sexy japanese women

[Hanneesh]

I'm probably completly wrong when i say this but are there no sexy japanese girls? obviously i mean women aged 18+. I mean, i've seen loads of beautiful chinese in the media- zhang ziyi, Lucy lui, etc but not really any Japanese. Only time i've thought otherwise is in the film "battle Royale" where
there are quite a few fit birds. It could be that there's not as many Japanese actresses and stuff, i don't know

Also, i'm quite new. whats the difference between a thread and a post? and between replies and views? i think i know but i want to make sure.

[ArmandV]

Back in the 1960s, I would say Akiko Wakabayashi, Kumi Mizuno and Mie Hama were hot. Currently, I would have to say Rei Kikukawa, Masami Nagasawa, Miho Yoshioka and Chiaru Niiyama among others.

[Dutch Baka]

MEGUMI, and RINKA are hot too!

A post is part of a thread.

A thread about Sexy japanese woman, have for example 10 posts.

[Hanneesh]

so this would be a post. ok

btw i agree! (about megumi etc)

[nurizeko]

SCANDELOUS!

This thread blatantly false advertised the presence of sexay J-Ladeh's, see you in court, the false hope and killing of it have emotionally damaged me to the sum of 5mil.

:blush:

[Hanneesh]

what do you mean? i hope your joking.
i wonder what a quick reply does as opposed to a post

[Hanneesh]

. Currently, I would have to say Rei Kikukawa, Masami Nagasawa, Miho Yoshioka and Chiaru Niiyama among others.
i checked them out on google images and there not bad. I'd treat em.

oh, and a quick reply is the same as a post! and i have 10 posts. whoo hoo, watch out Miacca! or whatever your name is.:wave:

[yukio_michael]

Take your time, usually it takes people a few days before they let it be known that they suppose that Japanese people are incapable of typing english, that there are no 'sexy' Japanese women, that everyone hates Americans, and~ pondered why there aren't scores of Japanese people typing in Japanese on a primarily English forum.

You've fit all this into just one day.

[dreamer]

tehehehe we should count the number of threads like this one XD
Priceless ^^

[nice gaijin]

I'm probably completly wrong when i say this but are there no sexy japanese girls?you are right in saying that you are completely wrong.

[dreamer]

I guess it's like any country and it also depends on your tastes...
For exemple I've been living in France for over 20 years and rarely see french girls I consider sexy or beautiful...

[Da Monstar]

according to my taste, I would say Japan is filled with sexy, Hot and good looking women aged 18+

[Hanneesh]

Take your time, usually it takes people a few days before they let it be known that they suppose that Japanese people are incapable of typing english, that there are no 'sexy' Japanese women, that everyone hates Americans, and~ pondered why there aren't scores of Japanese people typing in Japanese on a primarily English forum.
You've fit all this into just one day.

hey why you criticising me?
i didn't say japanese people are incapable of typing english.
i didn't say there are NO sexy japanese women
everyone does hate americans. (nah just messin)
wtf! have you got 'mis-quote' disease or something?

besides i had a lot of quick questions to ask and i didn't think i'd have to run a round sticking up for myself. You've only got 400 anyway.

[yukio_michael]

besides i had a lot of quick questions to ask and i didn't think i'd have to run a round sticking up for myself. You've only got 400 anyway.Is your ending argument on the legitimacy of my response actually related to my post-count?

[Dutch Baka]

getting Off topic!!! Are there any Sexy Japanese woman! please provide names, and pictures :D

[yukio_michael]

http://home.cfl.rr.com/discostud/yu4.jpg

Yamada Yu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yu_Yamada).

You'll recognize her from Japanese television, as the CanCam girl... CanCam is a magazine for upwardly-mobile, vougue-ish Japanese women... CanCam itself is a contraction of the phrase I can Campus... as in, I can be a campus leader...

A pretty girl, and you learn something too! ;)*

*It's interesting to note that the people you see on television in Japan are all someone, in the states you can have basically no-name commercial actors, but the trend in Japan seems to be to feature a particular model, or talent, or pop-singer, from DHC water, to Raycious, to everything in between--- Japanese commercials are filled with the faces you already know.

[Tollen]

mmmm darned fine i say ^_^ lol a fair statement that there are many many many many many hot japanese women ^_^ lol gosh i think i was born on the wrong continent ^_^

dya think tis ok to have such a preference for women? lol i know in some cases a lot of people go to japan for tokyo and to find a womanses lol then find out they were very silly but meh

[yukio_michael]

This thread was a bad idea.

[Ewok85]

Being 16 and in the UK, your not going to be seeing many sexy J-ladies ;)

[Mike Cash]

http://home.cfl.rr.com/discostud/yu4.jpg

Yamada Yu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yu_Yamada).



Never seen her. Never heard of her.

And she'd be twice as pretty with half the paint.

[yukio_michael]

Never seen her. Never heard of her.
And she'd be twice as pretty with half the paint.You're probably wise to avoid television... Evenings, I was always 'stuck' in front of a good number of talent programs because of the gf... though, I did come to have an odd fascination for them. It's funny when you're gone how you miss the oddest things.

She does probably do endorsements for that paint though!

[Tollen]

Being 16 and in the UK, your not going to be seeing many sexy J-ladies ;)

lol tell me about it lol ah well a boy can dream :-) :relief: :blush:

[Mike Cash]

lol tell me about it lol ah well a boy can dream :-) :relief: :blush:

Just hope your mother doesn't hang your bedsheets out for the whole neighborhood to see.

[godppgo]

I'm probably completly wrong when i say this but are there no sexy japanese girls? obviously i mean women aged 18+. I mean, i've seen loads of beautiful chinese in the media- zhang ziyi, Lucy lui, etc but not really any Japanese.

Lucy Lui is anything but sexy, her eye shape is too Asian.

[Uncle Frank]

Lucy Lui is anything but sexy, her eye shape is too Asian.

BUT - She does have nice black hair!

