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Akakage wrote:


*cough*..maybe that picture is not appropriate here. I'm just saying because there's a guideline in posting pictures..Sorry Tu, would you mind taking this off too. :sweat:

Sorry to spoil the fun guys! :beaten:

no worries...it's done.

but i'm just curious did you remove the koda kumi photo?

Tu_triky wrote:but i'm just curious did you remove the koda kumi photo?

Not possible. Aka-chan has no mod power in this forum...

bmwracer wrote:
Not possible. Aka-chan has no mod power in this forum...

i don't care...just wondering, it's gone in any case...too jeri is too...she was much better looking....

Akakage wrote:


*cough*..maybe that picture is not appropriate here. I'm just saying because there's a guideline in posting pictures..Sorry Tu, would you mind taking this off too. :sweat:

Sorry to spoil the fun guys! :beaten:

no sweat but i've seen much more risque pictures than that...the ryoko yonekura white an-an pictures for example....she's straight up naked...why not trip over those? just making a point.......no harm, no foul.

Tu_triky wrote:no sweat but i've seen much more risque pictures than that...the ryoko yonekura white an-an pictures for example....she's straight up naked...why not trip over those?

Maybe it's out of context with the thread? :sweat: :sweat:

Tu_triky wrote:

no worries...it's done.

but i'm just curious did you remove the koda kumi photo?

nope I didn't I don't have the power to do that.

bmwracer wrote:
Maybe it's out of context with the thread? :sweat: :sweat:

i can understand that...no problem.

Tu_triky wrote:no sweat but i've seen much more risque pictures than that...the ryoko yonekura white an-an pictures for example....she's straight up naked...why not trip over those? just making a point.......no harm, no foul.

The man does have a point there.

There was no harm in the picture. No one complained about it either.
Plus, it was no where near close to pics of the likes of Megumi, Yuka, etc., in which have had their respective threads locked for reasons that were justified by the picture posing guidelines however, this picture did NOT violate any of said guidelines.

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September 28, 2005

Japan's best-selling rock band B'z are to release the follow-up to their multi-million selling first greatest hits album, after an interval of seven years. "Pleasure II" will go on sale on November 30. In terms of worldwide sales, B'z are just 7 million albums behind Elvis Presley. Their previous hits album "Pleasure" sold 5.9 million, itself a Japanese record, so this new release could see them topple even The King himself.

As the silly awards season continues, the latest winners are...enka singer Hikawa Kiyoshi (28) and pop diva Hamasaki Ayumi (26) are this year's Best Jeanists. Ayu was selected for the fifth time and so goes into the jeanist Hall of Fame, where she joins SMAP star Kimura Takuya.

ahochaude wrote:
The man does have a point there.

There was no harm in the picture. No one complained about it either.
Plus, it was no where near close to pics of the likes of Megumi, Yuka, etc., in which have had their respective threads locked for reasons that were justified by the picture posing guidelines however, this picture did NOT violate any of said guidelines.

thanx for the back-up..s'all good though...i ain't trippin' over it...but it's nice to know that someone doesn't think it was over the top...i mean the females were clothed and it was no more indecent than a photo in a swimsuit magazine. i appreciate your response, man. sankyu :mrgreen:

No problem.
Bottom line was that nothing was wrong with it and I (being myself) just had to say something about it.
On the other hand, if something were wrong with it, I would've probably requested the same.

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September 29, 2005

Troubled actress Sugita Kaoru (40) seems to be seeking a move out of the limelight. She's been a regular on the live afternoon variety show "Waratte Iitomo" every Wednesday for the last year, but made the surprise announcement yesterday that she will no longer be appearing. The show is a TV institution, hosted every weekday for more than 20 years by comedian Tamori (60). Sugita only recently stepped down from a planned role in next year's prestigious taiga period drama on NHK. Official statements say the decisions have nothing to do with her recent widely publicized brief marriage and divorce, but there can be little doubt that she could do with a break from the intense media glare.

