Kasumi Nakane

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Kasumi Nakane is a Japanese model, gravure idol, and actress born on 1982-04-03 in Tokyo, Japan. Her birth name was Kasumi Nakasone, and she formerly worked under the name Kasumi Ue. She graduated from the private Horikoshi High School, the same school attended by talent such as Yoko Minamino, Yōko Oginome, Ai Katō, and Masumi Miyazaki.

In 1993, Nakane joined the Nezumikko Club, an all-girl idol group comprised of Nakane, Natsu Itō, Kana Itō, Sato Higashi, Ami Yamazaki, Emiko Inoue, Juri Miyazawa, and Chiaki Nakajima. The group was created to ride on the popularity of such groups as Onyanko Club. The group released two albums, both in 1993. In 1996, she began working as a gravure idol, gaining success due to having a larger bust for her age. Nakane began appearing in 1999 in drama series, as well as in variety, sports, educational, and other television programs.

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Yuka Kosaka

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Yuka Kosaka (born June 27, 1985) is a Japanese gravure idol, actress and model. She was born in Izumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. She is also known as her nickname "Yuka-chin", and has starred in a number of TV dramas and films.


Yuka made her debut in 2004 after winning the Grand Prix award in Miss Magazine 2004. After her first DVD "peach" went on sale on March 25, 2004, her DVDs have constantly produced. Yuka also became a frequent guest on Matthew’s Best Hit TV. In the fall of 2004, Yuka’s popularity rose when she became the campaign girl for the Japanese convenience store, Circle K Sunkus. Currently, she belongs in a Japanese entertainment company, A-team, in which a number of Japanese actresses and models are belonged including Aki Hoshino.

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Shinobu Ikehata

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Shinobu Ikehata (born September 14, 1985 in Nerima, Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese actress, idol and singer.

In 1997, Shinobu Ikehata participated in the 7th All-Japan National Young Beauty contest, where she received a special award from the judges. Her discovery led to many TV commercial deals, which eventually started her acting career.

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Megumi Fukushita

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Megumi Fukushita born in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, she studied at Higashi Kyushu Ryukoku High School and was a member of the volleyball team there. After finishing high school, she joined the volleyball team NEC Red Rockets. She was called up to the Japanese national team and played in the 2001 World Grand Champions Cup.

At 6 ft 4 inches tall, because of her great height, Megumi is positioned as a center. She is a versatile big player and has good, fluid movement on the court, allowing her to make good use of her height.After retiring, Megumi began her modeling career. In 2005, she participated in a selection pageant for the Japanese representative of Miss International 2006 .

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Miwa Ohshiro

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Miwa Ohshiro (born 18 December 1976), is a Japanese model and actress.Miwa Ohshiro was born in Zama, Kanagawa-ken. She started her model career in 1995 and has since starred in various Japanese dramas, TV and magazine ad campaigns and films. She frequently appears in Japanese print and television marketing campaigns for electronics company Panasonic.

Her first, and to date only, international film was The Last Samurai where she played Taka, the wife of a Samurai slain by the character played by Tom Cruise, Nathan Algren. She will be in the upcoming Blood: The Last Vampire live-action starring Jun Ji-Hyun.

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Yuriko Ishida

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Yuriko Ishida is a Japanese actress born on October 3, 1969 in Tokyo, Japan. She was the Japanese voice of "San" in Princess Mononoke.

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