Yamasaki Mami

Yamasaki Mami Biography
Name: Yamasaki Mami
Birthdate: September 20, 1985
Birth location: Osaka, Japan
Birth name: Yamasaki Mami
Measurements: 84-59-87(cm)
Height: 169cm
Shoe size: 24cm
Eye colour: Brown
Hair colour: Black
Natural breasts: Yes
Ethnicity: Japanese
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Mami Yamasaki (山崎 真実, Yamasaki Mami?, born September 20, 1985) from Osaka is a Japanese gravure idol, or bikini model, and actress. Her photos frequently show her in provocative poses. Yamasaki has done television commercials for the Japanese convenience stores Circle K and Sunkus, and appears in GoGo Sentai Boukenger as Shizuka of the Wind, a member of Dark Shadow and a principal villainess. She has also appeared on the Japanese television show Hey! Spring of Trivia. She is also to appear in Chō Ninja Tai Inazuma!! SPARK.



In the level Graniny Gorki Lab 1F of the PlayStation 2 video game Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence, there is a poster of Mami Yamasaki on the office wall.

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Beautiful Japanese Singer Yu Hasebe

Yu Hasebe Biography
* Name: Hasebe Yu (長谷部優)
* Birthday: January 17, 1986
* Birthplace: Gifu Prefecture
* Blood type: A
* Height: 155cm
* Bust: 75cm
* Waist: 60cm
* Hips: 80cm

Yu Hasebe is one of the original three members of the J-Pop group dream (renamed DRM in 2007). She made her debut as a gravure idol in 2004. She's also starred in a number of Japanese movies and TV dramas.

Hasebe Yu is a member of the J-Pop group dream, and one of its original three. She made her debut as a gravure idol in 2004. Hasebe Yu (長谷部優) was born on January 17, 1986 in Gifu Prefecture.

Yu has always been the visual focal point of dream, having been given the center position of the original group's V-formation. The more elaborate choreography of the expanded dream eliminated any standard positioning of the girls when performing, but Yu continues to be featured at the center of most group photographs. In late 2004, Yu began an ongoing series of gravure magazine shoots, with photobooks and DVD releases following shortly thereafter.

Possibly as an extension of the above, Yu is also the actress of the group, with roles in a growing number of movies and doramas. Her credits include a starring role in the late-night TV Tokyo drama Koi Suru!? Kyaba Jou and the female lead in Karera no Umi VII ～Wish on the Polestar～. Yu is also the only member to appear in dream's drama-styled PV for the song Kono Natsu ga Owaru Mae ni.

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Japanese Model "Wakana Matsumoto"

Wakana Matsumot Biography
Name: Wakana Matsumoto
Born: February 25, 1984
Name (romaji): Matsumoto Wakana
Birthplace: Tottori Prefecture, Japan
Profession: Actress and model
Height: 163cm
Star sign: Pieces
Talent agency: Office Walker

Wakana Matsumoto is a Japanese actress from Tottori Prefecture. She currently portrays Airi Nogami in the tokusatsu drama Kamen Rider Den-O.

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Shibasaki Kou

Shibasaki Kou Biography
Name: 柴咲コウ
Name (romaji): Shibasaki Kou
Real name: 山村幸恵 / Yamamura Yukie
Profession: Actress and singer
Birthdate: 1981-Aug-05
Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
Height: 160cm
Star sign: Leo
Blood type: B
Talent agency: Stardust

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Japanese Beautiful "Shoko Miyake"

Shoko Miyake Biography
Name: 三宅梢子 Shoko Miyake
Sex: Female
Born: November 9, 1979
Blood Type: A
Height: 157 cm, B83 W58 H85
Special Skill: Calligraphy swimming Futsal

