I never quite know where I stand with Alisa and whether I think she’s attractive or not. In the end, I think it depends on how she’s being “styled”. Her biggest asset in Japan would come from being half Caucasian, and so they often put her in makeup and hairstyles that put the focus on the features that make her look the most non-Japanese - her nose, eyes, lips, etc. In Japan, this would look “exotic”. Outside of Japan, where we’re used to those kinds of features, she actually ends up looking kind of… awkward. Disproportionate, kind of like (in my opinion) a baby duck. But then there are other photo shoots where they don’t go out of their way to draw all the attention to those features, and she looks beautiful!
Either way, my opinion is worth about a hill of beans. She’s definitely not ugly and she has a really fun personality that (given the right opportunity) shines through in her photos. She’s very talented, so I think I prefer her as an actress and singer to a model.
I hope she gets more work soon, though. :C

TL;DR: Alisa kind of gets the short end of the fandom stick so here’s a small appreciation post.

And here they are on the front cover together! (CANDy, January 2007.) Ayaka modeled ‘British’ fashion (which makes me think of Minako in England, which is amazing), and Alisa was in ‘American’ fashion.

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Keiko Kitagawa for Sony, 2011.

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Recent pictures of Rina Koike from her blog, 2011, including a cosplay of Asuka from Neon Genesis Evangelion!

Will I ever get tired of idols cosplaying? No, I will not. God, Rina, you are so damn cute.

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nice legs, me.

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A British Trad(itional) Rika Izumi for Lodispotto’s 2011 Autumn/Winter Web Catalog.

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Ayaka Komatsu, still in the fabulous peacoat, in off-shots from “Ayaka no Zenbu,” 2011.  Also, the original link at Jappydolls is dead, so I found an alternative source for the pictures should anyone want them all. :) A great deal will probably end up on here though.  Try to contain your surprise.

Please indulge my PGSM kick with some photos of a beautiful actress/model. (I’m sure it won’t be too hard.)

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Chieko Kawabe for Kindai, June 2004.  I also find it very interesting that they picked Chieko for this feature!  Her music career must have been taking off at the time.  I continue to hope for history to repeat itself, despite the fact that this was seven years ago.

Chieko’s looking adorable as usual. I, too, want a shirt about disappointing sexual encounters.

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