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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.

Two Asian Girls in a Cemetery

Sunday, October 17, 2010 Chris Charles 0

In keeping with the Halloween theme, here are sisters Michelle and Coy in the first of their 2008 nine-part video series, Two Asian Girls in a Cemetery. All nine parts were shot the same day during the girls’ stroll through

Science Fiction Double Feature – Park Eun-sook

Monday, October 11, 2010 Chris Charles 3

In the spirit of the Halloween season, here’s the Usherette with the opening number from the 2001 Korean version of The Rocky Horror Show, “Science Fiction Double Feature.”

The Last of the Derrick Dolls

Sunday, September 26, 2010 Chris Charles 1

In 1996, when the city of Nashville, Tennessee was courting the then-Houston Oilers to move to Music City (and become the now-Tennessee Titans), some of the Oilers Cheerleaders, the “Derrick Dolls,” made this promotional appearance at the Nashville City Fairgrounds.