After graduation, Reiwa's gravure queen, Aika Sawaguchi, who won the Cover Girl Grand Prize and won four crowns for the first time in history, said, "I think I really did my best during the three years of high school (laughs)."

Aika Sawaguchi, who won the most 4 crowns in the Cover Girl Awards, will appear on the cover and opening gravure of "Weekly Playboy No. 16" released on April 5 (Monday)! !

"Japan's top high school girl on the cover" graduated from high school. An 18-year-old gravure queen who is neither a high school student nor an idol begins to walk into a new world.

――In March of this year, the “7th Cover Girl Award” was decided to recognize the woman who appeared on the cover the most times among the magazines released in 2020. Continuing from last year's 10th place, we won the grand prize this time. congratulations!

Sawaguchi Thank you! "The people around me were more surprised than I was, so I feel very happy."

- Moreover, in addition to winning the Grand Prize, he also won four awards in the teen category, comic magazine category, and gravure category. The most in history is not too amazing! ?

Sawaguchi: I'm happy to have received so many awards, but the prizes in each category were all famous people, so I was in a hurry (laughs). It was nice to have something to talk about with everyone. Thank you, Cover Girl Awards!

--This is the third time you've appeared on the weekly cover, but you've appeared in the magazine more than 10 times.

Sawaguchi: Certainly! "The bookshelves at home are jam-packed with weekly games, aren't they?" It's been a long time since I've done a photo shoot, so I look back on past magazines, but lately there have been times when I can't do my gravure well at all. I was looking back all the time.

--Did you have a period like that when you were active enough to win the Cover Girl Award?

Sawaguchi: There was a time when I didn't even understand why. I was really confused on the set for the first time in a while, probably because I couldn't shoot due to refraining from going out. How do you do a blank or a gravure? (laughs) There were some shoots that I wasn't satisfied with, so I'm really glad that I was able to do a fulfilling shoot this time.

――After overcoming such a predicament, how was the shooting this time?

Sawaguchi: I've been to Okinawa several times for gravure, but I feel like it was my first time on a remote island. Riding the ferry was fun, and shooting on the runway was gorgeous.

――It was the last shoot as a high school student, but is there anything you want to do next for the weekly pre-production?

Sawaguchi: I want to eat delicious ramen (laughs). There is a restaurant that my family frequents, and the tonkotsu ramen there is really delicious. I have never been to Fukuoka, so I would like to go there. We are talking about where to go on a family trip, and the second place is Fukuoka!

--Mr. Sawaguchi graduated from high school this spring. What did you leave behind?

Sawaguchi: I've been saying this all along, but I wanted to have a takoyaki party in my homeroom. It's been a long time since I got permission from the teacher, and I'm sorry.

-I think the staff room was noisy. Looking back on those three years of high school, how do you feel now?

Sawaguchi: You won the Misumaga Grand Prix in your first year of high school, and from there you started your gravure and entertainment activities in earnest. I told my mother that I was glad that I was able to graduate without repeating a year because my days were busy both mentally and physically. I was able to experience the life of a normal high school student, and I didn't get a failing score on the test. I have grown in the last three years.

――What do you think made you grow up?

Sawaguchi: When I was in first grade, I used to complain when I felt frustrated. "Something bad happened today," or "Why do I have to force myself to do it?" Then my father said, "There's a person called Aika Sawaguchi, so there are jobs that you can ask for." At the time, I wasn't convinced, but now my father's words have become deeply felt. I think I've grown up.

――Since you were 16 years old when you first appeared in the weekly play, your facial expressions and the way you speak have matured.

Sawaguchi: I think so too (laughs). I think people tend to grow up on their own. Weekly pre-san was able to get a moment from Aika Sawaguchi from a child to an adult!

--There was a time when you felt uneasy about not being a teenager or a high school student, right? "It doesn't seem like you care anymore."

Sawaguchi: That's right. Now that I have graduated from high school and have a little more freedom, I want to work even harder on my own. After graduating, I thought about going to college, but when asked what I enjoy most about now, I always answer that I'm working in the entertainment industry. From now on, I would like to do it with one entertainment!

- So you're thinking of going to Tokyo from Nagoya?

Sawaguchi: It is undecided. But if I go to Tokyo, my father also says, "I'd like to live in Tokyo." My mother hides her loneliness and pushes my back. My younger brother started to think that he could go to a university in Tokyo, so I told him that it was a little different. My local friends said to me, "Please let me stay here sometime." As a result, everyone is pushing their backs (laughs).

――A new life begins in spring. What kind of challenge do you want to try?

Sawaguchi: I originally entered the entertainment world with the desire to be an actress, so I want to be able to work as an actress here and there. She is still inexperienced, so I would like to learn her acting basics and do my best.

-I'm looking forward to seeing actress Aika Sawaguchi. What would you like to do in your private life?

I'm going to Sawaguchi driving school (Shako, Aichi dialect)! "I want to go to a driving school and get my gold license as soon as possible."

--It's not like you want to go for a drive, but you're aiming for gold even before you get your license?

Sawaguchi: My mother is gold, and she's really cool! I heard that her insurance premiums would be cheaper, so I thought gold would be good (laughs). I'm a skeptical type, so I think I'll do my best not to cause an accident. Besides, I'm good at cycling. I commute by bicycle for six years in middle school and high school, so I think I can make use of that feeling.

--I've been riding a bicycle for 6 years, and I'm doing pretty well.

Sawaguchi: Well, my thighs are full (laughs). When he was in high school, he used to walk uphill to school, so I thought he could become a bicycle racer because his legs were so tight (laughs).

――That healthy body was forged with a bicycle.

Sawaguchi: Absolutely!

-I'm just talking about congratulations, but you'll be 18 in February.

Sawaguchi: I turned 18 (laughs). He started his entertainment activities at the age of 14, so I wonder what he was doing for 4 years, but it's early. I am truly grateful that Shupre-san has been able to continue to work like this since he was 16 years old. Even though I'm 18, it's still a sensitive time (laughs). I am enjoying my life!

● Aika Sawaguchi Born February 24, 2003 Born in Aichi Prefecture Height 154. She is a prosecutor. Overseas. Won the Grand Prix of "Miss Magazine 2018". At the 7th Cover Girl Awards, she won the "Grand Prize" for the first time in history, as well as four crowns in the "Teen Category", "Comic Magazine Category", and "Gravure Category". Aika Sawaguchi's 2nd photo book "Stretch" (Kodansha) is now on sale. Official Twitter [@delaaika0224] Official Instagram [@sawaguchi_aika_official]

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