Maki Goto Joins AVEX Family

Maki Goto’s first official photo under AVEX payroll

I guess there were a few last minute issues that caused the delay, but just as reported in my post back in March (which drew some heated debate) Maki Goto has switched camp to AVEX Nation! After the long speculation, it was officially announced this past Friday that former Japanese idol and Morning Musume third generation member has signed with Japanese record giant AVEX. The sexy 22 year old Maki, source of masturbation fantasy for countless men will indeed debut under AVEX’s label “Rhythm Zone”, which mega J-pop artists such as Kumi Koda and EXILE also belong to.

According to the media relations department at AVEX, it’ll be the 10 year anniversary since Maki Goto’s showbiz debut and some drastic changes may be in the work. However, they cannot confirm any future activities since they’re still in the planning stages and Maki is considering her options.

Maki Goto has a smoking hot body that even her former handler Up Front Agency (UFA) couldn’t hold back!

AVEX held its annual stock holder meeting at Saitama Super Arena this past weekend with a stock holder only private concert that followed. Each stock holder could invite 1 guest to the concert, where AVEX artist Namie Amuro appeared for the first time in 8 years and Japanese diva Kumi Koda broke down crying in the middle of her number. With about 15000 in attendance, it was the largest AVEX stock holder concert ever. After being introduced on stage, Miki Goto surprised everyone by singing Whitney Houston’s “Saving All My Love For You”. It was her first public performance since last October when she was still a Hello!Project artist.

In a red one piece dress and super long blond hair extension, Maki belted out a Whitney Houston classic at Saitama Super Arena yesterday

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.

San-ai (Sanai) Bikini Girls, Part 3

Last batch of these sexy Japanese models parading in the latest Japanese bikini of the coming season for Japanese swimwear maker San-ai / Sanai (三愛).

Leading the pack was no other than the popular Japanese model turned talent Yukina Kinoshita (木下優樹菜), center

Which cutie do you prefer? The slightly more elegant “onee-kei” looking girl in black or the more bubbly girly “gyaru” in dark purple?

Peachy’s

Meet Peachy’s, the first ever “lip synching” idol unit straight outta Japan!

Mystery solved!

While I was walking around the Fuji TV headquarters building in Odaiba during my recent Japan trip I noticed some type of live event was being held at the plaza below at street level. Curious, I got closer to take a better look and see what all the commotion was about. A sizable crowd had gathered in front of a temporary stage where 3 girls dressed in similar flashy 1 piece dress outfits were doing some song & dance routine. In the backdrop on stage was a sign that said “Peachy’s”, which I had never heard of before.

The temporary outdoor stage where Peachy’s had their first public performance was at the bottom left corner of this shot of Fuji TV headquarters in Tokyo

Naturally I whipped out my beat up but trusty camera and aimed for the stage. But I was told by what appeared to be an event staff to keep moving as I was getting ready to take some snap shots that would’ve been worthy of a “Tokyo moment”. At that time I was by the very side of the stage, just outside the fenced off area where the audience was. I thought they just wanted to keep the foot traffic moving so I walked toward the pack and took out my camera again.

Peachy’s – Yuka Kosaka (L), Akina Minami (C) and Rina Akiyama (R)

However as I was adjusting the frame and the zoom once again I was interrupted by some event staff with a badge. This time I heard what he was saying, “I’m sorry but there’s no photography allowed.” I was really puzzled, since right before I got idol-blocked I saw a couple people passing by taking pictures with their cell phones. I wondered maybe it was my lack of understanding of the Japanese language or perhaps they didn’t want me taking pictures from that particular spot and get in the way because I did see a camera crew filming the event. I said to myself, “third time’s the charm” as I moved to the right side of the audience and attempted to snap up some juicy exclusive photos for all you Sleepy John readers.

Sorry guys, in the end I wasn’t able to provide any shots of my own. But this is what Peachy’s first mini concert looked like.

What do you know…this time a dude in a suit came up and rudely idol-blocked me even before I pointed my camera in the right direction! I MEAN WTF?!?! What’s the big friggin’ deal if their objective was to promote the group? I know I wasn’t back home in the States, but common sense would dictate that everything’s fair game out in the public. And I certainly considered this outdoor event by the street to fall under public domain! Am I off on this?

A big F**k Y** goes out to the department of event planning at Fuji TV and Japanese nonsensical trivial practices in general!

I got frustrated and upset about silly little trivial things the Japanese insist on doing like this one so I split without taking any pictures. But now thinking about it maybe I should’ve just played the “dumb gaijin” card and ignored them!

To make sense of all this, the dream idol unit “Peachy’s” consists of Japanese gravure idol Yuka Kosaka (小阪由佳), Akina Minami (南明奈) and Rina Akiyama (秋山莉奈), who also often appear on Japanese TV shows. Peachy’s claim to fame would be, “We’re not singing!” The project was born half jokingly out of Fuji TV’s late night TV show “Jodeki! Pop Company Pop-ya” (～ジョーデキ！POP COMPANY～ POP屋). The cute Japanese idol trio has gained so much following that they’ll release their first single titled “My Baby Boy” later on this summer!

L to R: Yuka Kosaka aka “Kosakana” (コサカーナ), Akina Minami aka Akkina (アッキーナ) and Rina Akiyama aka Oshirina (オシリーナ)

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Natsuko Tatsumi Take Off, Part 3

Japanese gravure pin-up idol Natsuko Tatsumi (辰巳奈都子) from her latest photobook “Take Off!”. The beautiful 20 year old with creamy smooth skin proves you can be sexy in a Speedo!

Looking at the third picture especially makes me want to just reach out my hands from behind and caress Natsuko’s soft yet shapely ass and inner thighs!

