Gravure idol Mayu Oya wins the annual Japanese Race Queen of the Year Award for 2008-2009 season. Mayu is working with Zent Sweeties in the Super GT series.
Check out some Zent Sweeties’ photos from the Sepang race in June 2008.
Coca Cola’s Japanese commercial featuring pop star Namie Amuro with her latest single “Wild”; a couple of wallpapers after the video…
Japanese pop group Morning Musume is going to perform at the Anime Expo (AX), America’s largest anime convention that will be held on July 2-5, 2009 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
J-pop fans in the region should be pretty excited about the news despite the fact that Morning Musume’s popularity has been fading a bit in recent years… the all-girls group is an icon synonymous to Japanese pop culture after all.
Some self-proclaimed hardcore anime fans might not be too happy though; I’ve known a few people that don’t fancy pop stars intruding anime/manga conventions, especially those whose previous works are totally not related to anime culture.
After celebrating his victory, the little Japanese town of Obama was in celebration again as Barack Obama sworn in as the 44th president of the United States…
Not sure how Obama is going to revive the US (and global) economies, but he surely revives this namesake fishing little town effortlessly :)
Photos from the 4th round of Super GT Series at Sepang International Circuit in June 2008… a showcase of the race cars before the parade lap and real race.
Seijin no Hi (成人の日; literally adult’s day) is a national holiday in Japan which falls on the second Monday in January each year. The holiday is for young Japanese who reached the legal age of adulthood (20) to celebrate their new status.
A Seijin Shiki (成人式; coming-of-age ceremony) is normally held in the morning at local city offices where politicians and academicians will give speeches reminding the new adults of their social responsibilities. The Shin Seijin (新成人; new adults) would often visit a shrine after the ceremony to make their wishes and go for parties later on.
Young ladies are often seen in traditional Furisode on the day, while guys in business suit or traditional Hakama. Sharing a few 2009 pics by Dannychoo the Stormtrooper in Tokyo; obviously a paradise for photography geeks…
Malaysian otakus had made an epic hunt on New Year Eve for Japanese star Aya Hirano when it was discovered that the popular seiyu (voice actress) was in Kuala Lumpur for some filming and photo-shooting.
The news was broke loose by a blogger and passed on to various forums, including the popular LYN which prompted the hectic ‘hunt’ for her where-about via the photos she posted on her online diary.
While most of the forum comments were made for the lulz; some of the folks seemed to take the manhunt a bit too seriously… regardless, the search ended hours later when it was found out that Hirano was already back to Japan when the search party was started… lol, an epic fail which provides the final bit of 2008 entertainment for Malaysian netizens.
On side note, that’s a really cute picture of Aya Hirano in a traditional Malay costume. Forget about bikinis… do more traditional stuff instead :)
Photo collection of some Japanese race queens from the Super GT series at Malaysia’s Sepang International Circuit in June 2008…
Mola race queens Izumi Morita, Risa Kobayashi, Yayoi Uehara and Rika Gotou