Andrew likes former member of AKB48 Rina Nakanishi/Rico Yamaguchi, and suggested we feature her here…
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Above is gayageum virtuoso Luna Lee (known professionally as simply “Luna”) covering the guitar solos from the 1976 Eagles classic “Hotel California” with such perfection, it would surely make Don Felder and Joe Walsh proud.
To date, her Youtube channel has nearly 3 million views and it features her versions of such other popular American rock songs as Santo and Johnny’s “Sleepwalk,” Joe Satriani’s “Starry Night” and Bob Dylan’s “All Along the Watchtower” (which is more popularly known from Jimi Hendrix’s version). Also check out her Facebook fan page.
copyrightFor those of us lucky enough to live down under, Fely Irvine has been gracing our screens in a variety of roles for some time now…
Thankyou to rex, who suggested a post on Taiwanese girl group the Weather Girls. Strange as it may sound, they do in fact forecast the weather.
Stuffed tomato suggested we look at the original Asian rock star Miki Berenyi, so here she is…
Felicia Wang, aka DJ FelNlove, is – as the name implies – a DJ. She does some modeling work, but most of it is to promote her DJ skills so it’s very stylized the way most music marketing is stylized. Thus far, no word of any topless DJing, but I am going to hold my breath because I think she’d be a great pioneer in the field of naked partying.
Kaori Muraji is a Japanese classical guitarist signed by Decca and suggested by Romanticwarrior, and a Siren I am rapt to present to you…
I loved this picture the moment I saw it. Research revealed it was Nana Tanimura, a sexy Japanese pop star…
copyrightAccording to Psyche Corporation vocalist and frontwoman Psyche Chimère; the band is a “dark, fairytale, steampunk, cyberpunk band” who “deal in alternative world music, both in the world music sense and in the alternative world sense.” They’re based out of New York City but again, according to her, they’re also “based off of a dream manufacture company far into the future, where brain implants allow you to download dreams from the Internet.”
The band’s music provides an often haunting sort of background to Miss Chimère’s flawless soprano and narrative lyrics. She’s also one of the few, very visible Asian ladies of the steampunk sub-genre. Above is the official music video for “Jewels,” off of their early 2013 album Crypts and Codes.












