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The galleries have been updated:
- Hanai Miri: 6 images added.
- Matsugane Yôko: 16 images added.
- Takizawa Nonami: 38 images added.
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Wither Miri Hanai?
If you're a big fan of Hanai Miri as I am, you've probably been wondering what the hell she's been doing for the past year or so. Her last DVD, 7 Milli Chō Kyonyū De GO!, was released in December of 2006, and since then, aside from a few minor appearance in magazines (no photo spreads, just mentions and old pictures in articles), a cameo in a seriously funny Nike commercial (see above) and some amateur photoshoot sessions, she's been pretty much off the radar. Plus, she's been working on a horror movie called Dekimono due for release in 2008 (see this entry in her blog if you can read Japanese), so she's at least been keeping somewhat busy.
So, much to my delight, I spotted her on the cover of the latest Hontō Ni D-Cup (a Japanese softcore porn mag). Aside from a 5-page photo spread (which I plan to scan tomorrow), it also contained a DVD with a twenty-minute section focusing on Miri-chan. The year off from modelling has not hurt her at all... she's still very beautiful and actually seems to have gotten curvier. Not much more news than that, but here's hoping she has a more active idol career in 2008. Ganbarre, Miri-chan!
Gravure idol gamers
Kind of pointless info, but might be interesting for any gamers out there. While perusing Hanai Miri's blog, I came across a link to this site: beside games, a gaming site. The gimmick here is that they have gaming blogs (glogs, perhaps?) of various Japanese celebrities, including quite a few idols, including Miri and Takizawa Nonami.
Random facts from the site as of this writing:
- Miri owns a DS and a PS2, but PS2 is broken at the moment. A Sony product having troubles? Surely you jest!
- Nonami just has a DS.
- Neither lady is currently playing anything. Nonami is going away on a photoshoot for a week. Miri is apparently dabbling with one of those English training games, Eigo Zuge.
- The first game Nonami ever played was Super Mario. Miri's inaugeral game was Hi No Tori. The first is widely known, but I've never heard of the latter - maybe based on Tezuka's comic?
There a quite a few other notable idols on the site, including Aizawa Hitomi, (the seriously hot but sadly small chested) Kawamura Yukie, Matsumoto Sayuki, Aikawa Yuzuki, Yamamoto Ayano, Lyrian and Fukunaga China. Unsurprisingly, the DS is insanely popular with the girls. A few of them seem to be a little more into video games beyond the recent domination of Nintendo: I saw one idol with a Dreamcast, and as true gamers know, you're can't consider yourself hardcore unless you own a Dreamcast.
Oh! Pai Odori (Nozomi Takeuchi) review
When publishers release two gravure idol discs at once, there is bound to be some overlap between the discs: shot at the same time, with the same director and crew in the same location, it would be a miracle if there wasn't any similarities. However, Air Control seems to have taken that to the next level with Takeuchi Nozomi's Oh! Pai Odori and Oh! Pai Homare – it seems as if not only was the scenery recycled in a lot of the scenes, but often Nozomi's wardrobe is exactly the same. Its like a movie who's sequel is just more of…
Gallery updates
The galleries have been updated:
- Matsugane Yôko: 62 images added.
- Takizawa Nonami: 41 images added.
Enjoy!
