Kanagawa beauty Hanako Takigawa 多岐川華子 is one sexy and talented gravure idol and actress.  The 22 year old whose father and mother are former actors debuted in showbiz in 2004.

Hanako has appeared in many TV shows and at 3 movies -  I am Japanese – I am日本人 (2006), Tabi No Okurimono 旅の贈りもの 0:00発 (2008) and last year’s Hatsukoi Natu no Kioku (2009)

She has appeared in 8 TV commercials but she is most widely known for her SANKYO Pachinko  TV ads and as the image girl for Taiyo Oil.  Hanako also appears in 2 photo books and has released 4 gravure idol DVDs.  Read more...

Here are some great Japanese TV commercials from Daiichi Pachinko パチンコ promoting their new updated Matrix game called Enter the Martix. The TVCM’s show some funny Japanese Matrix type scenes including at a ramen shop and on a train.

The Enter The Matrix pachinko game has a new  LCD with an industry first multi-layered “VFX-Vision” in which players can view of a unique series of films using the liquid crystal sync photos.

TV Commercials – in the ramen shop and on the train

Enter the Matrix promo video 1
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Japanese Miniskirt police (minisuka police) ミニスカポリス was a legendary Japanese late night adult oriented cosplay variety show broadcast on TV Tokyo from July 10 1996 to November 9 2001.

The show initially featured sexy models wearing blue police uniforms and miniskirts who “arrested” men who had double-parked or jay-walked, etc. The sketch evolved into a typical late night TV show had become very popular by the late 1990s and was used as a stepping stone by many pretty Japanese women to enter the gravure idol world.

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While fans of 1970’s anime Space Battleship Yamato have been eagerly awaiting the completion of the animated film version  by Yoshinobu Nishizaki they can hop over to their local Pachinko parlor and play the pachinko game Space Battleship Yamato Pachinko machine!CR宇宙戦艦ヤマト made by Fuji.

Fuji has created a two games Cryamato 1 and Cryamato2.  For the launch of Cryamato2, there are a series of  impressive TV commercials with some awesome CGI footage  and starring Japanese model Sara Kagami 各務沙羅 cosplaying as Yuki Mori 森雪

Space battleship Yamato TV commercials