Yurina Kumai's height defies the "petite and cute" idol mold, and perhaps for that reason, she looks across national borders to find inspiration as a performer, citing Korean group Girls' Generation as her role model. "When I saw their music videos, I was so impressed by their dancing, and by how attractive and talented they are—I want to mimic the way they move." What also impresses Kumai is that, compared to Japan's music scene, their Korean counterparts "don't have the traditional idol attitude, but more the charm of grown-up women."
AKB48 Miho Miyazaki talks about SNSD Yoona (& SMAP Kimutaku)Miho:"I'm often listening to Korean music which I have a lot in my portable music player like iPod and I'm really into Korean things now."I like SNSD's YooNa. I think she is really cute and I like her very much. I heard that she likes Takuya Kimura very much. I heard that she burst into crying when she was staying in Japan and was watching KimuTaku on TV. Other members asked her what's wrong with her. She answered she cried because, although she loves KimuTaku really much, she couldn't understand what he was speaking at all."I feel the same with her now. I can only understand Korean lyrics through Japanese translation although I've been listening to Korean music really much. I'm learning Korean language by listening to a lot of Korean songs nowhiros2008 @ twitter
Japanese idol group PASSPO☆ achieved #1 on Oricon Daily Chart on May 2nd. Saco, a member of the group and a fan of SNSD Jessica, declared at a press conference, "I've been respecting SNSD so far, but I will be seeing them as our rival from now on."hiros2008 @ twitter
- What musical performers are your personal heroes, and why?Yurina: Shoujo Jidai [SNSD]. They’re really cute.
AKB's Miyazaki Miho tweeted about Yuri and the girls;Yuri-chan is too cute.(After Music Station)Yuri-chan's hair style has changed from what I've seen before, she was cute. Sooyoung-chan too. Tiffany was cute.
Here's more info on the play Erina Mano's in...it's called "Ikemen Desu ne" (Isn't He Handsome?):http://www.ikemen-desune.comShe'll be playing a character named Nana.
As everyone probably knows, Kojiharu's currently portraying Nana in the drama.
Uee as Yoo He Yi (Nana)