• "Chi to Hone" (Blood and Bones), the movie featuring Kitano "Beat" Takeshi (58), has been chosen as the Japanese entry for the foreign movie category at next year's Academy Awards. It will be up against a host of entries from around the world for one of five nominations. Yamada Yoji's "Tasogare Seibei" (Twilight Samurai) was shortlisted in 2003, the first Japanese feature to be nominated in 22 years. Directed by Sai Yoichi (56), "Chi..." is a story about ethnic Koreans in Osaka in the 1920s. Takeshi turned in a powerful performance as a violent husband and father. He got so into his fight scenes with his son (Odagiri Jo), that it left him with a dislocated shoulder. As a director himself, he has received awards at the Cannes and Venice film festivals. This may be his first step toward getting an elusive Oscar.

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September 30, 2005

Congratulations to the Hanshin Tigers! Yesterday Japan's most fanatical and loyal baseball fans got their fifth Central League pennant, and second in three years, when the Tigers clinched their place in the Japan Series. Thousands gathered in central Osaka to celebrate and some 60 fans waited till after midnight, when police had mostly dispersed, before jumping into the stinking Dotombori River. A dozen or so regretted it afterwards, not because the jump is dangerous but because the river is so heavily polluted. The team used up 5,000 bottles of beer in the traditional celebration style, pouring it over teammates and rookie team manager Okada Akinobu (47) (photo).

• Celebrities lined up to grab some of the Tigers' limelight, passing on their congratulations. Among the many showbiz fans are actor Watanabe Ken (45), who was sad to be in the US promoting "Last Samurai" when the Tigers won in 2003; enka singer Shimakura Chiyoko (67), something of a mother figure for manager Okada; Talented flyweight boxer Kameda Koki (18), the eldest of three highly touted boxing brothers; and of course the hordes of comedy stars from the Osaka-based Yoshimoto Kogyo.

bmwracer wrote:
Thousands gathered in central Osaka to celebrate and some 60 fans waited till after midnight, when police had mostly dispersed, before jumping into the stinking Dotombori River. A dozen or so regretted it afterwards, not because the jump is dangerous but because the river is so heavily polluted.

I've seen images of people jumping from that bridge. I think I may have passed it when I was in Osaka. I understand the celebration, but maybe that river...I might as well jump into a sewer to get a similar effect.

bmwracer wrote:
The team used up 5,000 bottles of beer in the traditional celebration style, pouring it over teammates and rookie team manager Okada Akinobu (47) (photo).

Sad for beer drinkers, but if it's part of the celebration, who am I to criticize?

dochira wrote:
Sad for beer drinkers, but if it's part of the celebration, who am I to criticize?

don't worry those drunk ass fools probably lick it off each other....don't forget japan is a land of pervision despite being so civilized....

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October 3, 2005

The feud between record label Avex and members of 2Channel, Japan's most popular BBS, has escalated to the level of death threats. Avex has been cashing in on the wildly successful song "Koi no Maiahii" by East European group O-Zone. Part of the song's huge success has been an amateur Flash animation featuring a cat singing along in Japanese to the song (except the lyrics are actually Rumanian!) which became an underground hit largely thanks to 2Channel. Board members named the cat Monaa and consider it to be their own mascot. They are furious that Avex is making money from it, selling merchandising and even trying to patent their slight variation of the cat character, which they named Noma-neko. Last week one 2Channel poster threatened online to kill Avex employees with a knife as they left work, while at the weekend, another threatened to set fire to the home of Avex president Matsuura Masato (41) and "barbeque" his family. The company is not taking the threats lightly and has brought in the police. Yesterday, several hundred "2Channel-ers" gathered near Shibuya and Harajuku stations and handed out thousands of leaflets to passers-by.

