Ok...I gotta ask this. This is by no means a complaint, but what's the deal with Risa Yoshiki? Why did she blow up all of a sudden? Like every magazine I see has her or her name somewhere on the cover in big bold letters. Just a question. She is majorly hot though.
I might have read this in an interview, but I think her parents didn't want her to model while in college. That would explain the big gap between her junior video/photobook and TV appearance. In 2009 (I think -- her senior year) she gained a lot of exposure on a TV show about college girls, and last year all her IVs did really well (my guess is they were filmed in 2009). Really well, from out of nowhere.
Gravure is for the young (Risa is already 24), maybe Risa is a workaholic (work ethic -- HOT), can work the camera, and there's no Risa fatigue. Clearly she can sell magazines, so I guess it's a case of getting out there while the getting is good. I think she's been big all year -- Feb she had a Sabra set, a Bomb set, a WPB set, had a radio show (besides her guess spot on NACK)...and if you check out her blog (
http://ameblo.jp/yoshiki-risa/page-1.html#main) there's a list of upcoming appearances. This list is a bit longer now as the summer season just finished, but even earlier in the year there was a lot there.
I just wish she would come out with another music CD. I liked her old enka-style song a lot, strictly for her voice.