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Asaki Yoshida 吉田亜咲 is a pretty and cute 23 year old gravure idol from Tokyo who started her career in 2003 but retired in 2006.

During that time she released 12 DVDs and 4 photo books and was so popular she was known as a Gravure Legend 伝説のグラドル by the otaku in Akihabara.

When she retired, it was rumored that she would start a singing career but nothing has been heard of her since.

Asaki Yoshida Videos

Asaki Yoshida sexy sabra photo shoot
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Living in Japan, you’ll know that every season there are new products introduced into the market and this autumn is no different.  In Fuji TV’s Mezamashi morning TV show, we see some new products including,  the new super thin  Sony Vaio X-series of notebook computers, , a small humidifier shaped like a tree – good for Japan’s dry winters with a leaf shaped remote control, a desk lamp that can be used to recharge USB gadgets, a  cute new memory card reader from Elecom, Elecom headphones shaped like plastic building blocks and transforming Transformer USB memory sticks.

source: Japanprobe

Earlier this year twenty year old  Rumi Koizumi 小泉瑠美 of Jpop idol group Idoling!!! アイドリング!!! announced her retirement from the group. Koizumi was one of Idoling!!!’s original nine members who made their TV debut in October 2006.   Rumi Koizumi  remains under the Watanabe Entertainment talent agency and will continue working in other areas of the entertainment business. Idoling!!! will continue on as a 16-member group.

Read more about Rumi at her blog here.

Rumi Koizumi Videos

Rumi at the beach

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From Ken shimura’s comedy show, Ken can only dream of his ideal staff!

In Japan’s top 30 singles this week, Japanese group’s B’z has lost the number 1 spot to AKB48.  Ken Hirai’s “Boku wa Kimi ni Koi wo Suru” is at number 3 and looks on course to be number 1 on the Jpop charts.  Read more...

Hot Japanese gravure idol Kana Tsugihara shows you why every hot blooded male sees her as the ideal Japanese girlfriend. Here she is being seductive at home

Kana Tsugihara videos

More from the Hello Kitty product range.  This time from Japanese retailer Mouse Computer,  in Akihabara which has it’s new “demee” brand.  One of the new products is a small 16gm clip on Hello Kitty Music Player which started selling on September 19.

You can replace Hello Kitty’s trademark red ribbon with a flower that comes with the product, and her yellow nose lights up whenever you use the controls. You can also change  Hello Kitty into a pink “Bear Ears Kitty” or a black “Devil Ears Kitty” by putting on a silicone case (sold separately).  Read more...

For those of you who are enjoying the fun Japansugoi Friends service (run by the guys at Worldfriends networks), we recently came across an e-book called Japanese girls – the Guide. The e-book contains some very useful information about dating Japanese girls especially if you’re new to the scene and need a few tips to figure out why you’re striking out.  So whether you’re just trying to make friends or seriously want a Japanese girlfriend or wife, click here to find out more.

Manablog is a car blog written by a 39 year old car enthusiast from Tokyo.  Though the site is in Japanese, you can watch his great youtube videos that shows his passion for all the latest cars available in Japan and attending all the auto shows.

Japanese car blog Manablog videos

HONDA CR-Z 2009

LEXUS LFA 2009

Toyota Auris hsd 2009

Earlier this year, wanting to create some publicity,  Japanese hair fashion magazine HairMag.jp. hired some bald models to walk around Harajuku and Shibuya.  The Japanese girls with no hair (wearing bald wigs actually) created quite a stir everywhere they went.