Natsuko Tatsumi Take Off, Part 2

Sorry about the gap. I’ve almost forgotten about sharing more of this sexy Japanese gravure idol and talent. Here is the 20 year old former “Miss Flash 2007″ Natsuko Tatsumi (辰巳奈都子) from her latest photobook “Take Off!”.

Nonami Takizawa

Here’s a little afternoon delight. Meet the lovely Nonami Takizawa (滝沢乃南), a 22 year old Saitama Prefecture native who’s blessed with ginormous I cup breast! You know you want to dive your head right in there!

Mai Nishida

Gravure idol Mai Nishida (西田麻衣) was the winner of “Bikini Gravure Audition 2006″ (水着グラビアオーディション’０６). The 19 year old sexy teen from Kyoto possesses wonderful F cup breast for our viewing pleasure. Check out the combination of that innocent lolita face and those huge knockers…I know you want some of that!

Mai claims that since her debut she has lost 6 kg yet gained more mass on top. She thinks she’s on her way to G cup ville!

Erika Ura

Here are a few shots of the sexy Erika Ura (浦えりか) from her latest gravure DVD release “HIP Oppie” (ＨＩＰおっＰＩＥ). The 21year old who’s blessed with soft E cup breast is a member of the “otaku idol” unit Nakano Fujo Sister (中野腐女子シスターズ). The self professed Hello!Project otaku shot the DVD on location in the southern Japanese tropical island of Okinawa.

San-ai (Sanai) Bikini Girls, Part 2

Here are more photos of sexy girls modeling for Japanese swimwear maker Sanai / San-ai (三愛). Okay so they’re not all exactly wearing bikinis but who gives a flying squirrel’s hairy ass…enjoy!

Yui Aragaki Mitsuya Cider Girl

Japanese gravure idol and actress Yui Aragaki (新垣結衣) was in Tokyo at the end of last month promoting Japanese soda “Mitsuya Cider” (三ツ矢サイダー) and its latest TV commercial. Mitsuya Cider, which tastes similar to 7 Up has a long history and is celebrating its 125th year on the market this year. The cute Okinawa Prefecture native was selected to be the “Mitsuya Cider Girl” and will starr in a series of new commercial that focus on a group of old friends being reunited on the beach.

On Wednesday “Gakki” turned 20 and announced that effective immediately her short lived blog would be shut down. Instead she’ll continue to have diary entries on a cell phone site.

Yui Aragaki blows out the candles on her birthday cake as she “graduates” from the U-19 idol status

Sleepy John Hits Tokyo, Part 4

Today I’d like to focus on one of my all time favorite spots in Tokyo…Kichijoji (吉祥寺). This bustling hip town is filled with students (read – cute school girls in uniform and hot college co-eds) and young adults and is situated just west of downtown Tokyo. It has been consistently ranked as one of the top 3 most desirable towns to reside in!

Here’s a shot of the “main” street that’s directly behind Kichijoji Station, which is filled with restaurants. Notice how narrow it is and I kid you not when I say full sized bus regularly runs through here.

I thought this picture is a great example of one of the many obvious “East meets West” contrasting sights you can see in Japan. Here we’ve got the quintessential American import Starbucks Coffee, or “Sutaba” (スターバー) as the Japanese affectionately call it in the foreground and a Kichijoji landmark and local favorite, the famous Iseya yakitori restaurant (mostly skewered chicken cooked over charcoal) right next to it.

Iseya’s (やきとりのいせや) yakitori is da bomb…I highly recommend it!

Right behind Iseya is the entrance to Inokashira Park (井の頭公園), another Kichijoji landmark . The park actually has a mini zoo built inside!

Inokashira Park is especially popular in the spring time, when cherry blossom bloom. During “hanami” (cherry blossom viewing) season all the trees along the pond in this picture would be pink.

Caught a pretty talented older gent performing his art in the park. He played mostly Blues had his “best of” CDs for sale.

Some of you are probably thinking, “Enough with the lame park and scenery shots already and show us the goods!” Well, I do not disappoint…Sleepy John put in work and got you this shot of a group of babelicious high school girls in their sexy sailor uniform and short skirts congregating in front of Baskin Robbins!

I know you’d love to lick some of them up and down like the flavor of the month!

Natsuko Tatsumi Take Off

Meet Natsuko Tatsumi (辰巳奈都子), a gorgeous Japanese gravure model and actress with a smoking hot body. Natsuko came up doing mostly TV commercials, then got her big break when she won the title of Miss Flash (ミスFLASH) 2007, a gravure competition.

The sexy 20 year old does not like to be restrained by underwear and has been known to go out in public without any panties on! Just thinking about that is giving me a stiffy!

Here are a few pictures of Natsuko Tatsumi from her second photobook “Take Off!” that was just released.

Yukina Kinoshita Bikini, Part 3

Yukina Kinoshita holding her certificate of appreciation from Guam’s Ministry of Tourism with Miss Guam Tourism

More pics of sexy Yukina Kinoshita (木下優樹菜) working the stage as Sanai bikini’s 2007 Image Girl. Sanai often uses Guam to shoot their catalog and advertisement. So toward the end of the show Yukina was presented with a certificate of appreciation from Guam’s Ministry of Tourism for her promotional work for the island during the past year.

The 2008 bikini preview show marked the conclusion of Yukina Kinoshita’s duty for San-ai / Sanai. The popular Japanese gravure model of Korean descent said, “Without becoming Sanai’s campaign girl, the Yukina Kinoshita you know wouldn’t exist. Even though today is my last day as a Sanai bikini image girl, I’ll always be appreciative.”

Yukina Kinoshita posing with the rest of Sanai’s bikini models at the end of the show

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