Like Shibuya gyaru gal fashion scene?  In the latest attempt to reproduce the success of  Jpop idol group AKB48 a new idol unit called Shibuya GAL’S is being formed.

The unit is being produced and led by the gal (gyaru) fashion model duo Yumachi & Aina  ゆまち ＆愛奈  which consists of Yuma Takahashi (21) and Aina Tanaka (21) both models for the fashion magazine Egg. After topping the Recochoku club music charts last year, they made their major label debut earlier this year and are releasing their debut album “QUEEN” this week.

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Jpop diva Namie Amuro featured in April 2010’s Gisele (Japanese fashion magazine)

Namie Amuro in Gisele May 2008

Namie Amuro in Gisele (June 2008)

Namie Amuro Baby Don’t Cry
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Namie Amuro Get myself back on HEY HEY HEY TV show http://www.dailymotion.com/videoxe5vbl

Namie Amuro Break it PV

Shibuya 109 is the mecca for Japanese gyaru fashion.  If you like this fashion style, remember to visit Shibuya to check out the trendy Japanese girls there.

Pretty Japanese fashion model and TV celebrity Moe Oshikiri 押切もえ was spotted earlier this summer in policewoman cosplay in the Harajuku district of Tokyo.   The 30 year old AneCan magazine model wore a fitting black blazer, hip hugging skirt with heels and a cute police lady hat to complete her transformation as she was chosen as an honorary police station caption for a day for the Tokyo Metropolitan police.

Moe-chan’s appointment as honorary police captain was to increase awareness of traffic accidents in the area.

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Angela Baby アンジェラベイビー (Angela Yeung Wing 杨颖, 楊穎 ) is a Chinese fashion model from Shanghai and Hong Kong who is making waves in Japan.  Like Jessica Cambensy, her sexy and cosmopolitan looks have earned her a modeling contract with Avex and she has since been operating from Japan over the few months.  Angelababy started modeling at the age of 17 when she was discovered in Hong Kong and been modeling for the past 7 years.

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Power ranger helmet fashion from years gone by.

Pretty Ageha fashion model and entrepreneur Eri Momoka is the face of  “Tequila Balls” テキーラボール a type of  “jello shot”  that was created at the Tokyo Kabukicho bar “NASUKA”  in 2008.  Tequila balls are 20% alcohol and contain 1/3 of a shot glass worth of tequila each and currently available in orange, blueberry, yogurt, cassis and strawberry.

NASUKA’s main patrons are hosts and hostesses who like the Tequila Balls but one  regular who happened to be a model for the massively popular cabaret style fashion magazine, Koakuma Ageha wrote about the Tequila balls on her blog which brought a sudden surge in interest from around Japan.  Read more...

It’s a nice sunny summer day and you’re out at the beach watching nice Japanese babes in their bikinis listing to your ipod. The battery is running out of juice and you have no spares and no recharger – what can you do?  Japanese firm ambienTec has a smart and fashionable solution.  They make the 2W, 5V USB Solar Fold and  Solarfan portable chargers ソーラーフォルド SC001P1-01BK which can provide 3 hours of listening time on your ipod (or 3 minutes of mobile phone talk time)  for every 10 minutes of sunlight exposure.

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Even dogs are dressed fashionably in Japan.  These photos from the trendy Harajuku district in Tokyo.

Toshimi Sugawara 菅原禄弥 is a 29 year old Japanese actress and fashion model from Chiba prefecture.  She has appeared in Japanese fashion magazines Cawaii, Ray and S-Cawaii and TV commercials for Kao, Asahi drinks (Wonda) and Beauteen.

Toshimi has also appeared in various TV shows from ten years  – Keishicho Sosa Ikka 9 Gakari 4 (TV Asahi, 2009, ep4), Shinjuku Swan (TV Asahi, 2007, ep3), Koi no Kara Sawagi Drama Special Love Stories II (NTV, 2005), Memory of Love (MBS, 2004) , Koi no Chikara (Fuji TV, 2002) , Watashi wo Ryokan ni Tsuretete (Fuji TV, 2001), Rouge (NHK, 2001) , Taiyo wa Shizumanai (Fuji TV, 2000) , Kira Kira Hikaru (Fuji TV, 2000, SP2) Kiken na Kankei (Fuji TV, 1999) and Kokusan Hina Musume (国産ひな娘) (TV Tokyo, 1999).  Read more...