Video: Sexy Japanese belly dancers*
Two members of the Japanese comedy trio Morisanchu visited Turkey recently and tried to become belly dancers. They attempted to use dumbness as a substitute for skill:
*Warning: Headline may not match contents of video.
Categories: Japanese Girls, Japanese TV
Aki Hoshino Photos

April 14th was Orange Day, a quasi-holiday created by the fruit industry in Japan to celebrate the greater consumption of oranges. Central to this year’s promotional activities was an ‘Orange Day Princess’ event that honored 31-year-old gravure idol Aki Hoshino:



Hoshino told reporters that she planned on continuing her swimsuit modeling career, adding that she hopes to get married before she turned 40. Much like the oranges she was promoting, she considers herself best eaten when ripe.
Categories: Celebrity News
Race Queen Of The Year – 2008

Apparently there is a “Race Queen of the Year” contest, and this year’s winner was 23-year-old Yuuki Aikawa. Here are some photos for your consideration:


More photos can be viewed at this gallery at Sankei/MSN.
Categories: Japanese Girls
Gravure Idols Mayuka Okada & Junne Okada Become Singers
Somebody picked a good promotional image to send the media:

The Sankei Shinbun is reporting that gravure idol sisters Mayuka and Junne Okada will be releasing an album next month. Although the large-busted sisters are sweeping the gravure idol world with popular DVD titles such as Breast-Breast Paradise (乳乳パラダイス), they actually dream about being singers instead. Their debut mini-album, entitled “Pink Pie JacK,” will be 5 tracks of spirited pop music, and is expected to hit stores February 14th (Valentine’s Day).
Categories: Celebrity News, Japanese Girls
Yuri Morishita Lost 2 Million Yen in Nova Collapse

An article in Mainichi’s Japanese edition today mentions that gravure Idol Yuri Morishita [pictured above] admitted that she lost a huge sum of money when English conversation school chain Nova went bankrupt. She told reporters that she had bought 2 million yen [$17,800 US dollars] lesson package, but only had to the time to take 3 lessons before Nova collapsed. Much like thousands of other Nova students, she will get no refund for pre-paid lessons. Morishita said losing all that money has been the biggest shock of her life.
Categories: Celebrity News, Japanese Girls, Teaching English
Thai Ladyboys & Japanese Boys
Here’s a pretty interesting concept: see if a few of Thailand’s prettiest ladyboys could beat some handsome young Japanese actors dressed in drag (For those of you who don’t understand the Japanese spoken in the video below, Thailand = blue door, Japan = red door).
You’ve seen the panel of Japanese celebrities vote in the above video, but do Japan Probe’s readers agree with their judgements? Let’s have the magic of online polling tell us!



Categories: Foreigners in Japan, Japanese TV
