks back on the serialization of “MYOJO”, which took over from Takuya Kimura.

Yamada said, “I’m very happy because I was able to create a photobook of men that was viewed the most throughout the year.I also put a lot of thought into this photobook, so I’m very happy that I was able to create a photobook of men that was viewed the most throughout the year. I’m honored that people are picking it up,” he said happily. He also commented, “The content is about Ryosuke Yamada’s past and future, so I hope that this photo book will continue to be loved.”

This work, which was released to commemorate Yamada’s 30th birthday, includes a solo photo book “Luminous” shot entirely on location in Korea, and a collection of photos and essays from a 10-year series in the magazine “MYOJO” called “Think”. Note -Shinku Oto-” is included in the first limited edition premium BOX with a different cover from the regular edition. In the 2024/2/12 “Oricon Weekly BOOK Ranking” and genre-specific “Photobook”, it sold 76,000 copies per week, ranking first in both.

In addition, the regular version of Ryosuke Yamada’s photobook Luminous, which is a standalone solo photobook, ranked 2nd in the category of “photobooks” on the same date, and “Think Note -Shinku Oto-”, which is a compilation of the series, ranked 3rd. It became the first work by the same individual to occupy the top three spots in the photo book category in the weekly BOOK rankings.

In addition, “Ryosuke Yamada Photobook Luminous” ranked 5th in the “Photobook” category for men in the “Oricon Annual Book Ranking” with sales of 42,000 copies during the period, and “Think Note -Shinku Oto-” It sold 28,000 copies and ranked 6th. Three works related to Yamada made it into the top 10.

In addition, Jun Matsumoto’s “JUN MATSUMOTO 20220830-20231026 THE RECORDS OF DAYS OF LIVING AS IEYASU” ranked second in the men’s category of “Photobooks” by genre, selling 66,000 copies during the period. The 11-member group JO1’s “JO1 2nd Photo Book Unbound” sold 66,000 copies during the period and ranked third.

[Aggregation period]From December 4, 2023 to November 25, 2024[Actual aggregation period: Monday, November 20, 2023 to Sunday, November 17, 2024]

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