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| Riona Hazuki |
Aside from the Eight pretty Idol Girls featured in the earlier article, the magazine (was it FRIday?) ALSO featured a pictorial on some of the popular actresses/gravure idols who were shot in a decidedly more SEXY vein than the “Cute” predecessor! So here's a whole 'nother set of eight lovely ladies to feast your eyes on...
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| Whoo! A Smouldering Aiko Sato |
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| ... a Devastatingly Gorgeous Yumi Aso |
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| ...and a luscious Yuka in her Curvy Salad Days |
Ahhhn, Looking over the girls, It’s kind of the same dilemma I had with the Idol Article, in that it’s so funny how some of these girls have endured and some of them were never heard or seen from again!
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| Nanako Okochi |
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| Senna Matsuda |
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| Jun Matsuda |
As we all know, actresses Aiko Sato, Aso Yumi and Yuka went on to popular and successful (and in the case of Hazuki Riona, perhaps infamous) careers, but for some like Jun Matsuda, and Nana Okohchi, they just fell off the grid! It’s hard to relate to someone now just how hugely popular someone like Senna Matsuda was back in the day, but she was strictly the Cat’s Meow of Gravure back then, and someone like Mariya Yamada (a personal fave of mine)- heck, besides acting bits, this girl was a regular on Tamori’s Waratte Ittomo show, so you’d think she’s still be around in SOME capacity, right?
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| A Fave of Mine, Cute Mariya Yamada |
Well, it’s just been announced that Yuka’s going to be releasing an all-new Bikini Shashinshuu (Awww, Hell YEAH!) , and from what they've shared with us so far, she’s looking GREAT! I think this is a good opportunity to tell all of these OTHER former Gravure Idols to get back in the groove and follow suit! LOL
