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So she's smart? Big deal. She has no acting talent and she doesn't look all that good anyway. And besides, I like chicks who are as dumb as a stick anyway. Easier to manipulate! Mwahahahahahahaha. :hehe:

ahochaude wrote:So she's smart? Big deal. She has no acting talent and she doesn't look all that good anyway. And besides, I like chicks who are as dumb as a stick anyway. Easier to manipulate! Mwahahahahahahaha. :hehe:

:beaten: :sweat: hehehehehe...like paris hilton?!

Yonekura is considered Rei's senpai. With 3/4 more years in the ent biz.... obviously she has had more time to demonstrate her 'diversity". It's like trying to compare Nanako and Yonekura... unfair comparsion don't you think?

Personally i prefer Ryoko chan cos she's more bubbly.

FYI, Rei has just been casted in the "major" movie Gozilla opposite Mabo. Next thing you know.... you'll have Rei fans swarming the forums indicating that Rei has a movie to her credit and Ryoko chan has none ;)

bluemarine wrote:Yonekura is considered Rei's senpai. With 3/4 more years in the ent biz.... obviously she has had more time to demonstrate her 'diversity". It's like trying to compare Nanako and Yonekura... unfair comparsion don't you think?

Personally i prefer Ryoko chan cos she's more bubbly.

FYI, Rei has just been casted in the "major" movie Gozilla opposite Mabo. Next thing you know.... you'll have Rei fans swarming the forums indicating that Rei has a movie to her credit and Ryoko chan has none ;)

Ryoko has a good short movie an action one called "Gun Crazy".
I hope Godzilla can really challenge Rei's acting skill with the monster.. :hehe:

Akakage wrote:I hope Godzilla can really challenge Rei's acting skill with the monster.. :hehe:

Kikukawa is a monster. Well, looks like one at least.

bluemarine wrote:Personally i prefer Ryoko chan cos she's more bubbly.

You ain't the only one. :D

you'll have Rei fans swarming the forums indicating that Rei has a movie to her credit and Ryoko chan has none ;)

Ehhhhhh.... If that's the case, Rei's fans are dorks. :shakehead:

ahochaude wrote:Kikukawa is a monster. Well, looks like one at least.

hehehehe.. :hehe: :beaten: she beats Godzilla as a monster.. :beaten:

bluemarine wrote:Yonekura is considered Rei's senpai. With 3/4 more years in the ent biz.... obviously she has had more time to demonstrate her 'diversity". She impressed me in each individual role WITHIN the confines of said role than Rei ever has.

It's like trying to compare Nanako and Yonekura... unfair comparsion don't you think?

not exactly. I do believe Matsushima's maturity at Yonekura's "NOW" stage of her career has been more impressive "acting wise".

I love both of these actresses, so nothing but praise for them. :hehe:

Ushiroyubi wrote:

not exactly. I do believe Matsushima's maturity at Yonekura's "NOW" stage of her career has been more impressive "acting wise".

I love both of these actresses, so nothing but praise for them. :hehe:

I like both Yonekura and Matsushima in a different way though since Matsushima Nanako's beauty is more graceful and feminine while Yonekura Ryoko's beauty is more sporty and sexy IMO.

Akakage wrote:I like both Yonekura and Matsushima in a different way though since Matsushima Nanako's beauty is more graceful and feminine while Yonekura Ryoko's beauty is more sporty and sexy IMO.

Hmm. I'd go along with that. Nanako-chan's beauty is more traditional Japanese, whereas Ryoko-chan's beauty is more modern, Westernized, and sexy. Yes! :D

bmwracer wrote:
Hmm. I'd go along with that. Nanako-chan's beauty is more traditional Japanese, whereas Ryoko-chan's beauty is more modern, Westernized, and sexy. Yes! :D

I totally agree. I think this reflects in their acting styles whether emotional or otherwise.

I can TOTALLY see Yonekura blending in with Hollywood, while I could, more easily, see Matsushima tearing up films in Cannes.

:sweat:

Ushiroyubi wrote:I can TOTALLY see Yonekura blending in with Hollywood

Oh man. If only that would happen. Of course, she'd get stereotyped just like most Asians in Hollywood. :(

bmwracer wrote:Oh man. If only that would happen. Of course, she'd get stereotyped just like most Asians in Hollywood. :(

But wouldn't it be cool if someone came along to break down those stereotypes ... like the director Richard Rodriguez (El Mariachi, Desperado, Spy Kids,...) has done for Latin actors. Yonekura-san could be as popular a crossover artist as Salma Hayek! :)

Yeah, I think that's what Hollywood needs. Rather than casting Chinese for a Japanese role, I think they ought to give us the respect we deserve.

Now if we can just get a crossover director to break the ice...........

vibius wrote:Yonekura-san could be as popular a crossover artist as Salma Hayek! :)

Oooh. I like it.


But more popular than Salma. :D

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April 14, 2004

Two top female stars have just had babies. Actress Hirosue Ryoko (23) had a bouncing baby boy on Saturday, a month earlier than expected. She married model/designer Okazawa Takahiro (28) at the end of last year. Meanwhilein Paris, former announcer Nakamura Eriko (35) gave birth to her first child, a girl. She is married to Charles Edward Barthes (33), son of a French businessman. • SMAP member and perennial most popular man in Japan Kimura Takuya (31) has been chosen to voice the lead role in the new Miyazaki Hayao (63) movie, "Howl's Moving Castle" due for release this autumn.

Well, omedetou gozaimasu, Hirosue-san.

Kimura as the voice of the main character of Hayao Miyazaki's new movie ??? Oh boy ...

Betsy Hayashi wrote:Kimura as the voice of the main character of Hayao Miyazaki's new movie ??? Oh boy ...

SMAP meets Miyazaki... :rolleyes:

hey!are U have much Ryouko 's pic animation?

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April 15, 2004

Takizawa Hideaki (22), formerly of pop group V6 and now one half of the duo Takki and Tsubasa, has been chosen to play the lead in next year's NHK taiga drama, "Yoshitsune". It tells the story of the warlord Minamotono Yoshitsune (1159-89), a major figure at the end of the Heian Period. A total of 34 veteran actors and newcomers have been named in the cast. Among the popular female stars making their taiga debuts will be Ueto Aya and and former Morning Musume Goto Maki (both 18). Others include Koizumi Kotaro, son of the current prime minister, comedian Nanbara Kiyotaka of Un-chan Nan-chan, and veteran Tanba Tetsuro. • Former model Miwa, the wife of popular rapper Zeebra (33), recently gave birth to their second daughter. They have named the girl Rima, which is used in Spanish rap music to mean "rhyming".