Jarah Mariano - Another Look

The beautiful Jarah Mariano has been quite busy since I last did a write up on her.
This lovely lady is of Hawaiian, Korean, and Chinese descent, and was born on the island of Kauai in Hawaii.
Last time I mentioned that she had done ads for MAC, Armani Exchange, Sephora, Roxy Quiksilver, Rock and Republic and Abercrombie & Fitch and appeared in the 2008 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.
But since then she has done a repeat performance in the 2009 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Editions, and added a few acting credits as well.

Jarah appeared in Minority Report (2002) at the AMEX Polynesian Woman, she did four episodes of Rescue Me, she appeared in The Girl from Monday (2005) as a Classroom Student, and she appeared on Chuck as a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model.



Jarah also made an appearance in Jay-Z's music video "Show Me What You Got"

Jarah Mariano - Another Look, posted to http://beautifulasianwomen.blogspot.com/ on May 24th, 2010

Kumi Koda Updates

Since I last did an entry on Japanese singer and songwriter Kumi Koda, she has been pretty busy.
On March 25th, she released two albums, Out Works & Collaboration Best ( her fourth best-of album) and Koda Kumi Driving Hit's (her first Remix album) .
On February 3, 2010, Kumi released another best of album, Best: Third Universe and released her eighth studio album, Universe, which were packaged together.
Within a week, Best: Third Universe/Universe became number one on the Oricon weekly charts.

Besides the albums, she has also released four singles, "It's All Love!", "3 Splash", "Alive/Physical Thing" and "Can We Go Back", a cover of a bonus track on Kelly Clarkson's 2009 album All I Ever Wanted.

On August 7th, Kumi will be doing some shows on the Avex touring festival, a-nation.

And at the MTV World Stage Video Music Awards, Kumi was nominated in the Best Pop Video category
The show will be held on May 29 at the Yoyogi National Stadium in Tokyo.

Kumi Koda Updates, posted to http://beautifulasianwomen.blogspot.com/ on May 2nd, 2010

Vilan Vi - One Last Look?

Another Asian beauty that seems to be very popular here is Vietnamese model Vilan Vi.
And I think I know why.
I mean other than she is gorgeous.
It looks like this beautiful young lady has pretty much disappeared from the net.
Her website http://www.vilanvi.com/ is gone.
There's her ModelGraphy entry that's still up.
http://www.modelgraphy.com/us/vilan_vi.html
And her HIN City entry is still there, but with no pictures.
http://www.hincity.com/models/profile.asp?id=93701N21VH9SB70DR0OAGR681

So maybe Vilan has left modeling.
But at least we have one last parting shot here.

Posted to http://beautifulasianwomen.blogspot.com/

Karen Pang - Fitness Competitor and Fitness Model

I have done a couple of write ups on the lovely Karen Pang over at my Asian Fitness Women blog, and she has shown up in the top ten there more than once.
Karen was born in Vancouver, Canada, and this beautiful lady is a Fitness Competitor, Fitness Model, 2008 Bikini Universe (Short Class) 1st Runner Up, 2007 Bikini America Top 10 Finalist, a 2007 WNSO National Pro Champion Swimsuit Model AND came in second at the WBFF BC 2009 (Bikini) in Vancouver, Canada!
Pretty busy huh?
Karen is five foot two and weighs in at about 107 pounds.
She has the ability to look very soft and curvy in some pictures, and then turn around and own the ripped hardbody look.
And she has some of the best abs in the business.



And this beautiful young lady is all over the net.
You can visit her website at: http://www.misskarenpang.com/
Her Model Mayhem page here: http://www.modelmayhem.com/558190
Her MySpace page here: http://www.myspace.com/karenpang
And her FaceBook page here: http://www.facebook.com/misskarenpang

Here is a video of Karen training at the beach

Kelly Hu - Beautiful Asian Women

And here is a woman that I have always thought was simply stunning, Kelly Hu.
Kelly was born on February 13, 1968 in Honolulu, Hawaii.
She is of Hawaiian, Chinese, and English descent.
Kelly's an actress and former fashion model, and she was also Miss Teen USA 1985 and Miss Hawaii USA 1993.
She has done a lot of films, her film debut was in 1989's Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan as Eva Watanabe.
Kelly has gone on to appear in almost thirty movies including The Doors (1991) as Dorothy, X2 (2003) as the awesome Yuriko Oyama/Lady Deathstrike, Stiletto (2008) as Detective Hanover and Farmhouse (2008) as Lilith.
She has also done a lot of TV appearances including NCIS, In Plain Sight, Mayday, Sunset Beach and Army Wives.
Kelly has also worked in video games, appearing in one of my favorites, Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 as Suki Toyama AI.
She's currently working on Almost Perfect and The Story, both for release in 2010.



