As we've blogged before, there are a few cases of sexy Japanese siblings who both work in gravure or modeling. Now those rare ranks have received a new addition: Nanami is the sister of the model and actress Maki Horikita, though the latter is now technically retired since she married and started a family. The mononymous choice of name is probably deliberate, as she probably does not want to trade on her older sister's fame. (There is also a porn star called Nanami Horikita, so she surely wants to avoid potential confusion!) She is certainly carving out a different career path, at least ...

No, it's not AV idols or even Gravure idols. Nor is it exotic or glamorous fashion models. It's very mainstream actresses with charming personalities. Almost all the ladies have "cute" girl-next-door faces rather than sensual, "beautiful" looks. The number one lady that Japanese men said they most wanted to date was... Haruka Ayase, who also came out top of last year's survey. Local guys like ditzy girls, it seems. Second was Satomi Ishihara, up from fourth place. It might be all those Aeon English school ads she has been doing. A girl who can speak English (albeit with a ...

As promised to an enthusiast last week, here is a run-down of some hot Japanese girls with boyish haircuts! Yu Aoi Moe Arai Maki Horikita Rina Ikoma Aki Kondo Okay, you probably don't know this girl (she's an artist) -- but she's super cute! Kaoru Mitsumune Mao Miyaji Natsuna Yurika Narahara (aka Yurika Kubo) Nocchi Rena Nounen Nanami Sakuraba Mikako Tabe Do you have any other ...

One of our favorite idols, the young and, oh, so cute Maki Horikita, is in a new movie. It's called Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac in English but the original title is "Someone kissed me" (誰かが私にキッスした) . . . and we are very, very keen to be that "someone"! The movie also seems to have some white guy (Anton Yelchin) in it and we hope this exposure to foreign flesh makes Maki inclined to investigate international kissing! Thanks to the good folks at f.hatena.ne.jp for the ...