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Ayumi Hamasaki

Ayumi Hamasaki Biography
Name: Ayumi Hamasaki
Birthday: 2nd October 1978
Star sign: Libra
Place of Birth: Fukuoka
Blood type: A
Height: 5'1" (156cm)
(B/W/H): 31/20.5/32 (80/53/82)
Weight: 88lbs (40Kg)
Producer: Max Matsuura
Record Label: Avex Trax
Interests: watching baseball and music.
Talents: Playing piano, flower arranging, drawing, ballet, can write with left and right hands.
Favorite Food: sashimi, Sweets, cake, chocolate, and kimichi.
About Music: I listened to rock (Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple) through the influence of my older brother. Now I enjoy listening to black music like Babyface, En Vogue, etc.
Disliked Food: Pig leg.
Favorite Actors: Rie Miyazawa, and Nicolas Cage.
Favorite Authors: Natsuki Gin'iro, Mitsuwo Aida.
Admired Women: Keiko (Globe), Rie Miyazawa, Seiko Matsuda
Favorite Books: usually buy fashion magazines, etc. Modern-day translations of ancient Japanese poems (Manyoushuu) are especially interesting. Silver summer life works, Mitsuo Aida works, etc.
Favorite Singers: Keiko (Globe), Matsu Takako.
Favorite Movies: "The Bodyguard", "Betty Blue", and "Leaving Las Vegas"
Likes Collecting: Any white decorative things for the room.
People she respects: Someone that has a quality she doesn't.
People she dislikes: People who lie, and rude people.
Website: Official Website


Ayumi Hamasaki (浜崎 あゆみ (also 浜崎歩) , Hamasaki Ayumi?), born October 2, 1978, is a Japanese singer-songwriter and former actress. Also known as Ayu to her fans, Hamasaki has been dubbed the "Empress of pop" and "the Empress of J-Pop" due to her popularity and widespread influence in Japan.Born and raised in Fukuoka, she moved to Tokyo at fourteen to pursue a career in entertainment. In 1998, under the tutelage of Avex CEO Max Matsuura, she released a string of modestly selling singles that concluded with her 1999 debut album A Song for XX, which debuted atop the Oricon charts and stayed there for four weeks in a row, establishing her popularity in Japan.


Because of her constantly changing image and tight control over her artistry, Hamasaki has become a "trendsetter" and an "icon of fashion" in Asia;[5] her popularity and influence in music and fashion extend to China, Singapore, Taiwan, and South Korea. She has appeared in or lent her songs to many advertisements and television commercials. Though she originally supported this, a 2001 event in which Avex forced her to put her greatest hits album in direct competition with Hikaru Utada's Distance made Hamasaki reconsider and eventually oppose her status as an Avex "product".


Since her 1998 debut with the single "Poker Face", Hamasaki has sold around 50 million records, making her one of Japan's best-selling singers. Her singles have set records: she is the Japanese female artist with the highest singles sales, most number-one singles, and most million-seller singles.[fn 1] She is also the only Japanese artist to have a number-one single every year for ten years straight and the first to have her first eight studio albums top the Oricon.


Hamasaki was born in Fukuoka Prefecture and raised by her mother and grandmother, as her father had left the family when she was three and never again came into contact with her. Because her mother worked to support the family, Hamasaki's grandmother became her primary caretaker.

Hamasaki began her modeling career at seven, working locally for institutions such as banks to earn money for the family. At fourteen, she moved from Fukuoka to Tokyo to take modeling jobs under SOS, a talent agency. Although she got good grades at first, she decided that the subjects she was taking were of no use to her; her grades then dropped drastically and she became a delinquent. Her modeling career did not last long; SOS deemed her too short to be a model and transferred her to Sun Music, a musicians' agency. Under Sun, Hamasaki released Nothing from Nothing, her first album, on the Nippon Columbia label. This rap album, released under the name "Ayumi", failed to chart on the Oricon; Hamasaki was soon dropped by Sun.


The talent agencies had provided dormitories; needing somewhere to live, Hamasaki began acting in B-movies and television dorama. The projects she acted in, including the B-movies Gakko II and Ladys Ladys!! Soucho Saigo no Hi and dorama Miseinen, were not well-received by the public. Though she had entered Horikoshi Gakuen, a high school for the arts, she left shortly afterward. Dissatisfied with her job, Hamasaki soon quit her acting career as well. When her mother moved to Tokyo, she moved in with her.[9] As she "thought of nothing [to do]" and was neither employed nor in school, Hamasaki spent much of her time shopping at Shibuya boutiques and dancing at Velfarre, an Avex-owned disco club.


At Velfarre, Hamasaki was introduced to her future producer, Max Matsuura, through a friend. Matsuura offered her a recording deal immediately after hearing her sing, but Hamasaki suspected ulterior motives and turned the offer down. He persisted until the following year, when she finally signed on to the Avex label and began vocal training.[12][10] Finding the instructors too rigid and the classes too dull, however,[10] she skipped most of her classes. When she confessed this to Matsuura, he sent her to New York for training. The writing in her messages to him from New York impressed him, and he suggested she try writing her own lyrics.

