gaijinmark wrote:

Must have gotten out the nuclear powered dredging machine to bring up this thread. Once I hosed off all the moss and seaweed and could see what it's about, the answer is: no

Roflmao!

I've never met J-celeb either. Not really much chance of it in England.

Keps wrote:

Roflmao! I've never met J-celeb either. Not really much chance of it in England.

If Juri-chan visits England again, you might.

bmwracer wrote:

If Juri-chan visits England again, you might.

Lol, yeah, if she decides to visit Birmingham.
Can you imagine though, if you did see her in public? She seems so shy, you'd have trouble getting a word from her, much less an autograph.

Yeah, about as much chance of her coming here

The thing is, most Japanese celebs (even massively popular ones in Japan) would be totally unknown to 99% of the population here, so you wouldn't even know if they were here.

Someone like Ayumi Hamasaki could walk around Sydney and almost nobody would know who she was... Or any of the fruityboys like Tackey or MatsuJun... nobody would know.

Maybe that's why they don't come... they would miss the attention

JackClark wrote:

In a coffee shop in San Francisco, I waited until he finish his coffee and about to leave to ask for his autograph.

it's funny

you must have caught him on a bad day

Keps wrote:

Lol, yeah, if she decides to visit Birmingham. Can you imagine though, if you did see her in public? She seems so shy, you'd have trouble getting a word from her, much less an autograph.

Actually if you ever watched Kagayaku Onna, she went up to a guy and asked him his name (lucky bum):

bmwracer wrote:

Actually if you ever watched Kagayaku Onna, she went up to a guy and asked him his name (lucky bum):

for sure. that guy doesnt have any idea who Juri is..
and how lucky he was..
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slashersam016 wrote:

for sure. that guy doesnt have any idea who Juri is.. and how lucky he was..

What would be worse is if that guy stumbles across Swing Girls in a couple months, and THEN realizes how lucky he was!

gaijinmark wrote:

What would be worse is if that guy stumbles across Swing Girls in a couple months, and THEN realizes how lucky he was!

LOL.

Maybe he'd have a retroactive heart attack...

gaijinmark wrote:

What would be worse is if that guy stumbles across Swing Girls in a couple months, and THEN realizes how lucky he was!

and it is too late for him.

bmwracer wrote:

Maybe he'd have a retroactive heart attack...

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bmwracer wrote:

LOL. Maybe he'd have a retroactive heart attack...

Lol! Sadly, the chances are that that guy will never know who Ueno Juri is.
Jdramas are not widely watched in England.
I only came to know about them myself through digging round on the 'net.

I've met Yuna Ito once, in Hawaii. She's very sweet and cute.

I dunno if you guys have heard of Sweetbox, but I met the lead singer, Jade, at my kuya's wedding (she sang during the ceremony). She's not Japanese but she's pretty well known in Japan for her group's music.
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Keps wrote:

Lol! Sadly, the chances are that that guy will never know who Ueno Juri is.

He might have an inkling, seeing that she had an a translator, cameramen, soundmen, etc., bopping around with her...

Not every Japanese tourist has an entourage like that.

MissMonika wrote:

I've met Yuna Ito once, in Hawaii. She's very sweet and cute. I dunno if you guys have heard of Sweetbox, but I met the lead singer, Jade, at my kuya's wedding (she sang during the ceremony). She's not Japanese but she's pretty well known in Japan for her group's music.

omg you met yuna ito thats so cool shes so beautiful
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