Koyuki Katou

Koyuki Katou

Gaining her first exposure to Western audiences in Edward Zwick’s 2003 film The Last Samurai (2003), Koyuki was well-known in Japan for years before that for her commercial work on Japanese television. She first caught the attention of the public in 1997 by winning an exclusive modelling contract with the magazine Non-no, but quickly grew beyond modelling and has earned acclaim as an actress through her many roles on Japanese tv and in several Japanese films.
Koyuki Katou

Some facts:

Name: Koyuki Katou
Date of Birth: 18 December 1976
Place of birth: Zama, Kanagawa, Japan
Ethnicity: Japanese
Height: 5′ 7″ (1.70 m)
Measurements: B83/W58/H85

Links:

Koyuki Katou @ imdb.com
Koyuki Katou @ asiafinest.com
Koyuki Katou @ flamme.co.jp
Koyuki Katou @ asianemax.com

Blonde asians?

Ayumi Hamasaki blonde

Ricebunny (Michelle Phan, featured on Asian Sirens June 18), posted a question about asian hair color (on Xanga) and got over 200 comments. She said that Ayumi Hamasaki (pictured) can pull it off, but that “an asian girl with blonde hair can look very slutty.”

What do you, the readers of Asian Sirens, think?I personally prefer long thick straight dark black hair, a look that many asians (but not many others) have down. This photo of Ziyi Zhang gives you an idea of what I’m thinking (although I suspect that everyone reading Asian Sirens knows what I mean).

Ziyi Zhang not blonde

A common sentiment was that the urge to try blonde reflects submission to the “stereotypical western concept of beauty.” There was an event in which Japenese women wore, and then discarded, blonde wigs (Tokyo Times, April 14, 2005) and photographer Rob Lange created a gallery with 17 photos of blond Japanese in 2001.

Since some of you want to see what Michelle meant by slutty, I thought I’d include this picture of Miko Lee.

Miko Lee blonde

OK guys, what do you think?

Hiroko Sato

Hiroko Sato

Sato Hiroko is a Japanese gravure idol, actress and singer. Hiroko made her acting debut in 2002 with the movie Scare. She began to model in various gravure publications soon after, including Up to Boy and Sabra. As an actress, Hiroko works mainly in horror films. Her first single was released in 2005, and she participated in a compilation single with Isoyama Sayaka and Hoshino Aki. Hiroko has not released any music since.

Galleries here, here, here and here.Some stats:

Name: Sato Hiroko
Birthdate: February 17th, 1985
Birthplace: Kanagawa, Japan
Height: 160cm
Bust: 85cm
Waist: 55cm
Hips: 85cm

Hiroko Sato

Japanese AV idol Rio Sannomiya

Rio Sannomiya

Rio Sannomiya is a popular Japanese adult actress (“AV idol”). I mentioned her Jmate interview in an earlier post. It’s an entertaining read.She claims to know how to catch cockroaches in her hand, and describes the unusual reaction she gets from people (mostly men, but others as well). She says that as a student, if she “would show up at a family restraunt to study with friends and I was not in my uniform, the waitress would ask me if I needed an ashtray.” Rio was born in Tokyo on Feb. 20 in either 1980 or 1981 (sources differ). Of course, she’s on scanlover , and her videos are available from the usual sources.

Rio Sannomiya

Rio Sannomiya
Rio Sannomiya
Rio Sannomiya
Rio Sannomiya