Kelly Hu, posted to http://beautifulasianwomen.blogspot.com/ on November 9th, 2009

Kaji Meiko - Japanese Actress and Singer

Kaji Meiko is a Japanese actress and Enka (Japanese popular music genre) singer, born on March 24, 1947 in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan.
After appearing in several juvenile girl gang and women in prison films, Kaji gained fame in her role as Yuki in Lady Snowblood.
The film was based on the manga by writer Kazuo Koike and artist Kazuo Kamimura.
Kazuo Koike also created the Crying Freeman and Lone Wolf and Cub mangas.
Lady Snowblood was one of the inspirations for Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill films.
The theme song to Lady Snowblood and the theme song of the Sasori series( Female Convict 701: Scorpion, another women in prison film) were both sung by Kaji, and were used in Tarantino's Kill Bill, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2.
Kaji also appeared in the sequel to Lady Snowblood, Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance.


posted to http://beautifulasianwomen.blogspot.com/ on Sept 27th, 2009

Miyazaki Aoi - Japanese Actress

Japanese actress Miyazaki Aoi was born on November 30, 1985, in Tokyo Japan.
Miyazaki had her first role at the age of fourteen in the film, One Summer's Day.
She went on to make over twenty one movies including Nana, Eureka, First Love, Tada, kimi wo aishiteru (Heavenly Forest), Synesthesia and Virgin Snow.
Miyazaki is currently working on the film Solanin, based on the Japanese manga written and illustrated by Inio Asano.
Besides movies, she has done several television shows including Junjo Kirari (Pure Heart), R-17, Atsuhime (Princess Atsu) and Hatachi no kekkon (Wedding at 20).

Miyazaki won the Galaxy Individual Award for her role in Atsuhime.
Her brother Masaru Miyazaki is also an actor, and together they starred in the film Hatsukoi.

You can check out Miyazaki's website (in Japanese) here:
http://www.aoimiyazaki.jp/

Miyazaki Aoi, posted to http://beautifulasianwomen.blogspot.com/, on Sept 20th, 2009

Nagasawa Masami - Japanese Actress

Nagasawa Masami was born on born June 3, 1987 in Iwata, Shizuoka.
She is a Japanese actress that works for Toho Entertainment.
Nagasawa is the daughter of Kazuaki Nagasawa, the former manager of the J. League (Japanese professional association football league) team Júbilo Iwata.
She graduated from Horikoshi High School, the same high school attended by other Japanese stars Ayumi Hamasaki, Ayase Haruka, Aya Ueto, Jun Matsumoto, Tomohisa Yamashita and Tanaka Koki.
In 2005, 2006 and 2007 she was the cover girl for Toho Calendar.
In March 2006, Nagasawa was voted the Most Popular Actress in Oricon Style.
She has appeared in eighteen movies, including two Godzilla movies, Godzilla: Tokyo SOS (2003) and Godzilla: Final Wars (2004).
Nagasawa has worked on twenty three TV dramas, the first one being Pure Soul in 2001.
Her latest movie is Magare! Spoon, is currently under production.


Nagasawa Masami, posted to http://beautifulasianwomen.blogspot.com/ on Sept 11th, 2009

Kawashima Azumi - Japanese Idol

Kawashima Azumi was born on August 8, 1979 in Tokyo, Japan.
She is one of the top Japanese idols.
Kawashima has released over 17 videos in Japan, the first being "Promise/Appointment" released in 1998.
She also had 9 photobooks released from 1999 to 2003.
In 1999, she starred in the V-Cinema (direct-to-video) horror film "Demon Killer" or "Junreiki".


Kawashima Azumi posted to http://beautifulasianwomen.blogspot.com/ on Sept 11th, 2009

Koyuki - Japanese Actress and Model

Koyuki was born on December 18, 1976, in Zama, Kanagawa-ken, Japan.
She is a Japanese model and actress.
Koyuki started her modeling career in 1995 and hasn't looked back, appearing in over 17 Japanese dramas, TV and magazine ad campaigns and films.
She frequently appears in Japanese print and television marketing campaigns for Panasonic.
Koyuki has appeared in ten movies, the best known to American audiences being The Last Samurai.
She was Taka, the wife of a Samurai slain by the character Nathan Algren (Tom Cruise).
Recently she appeared in "Blood: The Last Vampire" based on the Japanese anime.
The movie is about a 400-year-old half human-half vampire girl named Saya (played by Gianna Jun) who hunts vampires in partnership with humans and seeks to destroy Onigen (played by Koyuki), the most powerful of vampires.
The film was generally panned by American critics.



