Japanese idol Yuko Ogura has been awarded the ‘1st Japan Gravure Idol Award’. The contest was run by the website ZAKZAK, which is owned by Japanese newspaper Sankei. Amongst the factors used to select Yuko as the winner were sales figures for her DVDs and photobooks, as well as the number of votes she received online. Yuko certainly gets our vote!

Here is what Yukorin had to say about the win herself:

I really appreciate my fans who support me all the time. When I started bikini modeling eight years ago, everybody thought models should have big breasts. But it’s different now. Diversified girls with different characters and shapes can succeed in modeling.

To celebrate the award, here are some more pictures of the beautiful miss Ogura - in addition to those in our existing Yuko Ogura gallery:

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Mikie Hara is the latest Japanese girl to have the pleasure of gracing our gravure idol section. For those of you who are unknowing, Mikie Hara is a model/actor and is best know for her lead role as Honey Kisaragi in the dorama Cutie Honey The Live.

» Birth Name: 原 幹恵, Hara Mikie
» Height: 5′ 4″
» Measurements: Bust: 37″, Waist: 24″, Hips: 35″

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The Idol section of the site has been neglected somewhat over the previous months, it is therefore with much delight that I present to you the latest addition, Yuko Ogura:

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The previous Japanese Idol post we made was pretty popular, with lots of people demanding MOAR, and as such I have decided to expediently make another.

This time the idol being featured is one Mihiro Taniguchi. Enjoy the images:

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One thing that has been distinctly lacking from the site, a topic I mentioned in our very first post, is idol related articles. I shall try and atone for my sins by posting idol related material regularly from now on.

Sayuri Ohtomo seemed like a great choice to get things started, so here she is:

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Battle Angels (Japanese girl battles) - ‘Who is hotter, Mihiro, or Miyabi?’
JRock/JPop related postings
Japanese Lessons

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