Uncle Frank

:blush:

[budd]

"too asian" what kind of baloney is that?
blehh
anyway, they (women) all get old, and people (meaning western men) have started to complain that they act quite a bit differently after they are married
so its "back in the r.o.c.k.u.s.a. oh yeah...."
(at least i think that was the chorus)

[Hanneesh]

Is your ending argument on the legitimacy of my response actually related to my post-count?

yes it is idiot. Whether you meant to or not, i felt patronised by the post i have previously quoted. I wouldn't mind if it was posted by someone with like 2000 posts or an administrator or something but you're not that experienced yourself. Besides, your also disreputing me. I would also be fine with it if you sent it me using the private message thing.

anyway lets be friends. It's ages ago since i posted this thread. do you speak any languages?

[Hanneesh]

i take everything back about there being no sexy japanese women. You just have to know where to find them! go to entertainment (on this site) and then gallery at the bottom and there is this jap with ginormous baps! i couldn't believe it!
and loads of others as well.

hey yukio, is there some thread we can go to slag each other off?

[Mike Cash]

i take everything back about there being no sexy japanese women. You just have to know where to find them! go to entertainment (on this site) and then gallery at the bottom and there is this jap with ginormous baps! i couldn't believe it!
and loads of others as well.


Your extreme shallowness would be repugnant were it not for the mitigating factors of your youth and accompanying immaturity.

I want you to give just a little serious thought to something if you would, please.

Japanese women aren't just distant objects of teenaged masturbatory fantasyland to some of us here. They are our mothers, wives, daughters, nieces, girlfriends, friends, etc.

There are even a few posters here who are Japanese women themselves. Why don't you try asking them what they think about your tone?

[Mikawa Ossan]

Your extreme shallowness would be repugnant were it not for the mitigating factors of your youth and accompanying immaturity.
I want you to give just a little serious thought to something if you would, please.
Japanese women aren't just distant objects of teenaged masturbatory fantasyland to some of us here. They are our mothers, wives, daughters, nieces, girlfriends, friends, etc.
There are even a few posters here who are Japanese women themselves. Why don't you try asking them what they think about your tone?I agree fully.

Also "jap" is a VERY offensive word. Please refrain from using it again.

[yukio_michael]

anyway lets be friends. It's ages ago since i posted this thread. do you speak any languages?I can not imagine the way that you treat the people that you wish to be enemies with... acid in the face, rude phone calls, nuclear strike?

[Hanneesh]

Your extreme shallowness would be repugnant were it not for the mitigating factors of your youth and accompanying immaturity.
I want you to give just a little serious thought to something if you would, please.
Japanese women aren't just distant objects of teenaged masturbatory fantasyland to some of us here. They are our mothers, wives, daughters, nieces, girlfriends, friends, etc.
There are even a few posters here who are Japanese women themselves. Why don't you try asking them what they think about your tone?

yeah but they were well big wern't they. by the way i do have some morals. believe it or not, I gave up masturbation when i was 14 because it's against my religion.(it's a struggle i can tell you) I totally agree with what you are saying but despite the moderate vulgar phrasing of my statement, i don't think there is anything really wrong with what i said. Don't you agree?

i'll also probably be like this when i'm your age as well. What, 24 years from now?

[Hanneesh]

I can not imagine the way that you treat the people that you wish to be enemies with... acid in the face, rude phone calls, nuclear strike?

YUKIO! GIVE US A WAVE! YUKIO, YUKIO, GIVE US A WAVE!

You didn't answer my question. what languages do you speak?

[Minty]

"too asian" what kind of baloney is that?
blehh
anyway, they (women) all get old, and people (meaning western men) have started to complain that they act quite a bit differently after they are married
so its "back in the r.o.c.k.u.s.a. oh yeah...."
(at least i think that was the chorus)

Lucy Lui is anything but sexy, her eye shape is too Asian.

BUT - She does have nice black hair!

I tend to find Western men like Lucy Liu, they think she is sexy and hot.

Conversely East Asian men don't really like her because of her slanted eyes, which is something consider not beautiful, if you take a look at East Asian dramas, movies you would find they never pick girls with slanted eyes but the ones with big double eye lids.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder!:blush:

[Hanneesh]

I agree fully.
Also "jap" is a VERY offensive word. Please refrain from using it again.

oh yeah, you would.
ye, i sensed it but i wrote that post pretty fast. desole! (grave accent on the e) i won't use that term in future, although, isn't gaijin the japanese equivalent?

Lucy Lui, mmmm. I find her eyes attractive. I think it's similar to the situation with that seventies pop band ABBA. They are from Sweden but all the Swedes like the brunette and all the english like the blonde. I think some men like difference in women, maybe it's sort of a mysterious quality. I think it's nature trying to mix the gene pool up a bit, je crois.

[Jim Hodges]

You say there are no sexy japanese women. I suggest you go to Shinkjku station and watch. You will see about 1 million of the sexiest women in the world.

[Minty]

oh yeah, you would.
ye, i sensed it but i wrote that post pretty fast. desole! (grave accent on the e) i won't use that term in future, although, isn't gaijin the japanese equivalent?

Hmmm then the Chinese can demand to be called Huxianese or Zhonguanese then?:p It's true when addressing people you actually need to be quite careful.:hihi:

Lucy Lui, mmmm. I find her eyes attractive. I think it's similar to the situation with that seventies pop band ABBA. They are from Sweden but all the Swedes like the brunette and all the english like the blonde. I think some men like difference in women, maybe it's sort of a mysterious quality. I think it's nature trying to mix the gene pool up a bit, je crois.

For some reason many Westerners always mistaken her name to be Lucy Lui, its Lucy Liu. It's ok I bet Asians make spelling mistakes on names unfamiliar to their culture too.:blush:

Personally I think Lucy Liu's characters in the movies are quite comical, hence many of her movies are pleasurable to watch but I don't think she is resplendent.