Koyuki, posted to http://beautifulasianwomen.blogspot.com/ on Sept 11th, 2009

Filipina Actress Iwa Moto

Filipina actress Aileen Quimado Ablan Iwamoto was born on August 29, 1988 in Las Piñas City, Metro Manila, Philippines.
But she is better Known to her fans as Iwa Moto.
Iwa has appeared in over 20 television shows (like Posh, Dear Friend and Darna) and she has made four movies (Shake, Rattle & Roll X: Nieves, My Monster Mom, Pitong Dalagita and White Lady).
She is constantly in the top 100 sexiest women polls for the Philippines versions of FHM and Maxim magazines.

Iwa Moto, posted by Sabre to http://beautifulasianwomen.blogspot.com/, July 28th, 2009

Inoue Mao

Lovely Japanese actress Inoue Mao was born on January 9, 1987 in Yokohama, Japan.
Mao has been acting since the age of five, but she got national attention in the TV drama Kids War in 1999.
She was cast as the star of the Japanese TV show Hana Yori Dango (based on the Japanese manga Boys Over Flowers) in 2005 which was very sucessful.
So succesful in fact that it lead to a sequel, Hana Yori Dango 2 in 2007.
And it didnt stop there, after Hana Yori Dango 2 aired, Hana Yori Dango Final was made as a movie.

Mao has appeared in over 40 TV dramas!
Add to this 5 movies, plus stage performances and you can see why Mao is so popular.


Inoue Mao, posted to http://beautifulasianwomen.blogspot.com/

Raquel Gibson

Raquel Gibson was born on June 14, 1985 in Clearwater, Florida.
This is the sister of the lovely CJ Gibson we did in the last entry.
Raquel is also of Filipino and Italian descent and she speaks Tagalog and Japanese.
And not only is she beautiful, she has a culinary school degree from Chef Jean Pierre Cooking School in Florida and a real estate license.

CJ Gibson

CJ Gibson

CJ Gibson...wow...just wow.
This is one incredible looking young lady.
She is an American model and actress of Filipino and Italian descent.
CJ was born on November 30, 1983 in Clearwater, Florida.
She has appeared in FHM, American Curves, Supreme, MuscleMag International, Muscle & Fitness, Teeze, and in ads for Bowflex.
CJ's sister, the equally beautiful Raquel Gibson also models.


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Chisaki Hama / Rika Izumi

Chisaki Hama has returned to modeling, but now her stage name is Rika Izumi.
In December 2008, she appeared in a commercial for Nissin Food Products.
Nissin Foods is known to colledge students all over the world as the company that makes instant ramen noodles!

And it appears that she has an official MySpace page:
http://www.myspace.com/official_rika_hama

You can also check out her fan page here:
http://www.izumirika.com/index.php

Here is a Rika Izumi Tribute video from YouTube

Kyoko Fukada, Another Look

I haven't done anything on the beautiful Kyoko Fukada in a while.
This young lady is simply stunning.
To say the camera loves her is an understatement.
Kyoko was born on November 2, 1982, in Tokyo, Japan.
She debuted in the television drama Sore ga Kotae da! as Kazune back in 1997, and since then has done a ton of TV and Movie appearances, notably in Ring 2, the sequel to the Japanese horror film, Ring.
Besides acting, she has released several singles and albums in Japan.

Stephanie Ly, Another Look

Can you ever have enough pictures of Stephanie Ly?
I don't think so.
This beautiful young lady of Chinese descent is still going strong.
And she's as beautiful as ever.
Stephanie was born on November 27th ,1981 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
She's 5'1 and weighs 106 pounds.
You can visit her MySpace page here:
http://www.myspace.com/stephly

Vilan Vi, Another Look

image source http://kupixiw.blogspot.com/

I did an entry on beautiful Vietnamese model Vilan Vi back in June of 2007, but I thought she was worth another look.
Vilan is 5'5 and weighs 105 pounds.
She was born on March 26th and resides in Tracy, California.
This brown eyed asian beauty enjoys photography, modeling, dancing, acting and fishing.
Fishing?
Yep, that's what it says.
And it appears that http://www.vilanvi.com/ is gone now.