HOT ACTRESS

Cute Japan Girl Yuko Ogura

Name : Ogura Yuko
Birth Name : 小倉優子 (Ogura Yūko)
Birthdate : November 1st, 1983
Birthplace : Mobara, Chiba prefecture, Japan
Genre(s) : J-pop
Occupation(s) : Model, Singer, TV Personality
Instrument(s) : Singing
Years active : 2001–Present
Label(s) : King Records

Yuko Ogura (小倉優子) (born November 1, 1983 in Mobara, Chiba prefecture) is a popular Japanese idol and model who typically aims for the cute, innocent schoolgirl look. In Japan, she is mostly called by her nickname, Yukorin (ゆうこりん).

Ogura regularly, if not entirely seriously, claims to be one "Princess Apple-Momoka" (りんごももか姫) of the apple-shaped planet Korin (こりん星). This is apparently an in-joke dating back to her middle school days. Having an alternate name was trendy at one point, and one of her friends told her that she looked like a Momoka. She liked the name and still uses it today.

It has been suggested—notably by the Guitar Samurai, in song—that Ogura has carefully calculated and cultivated a quirky, oddball persona for herself. Ogura denies this.

She is known outside of Japan for her song "Onna no Ko♥Otoko no Ko (オンナのコ♥オトコのコ; Girls♥Boys)" which is the ending theme of the anime School Rumble.

Hot Idol Japan Girl Rei Fukaumi

Yoko Kumada

Name : Yoko Kumada
Birthdate: May 13, 1982 (1982-05-13) (age 25)
Measurements : 92-56-84 cm
Height: 164 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight : Unknown
Blood Type : O
Ethnicity: Japanese
Alias(es) : Kumayo, Yoko-chan, Kuma-chan

Yoko Kumada (熊田曜子 Kumada Yōko、May 13, 1982) is a Japanese gravure idol and singer originally from Gifu city, Gifu Prefecture, Japan.

Television

Variety
London Hearts（TV Asahi network）
S.B.S.T（TV Tokyo network）
Akko ni Omakase!（Tokyo Broadcasting System network）
Go on（Kyoto Broadcasting System only）
Hebimetasan（TV Tokyo network）
LIVE BANG!（TV Tokyo network）

Drama
Ichibankurainohayoakemae（TV Tokyo only）
Tanteibugi（Tokyo Metropolitan Television only）

Radio
Yoko Kumada Yo～ko Okiki!（Gifu Broadcasting System etc）
Mitsubishi Fuso presents Yoko Kumada Kaze wo Atsumete（Tokyo FM etc）

DVDs
à la mode（March 20, 2002、AQUA HOUSE）
Indian summer（September 15, 2002、VEGA FACTORY）
Legend（February 28, 2003、Edge）
Hibiscus（June 26, 2003、）
Kumada Yoko（August 20, 2003、h.m.p）
Labilynth（January 27, 2004、Fuze-jp.com）
Rainbow（February 25, 2004、For-side.com）
teleport（July 25, 2004、VEGA FACTORY）
Rodeo Girl（October 25, 2004、For-side.com）
Stronger（February 20, 2005、I-ONE）
Everytime（February 20, 2005、I-ONE）
Dawning Window（April 25, 2005、For-side.com）
Day Off（June 25, 2005、For-side.com）
Kumada Yoko Special DVD Box（December 15, 2005、I-ONE）
Yoko, Sweetheart（February 15, 2006、MARE）
Love-Me（April 25, 2006、For-side.com）
Heartful Days（May 25, 2006、For-side.com）

Maki Goto

Name : Maki Goto
Japanese Name : 後藤真希
Also known as : Gomaki, Gocchin, Gocchan
Birthdate : September 23, 1985
Birthplace : Edogawa, Tokyo, Japan
Genre(s) : Japanese pop
Occupation(s) : Singer
Years active : 1999–present
Label(s) : Zetima, Piccolo Town
Associated acts : Morning Musume, Gomattou, Nochiura Natsumi,
DEF.DIVA, Petitmoni, Akagumi 4, 7-nin Matsuri, Sexy 8, H.P. All Stars

Maki Goto (born September 23, 1985 in Edogawa, Tokyo, Japan) is a J-pop singer and a former soloist of Hello! Project and member of Morning Musume. She has performed in numerous Hello! Project subgroups such as Petitmoni, Akagumi 4, 7-nin Matsuri, Sexy 8, Gomattou and Nochiura Natsumi.

Biography

In 1999, Maki Goto was selected as the only member for the 3rd generation of Morning Musume. Their first single after Goto joined, "Love Machine" sold over a million copies, over nine times the amount of copies they had sold for their previous single. During her time in Morning Musume she was one of the founding members of Pucchi Moni and she started a solo singing career in 2001 with the single "Ai no Bakayarō" (愛のバカやろう, "Ai no Bakayarō"?). Until her graduation from Morning Musume she was one of the leading vocalists in most of the songs released. Post-graduation she has mostly concentrated on her solo career and occasionally on limited time Hello! Project units such as Gomattou, Nochiura Natsumi, and DEF.DIVA. As time has passed, she has increasingly concentrated on acting in addition to singing. She has also performed at the Asia song festival 2005 in Pusan, Korea to represent Japan.