[BrandeX]

i won't use that term in future, although, isn't gaijin the japanese equivalent?
Gaijin translates to "foreign person", saying "jap" is something more akin to referring to black people with the "N" word from what I have gathered.

[Hanneesh]

For some reason many Westerners always mistaken her name to be Lucy Lui, its Lucy Liu. It's ok I bet Asians make spelling mistakes on names unfamiliar to their culture too.:blush:

oh minty, you're such a pedant. it's the same with that character from mortal kombat, Liu Kang. you're right though it is IU and not UI

[Hanneesh]

You say there are no sexy japanese women. I suggest you go to Shinkjku station and watch. You will see about 1 million of the sexiest women in the world.

wow, i'll bear that in mind although i don't know where shinjukjku station is.

[nice gaijin]

Shinjuku station is in Tokyo, and is one of, if not the busiest commuter spots in the world. There is no shinkjku or shinjukjku station, and and I hope I'm not being too much of a pedant for correcting something so horribly misspelled.

Also, if you are to go by numbers, about 1.2 million men and women go through Shinjuku per day. If you were to go there, you probably would see some sexy women, but far, far less than a million of them.

[Mike Cash]

I remember way back when I was dating my wife. I was trying to give her an idea how small my home town is, and we happened to be on a stairway in Shinjuku station at the time.

I told her that the number of people in her field of vision inside Shinjuku station at that moment far, far outnumbered the entire population of my hometown.

[Mikawa Ossan]

oh yeah, you would.Of course I would. Mike was right.
ye, i sensed it but i wrote that post pretty fast. desole! (grave accent on the e) i won't use that term in future, although, isn't gaijin the japanese equivalent?
No, not even close. "Jap" is closer to "nigger" than "gaijin".

[Hanneesh]

Shinjuku station is in Tokyo, and is one of, if not the busiest commuter spots in the world. There is no shinkjku or shinjukjku station, and and I hope I'm not being too much of a pedant for correcting something so horribly misspelled.
Also, if you are to go by numbers, about 1.2 million men and women go through Shinjuku per day. If you were to go there, you probably would see some sexy women, but far, far less than a million of them.


no, no i knew it was misspelt but i didn't know the right way to spell it.
hey, something just occurred to me, can you change the text in somone elses quote? (i havn't done it here)

also, on the topic of padanticity, you said misspelled and i think it should be misspelt. sorry! please don't shout at me.

[Glenn]

no, no i knew it was misspelt but i didn't know the right way to spell it.
hey, something just occurred to me, can you change the text in somone elses quote? (i havn't done it here)
also, on the topic of padanticity, you said misspelled and i think it should be misspelt. sorry! please don't shout at me.

13,900,000 google hits (http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=misspelled&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8) says "misspelled" is fine. I think that using "t" for past tense is a newer and not yet accepted contruction as far as English teachers are concerned.

By the way, it's "pedantic (http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=pedantically)." "Pedanticity" isn't exactly a word, as it isn't listed in the dictionary (but neither is "pedanticness (http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=pedanticness&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8)," [3100 google hits, by the way] and we can't just not have a noun version of the word), and it only gets 655 google hits (http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=pedanticity&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8).

[Mike Cash]

That's the sort of post which is generally considered to have crossed the line into being gratuitously abusive.

But at least you learned how to (ab)use the quotes tag.

[Glenn]

Glad you responded to that, because I just assumed he was responding to something you actually said. That one's going to be deleted.

[Hanneesh]

13,900,000 google hits (http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=misspelled&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8) says "misspelled" is fine. I think that using "t" for past tense is a newer and not yet accepted construction as far as English teachers are concerned.
By the way, it's "pedantic (http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=pedantically)." "Pedanticity" isn't exactly a word, as it isn't listed in the dictionary (but neither is "pedanticness (http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=pedanticness&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8)," [3100 google hits, by the way] and we can't just not have a noun version of the word), and it only gets 655 google hits (http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=pedanticity&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8).
some other person said it was pedantism. and i kind of guessed that i might be in trouble for the misquote.

cash master! you never cease to amaze. have you ever seen recess? it's a cartoon. you are like the snitch randal.

[Glenn]

some other person said it was pedantism. and i kind of guessed that i might be in trouble for the misquote.

Yeah, I just saw that, and it wins out of the three forms (a whopping 13,600 hits on google (http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=pedantism&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8)), but it isn't in the dictionary either (well, at least not the one I'm using).

[Mike Cash]

cash master! you never cease to amaze. have you ever seen recess? it's a cartoon. you are like the snitch randal.

What is a snitch randal? (Perhaps you meant, "You are like the snitch, Randall" ?)

Two points:

1. I wasn't offended by your juvenile hijinks. I just wanted you to be aware that this is a moderated forum and while brutal bluntness is grudgingly tolerated, gratuitous vulgar abuse is not. I don't remember my exact words to admin, but I think it went something like "Would someone give my young friend a friendly warning, please?" Far better you learn this aspect of posting here from a post to a guy like me who doesn't take personal offense at it than it go unmentioned and you take things a step farther and find your butt banned from JREF. I like you, and want to keep you around.

2. You thought that post wouldn't be spotted by admin anyway?

[Mike Cash]

Glad you responded to that, because I just assumed he was responding to something you actually said.

That hurts.

When have you ever seen a post of mine so poorly typed?

[Glenn]

No, you misunderstand. I didn't even read it, because I just assumed he was responding to something you actually said. I get lazy sometimes. Sorry for the confusion.

[Glenn]

Oh, just in case anyone really wanted to know, it's actually "pedantry." I just found that so I thought I would share.

[Mike Cash]

I thought the word was well known, at least from the Churchill quote, "This is the sort of pedantry up with which I will not put".

http://www.winstonchurchill.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=388#put

[Hanneesh]

mike cash wher do you live? imagine we actually met in Japan. That would be great. have you got kids?

