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April 10, 2005

Some big news among the giants of the electronics and entertainment industry. Sony has completed its takeover of the famous Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM) Hollywood movie studio for $3 billion. Sony Pictures will take over MGM's library of about 4,000 movies and 10,000 TV shows, adding to their existing catalog of some 3,500 movies and 35,000 TV shows. Meanwhile Sanyo Electric, the third-largest manufacturer of electronic goods, has appointed a female former TV journalist and a young heir to hopefully reverse a serious decline in revenue. The company hopes former World Business satellite presenter Nonaka Tomoyo (photo, 50) can help turn things around as CEO. A spokesman said outright that the appointment was partly meant to "shock" Sanyo employees. Iue Toshimasa, grandson of the company founder, was promoted from Vice President to COO. At 42, he is the youngest person ever to run the company. • Heavy metal band Loudness played a rooftop gig in Tokyo at the weekend and announced plans to tour overseas for the first time in 18 years. With their 25th anniversary coming up next year, the band are putting themselves back on the map and pushing the English version of their latest album "Racing". They'll kick off a European tour in Germany in July.

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April 11, 2005

Popular duo Yuzu will release their first greatest hits album - actually two albums - in June. Since their indie-label debut in 1997, the pop pair have amassed single and album sales of over 8 million. The two albums are "Home," which will cover the period between 1997 and 2000, and "Going" will bring fans up to date and include some new songs. The duo will also play to 130,000 fans at the outdoor Nissan Stadium in their hometown of Yokohama over two nights at the end of July. • Comedy star Aoki Sayaka (photo, 32) is better known for her acid tongue than her looks. But her latest project is a new racy photo book, "Ou Voyez Vous?" (What Are You Looking At?), shot on location in tropical Okinawa. Though she has done some pin up photos in the dim and dark past, she rode to fame on last year's o-warai (comedy) wave. She's usually seen giving her variety show co-stars a good verbal dressing down. But this time, she's the one doing the undressing, though not all the way. "Maybe next time...," she said.

Hmmm...Aoki Sayaka's personally not the prettiest celebrity I've seen, but in pure male chauvinism, her body's not half bad in most of the pictures I've seen....

kitakaze wrote:Hmmm...Aoki Sayaka's personally not the prettiest celebrity I've seen, but in pure male chauvinism, her body's not half bad in most of the pictures I've seen....

Ah, the superficial man..... *high-five*

:hehe:

bmwracer wrote:
Ah, the superficial man..... *high-five*

:hehe:

Thanks, I knew I had it in me somehwere.... :hehe:

kitakaze wrote:Hmmm...Aoki Sayaka's personally not the prettiest celebrity I've seen, but in pure male chauvinism, her body's not half bad in most of the pictures I've seen....

If you're talking about the pictures I think you're talking about...I'd have to agree with you.

*high five*

dochira wrote:If you're talking about the pictures I think you're talking about...I'd have to agree with you.

*high five*

Got a link or two for evidence?

Go to this page: http://living-on-the-edge.blog.ocn.ne.jp/living_on_the_edge/2004/09/ and scroll down to September 13, 2004.

She's normally got this kind of got a Yakuza tough girl look to her face...but she looks soft in a bikini....

dochira wrote:Go to this page: http://living-on-the-edge.blog.ocn.ne.jp/living_on_the_edge/2004/09/ and scroll down to September 13, 2004.

The third pic is the best, but I'm not impressed.

Yeah, I'm a picky bastard. :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
The third pic is the best, but I'm not impressed.

Yeah, I'm a picky bastard. :sweat:

Yes, yes, I noticed that when I first started posting here. And I think you told me something to the effect that I wasn't picky enough, or that I needed more filters.


:hehe:

I think my filters were: female, breathing, not anorexic, and not morbidly overweight. Perhaps I should put breathing before female, I wouldn't want anyone to think my filtering was too loose....

But you have to admit, she's better than many others out there. And she would pass kitakaze's filters easily. Even the updated one.

Oh yeah, she passed my filters with flying colors....

kitakaze wrote:Yes, yes, I noticed that when I first started posting here.

Yeah, I know we're off-topic, but my last thoughts: The face is ichiban on my filter profile. No exceptions.

bmwracer wrote:
Yeah, I know we're off-topic, but my last thoughts: The face is ichiban on my filter profile. No exceptions.

Hmmm...you already have Ryoko, and I won't want to lose an arm, so maybe I'd add Maiko Osawa to my filter.... :mrgreen:

kitakaze wrote:Hmmm...you already have Ryoko, and I won't want to lose an arm, so maybe I'd add Maiko Osawa to my filter.... :mrgreen:

Who??

Here's a link to some older pictures then, she's a gravure model.

http://www1.nisiq.net/~lala/idol/minami.html

Not quite the classic Japanese beauty (too curvy, I guess), but then again, I don't usually go in for that anyway.... :hehe:

kitakaze wrote:Not quite the classic Japanese beauty (too curvy, I guess), but then again, I don't usually go in for that anyway.... :hehe:

Hmm. Rather zaftig, ne?

(boy, I was dying for a chance to use that word, huh?) :beaten:

bmwracer wrote:
Hmm. Rather zaftig, ne?

(boy, I was dying for a chance to use that word, huh?) :beaten:

Uh...that could go either way. I don't think she's plus-sized at all, just curvy because I think she's kind of on the tall side too.

I first saw her pics a few years ago and almost dropped dead seeing a Japanese woman with the proportions of Marylin Monroe....

kitakaze wrote:Uh...that could go either way. I don't think she's plus-sized at all, just curvy because I think she's kind of on the tall side too.

I first saw her pics a few years ago and almost dropped dead seeing a Japanese woman with the proportions of Marylin Monroe....

If you dig through the Artistes forum you'll find a couple of threads for similar models, like Megumi and Nemoto Harumi... They're pretty buxom as well.