Iconiq first burst onto the scene in 2010 when she came out of nowhere to front a major advertising campaign for a beauty brand. Her cropped hair and stunning complexion immediately made her a household name in Japan. Her music career fizzled out and the Japanese-Korean model-singer then promptly disappeared, apparently due to issues with her agency. Iconiq previously attempted a comeback with a semi-nude photo shoot under the new name Yumi Ito (actually one of many names she has used in her career), but nothing much happened subsequently (unless we missed something). We are happy to ...

We are pleased to report the comeback of long-forgotten model and singer Iconiq. Iconiq swept into the public eye in 2010 with a campaign for Shiseido's line of Maquillage cosmetics, showing her face and trademark cropped hair. It was a brilliant look. She was marketed as a mystery woman and little information was released about this apparent star-in-the-waiting. No one seemed to know who she was but everyone predicted big things for her. Some investigation by the tabloids revealed that Iconiq is Korean-Japanese, like a large number of celebrities in Japan. In fact, Iconiq was ...

Former Miss Universe Japan runner-up, model, and actress Biwon has admitting having plastic surgery last year. We found this amusing because many Japanese girls like to discard the amazing "bijin" quality in Korean women with the excuse that it's all just due to plastic surgery. Certainly it is more common and latent on the peninsular. However, it's a dirty secret in Japan (along with how idols essentially have to sleep with their management at the start of their careers) that many idols and singers have used plastic surgery to enhance their "perfect" look. Unlike Korea, though, few will ...