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Mika Nakashima is a famous singer, model, and actress in Japan. Born and raised in Kyushu, she was the youngest of three children. From a young age, she wanted to become a singer, and decided not to attend high school or college.

At the age of 17, she was chosen from 3,000 girls to be the heroine of the Fall 2001 Fuji TV drama, Kizudarake no Love Song (Tainted Love Song). In November, she made her debut with Sony Music Associated Records with the single "Stars," which was also the theme song of the drama. She has released 10 albums since 2002.

Yuu Aoi is a Japanese actress and model born on August 17, 1985 in Fukuoka, Japan. She has won numerous awards for her performances on screen, including the prestigious Japan Academy Prize and Kinema Junpo Awards for best supporting actress in 2007 for Hula Girls and Rookie of the Year for continued performances in the field of Films in Media and Fine Arts by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan in 2009.

Aoi Miyazaki was born in Tokyo, Japan November 30th, 1985. She started working in the entertainment industry at the age of four. Initially she appeared mostly in commercials, magazine advertisements, and as an extra in various television dramas. Miyazaki made her film debut in One Summer's Day at the age of fourteen.

Beyond acting, Aoi Miyazaki has become a much sought after spokesperson and model. She has appeared in commercials for major corporations like Aflac, Tokyo Metro, and Olympus. In early 2008 Aoi Miyazaki was also selected as Emperio Armani's new print advertisement model.

Yuu Kashii was born February 16, 1987 in Kanagawa, Japan. She is a Japanese actress and model. She is also a student at Mejiro University, where she majors in English. Kashii's maternal grandfather is an American newspaper reporter, making her 1/4 Caucasian. Kashii spent her childhood in Singapore and attended elementary school there.

Kashii got her start in the entertainment business as an in-house model for the Japanese Teen magazine mc Sister in 2001. Her first acting role was in the movie adaptation of Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean in which she played the title character. She has since been active in numerous films, television series, and commercials in Japan.

Chiaki Kuriyama was born on October 10, 1984 in Ibaragi, Japan. She is a Japanese actress and model. She is best-known in the West for the part of the bloodthirsty schoolgirl-dressing bodyguard, Gogo Yubari in Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill, Volume I, and also her role in the Japanese film Battle Royale.

Chiaki was one of the most popular models of the mid-1990s child model boom in Japan. Chiaki made her Hollywood debut in director Quentin Tarantino's 2004 film Kill Bill, Volume I as Gogo Yubari, the schoolgirl yakuza bodyguard of Tokyo mob mistress O-Ren Ishii. Chiaki's lines in the film were all in Japanese (except for two words, "bingo" and "hi"). She has stated that she is in the process of learning English and hopes to play more English-language roles in the future.

Yui Aragaki is a Japanese idol, model, actress, singer, seiyu and occasional radio show host of Ryukyuan ancestry. Because of her fashion sense and logical personality, she gained a large fanbase in and out of Japan. Her beauty, particularly her smile, is well-regarded in her home country. She is also considered as one of Japan's local celebrities who possess beautiful faces.

Hitomi Kuroki was born on October 5, 1960 in Fukuoka, Japan. She is a Japanese actress. Her real name is Shoko Ichiji. Kuroki was a cast member (musumeyaku) of the famous Takarazuka Revue, belonging to the Moon Troupe. As a seiy%u016B, Kuroki was the voice of Helen Parr/Elastigirl/Mrs. Incredible in the Japanese dub of The Incredibles. She won the award for best actress at the 22nd Hochi Film Award for Paradise Lost.

Koyuki Kato, born December 18, 1976, is better known as just Koyuki and is a Japanese model and actress.
Koyuki was born in Zama, Kanagawa-ken. She started her modeling career in 1995 and has since starred in various Japanese dramas, TV and magazine ad campaigns and films. She frequently appears in Japanese print and television marketing campaigns for electronics company Panasonic. Her first international film was The Last Samurai where she played Taka, the wife of a Samurai slain by the character played by Tom Cruise, Nathan Algren. She appears in Blood: The Last Vampire live-action film starring Jun Ji-Hyun, where she plays as Onigen, the arch-villain.

Meisa Kuroki, born May 28, 1988, is a Japanese actress, model and singer born in Nago, Okinawa, Japan. She is represented by the agency Sweet Power and is signed to Sony Music Japan. Among others, she has modeled for the popular Japanese fashion magazine JJ and is the current Japanese representative for Giorgio Armani. She has appeared in numerous television dramas, commercials, films, and stage productions. Her mother is Japanaese and her father is 1/2 American, making her 1/4 American.

Yukie Nakama, born October 30, 1979, is an actress, singer and former idol. She was born in Okinawa, Japan, in a fisherman's family, the youngest of five siblings.

She is one of the few young Japanese celebrities that have been able to break free from their teeny-bopper image and emerge as one of the country's most popular and well-respected actresses. At the start of her career she was a gravure idol and singer. She has since proven her star power through commercial endorsements, such as Nissin, Glico, Lotte, Asahi, Shiseido, au by KDDI, and has even served as a spokesperson for Japan Railways and the Japanese Tax Agency. As one of Japan's most ubiquitous celebrity endorsers, she is a regular face on billboards and at subway stations. She is managed by Production Ogi.