‘Japanese Idols Now & Then’ Archives
YOKO KUMADA – Naked Love, a masterpiece ?
Yoko Kumada is a popular model among Japanese fans, recently she got international fans too. She published a new photobook in October 2009. Title is Naked Love, and fans say this photobook seems to be her best work or masterpiece all through her career. Naked Love - YOKO KUMADA PHOTOBOOK is reputed high because 3/4 of the total pages are [...]
GACKT to be 37 years old
GACKT keeps something about him under secret. Age is one of the secrets. He recently said that he would be 37 years old next year ! Then finally we got his age. GACKT often jokes, and sometimes gets serious. If we don't get used to his talks, we would be at a loss about which is his real way. This time, it seems serious, so he will be 37, [...]
MEGUMI ASAOKA – Pretty face stands out !
MEGUMI ASAOKA was a complete Japanese idol. Her big time was around 1972 to 1975. The star time was not that long. But the impact on Japanese boys then was really big, and many of the fans still remain as fan of her. Also new generation sometimes like her by just looking at photos of old time. Her pretty face and total image were beyond [...]
SIZUE ABE – Time of Typical Beauty Queen
I don't want to blame time. I don't want to look back when we were shining. I want to stay beautiful. But this is a real hard thing to dream. SIZUE ABE absolutely represented a beauty of Japanese women. When the record, At the Coffee Shop" ( Coffee shop de) was released, and the when she sung "Blue letter" ( Mizuiro no Tegami) on the stage of [...]
Can NORIKA FUJIWARA come back ?
NORIKA FUJIWARA is the biggest female star in late 1990's to around 2005. If I say so, maybe many of fans deny it. She is still a top star and has many fans even she got divorced. When she came up on screen in early 1990's, she was not such a big star. But after the rumore with gold medalist skate player, Niriyasu Shimizu, was thrown into [...]
TORAY selected pretty CM girl-CHINAMI SUZUKI
TORAY is a large Japanese textile company. It's dealing with various items and stuff in the market. Although the products are not familiar to guys in Japan, the biggest focus is always the commercial image girl for swimming wears. TORAY's one of the top sales items are swimming wears. The commercial girl is selected annualy and it's publically [...]
Kyoka Suzuki starts new movie, Sideways
Kyoka Suzuki is a sophisticated woman and she has a real beauty inside. It's a kind of pride talk but please read with your mind of forgiveness on me, I once worked with Kyoka Suzuki when she was still a commercial model in north Japan area before she becomes famous as an actress. She is now 41 years old, when I met her for the first [...]
AKINA NAKAMORI
AKINA NAKAMORI used to be the most popular idol girl of Japan back in late 1970's to early 80's. When she first appeared in Japanese TV program, Japan was still conservative and they didn't want to see attitude on TV. All the idols were softened by producers and viewers in front of TVs accepted decollated image of the idols. Now,AKINA [...]
SAKI KUBOTA – the real beauty
In late 1970's, a singer song writer made a big hit with an exotic song, Ihojin ( or Stranger in English) . She wrote this song and it became annual big hit in Japan then. She got talent, at the same time, she had a real beauty in her face. Her beauty is still shining in the video, and her song makes her beauty out-stand with exotic [...]
SEIKO MATSUDA
SEIKO MATSUDA was a biggest idol from late 1970's to 1980's in Japan. She followed the top idol status after MOMOE YAMAGUCHI as Momoe retired the singer at the time of her wedding. Momoe's retire was a sudden shock for her fans. Maybe all the Japanese idol fans thought no new idol like Momoe would be born soon. Against their [...]