[Hanneesh]

What is a snitch randal? (Perhaps you meant, "You are like the snitch, Randall" ?)
Two points:
1. I wasn't offended by your juvenile hijinks. I just wanted you to be aware that this is a moderated forum and while brutal bluntness is grudgingly tolerated, gratuitous vulgar abuse is not. I don't remember my exact words to admin, but I think it went something like "Would someone give my young friend a friendly warning, please?" Far better you learn this aspect of posting here from a post to a guy like me who doesn't take personal offense at it than it go unmentioned and you take things a step farther and find your butt banned from JREF. I like you, and want to keep you around.
2. You thought that post wouldn't be spotted by admin anyway?

how come brutal bluntess is tolerated? shouldn't that be banned?
gratuitous vulgar abuse is not that bad.
you like me? awww you have a soft side but i won't let anyone ban me from jref. You may not be happy to hear also that as soon as i hit 100 posts i'm bailin. If mike cash is you're real name then maybe i will see you in the 'land of the falling yen'

[Mike Cash]

mike cash wher do you live? imagine we actually met in Japan. That would be great. have you got kids?

I am in Gunma Prefecture, on the bleeding edge of the Kanto Plain. Yes, it would indeed be pleasant to run into you in Japan someday. Please be sure to look me up if you should find yourself here in the future. I have two kids.

[Mike Cash]

how come brutal bluntess is tolerated? shouldn't that be banned?

One could certainly argue that position; it has merit.

gratuitous vulgar abuse is not that bad.

I would tend to agree, which is why I would actually prefer a no-holds-barred unmoderated forum. But the Powers That Be tend to frown on it, and people have been banned in the past.

you like me? awww you have a soft side but i won't let anyone ban me from jref. You may not be happy to hear also that as soon as i hit 100 posts i'm bailin. If mike cash is you're real name then maybe i will see you in the 'land of the falling yen'

Sure, I like you. Can't think of any reason why I shouldn't. Mike Cash is my real name. I believe in people attaching their names to what they say. It is a minority viewpoint on the web, for reasons I can't fathom.

[RockLee]

awww you have a soft side but i won't let anyone ban me from jref. You may not be happy to hear also that as soon as i hit 100 posts i'm bailin.Oh really? Well, may I inform you that you might be a potential "bannee" if you keep up this good work of insulting other members and keep acting like a juvenile or your juvenile hijinks as Mike said. :)
No, seriously...please keep it nice :)

[ArmandV]

Getting back on track, I just returned home from Japan yesterday and I can testify under oath that I actually saw A LOT OF SEXY Japanese women. If you go there, and keep your beady eyes open, you will see plenty of sexy Japanese women without much effort.

[yukio_michael]

Getting back on track, I just returned home from Japan yesterday and I can testify under oath that I actually saw A LOT OF SEXY Japanese women. If you go there, and keep your beady eyes open, you will see plenty of sexy Japanese women without much effort.You got back already, you just left? Did you get to see sakura in bloom? I bet you just missed the hot muggy season.

[ArmandV]

You got back already, you just left? Did you get to see sakura in bloom? I bet you just missed the hot muggy season.

Yeah, I only had a week's worth of vacation time. Sakura? If they are those pinkish flowering trees similar to cherry trees, yes, I saw them.

[kirei_na_me]

how come brutal bluntess is tolerated? shouldn't that be banned?

No, this is what shouldn't be tolerated:

yes it is idiot.

Said referring to yukio_michael.

:okashii:

[Dutch Baka]

I miss Negative rep points, Haha.

It´s starting to look that every thread where you are posting in is getting OFF topic haha.

[kirei_na_me]

Yes, Dave, this is when negative rep would definitely come in handy.

[nurizeko]

My Kingdom For A Neg Rep!

[GroglovesJapan]

Aya Matsuura is pretty fine!
Plus shes a pretty good singer too
Plus there are many many more sexy Japanese women!
Keep your eyes peeled when you go across there.

[Ewok85]

I believe in people attaching their names to what they say. It is a minority viewpoint on the web, for reasons I can't fathom.
If you ever get a chance have a look at E-budo (www.e-budo.com), every forum member attaches their full name to every post, and I think the system works quite well. I've got my first name on here and have no issue telling people my full name :cool:

[nice gaijin]

ewok: your link contains the end parenthesis in it, so it comes up "server not found." http://www.e-budo.com/ should work.

[Glenn]

I like Masami Nagasawa, Yukie Nakama, and Manami Konishi (Western name order). :cool:

[Mukade]

When I read the first post (WAYYY before this got so off-topic), I thought 'the reason you don't see so many sexy (or un-sexy, for that matter) Japanese actresses in the West is because there aren't enough that speak passable English such that they can appear in a Hollywood film.'

I mean, isn't this why Zhang Ziyi played the Japanese geisha in that terrible movie?

Of course, this sort of comment might be more appropriate for the 'Education in Japan' section... :erm:

[GodEmperorLeto]

When I read the first post (WAYYY before this got so off-topic), I thought 'the reason you don't see so many sexy (or un-sexy, for that matter) Japanese actresses in the West is because there aren't enough that speak passable English such that they can appear in a Hollywood film.'
I mean, isn't this why Zhang Ziyi played the Japanese geisha in that terrible movie?

Actually, I think she played a geiko because she is recognizable, not because she speaks passable English. (Of course, I may be wrong, but she couldn't speak a lick 5 years ago, and that didn't stop Chris Tucker from hitting on her in Rush Hour 2.)

And "terrible movie"? Well, damn, I liked it. But all the Japanese, Korean, and Chinese students I tutor in English were all freaking out about it. I said it wasn't any different than foreign actors (usually English and Australians) playing Americans in Hollywood films. Aside from the fact that some of them overdo the "cowboy" accent, most Americans couldn't care less. ... Then again, we are a nation of immigrants anyway. We have Italians playing Jews, and Jews playing Irish, and Irish playing Italians in our movies.

Hmmm then the Chinese can demand to be called Huxianese or Zhonguanese then? It's true when addressing people you actually need to be quite careful.

