Miss Magazine 2008 Bonus

You didn’t think my idol report was over, did you? Shortly after the 2008 Miss Magazine gravure contest was over at the fountain plaza inside Ikebukuro Sunshine City (池袋サンシャイン噴水広場) shopping mall, “Miss Magazine GyaO Award” (ミスマガ! GyaO賞) winners were brought onto stage. These 4 lucky girls were selected from the semi-final round of Miss Magazine contest. It was announced that they would begin their activities by appearing on Japanese internet based TV channel GyaO.

From L to R: Haruka Mori, Misuzu Mochizuki, Yui Koike and Jun Kanaki

Jun Kanaki (奏木純) is 17 years old and hails from Tokyo.

Angelic Yui Koike (小池唯) happens to share the exact same birthday as Jun. She’s from Saitama Prefecture, just north of Tokyo.

Misuzu Mochizuki (望月美寿々) is only 15 years of age. I would so love to keep this 151cm (4′11″) petite cutie pie as my personal pet!

22 year old Haruka Mori (森はるか) is the eldest of the bunch. The Osaka native sports an athletic yet sexy body!

Flanked by their “senpai”, Miss Magazine 2007 finalists Mihato Ise and Airi Nakajima.

Miss Magazine 2008, Part 3

Here’s a recap of the 2008 Miss Magazine gravure / idol search contest. The 5 contestants who made it to the final will have considerable leverage for their future in Japanese showbiz.

* Miss Magazine 2008 Winner (ミスマガジン2008グランプリ) - Nanami Sakuraba (桜庭ななみ)

It’s hard to believe the grand prize of the prestigious award this year went to a girl with a pure face who’s only 15 from Kagoshima Prefecture in southern Japan. Nanami has just moved up to Tokyo to pursue her showbiz career in April. She doesn’t like to lose and will keep trying whenever she doesn’t succeed at something.

* Miss Shukan Shonen Magazine Award (ミス週刊少年マガジン) - Sakura Sato (佐藤さくら)

This 17 year old sexy cutie from Okinawa found out her good fortune when she was watching TV with her mom. Sakura is a huge fan of Teppei Koike, super popular Japanese actor, singer, heartthrob and member of the j-pop duo WaT. I want to see more of this sexy kitten in bikini!

* Miss Young Magazine Award (ミスヤングマガジン) - Miki Nakagawa (中川美樹)

Finally, here’s a Japanese teen you can legally “touch”! 19 year old Miki possesses a warm smile and a nice set of knockers. The Nagano native made the move to Tokyo because her high school was very strict about its students being involved in showbiz.

* Reader’s Choice Award (読者特別賞) - Shizuka Umemoto (梅本静香)

The lolita faced Tokyo native is every “younger sister” fanboys’ fantasy! Shizuka first received the auspicious news when she had just woken up from a nap so her reaction at first was comically non-existent. The 15 year old has had to learn to speak honorific (ultra polite form) Japanese along with other showbiz protocols and rules on the job, literally…while going to different location for photo shoot.

* Judge’s Special Award (審査員特別賞) - Mio Otani (大谷澪)

This 16 year old from Osaka sports girl next door charm and a shapely, slender body. Mio says since she was in grade school she’s always looked up to idols and she wanted to join Japanese super idol group Morning Musume. Her favorite male talent (a Japanese catch-all word for entertainer) is Shun Oguri.

Miss Magazine 2008, Part 2

Who doesn’t like young Japanese cuties? I’ve dug up some more photos from last month’s annual “Miss Magazine” (ミスマガジン美少女コンテスト) gravure / idol search contest held at Sunshine City in the trendy Ikebukuro district of Tokyo.

Once again, from left to right: Mio Otani, Miki Nakagawa, 2008 contest winner Nanami Sakuraba, Sakura Sato and Shizuka Umemoto

The girls were cheered on by last year’s 5 finalists. Posing behind the girls on stage were (L to R): 2007 Miss Magazine winner Yayoi Shikatani (鹿谷弥生), Airi Nakajima (中島愛里), Aika (あいか), Mihato Ise (伊勢みはと) and Saki Yamaguchi (山口沙紀).

Don’t you wish you can get pretty young Japanese teens to squeeze together their tits to show you the cleavage and bend over for you like this all the time?

Miss Magazine 2008

Here are some bonus pictures from the final around of this year’s Miss Magazine gravure idol contest (ミスマガジン美少女コンテスト). Once again the event took place at the Sunshine City fountain plaza (サンシャイン噴水広場) in Tokyo’s Ikebukuro district. The grand prize went to 15 year old Nanami Sakuraba (桜庭ななみ) from Kagoshima Precture, but basically everyone walked away a winner, as making it to the final will help the girls greatly in Japanese showbiz further on down the road.

