ZDORAMA, AGAIN: Hayami Yu: Like A Fine Wine...!

Thursday, October 30, 2014

Hayami Yu: Like A Fine Wine...!

So I’m perusing live 80’s idol performances on Youtube, and I come across an absolutely stunning young girl by the name of Hayami Yu. I had her single “Natsuiro No Nancy” on an 80's Sun Collection I acquired some years back, but I didn’t know anything about her, least of all how beautiful she was!

Yu Hayami in the Mid-Eighties

Unlike the other gals at the time, Yu had this decidedly exotic look about her- she had kind of a darker complexion, and somehow, kind of reminded me of actress Jessica Alba. I told a friend later, “this girl looks like she could have come from Hawaii, she has such a “local” aura about her.” Little did I know, but looking her up on Wikipedia later, I was to find that Yu Hayami INDEED lived here in Hawaii for YEARS growing up as a child! Yappari, you just can’t shake that Local Flavor, I tell ya…

Shooting Coca Cola CM in Hawaii

Performing Candies with Hori Cheimi and Ishikawa Hidemi

Anyway, at some point watching all her videos, it occurred to me: If Yoko Oginome has grown up into such a fine LADY, then my GOSH, Yu Hayami must be JUST as pretty now! I HAD to find out what she looked like nowadays! Going back online, I found that Yuu has actually kept pretty busy in the genoukai circles in recent years, but it was this 2005 clip from Utaban that just knocked my socks off…SURE ENOUGH, Yuu had grown up into a freaking GORGEOUS, refined WOMAN!