Eric Takabayashi wrote:

> Maybe Yumiko Shaku is the best example I can think of as one of these
> sexy idols who has recently become respected as a performer on TV and
> in movies, and dropped her bikini model image pretty quickly. Sure she
> just appeared in a Godzilla movie, but she has also been the star of
> "Shurayuki Hime" and two seasons of "Sky High" and its movie
> adaptation, where she has been able to demonstrate some acting as well
> as athletic ability. The airheadedness she was famous for just a while
> ago, appears to have all been an act.

What are Satou Eriko and Manabe Kaori up to these days?

- Kevin