Takeuchi Nozomi news
Nozomi Takeuchi's new CD covers Every Little Thing
First off, before I get to the CD, a big screw you to the marketing geniuses over at Girls Record: Takeuchi Nozomi's CD Fuyu Ga Hajimaru Yo was released on the fifth of this month. There was a promotional event on the eighth with received very little advance promotion in a place which that is not normally known for hosting idol events (Sofmap Zaurus - a software store!), and featured both Nozomi and the equally cute and busty Horii Mizuki. I only found out on the same day as I was browsing for a new game or two and noticed the advert in the store. I had a commitment that I couldn't break at that point, so, to paraphrase a legend, "NO BUSTY IDOLS FOR YOU!!!" Damn it.
Okay, enough griping. Nozomi's new DVD covers well known J-pop band Every Little Thing with a solid cover of Fuyu Ga Hajimaru Yo as well as an original song, Sweet Good-Bye ~White Love Letter~. The requite instrumental versions follow. If you hate the manufactured nature of J-pop, then Nozomi will do very little to change your mind about the genre, but she her musical training does show through. Plus, props to her for actually writing her own stuff. She seems to be embracing her musical side, as she also released another CD in November of original songs, Dramatical, as well as an accompanying music DVD, Nozomi No Uta.
As usual for Girls' Record stuff, a DVD came with the CD, which had the video for the title track as well as a half hour making-of segment. Unlike fellow idols Kitamura Hitomi and Takizawa Nonami recent ventures into music videos, the video for Fuyu is not a cheesecake-fest, but rather focuses on Nozomi as a cute, girl-next-door type as opposed to going straight for the lowest common denominator. She does appear in a bikini in some of the scenes, but they are all too brief glimpses of her wonderful body and boobs. Still, there is something inherently watchable about Nozomi which very few, if any, idols can match: like her idol videos, she has a great connection with the camera and hence the viewer. She displays charisma as well as cleavage.
She's her usual charming, upbeat self on the making-of track and is more than watchable: probably the most entertaining behind-the-scenes for a video since Hanai Miri's Yokan. Of course, your mileage will vary with your understanding of Japanese.
And again, screw you, Girls' Record promotional team. Not that I'm bitter or anything.
Nonami Takizawa is a lighting rod for Chinese hate
Direct from the holy-shit-don't-people-have-anything-better-to-do-with-their-time files comes this report that Nonami has attracted the ire of a bunch of Chinese xenophobes/nationalists. The initial story, as well as a follow up on CNet both incorrectly label Nonami as an AV idol, but I suppose that's beside the point.
Apparently, Nonami and a crew shot a promo in rural China for Sabra and this attracted the attention of certain elements of the Chinese web surfers to decry this as "pollution" of the Chinese Way Of Life. Having essentially no knowledge of Chinese, I can't verify these claims personally, but given the history or relations between Japan and China, I can believe it when some say that the language used to describe poor Nonami was rather vulgar.
Anyway, I don't want to get into the politics of it all, so check the two links above for more complete (but still quite biased) takes on the situation. If you want to see the oh so dreadful video which is causing the disintigration of morality of China, you can check the video on a Chinese version of YouTube.
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…
Oh! Pai Homare (Nozomi Takeuchi) review
If you've been following Takeuchi Nozomi's DVD releases for the last couple of years, her new one, Oh! Pai Homare (and it's sister release, Oh! Pai Odori) might take you by surprise. Nozomi has been playing up the erotic-side of her releases (i.e. simulated fellatio, implied sex, bondage, etc) and it's generally worked quite well. However, with Oh! Pai Homare, she returns to a (slightly) more innocent time and provides her fans with a disc which, while undeniably sexy, is focused on the aspects of glamour and fun, like her earlier releases Mangetsu and Akatsuki No Megami. With a sly wink…
Gallery updates
The galleries have been updated:
- Kitamura Hitomi: 40 images added.
- Natsume Rio: 39 images added.
- Takeuchi Nozomi: 37 images added.
Enjoy!
