One more of the FHM girls. This is Khai Lim. She’s a model that recently joined a singing group called the “Kitty Girls.” I think I speak for everyone when I say they named that group for arf.Stats:

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Height: 5’6
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Located: Philippines

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Instrumental quartet Vanilla Mood first came together in 2003 and quickly achieved success because they have talent to match their looks. They’re known for covering songs from many different genres with their own unique arrangements. They particularly do justice to some classic American pop songs, that comprise a good part of their repertoire.

Above is the original line-up doing their version of “Tequila.” They are; Emilee (violin), Yui (violin), Mariko (cello), and Keiko (piano). In early 2005, Emilee left the group and was replaced by flutist Waka, rather than another violinist. (See a later performance with Waka after the jump.) Waka left the group in late 2010 and it now appears the remaining three ladies are continuing on as a trio.

Covering Roy Orbison’s “Oh, Pretty Woman” with flutist Waka replacing violinist Emilee.

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Issa was brought to my attention from a tip by one of our readers. Issa is a Mexican/Filipina model and singer from California. I’m not a fan of her music, but she is definitely my type of woman. Hit the break to see more.I assumed that Issa was just a model before I started looking up her biographical information. I was surprised to find out that she mainly pursued a career as a singer dating back to 2004 where she was first signed to a music deal, then releasing her first single in 2005. I tried to listen to a couple of her songs, but I could only listen for a few seconds before turning it off.

I would have liked to have seen Issa become a successful model instead of pursuing music because her music was not good. She hasn’t done much since 2009, so I hope that she is doing well in whatever she is currently pursuing.

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This young lady is famous for singing her heart out across the nation’s tv sets and internet bars.
She’s done a couple of albums now of fairly typical stuff the mainland market (click here to listen).

A wonderful little girl next door type? You decide…

Age: 22
Height: 163 cm / 5’3
Ethnicity: Hakka Han Chinese
From: Guangdong (near Hong Kong)

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One of her better known tunes.

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There seems to be a plethora of Asian all-girl vocal groups where the girls just sing (or lip-sync) while doing choreographed dance routines during performances. However, there aren’t as many Asian all-girl bands, where the members are performing the music as well as the vocals. Many of these bands are considered underground, because their music is usually harder and not compatible with the sound of the more “bubble gum” girl groups that are so popular throughout Asia.

Even though Asian all-girl rock bands haven’t enjoyed as much widespread media exposure in their countries that their pop counterparts have, some have earned international fanbases. The prime example above is Scandal; four hot female rockers from Osaka, performing “Shunkan Sentimental.” They are; Haruna Ono (vocals, guitar), Mami Sasazaki (guitar, vocals), Tomomi Ogawa (bass, vocals), and Rina Suzuki (drums, vocals). You won’t find these ladies on the same bill with Morning Musume.Below are just a select few more examples of Asian all-female groups that rock and look great doing it (and I’m sure readers will add more in the comments). For those of you wanting to add a sample of this genre to your CD collections, anything from these bands is highly recommended.

Now defunct, Lorelei was one of the few Korean rock bands (male or female) who rose above underground status to appear on popular network music shows. As it’s common practice for Korean music shows to have groups lip sync, the girls probably didn’t have a choice but to fake it here in this “live” SBS television performance from 2003, but they really could and did, play. The members were; Jung Kyung-hee (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Jung Hye-jin (lead guitar, vocals), Bae Soo-young (bass, vocals), and Kim Yeon-joo (drums, vocals). The nurse outfit Kyung-hee is wearing relates to the music video for this song, which is entitled “Diet.”

Thai female rockers Pink, with their music video, “Rak Na Dek Ngo” (“Love you, Silly Baby”). Their line-up is; Aey (vocals), Aob (lead guitar), Yam (rhythm guitar), A (keyboards), Kwan (bass), and Been (drums).

Taiwan’s Cherry Boom is composed of four former students at Fu Jen Catholic University; Zha-zha (vocals, occasionally guitar), Gua (guitar), Xiao-qian (bass), and Da-tian, (drums). This video is for their song “I Wanna Rock,” which is not a cover of the 1984 Twisted Sister song of the same name.

Hailing from Tokyo, visual kei death metal band exist†trace has released three albums to date. Jyou (vocals), Omi (guitar), Miko (guitar), Naoto (bass), and Mally (drums) are slated to make their U.S. debut at Sakura-Con 2011 in Seattle, Washington next month. The above is the video for their single “Resonance.”

Even though there are many other notable Japanese all-girl that bands that I’ll miss, 60’s surf rock-styled lady rockers, The 5.6.7.8’s definitely deserve inclusion here. Originally a quartet, there have been several personnel changes within the band and they eventually became a trio. Above are Yoshiko Fujiyama (guitar, vocals), Yoshiko Yamaguchi (bass, vocals), and Sachiko Fujii (drums, vocals) performing “I Walk Like Jayne Mansfield” in the izakaya scene from the 2003 movie Kill Bill.

Another Japanese all-girl group that definitely deserves inclusion here is Shonen Knife. Founded by sisters Naoko and Atsuko Yamano along with their friend Michie Nakatani in 1981, their sound was influenced by 70’s punk bands like the Buzzcocks and Ramones. In fact, they even performed a show in the 90s as a sort of Japanese female Ramones tribute band called “The Osaka Ramones.” They’ve also had numerous personnel changes throughout their 30-year history. The current trio is Naoko Yamano (guitar, vocals), Ritsuko Taneda (bass, vocals), and Emi Morimoto (drums, vocals). Above is them performing “Super Group” from a November 2009 gig at Mohawk Place in Buffalo, New York. Former member Etsuko Nakanishi is on drums here.

EDIT: Some, and maybe eventually all, of the above videos have since been deleted by the hosts since this article was posted. Go here to see the original article and videos.

Sunny Choi is a pianist from Canada. A couple of videos of her piano covers showed up as a recommendation on my YouTube page, so I decided to check her out. Not only is she talented, but she’s also a beauty. Check out more of her after the break.I couldn’t find any biographical information about Sunny, but at least she has some good quality photos of herself available to look at. I like her artistic piano interpretations, but I would have liked to also see some of her own original music available on her channel to listen to. You can listen to a preview of the album that she has available entitled Walking Towards You.

I also embedded her artistic piano interpretation of Love The Way You Lie by Eminem featuring Rihanna. The interpretation is her most popular video on her channel. It’s also my favorite out of the videos that I watched on her channel. Make sure that you give it a listen, and check out more of Sunny at the links below.

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