My God, please, no! I have a hard enough time trying to decide if my students are either from Taiwan or Mainland China as it is.

I'm probably completly wrong when i say this but are there no sexy japanese girls?

I think the volume of people agreeing that you are wrong should be enough to convince you of the error of your ways. My voice (or keyboarding) need not reiterate what everyone else has said.

But there are beautiful women all over the world. There comes a time when sexy and hot aren't as impressive anymore, and beauty becomes more important. And in case you hadn't picked up on it, I'm implying that beauty and sexiness are two vastly different things, and the former is far superior to the latter, in my opinion.

This thread was a bad idea.

You are wise to note this.

I thought the word was well known, at least from the Churchill quote, "This is the sort of pedantry up with which I will not put".

For being so Anglo-Saxon, the English academics were quick to adopt Latin grammatical styles and abandon their Germanic ancestral grammatical roots. In German, Old and Middle English, you can end a sentence with a preposition, avoiding ridiculous "grammatically correct" but ridiculously awkward sentence structure. By the way, you don't end a sentence with a preposition in Latin because Latin doesn't have them. So the English trying to impose Latin-style grammar on a Germanic language is late Renaissance arrogance.

[Minxie]

One of my favorite Japanese actresses who is in a lot of stuff out there is:

Nakama Yukie.

She is really pretty. She was in Gokusen -tv drama; this history movie about clans (sorry, I forgot the name), and some other stuff I can't remember off the top of my head.

[ArmandV]

I like Masami Nagasawa

I have to agree! She's a doll!

[BlackenedEyes]

I was reading from the original post and realy it did get me thinking. Now I concider myself to be fairly familiar with cinema and films in general and when I say this keep in mind that I am talking about Mainstream Hollywood, not foreign films or advertisements and the sort.

What I want to know is why there are so very few japanese actresses (and actors for that matter) taking part in all these movies. This is in no way to say that they can't or aren't suited to, but merely to ask why they aren't. For example, why is Memoirs of a Geisha played by the same people from Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon? Correct me if I am wrong, but judging by their names, they sounded Chinese not Japanese.

Now if you pay close attention to the media today--including cinema, television, etc.--you would notice that people with unfamiliar faces have been staring in major roles alot lately. Unlike ten years ago it's not uncommon for a movie to have a cast of charactors completely unfamiliar to the viewer.

Most people seem to have taken this thread as an attack on japanese women, but with the idea in mind that all nationalities have individuals of exceptional tallent and visage, I would like to know why there are fewer that have gone mainstream. I mean if people no body has heard of from england can become rock stars overnight(almost literaly) and actresses from canada can rise to stardom right out of highschool by simply visiting new york, and if Jackie Chan and Will Smith can play a role as a cowboy(j/k) then why can't some one who is actualy Japanese play a Japanese charactor in a movie about Japan?

Again, I'm not attacking anyone by saying that they can't (I stress this because it's a sensitive issue many people attack in a shoot first ask questions later) I am simply saying that on the screen and when those credits role I'd like to see some names that at least look Japanese.

It's like when you go to Benihana's and you sit down to eat and the chef walks up to you and his name is Alberto Gonzolez. Sure the food is great and I have nothing against a mexican person or people working at an asian restourant, but when the whole kitchen is talking in spanish it does kinda effect the atmosphere. Given that there were two restourants side by side, both of them were identical except that one was all caucasion and the other was mexican, if you were going there to eat mexican food you would go to the one that employed mexicans. Of course most of the presumptions here are a little different. Where I live most people would rather go to the little taco shops because they not only taste better then el toritos and taco bell but they give larger portions.

Either way though, in film it has a completly different meaning. Most films try to provide a sence of realism and so as time goes on they improve on who and what they portray to make it more believable. So by taking all of this into consideration just try and tell me that it doesn't make sence to have a japanese actor play a part in a movie about a japanese person in japan. If you wanted to even try to fake it the closest nationality would be korean; however, it is my belief that many film makers use chinese people due to the richness of the film culture there(as well as the acknoledgement of it in mainstream media) and on the premise that most people wont know the difference. Of course if time has taught us one thing it is that time and technoledgy will increase the consumers expectations when it comes to what they believe to be realistic. With that said, I believe that we will see more asian cultures partisipating in mainstream cinema in the near future.

(on a side note, I do realize how long this post is.... by the time I actualy submitted it the forum logged me out *copy* *paste*)

[Buckethead]

Hell Yeah...

[GodEmperorLeto]

...then why can't some one who is actualy Japanese play a Japanese charactor in a movie about Japan?
I'm not trying to refute you, here, but rather point out a possibility:

Perhaps Japanese actors/actresses don't want to star in Hollywood movies. It could be partially chalked up to all the ethnocentrism many of the threads on these boards talk about. I dunno.

But now that I think of it, Ken Watanabe was the only Japanese actor I recognize by name (there are a few others I recognize by sight, though), and he was in Memoirs of a Geisha.

[Fattyaddy]

well, I've lived in Yokosuka for seven months and I wouldn't say that I have seen hot sexy Japanese females. But I have seen attractive ladies in Japan.

[Pachipro]

well, I've lived in Yokosuka for seven months and I wouldn't say that I have seen hot sexy Japanese females. But I have seen attractive ladies in Japan.
I think you need to get away from base more often and head to Tokyo or Yokohama once in a while. ;-)

[Orionvortex]

Some of my personal favorites are Ueto Aya, Yamada Yu and Ebi-chan. They are all very different with Ueto Aya probably being the most wholesome (at least to me).
I used to like the girl who was in the telebi dorama "densha otoko" until I saw her picks before the plastic surgery....Yikes! Same for the girl who starred in the telebi dorama "yamato na deshiko". Hers were hideous!

