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Asian Lady Rockers

Wednesday, March 16, 2011 Chris Charles 0

Even though their music is usually harder and not compatible with the sound of the more “bubble gum” girl groups that are so popular throughout Asia, some Asian all-girl rock bands, that are the real deal, have earned international fan bases.

Seoul Hooters Girl, Jessie

Thursday, March 10, 2011 Chris Charles 1

While researching Hooters restaurants in Asia for last month’s entry on Japanese Hooters girls, I happened across some photos of 24-year-old student and former Seoul Hooters Girl, “Jessie,” who’s very friendly and outgoing.

Nara’s “Veggie Love” Casting Session

Saturday, February 26, 2011 Chris Charles 0

Nara was one of many girls who auditioned for PETA’s “Veggie Love” ad, which the animal rights group claimed was rejected by NBC to run during Super Bowl XLV. (Funny, since the Super Bowl was broadcast on Fox, not NBC.)

Stephanie Jun

Wednesday, February 16, 2011 Chris Charles 0

This unplanned online interview was conducted April 3rd, 2009 at Stephanie Jun’s request, because she was, as she put it; “home and bored on a Friday night.” So, knowing she had recently begun a career as a makeup artist, I thought; “sure, why not?”

Japanese Hooters Girls

Friday, February 4, 2011 Chris Charles 2

When Hooters opened up its first Japanese franchise in October of 2010 in Tokyo’s Akasaka Plaza, Japan became the sixth Asian country to have a Hooters franchise. Here are some of the girls who are now known as the original Japanese Hooters Girls.

Satomi, Risa, and Marina for Wrist Cutter G

Wednesday, January 5, 2011 Chris Charles 3

Here are the late gravure idols Satomi Shigemori, Risa Inoue, and Marina Kanda (RIP to all) advertising “Wrist Cutter G,” which became the hottest cutter for Japanese students belonging to extracurricular wrist-cutting clubs, soon after this spot aired in early

Japanese Santa’s Helpers

Saturday, December 25, 2010 Chris Charles 0

For this year’s Christmas-themed piece, here are a bevy of Japanese beauties appropriately attired for the season, beginning with JAV idol Kirara Asuka (above) shown here on the DVD cover of Chri Chri Merry Christmas. Definitely not a holiday movie

Miranda (Korean Stage Play)

Sunday, December 12, 2010 Chris Charles 0

(Author’s Note: This article is for the very few expats and English-speaking Koreans, who were in South Korea in the mid-2000s, during this play’s run at the Top Art Hall theater in Seoul’s Deahangno theater district, and remember catching this

Whatever Happened to Chieko Shiratori?

Tuesday, November 23, 2010 Chris Charles 3

Not having heard or seen anything from the former V-Cinema Queen since her 90’s heyday, the author I did a bit of research to see what the Miss Shiratori, who was billed early in her career as “Tieko Shiroto,” is up to these days.

Brenda Lowe

Monday, November 15, 2010 Chris Charles 0

A reader of another site I contribute to (and probably fan of the TV show Survivor), sent them this link on 27 year-old half-Chinese, half-Bolivian Survivor contestant Brenda Lowe, requesting a feature on her. The request was passed on to

Gemma Chan for Bing

Sunday, November 7, 2010 Chris Charles 0

Unless you’ve been living without television for the past year and a half, you’re familiar with the Bing commercials where the person rattles off the results he or she found after performing an Internet search, in a robot-like manner. The

Japanese AV and Gravure Idols do Horror

Sunday, October 31, 2010 Chris Charles 5

If you’ve seen a low-budget Japanese splatter movie in the last several years, chances are the actresses starring featured in it were chosen from the very large talent pool of AV and gravure idols Japan has to offer.