From L to R: Mio Otani, Miki Nakagawa, Nanami Sakuraba, Sakura Sato and Shizuka Umemoto in white bikini waving to the crowd at Sunshine City

Sakura Sato, Miki Nakagawa and Shizuka Umemoto in the front row showing off their girl next door smile. This is why I always regard Japan as the world’s No.1 producer of cute girls and everything cute!

Miki Nakagawa

Check out the rack on Miki Nakagawa (中川美樹), 2008 Miss Magazine gravure idol contest finalist

Nagano Prefecture native Miki Nakagawa received the “Miss Young Magazine” award (essentially runner-up) at last weekend’s Miss Magazine 2008 (ミスマガジン) contest held at Sunshine City shopping mall in popular Ikebukuro district of Tokyo. The 19 year old with amazing looking tits was all smiles.

Here’s a short clip of Miki introducing herself. She claims her favorite activities are bowling, her best score being 151, and karaoke. She’s also good at playing the piano too. I would love to pull those skinny strings off her tiny bikini and play with her soft tits!

If it’s all right to stare at 15 year old Mio Otani’s chest, it’s definitely okay to drool over Miki Nakagawa’s beautiful bosom!

Nanami Sakuraba

Nanami Sakuraba (桜庭ななみ), left, Miss Magazine 2008 winner poses with 2007 winner Yayoi Shikatani who came on stage to congratulate her

This past Sunday the final round selection for the winner of Miss Magazine (ミスマガジン) 2008 gravure idol was held at Sunshine City (サンシャインシティ) shopping mall in Ikebukuro district of downtown Tokyo. And 15 year old Nanami Sakuraba (桜庭ななみ) from Kagoshima Prefecture at the southern tip of Japan was crowned as the winner! It seems like idols in Japan are getting younger every year yet they’re fully embraced by the society. Hey, who am I to complain!

An U-15 (under 15) idol has won Miss Magazine gravure contest this year!

Miss Magazine 2008 gravure contest finalists (from L to R): Mio Otani, Miki Nakagawa, Nanami Sakuraba, Sakura Sato and Shizuka Umemoto

Winning the coveted Miss Magazine gravure idol title is a huge deal, as it is seen as a sure-thing stepping stone for the Japanese teen to enter into some other opportunities in showbiz. Running since 1982, past Miss Magazine winners have been Hollywood actress Youki Saito (斉藤由貴) and OG Japanese idol later turned actress Yoko Minamino (南野陽子). More recent winner / entrant include super popular gravure idol Misako Yasuda (安田美沙子), Kii Kitano (北乃きい) and everyone’s favorite cutie pie otaku Shoko Nakagawa (中川翔子) aka “Shokotan”! As a matter of fact, the gravure idol contest received about 17,000 entries this year.

After being announced as the winner, the baby faced Nanami Sakuraba said, “I still can’t believe I’ve won. I will work hard with lots of smile and courage!” Nanami belongs to the same entertainment production agency “Sweet Power” (スウィートパワー) as the red hot U-19 Japanese teen idol Kii Kitano. Nanami has set her sight on catching up to the beautiful Kii because “she’s got really good acting skills”.

Peachy’s, Part 2

More photos of the new Japanese lip singing idol unit “Peachy’s”. 3 popular gravure idols - Yuka Kosaka, Akina Minami and Rina Akiyama have come together to form this unique “no singing” group, a first in J-pop history.

The idea for Peachy’s came from Fuji TV’s Monday late night variety show “Jodeki! Pop Company Pop-ya” (～ジョーデキ！POP COMPANY～ POP屋)

The three cute Japanese pin-up girls were keeping it real, though. Rina Akiyama aka “Oshirina” (オシリーナ) whose claim to fame is her petite yet beautifully shaped ass said, “When I heard my own voice I thought, ‘Oh, this is bad.’!” The sexy Japanese gravure doll Yuka Kosaka aka “Kosakana” (コサカーナ) laughed, “We tried practicing but it was pretty disappointing. It’d be nice if one of us has a nice voice.” The cheerful Akina Minami aka “Akkina” (アッキーナ) added, “I don’t care, I like our group this way. We’d like to start a new lip singing craze!”

From L to R: Yuka Kosaka, Akina Minami and Rina Akiyama

Peachy’s had their second mini “live” concert in Ikebukuro’s Sunshine City (池袋サンシャインシティ) at the end of last month. The girls were pretty nervous but showed off their lip synching (口パク) skills in front of about 2000 fans. Yuka, Akina and Rina finished the performance with their upcoming single “My Baby Boy” which is scheduled to drop on August 6th.