[Spyder93090]

All I gotta say is that my female Japanese classmates were hott.
This is me and my friend Miki ... she's 17. Probably the cutest Japanese chick I know.
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d25/Spyder93090/Miki-1.jpg
Here's Miki again, her friend Chika (not hot) and my other friend Kazumi. Kazumi is the most beautiful Japanese girl I know ... and me in the back lol.
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d25/Spyder93090/MikiKazumi.jpg
I have way more but I lost my Mini-SD adapter so I can't upload them right now.
PEACERZ

[blade_bltz]

Gaijin translates to "foreign person", saying "jap" is something more akin to referring to black people with the "N" word from what I have gathered.

Offtopic, but...as an American teenager, I can say from my own experience that the term 'jap' has morphed into something entirely different. People of all kinds use this term in an entirely neutral way, to identify those with Japanese blood, though its nearly always Asian-Americans who say it. It's become acceptable internet lingo too (Note the post above) You hear things like this all the time: "hey is ur friend jap too?" etc etc. It's another youth culture, abbreviation-minded thing. It does not carry anywhere near the same weight as it used to, and as the N word still does today. I will be honest though, if I heard someone refer to my mother as a Jap, I would be seriously ticked. I'm hapa, btw.

I don't know how 'jap' works into actual Japanese society.

[nice gaijin]

I have many Asian and Asian-American friends, and the only place I hear or see the word "jap" used is on forums like this. It might be younger people using this word with innocent intent, but the first thing that comes to mind when I hear or see it is internment camps and WW2 propaganda. It probably isn't my place to be offended on other people's behalf, but I still think it's innapropriate, and I'd think that kids would hesitate to use it so often if they understood all the historical significance in those three letters.

[ghettocities]

I have many Asian and Asian-American friends, and the only place I hear or see the word "jap" used is on forums like this.

I have no friends but my grandpa would say the term "Jap" often until he googled my full name, found my website, spent 30 to 40 hours on it and sent me a letter saying he'd no longer send me birthday or christmas cards.

Josh

[DoctorP]

I have no friends but my grandpa would say the term "Jap" often until he googled my full name, found my website, spent 30 to 40 hours on it and sent me a letter saying he'd no longer send me birthday or christmas cards.
Josh

and this matters why???

[Dutch Baka]

Please stay to the topic of Sexy Japanese women, instead of the word "Jap".

Thank you

[yukio_michael]

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d25/Spyder93090/MikiKazumi.jpg
Here's Miki again, her friend Chika (not hot) and my other friend Kazumi. Kazumi is the most beautiful Japanese girl I know ... and me in the back lol.A few things... I rewrote this... I can't figure out how to put all this.

A) I think it's a bit crass to simply label someone you know as 'not hot' read ugly, we don't care what your beauty standards are... you don't have to impress us with your tastes in women.

B) I really don't think that the two girls, especially the one you label as the most beautiful woman you've met, are full-blood Japanese... Maybe I'm nit-picking... but I think if you say you like Japanese women, they might as well come from Japan...

I don't know this to be true, it's a guess, because (baring one particular part of Japan people are well aware of), Japanese do not have these types of facial structures, and they certainly don't have the types of long and slender noses that these women do...

Correct me if I am wrong, but I'm going to wager a bet that you live in Hawaii, and that these two girls on either side of the middle are half-Japanese American highschool students.

Am I right?

[yukio_michael]

I don't know how 'jap' works into actual Japanese society.There is a scene in the movie, Brother, with Kiteshi Kitano, where there is an English conversation going on in front of Kitano where one o f the antagonists uses the word jap in a derogatory way, and the end of that scene is Kitano shooting that person saying back in English, "[...] I understand `dirty Jap'. "

Maybe that's a statement being made about the word right there?

[budd]

answered own question. its about availability. name a japanese actor that is fluent in english AND an established name in america
for the record though, i boycotted that movie
because initial d the movie was terrible (imo), couldn't even finish it, so already knew what to expect from spiel berg
benihana food is terrible (to me) but not because of who cooked it
but because of how it is cooked
the authentic japanese resturant i'm going to now has female sushi chef from cambodia
other main chef is from thailand
the owner is from osaka
but it tastes like tokyo to me!!!
peace

[GodEmperorLeto]

Maybe that's a statement being made about the word right there?

We should all know that the word was used during the Second World War as a derogatory reference to the Japanese. For the record, though, despite it's history, it is possible for words to devolve from derogatory to neutral or even affectionate. I've heard German Americans called "kraut" by friends, same as "Polock", "mick", or "wop." Maybe it's because "political correctness" says it's more acceptable to use ethnic slang/slurs for white people.

Anyway, point is, it's the same as the whole gaijin argument. If the word is being used negatively, then acknowledge it as inappropriate. But if people are using the word in a more neutral manner (i.e. shorthand), then maybe people should let it slide.

*braces self for enraged backlash*

[Dutch Baka]

Stay on the TOPIC people!!!!

and that is SEXY JAPANESE WOMEN.

this is the second time I ask it, i wont ask it the next time. thank you,

[Ewok85]

To get things back on topic... I think my girlfriend is simply the sexiest woman on the planet, and she happens to be Japanese. I guess that fits?

[DoctorP]

well that makes two of us...I think your girlfriend is the sexiest woman on the planet too! :p

[Ewok85]

Thurs-Mon is still my part of the week, hand off! :p

[yukio_michael]

I will say this--- I read recently where women were polled globably about how they felt their bodies matched their own standards of beauty. A whopping zero percent of Japanese women felt that they were happy with their image and or bodies... compared to say, Brazil, where aproximately 70% of the women there felt they looked like supermodels or better.

What does this say about Japanese society?

[Ewok85]

What does this say about Japanese society?

That Japanese society sets standards and benchmarks that make normal people feel inadequite and impossible leading in some cases to serious mental problems regarding body image, diet and a number of other things?

[GodEmperorLeto]

That Japanese society sets standards and benchmarks that make normal people feel inadequite and impossible leading in some cases to serious mental problems regarding body image, diet and a number of other things?
Possibly. One of my friends from Japan was commenting how she was "too chubby" to wear a short skirt in Japan, but here in the U.S., it's alright. Now, this girl weighs maybe 115 maximum, and is just over 5'4". And I always thought women in America were overly self-conscious about their appearance!

