Great news for all the (zillions of) fans of slinky, half-Argentinian, half-Japanese model Jessica Michibata (道端 ジェシカ)! The twenty-five year old sex pot has broken up with her boyfriend, F1 World Champion Jenson Button! They had been dating for 18 months but the long-distance thing was apparently just too much for mega-rich Jenson. Is he crazy? Put me on the other side of the world and there's still no way that I would ever let this hottie get ...

Saturday was another big day for our favorite starlet of the moment, Erika Sawajiri. She performed a new song, her first gig in over two and a half years. "Treasure" is an upcoming release and Erika (24) showcased it at the Girls Award 2010. Apparently available for free download from the actress/model/singer's website until the end of this month, we haven't actually heard the tune ourselves. However, we have been getting an eyeful of the clothes she was wearing... and I think you'll agree that she chose her costume wisely! Erika, nicknamed Erika-sama ("Her Highness ...

Anyway even remotely interested in Japanese geinoujin or models can't have failed to see the big news this week: Erika Sawajiri has told her much-older husband that she wants a divorce. By email. Yes, apparently Tsuyoshi Takashiro is completely stumped as to why his beautiful wife has suddenly had a change of heart. He heard it first by email and since then has been getting updates through her website announcements and the press. We blogged here about Erika's comeback a few weeks ago. Half-French Erika had legions of fans until her pride got the better of her, most infamously at ...

One of our favorite idols, Erika Sawajiri, has returned to the world of Japanese entertainment (geinokai) after a oh-too-long absence of two and a half years! Ever since she made that rather sulky press conference in 2007 for the film Closed Note (we actually thought she was rather sexy!) and earned the animosity of the nation, her career has been on a disappointingly downward trajectory. Well, now the rebellious minx is back, with a new "taido" (attitude) and keen to get into what she did so brilliantly before: cute photos, TV commercials, the occasionally melodramatic TV drama series, ...