In early 2007, Goto was chosen to be a member of Morning Musume Tanjō 10 Nen Kinentai —a unit created to celebrate Morning Musume's 10th anniversary as a group. Morning Musume Tanjō 10 Nen Kinentai also consists of Natsumi Abe, Kaori Iida, Risa Niigaki and Koharu Kusumi. Their single, Bokura ga Ikiru My Asia (僕らが生きるMy Asia, Bokura ga Ikiru My Asia?), was released on January 24, 2007.

Her seventeenth single, Secret, was released on April 11, 2007. On September 19, 2007, Goto's fourth original album How to Use Sexy was released.

On October 20, 2007, Goto's younger brother and former member of EE Jump idol group Yūki Goto was arrested on the grounds he and two accomplices, aged 18 and 19, had broken into a construction site in Edogawa Ward in Tokyo back on July 15, 2007 and made off with 80 reels of electric cable worth approximately 1 million yen.[1] According to Flash magazine, Goto and one of her brother's accomplices had been romantically involved for some time, after the two met at Yūki's wedding in 2005. Due to the circumstances surrounding the robbery scandal, they haven't been in contact with each other.[2]

On October 28, 2007, during the last concert of her G-EmotionII ~How to Use Sexy~ tour, Goto suddenly announced to fans that she would be graduating from Hello! Project,[3][4] though she was also leaving UpFront Agency completely. Her graduation was said to be that she was overworked and overly stressed, causing her health problems. She also had different ideas of the direction of her career than what her agency had planned.[5] Because of her graduation, she would not be able to participate in the Hello! Project 2008 Winter concert tour, previously said to be because of "scheduling conflicts".[6]

Goto's official blog reopened on March 25, 2008. Over the course of several entries, she revealed that she was in Los Angeles, California, taking singing and dancing lessons.

Filmography

Movies
2000 – Pinch Runner
2002 – Nama Tamago
2003 – Seishun Bakachin Ryorijuku
2003 – Koinu Dan no Monogatari

TV dramas

2001 – Mariya
2002 – Yan Papa
2003 – R.P.G.
2005 – Yoshitsune
2006 – Yubi

Aya Ueto

Birth name Ueto Aya
Born September 14, 1985
Origin Nerima, Tokyo, Japan
Genre(s) J-Pop
Occupation(s) Actress, Singer, Idol
Years active 1997–Present
Label(s) Pony Canyon

Aya Ueto (born September 14, 1985 in Nerima, Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese actress, idol and singer.

In 1997, Aya Ueto participated in the 7th All-Japan National Young Beauty contest, where she received a special award from the judges. Her discovery led to many TV commercial deals, which eventually started her acting career.

In 1999, she formed the J-pop band Z-1 with Mami Nejiki, Mai Fujiya, and Manami Nishiwaki. They released five singles before breaking up, but Aya went on to start a solo career when she signed with Pony Canyon two years later. She released her first single, "Pureness," in 2002. It peaked at #4 on the Oricon charts and became the first female artist debut single in 3 years and 3 months to enter the Top 5 since Kyoko Fukada. Since then, she has released thirteen singles and six albums. Throughout her five year old solo musical career she has collaborated with the likes of Tetsuro Oda, RYOJI (from Ketsumeishi), Toshihiko Takamizawa (from The Alfee), Toko Furuuchi and Suguru Shimabukuro (from Begin).

Aya began her acting career in May 1999 in the movie "Killer of Paraiso". In 2000 she received her first role in a drama, Namida wo Fuite. In 2001, she played a part in Kinpachi-sensei, and her performance greatly boosted her popularity. She starred in several later dramas, including Koukou Kyoushi 2003, Hitonatsu no Papa e, and Ace o Nerae!. She also ventured into the big screen in famed film director Ryuhei Kitamura's 2003 blockbuster Azumi and in its sequel, Azumi 2: Death or Love in 2005, where she played the title role in both.

She is often said to physically resemble Japanese star Momoe Yamaguchi and is widely regarded to be one of the biggest idols in Japan today. She is often mentioned as a "super idol". As of 2008, Aya Ueto remains ubiquitous in Japan, appearing constantly on magazines and in commercials. She is often called the 'low-rating idol', even on some news sites.

On January 28, 2008, SoftBank announced that they've collaborated with Tiffany & Co. in making a limited 10 model-only cellphone, which contains more than 400 platinum diamond, coming to the cost of more than 100,000,000 yen. Since Aya was the girl doing the commercial for SoftBank, she received a free phone (now there are 9 models left). [1]

On April 15, 2008, she was crowned CM Queen for a second time (the first being in 2004), raking in a significant 360 million yen for her 8 advertisement contracts.