Sakura Kawasaki Takes BOMB's September Cover From River to Classroom

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Sakura Kawasaki Takes BOMB's September Cover From River to Classroom — Publisher-supplied artwork from the linked magazine coverage. — One Publishing via PR TIMES

Sakura Kawasaki poses for BOMB's September 2026 issue. — One Publishing via PR TIMES

Her accompanying interview covers Nogizaka46’s Midsummer National Tour 2026, inspiration from other members of her generation, conflicts she experienced after graduating from university in spring, and the FOD short drama Baseball Girl Washio. A QR code in the magazine links to video from the shoot. The regular edition also includes a double-sided Kawasaki poster.

Rio Nagashima’s BOMB debut

Nogizaka46 sixth-generation member Rio Nagashima appears on the back cover in her first BOMB feature. The 19-year-old from Hokkaido is the first center of the sixth-generation song Inochi no Iro, included on the group’s 42nd single. Her shoot pairs a sleeveless dress and mirror ball with a T-shirt-and-shorts setting built around pink and orange sweets, the colors associated with her glow sticks.

Limited edition

Kokoa Kai appears on the limited-edition cover, returning to BOMB swimsuit gravure after about two years. The STU48 first-generation member recently returned from two years with Malaysia’s KLP48 and serves as the first title-track center for STU48’s 14th single. Her interview discusses that unusual path and her thoughts on becoming center. A double-sided Kai pinup is bound into the issue.

The limited-edition back cover features Miyu Wada in her first BOMB appearance since graduating from NMB48. The issue also announces a new product connected to Wada.

Elsewhere in the issue

Nanako Kurosaki, producer of Root mimi, returns to gravure, with an accompanying QR-code video.
Miu Shirahama appears in a summer feature at the end of her teenage years.
Kanami Takasaki returns after about two years, also with a QR-code video and a new-product announcement.
Seven main Rain Tree members discuss the group’s fifth digital single, Suki Nante Uso ni Kimatteru, and its third anniversary.
Actor Kurumi Inagaki makes her first appearance in the magazine and discusses her work and private life.
SKE48’s Chika Matsumoto and Batten Shoujo Tai’s Ai Kiyama hold a cross-group conversation connected to the stage production Sekaisen Rewriter.
Interviews with Ayano Sumida and Yumeka Hatanaka appear alongside Shinya Arino’s continuing series Chou Tana kara BOMB Mochi.