Biography Source: wikipedia.org

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Mai Kuraki

Mai Kuraki Biography
Stage Name: Kuraki Mai (倉木麻衣)
Real Name: Aono Mai
Nick Name: Mai Kuraki
Birth Date: October 28, 1982
Birth Place: Funabashi, Chiba, Japan
Blood Type: B
Height: 162cm
Weight: 45kg
Hobbies: Watching movies, making accessories, listening to music, drawing
Favorite Artists: Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Janet Jackson, Lauryn Hill, Backstreet Boys
Favorite Colours: Black, white, pink, red, orange
Favorite Food: Fruit, pasta | Favorite Musical Genre: R&B
Respects: Her parents


Mai Kuraki was influenced at an early age by Whitney Houston's singing and Michael Jackson's dancing. In her second year of junior high school, she submitted a demo tape to the Giza Studio recording label and won a contract. She debuted in the United States in 1999 with the song "Baby I Like," released as Mai K. Her first Japanese single, "Love, Day After Tomorrow", was released later in the year. It sold 1,385,190 copies in Japan. The success of her debut was quickly followed by her second single "Stay by my side" which become her first no.1 single and eventually sold 922,140 copies. Mai's third single "Secret of my Heart" was also very successful reaching no.2 on the Oricon Weekly Ranking (At this week, Masaharu Fukuyama's biggest hit single "Sakurasaka" was number 1, which sold 2,299,000 copies). The single charted for sixteen weeks and sold 968,980 copies. A few weeks before the release of her debut album Mai released her fourth single "Never Gonna Give You Up" featuring Michael Africk. The single peaked at #2 and sold 434,250 copies.


Following the release of four singles Mai Kuraki released her highly anticipated debut album "Delicious Way". The album was a massive success in Japan topping the charts and selling an impressive 3,451,660 copies. Delicious Way was the highest selling album in the year 2000 and officially the 9th best selling Jpop album of all time.[1] Delicious Way is also the second best selling studio album from a female artist after Utada Hikaru's First Love and the third best selling Jpop female album of all time ~ after First Love and Ayumi Hamasaki's A-Best compilation album. In addition, Mai Kuraki also holds the record of having all 28 of her singles in the top-ten since her debut according to the Oricon's female artists ranking record. Like her popular contemporary Utada Hikaru, Mai Kuraki also writes the lyrics to all her songs.


Her English-language ventures, single "Baby I Like" and the album Secret of My Heart were both commercial flops, even though they were the flagship releases of the GIZA USA label. Her all-African-American tour band, Experience, is also somewhat prolific. They were featured in the music video for "Stand Up", and released one single featuring Kuraki Mai's vocals and a Michael Jackson tribute album.

Following the Delicious Way, Mai started releasing material for her second album. This was kicked off with the single "Simply Wonderful" which peaked no.2 and sold 384,820 copies. Mai's next single "Reach for the Sky" was also a success was peaking at no.3 at and sold 468,320 units. The single was used as the theme song for NHK TV series "Audrey". Reach for the Sky was Mai Kuraki's first single not to reach the no. 1 or 2 position on the Oricon Charts. Mai's third single form her second album was Tsumetai Umi / Start in my life. The single peaked at no.2, charted for eleven weeks and sold 356,310 copies. Next up was the single "Stand Up" an acoustic rock single. Stand Up peaked at no.2 and eventually sold 475,910 copies. A month before releasing her second album, Mai released the single "Always" an upbeat song. Peaking at no.2 the single went on to sell 219,940 copies.


Following the release of five new singles, Mai Kuraki eventually released her second album Perfect Crime in July 2001. Although the album did not match the phenomenal success of Delicious Way, it did fare well in its own right, peaking at no.1 on the Oricon Charts, and eventually went on to sell 1,317,170 copies.

Year 2002 was a year of success for Mai Kuraki. January that year, "Winter Bells", the 10th opening theme for the popular anime Detective Conan, reached the top position of the Oricon charts. FT Shiseido chose "Feel fine!" as the theme song for its 100 year celebration campaign. The single release of the song briefly held the daily top spot against Ayumi Hamasaki's "Free & Easy", but lost out the weekly top spot.