[yukio_michael]

That Japanese society sets standards and benchmarks that make normal people feel inadequite and impossible leading in some cases to serious mental problems regarding body image, diet and a number of other things?I don't know. I say so many negative things sometimes, I didn't want to come out and say it, but I think so. I've met a lot of Japanese girls who felt that they weren't "pretty", or "cute like normal Japanese", or good enough... ones who were made to feel very bad about themselves when they were young because they were heavier...

I do think that Japanese society produces a more than normal ammount of self-concious, inadequate feeling women... but I can't say if its simply an after effect of the seemingly constant attention paid to youth, and cuteness, over beauty and age... I just don't know.

[budd]

"What does this say about Japanese society?"
asian society period
my mandarin teacher says that she didn't know people thought she was attractive/beautiful/whatever until she came to america
and she says its also the same reason that foreign people that are non-caucasian get treated differently in china/taiwan

[Damicci]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
One man's trash is another man's treasure.
There are 2 sides to every coin.
Opinions are like assholes, everybody has one!

[nice gaijin]

are you trying to spark some more questions in kyoko's English turn of phrase thread, damicci? :)

[Damicci]

hahaha

I hadn't seen that thread til you mentioned it. I am glad she is asking questions about these statements. I would hate for her think that the only thing we like about japan are the "hot women".:p

[Kyoko_desu]

Hello~~~~!:jama:

[Minty]

"What does this say about Japanese society?"
asian society period
my mandarin teacher says that she didn't know people thought she was attractive/beautiful/whatever until she came to america
and she says its also the same reason that foreign people that are non-caucasian get treated differently in china/taiwan

I think your mandarin teacher is slim? And not many people are slim in the US hence it is considered attractive? Also since they started to use East Asian actors more and more in American movies or series there seem to be more western people liking East Asian women.

[yukio_michael]

And not many people are slim in the US hence it is considered attractive?How fat do you think we are? We aren't of typical Asian stature, but nor do we all stuff ourselves with fast food. In fact, in 5 year surveys, recently the US went down in weight.

Also, being overweight is considered quite un-attractive in Japan... so, being slim is looked at even more as an asset to beauty than it is in the US... If anything the opposite of your statement is true.

[Minty]

How fat do you think we are? We aren't of typical Asian stature, but nor do we all stuff ourselves with fast food. In fact, in 5 year surveys, recently the US went down in weight.
Also, being overweight is considered quite un-attractive in Japan... so, being slim is looked at even more as an asset to beauty than it is in the US... If anything the opposite of your statement is true.

Well in comparison to Asians' average sizes the US's people's sizes are definitely larger. Since there are lots of weight issues being brought up in the internet over the years until now that means the weight problem issue is still there.

This is also a statistical fact from many articles I have read. I am not attacking the US here. If the US people are slimming down as you said that's good news but I haven't heard of this yet until you said so.

I notice when something is rare in a country it somehow becomes popular. I happened to have an aunt who has the experience. In Taiwan she is just another slim woman on the street but in the US she is often praised by her Caucasian male friends or clients as the sexy slim beautiful East Asian woman. She is very popular in her working environment, this was not the case in Taiwan.

[budd]

"I think your mandarin teacher is slim? And not many people are slim in the US hence it is considered attractive?"

yes and yes. that is exactly correct

"How fat do you think we are? We aren't of typical Asian stature, but nor do we all stuff ourselves with fast food. In fact, in 5 year surveys, recently the US went down in weight."

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2005/obesity_insurance.html
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2005-10-03-weight-trends_x.htm
http://www.supersizeme.com/

[Han Chan]

I find many japanese women very sexy - but not the men. Maybe it is because I am a hetero man?

Anyway I have often heard japanese women complaining about the japanese men. Maybe I sould start a discussion about the men - but on the other hand they do not interest me.:-)

[GodEmperorLeto]

Budd, where have you been for the past ten or fifteen years of healthfood crazes and all those people jogging and going to the gym five times every day? Yeah, we got fast food and weight problems, but don't forget that bulemia and anorexia are huge problems among American teens, especially female ones.

Maybe I sould start a discussion about the men - but on the other hand they do not interest me.
:lol:

In Taiwan she is just another slim woman on the street but in the US she is often praised by her Caucasian male friends or clients as the sexy slim beautiful East Asian woman. She is very popular in her working environment, this was not the case in Taiwan.
This actually happens all of the time. It isn't necessarily because she is slim. It is more likely because she is foreign. American guys find foreign girls attractive because they are mysterious and interesting. They can also be a refreshing change of pace from American women, because they have different expectations and needs, and offer different things in return. Appearance is a factor, but that is because many American women/girls dress similar, and someone who wears clothing that is different or carries themselves in a different way is unique and that is usually seen as a good (or at least interesting) thing in the U.S. Not to mention foreign accents are often considered sexy.

[changedonrequest]

This actually happens all of the time. It isn't necessarily because she is slim. It is more likely because she is foreign. American guys find foreign girls attractive because they are mysterious and interesting. They can also be a refreshing change of pace from American women, because they have different expectations and needs, and offer different things in return. Appearance is a factor, but that is because many American women/girls dress similar, and someone who wears clothing that is different or carries themselves in a different way is unique and that is usually seen as a good (or at least interesting) thing in the U.S. Not to mention foreign accents are often considered sexy.

That's a good point. Yet even in Japan it is not uncommon to see, at least during the daytime, the hoardes of OL's all pretty much dressed the same way.

For me even after 20 years of living in Japan seeing Japanese girls and women day after day, and being married to a rather petite (153cm 47kg) woman I still am fascinated by them.

[GodEmperorLeto]

Yet even in Japan it is not uncommon to see, at least during the daytime, the hoardes of OL's all pretty much dressed the same way.
OLs?

