Yonekura Ryoko

Pemu wrote: Sorry, my bad. She resembles Rei a bit as she has that facial expression, a bit unclear to recognize Rei.

No problem. I see your point... The giveaway for me was that I know Rei is shorter than Ryoko-chan and this gal is taller... :)

Ryoko-chan making a presentation at an awards show... Awesome gal, awesome dress: :D

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More Ryoko-chan goodness: :D

Um, she seems to like to make that "V" sign with her fingers... Does anyone know the significance of that? I've always associated that as a "peace" sign...

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Ryoko-chan look very elegant in those picture. I can understand why you are such a devoted fan of her. :D

Ren wrote:Ryoko-chan look very elegant in those picture. I can understand why you are such a devoted fan of her. :D

Which pics are you talking about?

Regardless, I am devoted to Ryoko-chan. And very likely insane. :crazy: :nut: :bonk: :hehe:

bmwracer wrote:More Ryoko-chan goodness: :D

Um, she seems to like to make that "V" sign with her fingers... Does anyone know the significance of that? I've always associated that as a "peace" sign...

Good question!!! Sakai Noriko's been making those peace signs since the late 1980's. Making that sign seems quite common among Japanese females, no matter who they are. A colleague of mine recently visited one of the U.S. military bases in Japan. He brought back photos he took of the people who work at the base. And, just about all the Japanese women in the various candid photos were making that peace sign!!! I guess if you must do something with your hands, that's one thing you could do.

And I think it isn't even just the females... I've seen some males do the same thing. In the Love Hina anime series, Urashima Keitaro made the peace sign on every photo booth decal he had in his album.

Here's one explanation I found on the 'net:
"Peace is a sign made by two fingers, but when you say "ni" (two) in Japanese, you open your mouth horizontally. That is why we make the V sign although we do not say "ni" to take a photo."[/list:u] Source: http://forum.japanreference.com/archive/topic/1919-1.html

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i like this pic and probably all of the rest. Where did you get all these pic mike and it seems like it is endless. I need to find that kinda sources for Ryoko Hirosue pic. :D [image]

groink wrote:

Good question!!! Sakai Noriko's been making those peace signs since the late 1980's. Making that sign seems quite common among Japanese females, no matter who they are. A colleague of mine recently visited one of the U.S. military bases in Japan. He brought back photos he took of the people who work at the base. And, just about all the Japanese women in the various candid photos were making that peace sign!!! I guess if you must do something with your hands, that's one thing you could do.

And I think it isn't even just the females... I've seen some males do the same thing. In the Love Hina anime series, Urashima Keitaro made the peace sign on every photo booth decal he had in his album.

Here's one explanation I found on the 'net:
"Peace is a sign made by two fingers, but when you say "ni" (two) in Japanese, you open your mouth horizontally. That is why we make the V sign although we do not say "ni" to take a photo."[/list:u] Source: http://forum.japanreference.com/archive/topic/1919-1.html

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Thanks for the info, groink. I would've thought that the sign meant something completely different in Japan. I guess American culture is more ingrained in Japan than I thought...

Peace out! :D

Ren wrote:i like this pic and probably all of the rest. Where did you get all these pic mike and it seems like it is endless. I need to find that kinda sources for Ryoko Hirosue pic.

It does seem endless, doesn't it? All I can say is: keep 'em comin'!! :hehe:


The first thing is to do searches for Hirosue Ryoko using Yahoo! and Google... Next is to go to Yahoo! Japan and Google Japan and do the same thing, using her Japanese character name... Get it?? :)


Each time I find a decent pic of Ryoko-chan, I save it to my hard drive and copy the URL link into a text file, so I can use it here at JDorama or some other place...

It takes some effort, but the results are soooo rewarding... :D

Oh yeah, I need to get a life. *extremely embarrassed*

Here's Ryoko-chan sporting a semi-backless outfit... Very nice! :D

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Here's nearly the exact same shot from the other side: :)

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Here's a great pic that should blow people away: :inlove: :bonk:

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More of the happy-go-lucky gal: :D

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Pics from Musashi... Ryoko-chan as the beautiful Otsu: :D

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Not sure, but this pic of Ryoko-chan is from a Sala ad: :)

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Yet another Sala pic: :D

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One final one from the Sala set: :nut:

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Magazine cover shot of Ryoko-chan's million-dollar smile (nice leg, too :hehe: ): :inlove:

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Ryoko-chan pics from the Kanebo website... Compare them with the previous Sala pics: :)

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Hope this will not take too long to load... :hehe:

http://www.geocities.com/hatsunechan05/yonekurasan/


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