Yonekura Ryoko

bmwracer wrote:
Maybe it's just the photography, but there's just this incredible glow from her face in that pic... Quite remarkable. :bonk:

Looks like they might have used a nylon over the lense. She looks gorgeous! :mrgreen:

Eve wrote:Looks like they might have used a nylon over the lense.

I think it's more like I didn't use the Sharpen feature in Photoshop... The scans from my Canon scanner are usually soft with the sharpening function turned off... ;)

bmwracer wrote:
You mean this one, I think:

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I really like this pic of her. Maybe because the only thing I've seen her in is Seiki Bijin, so I think of her as being goofy and jolly all the time, yet, also well dressed.

I also really like the pic you like bmwracer, where you think she's glowing. It's just so real. I prefer real shots instead of pics seriously altered through photoshop.

uhno wrote:I also really like the pic you like bmwracer, where you think she's glowing. It's just so real. I prefer real shots instead of pics seriously altered through photoshop.

I find that a lot of pics in Japanese magazines don't appear to have been airbrushed or digitally altered... But maybe I haven't looked at enough magazines to make that call. :beaten:

bmwracer wrote:
I find that a lot of pics in Japanese magazines don't appear to have been airbrushed or digitally altered... But maybe I haven't looked at enough magazines to make that call. :beaten:

Everyone has their biases!! :usuck: :hehe:

Not that this particular pic is altered, but she looks so different. It's probably the hair.

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uhno wrote:Not that this particular pic is altered, but she looks so different. It's probably the hair.

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I think Wynter said that Ryoko-chan looks South Asian or something like that......

bmwracer wrote:
I think Wynter said that Ryoko-chan looks South Asian or something like that......

You want to know something, I think the same thing, especially after seeing this pic. She looks like a Bollywood actress. I'm gonna try finding the pic!

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uhno wrote:You want to know something, I think the same thing, especially after seeing this pic. She looks like a Bollywood actress. I'm gonna try finding the pic!

Uh, okay.....

bmwracer wrote:
I think Wynter said that Ryoko-chan looks South Asian or something like that......

IMHO it is not just the hair in that pic., which is darker. It is that her eye makeup is noticeably darker and done with a heavier touch. The eyeliner both top and bottom, mascara, her eyebrows are all done up in a very dark brown or black. Reminiscent of kohl lined eyes. In many of her other pics she has a very soft eye as far as makeup goes. She does look like a Bollywood actress in that pic. So beautiful! :)

Enna wrote:

IMHO it is not just the hair in that pic., which is darker. It is that her eye makeup is noticeably darker and done with a heavier touch. The eyeliner both top and bottom, mascara, her eyebrows are all done up in a very dark brown or black. Reminiscent of kohl lined eyes. In many of her other pics she has a very soft eye as far as makeup goes. She does look like a Bollywood actress in that pic. So beautiful! :)

That's exactly it. I'm convinced it's the eye makeup, but also the slight tilting down of her head is different from her usual post of lifting her head upwards. :)

Wynter wrote:

That's exactly it. I'm convinced it's the eye makeup, but also the slight tilting down of her head is different from her usual post of lifting her head upwards. :)

Oh yes! Plus the direct intense stare into the camera.

Enna wrote:Oh yes! Plus the direct intense stare into the camera.

:inlove: :bonk: :muack:

Another fave from Kanebo cosmetics:

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Oh yeah! Very nice :)

Anime Dad wrote:Oh yeah! Very nice :)

Wish I had a full-size poster of that one... :bonk: :bonk:

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You mean Ryoko-sized? Yeah, would be nice :)

Anime Dad wrote:You mean Ryoko-sized? Yeah, would be nice :)

I knew you were gonna say that... :beaten:

If it were me instead of my boss in Japan at the moment, i'd be keeping an eye out for Ryoko merch for you - i'd be surprised if there wasn't any :)

Anime Dad wrote:If it were me instead of my boss in Japan at the moment, i'd be keeping an eye out for Ryoko merch for you - i'd be surprised if there wasn't any :)

Merchandise??

Like stuff from her lingerie drawer? :beaten: :naughty:

bmwracer wrote:
Merchandise??

Like stuff from her lingerie drawer? :beaten: :naughty:

According to tabana, they have vending machines for that in Japan.

Don't know if you could get Ryoko's in particular, though :P