Hayashi Tantan

This lovely young lady is actress Hayashi Tantan. 21 years old, she has already been in 8 different TV shows that you'll probably never watch so I'm not going to bother listing them. Woo! Enjoy.

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Arden B. Cho

In my boredom last week, I took a leap of faith on YouTube and watched the trailer for the short film Agents of Secret Stuff, which premiered on 11/23. I did not have much interest in the movie itself, but became highly interested in Arden Cho, who also stars in the movie and is a beauty. Once I found out that Arden was also a model in addition to being an actress, I then had to write about her for Asian Sirens.

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Whatever Happened to Chieko Shiratori?

After mentioning Chieko Shiratori was a personal favorite of all who've stepped into the role of Special Undercover Agent Rei, the heroine from the Zero Woman series (featured here), there were a few who commented to reveal they also shared those feelings, which made it clear that she deserved of an entry of her own.

Not having heard or seen anything from Chieko since her mid-to-late 90s heyday, I did a bit of research to see what the now-35-year-old actress/model, who was billed early in her career as Tieko Shiroto, is up to these days. More...

Gemma Chan for Bing

Unless you've been living without television for the past year and a half, you're familiar with the Bing commercials where the person rattles off the results he or she found after performing an Internet search, in a robot-like manner.

Anyway, the lovely Asian lady with the British accent in the above ad is actress Gemma Chan and whether you use Bing, Google, or one of the other popular search engines, finding her website isn't difficult.

EDIT: The above video has been set to private at Youtube, but you can view the original post and video here.

Japanese AV and Gravure Idols do Horror

Halloween is horror movie time and if you've watched a low-budget Japanese horror/gore flick in the last few years and wanted more info on the sexy actress in the lead role, finding it shouldn't be difficult. Chances are, a simple Google search is all it will take to see a lot more of her because most of the ladies seen in such gems were chosen from the very large talent pool of AV and gravure idols Japan has to offer. Above, we see how nicely JAV alumnae Sora Aoi, Risa Kasumi, and Mari Sakurai fill out their roles in Big Tits Zombie (in 3D!). More...

Kwak Hyun Hwa

Kwak Hyun Hwa is a Korean model. Apparently, according to multiple websites I read, she is not just a model - she is also a well known comedian. How come our comedians don't look like this?

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Nikkatsu Queens

Some of the comments in this entry touched on certain types of Japanese softcore porn movies know as "pink films" ("pinku eiga" in Japanese), that were produced from the mid-1960s to the late-1980s. The ones made by Nikkatsu studios from 1971-1988 were known as the second wave of the pink film era. Also dubbed "roman porn" (which is short for "romantic pornography" and has absolutely nothing to do with anything coming from Italy's capital city), a couple of of the more notable early Nikkatsu productions were Apartment Wife: Afternoon Affair, which starred Kazuko Shirakawa and Secret Chronicle: She Beast Market, with Junko Miyashita.

In 1974, Nikkatsu movies such as Flower and Snake (poster above), began centering on bondage and S&M themes and often starred Noami Tani, a young actresses who savored her roles and looked great in rope. Naomi, together with Kazuko and Junko, became known as the first three "Nikkatsu Queens," who made their marks during the heyday of the Nikkatsu roman porn era. More...

Zero Woman

The main character of the "Zero Woman" series is Special Undercover Agent Rei (her family name's never been revealed), who works for "Section Zero" of the Tokyo Police Department. Her risky assignments require her to infiltrate the criminal underworld where, even though she often finds herself in "compromising" positions, she always manages to come out on top.

The role of Rei has been played by a total of 10 different actresses over the years, the first of whom being 70s pink film queen Miki Sugimoto (above). See the others after the jump. More...

Viann Zhang Xin Yu

First there were the Paris Hilton sex tapes. Then there was the Edison Chen scandal. And now we have what might be the worst scandal of all - model and actress Viann Zhang Xin Yu has photos of her ... with her boyfriend ... on the bed together ... wearing clothes.

Scandal of the decade perhaps? The century? Dare I say ... the millennium?

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Risa Kudo as Zombie Hunter Rika

In keeping with the spirit of Halloween, here's popular gravure idol Risa Kudo (as well as the supporting cast) of the 2008 gore-fest Zombie Hunter Rika, a movie that proves when it comes to comedy/horrors with awful scripts, high-school special effects, and bad acting from beautiful, buxom young ladies, the Japanese definitely do not take a back seat to their counterparts in Hong Kong. More...