OK. I got a confession to make. I have a girl crush, like with other celebrity crushes I have. And that's with Japanese model/actress/singer Yamada Yu 山田優.
I mean, I've been her fan since I was a kid, flipping through the pages of CanCam. And now she's moved on to GINGER. Watching her practical fashion style for so many years, I was delighted to watch her blooming acting career, and actually, she has a nice voice when singing too. But I thought she did better with her acting, just because she can portray a variety of distinct characters.Her most recent TV appearance was on Gakeppuchi no Eri 崖っぷちのエリー, where she got her first lead role as the main character, Eriko, an innocent child in pursuit of a debt-free life. In previous drama series that I've watched, including Seigi no Mikata 正義の味方, Mei-chan no Shitsuji メイちゃんの執事, and a minor role in Gokusen 3 ごくせん III, she portrays more or less of the following: power, wealth, fame, and beauty - and Eriko is the complete opposite of all that. In reality, though, this talented actress is nothing like all that.
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| GINGER's 1st anniversary fashion show on OneAsianWorld.com |
You can see how her ever-changing roles actually made her real-life personality shine. In Spring 2008, she caught the heart of one of my many boy crushes, Oguri Shun 小栗旬, who is best known for his role as Hanazawa Rui in Hana Yori Dango 花より男子. They've been dating ever since, although there's a lot of rumors going about Shun Oguri cheating on her, following a scoop published on FRIDAY magazine early November last year. Ah, men, especially good-looking ones... You can't help but see that coming.
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| Hunky Shun Oguri |
Let's respect her quite a bit, shall we? I adored her for holding on to her wedding dreams like every little girl does. I love her even more when she chopped off her locks, marking the end of her CanCam days. Like many other celeb's new short cuts I love, hers is one of the most versatile - and what I meant by that is low-maintenance.
My cut three months ago have grown so fast, right now my hair's hanging all over my shoulders again. These recent weeks I've spent a lot of time browsing through the next cut, where I know I won't want to spend so much time curling my ends so that it's bobby enough. Just a simple, get-out-of-the-bed head that matches every outfit is what I'm looking for. That's why I went for Yamada Yu.
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| Roberto Cavalli - 40th Anniversary Gala dinner, Paris |
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| Roberto Cavalli - Front Row: Milan Fashion week, Womenswear, S/S 2011 |
Well, not exactly this one, as it's not everyday that you see a T-shirt-and-jeans-wearing woman walking down the street, putting on this hairstyle (though I personally love her fashion style; it's the kind I wear to parties too =D). I was eyeing on her bob and long bangs, yes, the cute, androgynous haircut that I placed in the beginning of this post.
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| Shu Uemura ad |
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| Shu Uemura campaign |