In October 2003, she released a rock cover of a Momoe Yamaguchi, a 1970's idol, song, "IMITATION GOLD" as part of Tak Matsumoto's HIT PARADE project, which claimed the top position on the Oricon charts, despite selling less than 50,000 copies on the first week. On New Year's Day of year 2004, Kuraki released her compilation/best album Wish You The Best and became the best selling album in the month of January plus the 5th best selling album for the year 2004 in Japan. Since the release of "Love, needing", she have been featuring more retro-sounding songs. In March 2005 she graduated from Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto. 6th studio album "Fuse of Love" was release on 24 August 2005. Recently, her 7th studio album "DIAMOND WAVE" was released on 2 August 2006. This is the first time she is using her single title to be the same as the album and also the first time there are only three instead of four hit singles to be included in her album.

In 2007, she became more active outside Japan - performed "Born to be Free" at the A3 Champions Cup in China in June, performed her classic "Secret of my heart" at Taiwan's Golden Melody Award, performed new single "Silent love ~open my heart~" at the Asian Song Festival in Korea, and had her first overseas concert in Taiwan in November, just before the release of the "One Life" album in January 1 2008.

Also in 2007, she has joined Northern Music and left GIZA Studio. Her first album there went below #10 and hit #14.

She is currently doing her new album ,which is tentatively scheduled to be released either in the fall of this year or early next year. Her latest single , "Ichibyo Goto ni Love for You" will be released on July 9th.

To date, Kuraki has recorded 7 studio albums (5 of which went to #1), 27 singles (3 of which went to #1), a compilation album, and 9 DVD/Videos.

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Sayuri Anzu

Sayuri Anzu Biography
Sayuri Anzu was born in Kanagawa, Japan on September 20, 1983. Considered as one of the top swimsuit idols in Japan, Sayuri Anzu has graced the cover of almost every major men’s magazine including the infamous Sabra.

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Yukie Kawamura

Yukie Kawamura Biography
* Name: Kawamura Yukie (川村ゆきえ)
* Real name: Kawamura Yukie (川村雪恵 - different spelling)
* Birthdate: January 23, 1986
* Birthplace: Hokkaido
* Blood Type: O
* Height: 158cm
* Bust: 90cm
* Waist: 60cm
* Hips: 87cm
* Hobbies: Sewing, being in her room, volleyball



Yukie made her debut as a gravure idol in 2003. Due to being in Seikore 2003, Yukie's popularity quickly rose and she is now as well-known as other gravure idol greats like Wakatsuki Chinatsu and Anzu Sayuri. She has released a number of DVDs and photobooks and has appeared in gravure magazines like Sabra numerous times.




In 2005, Yukie's activities were put on hold due to some issues involving copyrights and contracts when switching talent agencies. She has since been able to resume her job; Yukie released a DVD in March 2006 marking her return.

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Amuro Namie

Amuro Namie Biography
* Name: Amuro Namie (安室奈美恵)
* Birthday: September 20, 1977
* Birthplace: Naha City, Okinawa Prefecture
* Blood Type: O
* Family: Parents divorced, mother deceased, 2 sisters and 1 brother
* Height: 158cm / 5'2"
* Weight: 40kg / 88 lbs
* Measurements: B75 W58 H87
* Ethnicity: 75% Japanese, 25% Italian
* Tattoos: Two on her left arm, two on her right wrist



Namie Amuro (安室奈美恵) was born at Naha, Okinawa prefecture, on 20th of September 1977. Her parents divorced while she was only a toddler, leaving her mother responsible for bringing up Namie and her 3 siblings all alone. The low funds of the family didn’t prevent Namie from chasing her dreams to be a star. She was attending Okinawa Actors School successfully, despite her having to walk everyday for 2 hours to go and return from the school - her family couldn’t afford public transportation.



At her fifteen, she formed a girl group with some classmates of hers, called “SUPER MONKEY’S”, under TOSHIBA EMI label. At first, their sales were pretty decent but after the 5th single “TRY ME ~私を信じて~” (01/25/1995), the group started having proper recognition at the charts, getting into the top 10 and being invited at 紅白歌合戦 (Kouhaku Uta Gassen), a big annual music show.





During that period, the group had already moved in Tokyo and changed its name to “Namie Amuro with SUPER MONKEY’S” with Namie taking the upper hand and the lead role of the group. The two following singles made big success as well, resulting to Avex, through the superstars’ producer Tetsuya Komuro, noticing the band, offering a solo career contract for Namie. The rest of the members regrouped with the name Musical Active eXperience or, simply, MAX.

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