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Yuhane Yamazaki has announced her graduation from BEYOOOOONDS to learn music in a new environment, challenge various genres, and expand her possibilities. The 21-year-old's final concert will be at Toyosu PIT on June 27th.
http://helloproject.com/news/17190/
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Things have changed in the last few years and my Top 5 from... then was - 1)Teramoto Rio (doing TV) 2)RaMU (Still around here and there) 3)Moemi Katayama (pretty much mostly retired) 4) Miru Shiroma (Had a great year) 5) Baba Fumika (on to Pro Model work) is hardly a Top 5 at all anymore!
So...BESIDES my own favorites, who are the Top Japanese Gravure Models? Based on my Reddit page, these are who I see the most:
1. Hina Kikuchi (菊地姫奈) - Most popular and probably #2 on my personal favorites.
2. Yuno Ohara ( 大原優乃 ) - Unlike Teramoto Rio, Yuno has continued to do these photo shoots AND TV. Thank you, baby! Probably my favorite, regular working model.
3. Aika Sawaguchi (沢口愛華) - Seems to have slowed a bit, but still a SUPER popular and TOP model.
4. Umi Shinonome (東雲うみ) - Not as high profile as the top two, but she has a MAJOR following and gets regular work. That booty is to die for!
5. Hongo Yuzuha (本郷柚巴) - Building an outstanding following.
6. Enako (えなこ) - Was once one of the Top models... bordering now on over exposure. Is that possible? So many pictorials it's hard to do anything new...
7. Miru Shiroma (白間美瑠) - Had a great 2023 and then kind of disappeared... hoping for a big comeback!
8. Amau Kisumi (天羽希純) - Been around longer than I think, but still working it and building a following.
9. Toomi aka Tomi (十味) - Has a rabid following. Very specific look, beyond just the 'young' thing...
10. Sakurako Okubo (大久保 桜子) - Under rated. Does some great work still.
Experienced and still doing the job:
1. Ai Shinozaki (篠崎愛) - Anytime she wants to burst on the scene, she does and it gets results. Great fan following.
2. Jun Amaki (天木じゅん) - She is as close to naked as can be... still has a huge following to go with her huge...
3. Nagi Nemoto (根本凪) - How long until she straight out goes nude? Getting as close as possible and I'm not complaining...
4. Marina Nagasawa (長澤茉里奈) - Same as Nagi Nemoto, getting to the point where... it's skin to win... still looks like she's very young!
5. RaMu (ラム) - Still doing it here and there. Has other interests I guess...
6. Hikaru Aoyama (青山ひかる) - Getting to that point - still popular but using the hand bra to almost...
7. Nashiko Momotsuki (桃月なしこ) - Over exposure (as in TOO many layouts) may be hurting her...
8. Yume Hayashi (林ゆめ) - I wish she'd do more!!!
9. Sayaka Nitori (似鳥沙也加) - All she does it look great... should probably be more popular...
Some up and coming:
1. Runa Morimoto (森元流那 ) - If I had to bet on any of them to become, at least, the next Hina Kikuchi - this would be her...
2. Yano Nanaka (矢野ななか) - Keep an eye on this one...
3. Tamada Shiori (玉田志織) - Another I'd like to see do more...
4. Hirajima Natsumi (平嶋 夏海) - Hunh? She just turned 31, but looks better than she EVER did!
5. Papico (パピコの) - Half the time I can't tell if she's an AI character or not, but she looks amazing time card calculator!
6. Marupi (まるぴ) - Cute...
I MISS them so MUCH!!!
1. Teramoto Rio (寺本莉緒) - One of my all time favorites.
2. Yuka Ogura (小倉優香) - She did a LOT of layouts, yet I NEVER got tired or bored of that smile and that... BODY. Such a Great One.
A South African court has blocked the government from buying 11 million Chinese condoms, saying they are too small, a newspaper reported Friday.that's quite a surprising turn of events. It's definitely important for the condoms to meet certain standards, especially in a country with such a high rate of HIV infections. It's good to see that the court is taking the quality of these products seriously
The finance ministry had awarded a contract to a firm called Siqamba Medical, which planned to buy the Phoenurse condoms from China, the Beeld newspaper said.
A rival firm, Sekunjalo Investments Corporation, turned to the High Court in Pretoria after losing the bid, arguing that their condoms were 20 percent larger than the Chinese ones.
Judge Sulet Potterill blocked the deal with Siqamba, ruling that the condoms were too small, made from the wrong material, and were not approved by the World Health Organisation, the paper said.
South Africa has more HIV infections than any country in the world, with 5.38 million of its 50 million people carrying the virus.