AAA’s Atae Shinjiro holds his photobook release event

On August 3rd, Atae Shinjiro of AAA held a release event for his new photobook, “Gekkan MEN Shinjiro“.

“I tackled a full nude for this photobook. I wouldn’t want my parents to see it,” commented Atae, who says he’s gotten more work after taking his shirt off at a concert last year. He continued, “If it’ll make my fans happy, I’ll do nude work.”

The concept of the photobook is ‘art & sexy’, and the book is the second in the “Gekkan MEN” series. The photobook is filled with fascinating shots of Atae in Shanghai, taken by photographer Ninagawa Mika. Atae expressed, “At first, I didn’t know what to do, having my nude shots taken by a woman, but during the shoot, it didn’t bother me.”

“Rather than being myself, I felt like I was playing a role for the shoot. It’s different from the Shinjiro until now,” claimed Atae. The photos follow a story line of ‘a young boy who matures after being trained by a woman’. Atae laughed as he said, “In love, age doesn’t matter, but for me personally, it would be impossible to be given orders.”

300 fans attended the release event, and a handshake event was put into effect.

Check out photos from the event below!

Source: Oricon