Sadly it looks like the campaign has failed. Today (7/6) was the last day and only 56% of the total required has been raised. I've already received a refund of the amount I'd pledged which was 5,280 JPY for a signed copy.
Following the failure of her joint PB project with Risachan, Yumana has now set out to raise funds for a solo Photo Essay which hopefully should appear in March 2022: [video deleted by uploader] Link to her crowdfunding project which hopes to raise 2M JPY in 32 days: https://camp-fire.jp/projects/view/480041 Benefits available start with signed copies (for 5,000 JPY) and online talk sessions up to being able to select a costume for Yumana to wear and being able to attend a photoshoot and take your own photos (for 150K JPY). Everyone who contributes will get their name included on the last page of her book. Hopefully this will be a more successful project for her. EDIT: I've just checked her page, the two most expensive options have already sold out and the total after just a few hours is already at 27% of her target.
Yesterday I contributed 5,000 JPY for a signed copy and today I was very surprised and delighted to receive a personal message in English from Yumana! It was just a short message, she wrote "Davidさん Thank you for every day. how are you?" and she asked me if I was still in London. It's very good that she remembers me from the tweets I sent her when she was here in 2019 and presumably also from when I met her in HS in Japan just before she graduated.
Congratulations to Yumana who has passed her crowdfunding target for her photo essay with 7 days still to go before the deadline: https://camp-fire.jp/projects/view/480041
Yumana was a host for an interview with Nagoya Grampus soccer player Morishita Ryoya on Himawari Network TV: if the video does not show watch the video here
Yumana appears with Risachan in an official promotional video for Meiho Ski Resort in Gifu Prefecture: [video deleted by uploader]
Congratulations to Yumana who today completed the 5th Nagoya Women's Marathon: https://twitter.com/yumana_takagi/status/1502998705821036549
Cover of Yumana's 1st PB 'from' which will be released on 3/31: https://twitter.com/yumana_takagi/status/1505486460127907842
I've just received my copy of Yumana's PB 'from'. As I contributed to her crowdfunding my copy was signed by her (she included my surname which I've blanked) and I also got 3 bonus photocards: The PB is very tasteful and a lot of care has been put into its production. I've attached a couple of sample double pages (please excuse my thumb lol):
Yumana has tweeted that she's been appointed as a correspondent for DAZN TV JP covering the Nagoya Grampus Team: https://twitter.com/yumana_takagi/status/1556199141411237888 She retweeted a short video of herself from DAZN's Twitter: https://twitter.com/DAZN_JPN/status/1556588533309001728
Yumana in a couple of CMs for Asahi cookware: if the video does not show watch the video here if the video does not show watch the video here
Yumana has posted that she's visiting London for the first time in 3 years: https://www.instagram.com/p/Ct_cTrTp_xA/
Another agency promo video 'Model and Noodles' with Yumana: if the video does not show watch the video here