• "Hi! Hi! Puffy AmiYumi," the US animation featuring the popular Japanese pop duo, is to be shown on TV Tokyo. The show was a surpise hit on the Cartoon Network, especially among pre-teen girls, and Puffy fans at home have been keen to get a look. It will feature as a twice-a-week, 7-minute segment, with a new Japanese voice-over, on the "OhaStar" early morning kids show starting from this Thursday.

dochira wrote:I've seen images of people jumping from that bridge. I think I may have passed it when I was in Osaka. I understand the celebration, but maybe that river...I might as well jump into a sewer to get a similar effect.

Oh man, jumping off of the bridge into Dotomburi is like a tradition in Kansai.
If I were drunk enough, I don't doubt that I'd do it too..... maybe. :hehe: Germs and stuff. :beaten:

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October 4, 2005

The 3-year relationship between actor Kane Kosugi (photo, 30) and pro golfer Higashio Riko (29) has come to an end. A sports newspaper revealed the other day that the couple split up during the summer, having decided to each follow their own dreams. Unlike many celebrity couples, they had been very open about their relationship, often appearing together in public. They were considered an ideal match - Kosugi was born and raised in the US, while the bilingual Higashio graduated from the University of Florida - and marriage was thought to be inevitable. But both have had increasingly busy schedules as a result of their success. Kosugi has become a regular on TV, especially in the Lipovitan D commercials, but is pursuing the same Hollywood career that his father, ninja-movie star Sho Kosugi, realized. He will make his Hollywood debut in the upcoming movie "DOA," which will also feature popular model Devon Aoki. Meanwhile Higashio, daughter of baseball star and former Seibu Lions manager Higashio Osamu, has moved to the US and is playing on the LPGA tour.

• Singer Koda Kumi (22) said she would open a nightclub in downtown Tokyo for one night if her greatest hits album sold a million copies. Well the album "Best - First Thinds" has reached No.1 in the Oricon charts, is set to sell a million copies and Koda's dream will come true. After her national tour finishes in mid-November, she will rent a club in Ginza for one night and will be "mama" to a crew of "cool & sexy" Koda lookalikes. Entry will be decided by lottery. meanwhile, another 22-year old is top of the singles chart. Utada Hikaru's 14th single, "Be My Last" is her first chart-topper for almost a year and a half.

bmwracer wrote:• Singer Koda Kumi (22) said she would open a nightclub in downtown Tokyo for one night if her greatest hits album sold a million copies. Well the album "Best - First Thinds" has reached No.1 in the Oricon charts, is set to sell a million copies and Koda's dream will come true. After her national tour finishes in mid-November, she will rent a club in Ginza for one night and will be "mama" to a crew of "cool & sexy" Koda lookalikes. Entry will be decided by lottery. meanwhile, another 22-year old is top of the singles chart. Utada Hikaru's 14th single, "Be My Last" is her first chart-topper for almost a year and a half.

whoa thats cool having a koda kumi club, so its just 1 night?

im glad utada came back to her old roots, i admit im probably one of the few who liked her flopped cd in the US but i really want her back with her old style, her new video was pretty good.

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October 5, 2005

Fans of popular Fuji TV "pheremone announcer" Chino Shio (28) got some bad news this week - on October 1, "Chinopan" got engaged to a very eligible bachelor. The lucky guy is the 38-year old grandson of former prime minister Fukuda Takeo. An employee of a foreign securities firm, the former Keio University football star has a reported annual salary of over \50 million. The couple met at a dinner party two years ago and have been going out since. Chino joined Fuji TV in April, 2000 and is just one of the network's many popular female announcers to find a rich and/or famous husband. She learned classic ballet for many years and her "charm point" is her long legs.

• Journalist and TV presenter Torigoe Shuntaro (65) has been hospitalized with rectal cancer. He made the announcement by telephone on the TV Asahi live morning show "Super Morning," on which he's a regular guest. He said he hadn't been too shocked by the discovery during a routine checkup, citing the example of actor Watari Tetsuya (63), who successfully fought the same disease in the early 1990s and still has a busy career. Displaying his usual fighting spirit, Torigoe hopes to be back on the show by October 24.