By the way, reminds me of the whole ganguro(?) girl phenomenon. They look like girls in the US I've heard called "stellas" or "glittergirls". Despite their Japaneseness, they remind me too heavily of the hordes of vapid undergrad Paris Hilton lookalikes I see at my university.

[Glenn]

Ugh, Paris Hilton. What a waste of air time.

Anyway, OL -> Office Lady -> a female clerk/secretary.

[yukio_michael]

As for sexy Japanese women, If you see a girl wearing a dress AND tennis shoes, she's Asian. That's hot to me.

Glenn, what is UP with you profile picture?!

[Glenn]

I've seen white women wearing dresses and tennis shoes before.

Um, what do you mean by that? Anyway, I think I explained it here (http://www.jref.com/forum/showthread.php?p=316950#post316950).

[yukio_michael]

I don't know, every time I see a girl wearing a summer dress over a pair of blue jeans, she's Asian... same thing w/ Dress + sneakers...

I didn't see a big explanation... no big thing, but your profile picture appears quite more feminine than your other pictures. If that is you, then KUDOS, for flipping the script, as they say in the street.

[Glenn]

Wait, you mean my avatar?

[godppgo]

Wait, you mean my avatar?
I am just taking a wild guess but is the girl in your avatar 小西真奈美(Konishi Manami)?

[Glenn]

Yes, it is.

[godppgo]

Wow, she's my favorite Japanese female star! Her eyes are soooo cute!

[Ewok85]

That's a good point. Yet even in Japan it is not uncommon to see, at least during the daytime, the hoardes of OL's all pretty much dressed the same way.

OLs either have to wear a uniform or have to wear neat office wear, which is a suit. And the same as men, suits all look the same. Nothing amazing here...

[changedonrequest]

OLs either have to wear a uniform or have to wear neat office wear, which is a suit. And the same as men, suits all look the same. Nothing amazing here...

You are quite right, it really is not a big thing here, my response was to this quote below, thats all.:-)


but that is because many American women/girls dress similar, and someone who wears clothing that is different or carries themselves in a different way is unique and that is usually seen as a good (or at least interesting) thing in the U.S.

[yukio_michael]

Wait, you mean my avatar?Yeah, I'm sorry, I'm just giving you a hard time... its just that female avatars for male forum members always puzzles me!

Cute though. ;)

[godppgo]

Yeah, I'm sorry, I'm just giving you a hard time... its just that female avatars for male forum members always puzzles me!
Cute though. ;)

I am just showing off my gf that's all :-)

[GodEmperorLeto]

OLs are a novelty to me (even in the US) because I live in a college town, not a city with big business. So they are pretty hot. But I guess if I was bombarded with them every day, they'd get old. It's kind of like the sexy librarian or nerdy girl look. It used to be unique, but now girls are copying it all over the place.

Ugh, Paris Hilton. What a waste of air time.
What a waste of air, period.

[Glenn]

Well, I just didn't want to take it too far. I was originally thinking "waste of life...."

[Mikawa Ossan]

Well Glenn, your new avatar certainly is a break from Go Lion! (Otherwise known as Voltron)

[Spyder93090]

A few things... I rewrote this... I can't figure out how to put all this.
A) I think it's a bit crass to simply label someone you know as 'not hot' read ugly, we don't care what your beauty standards are... you don't have to impress us with your tastes in women.
B) I really don't think that the two girls, especially the one you label as the most beautiful woman you've met, are full-blood Japanese... Maybe I'm nit-picking... but I think if you say you like Japanese women, they might as well come from Japan...
I don't know this to be true, it's a guess, because (baring one particular part of Japan people are well aware of), Japanese do not have these types of facial structures, and they certainly don't have the types of long and slender noses that these women do...
Correct me if I am wrong, but I'm going to wager a bet that you live in Hawaii, and that these two girls on either side of the middle are half-Japanese American highschool students.
Am I right?

Alright buddy, I don't know what you're problem is but chill out. Don't get your Panties in a bunch, im not trying to start a flame war here ... Anyways

"Correct me if I'm wrong ..." Yes, you are wrong. I am from Los Angeles, California and these are full-bred 100% Japanese women (17 years old), they've only stepped on American soil once 2 years ago for a 3 week stay. I went to Yamagata, Japan for a while to study and this was my last day at the school at a party. So yeah ...

[Spyder93090]

As for sexy Japanese women, If you see a girl wearing a dress AND tennis shoes, she's Asian. That's hot to me.
Glenn, what is UP with you profile picture?!

Hmmm, last time I checked, you flamed me for stating who and what I find attractive in Japanese women (in my last post). Yet, here, you do the same thing. Funny ...

[Glenn]

Well Glenn, your new avatar certainly is a break from Go Lion! (Otherwise known as Voltron)

What can I say? I like looking at pretty women. :-):love:

By the way, you forgot about this one:

[Talitha_Cumi]

OLs either have to wear a uniform or have to wear neat office wear, which is a suit. And the same as men, suits all look the same. Nothing amazing here...
*NOD NOD*
Women dresses differently depends on her occupation.


What can I say? I like looking at pretty women. :-):love:

By the way, you forgot about this one:

Hey! stop looking at me, Glenn!:giggle:

[yukio_michael]

Hmmm, last time I checked, you flamed me for stating who and what I find attractive in Japanese women (in my last post). Yet, here, you do the same thing. Funny ...My comment was on you saying how someone you knew was "not hot", I made a generalized comment about women wearing tennis shoes w/ a dress.

[Kyoko_desu]

Originally Posted by godppgo
I am just showing off my gf that's all
Yeah, she's really pretty!
I still remember the last time you put another picture of her there, I thought it was yours and I was susprised when you said you were a guy, hehehe.

[yukio_michael]

Yeah, she's really pretty!
I still remember the last time you put another picture of her there, I thought it was yours and I was susprised when you said you were a guy, hehehe.Me too, Kyokoさん〜！