Eric Takabayashi wrote:

> Kevin Gowen wrote:
> 
> 
>>What are Satou Eriko
> 
> 
> I liked her when she was at her peak, though I lost interest in her in
> later years because there are simply other girls out now.
> 
> She's Cutey Honey in the live action movie, and continues to appear in
> swimsuit photo shoots infrequently. She did seem to disappear for awhile.
> Perhaps she needs to keep showing skin to make it, though that is not a bad
> living for someone who looks like her. Critics say she did play the
> clueless Honey character (in pre henshin form) well.

Love that 八重歯.

I'm afraid I don't know who Cutey Honey is.

>>and Manabe Kaori up to these days?
> 
> 
> From what little I see of her because I don't keep up, she still makes
> frequent appearances on TV shows, and is about as serious as she can be in
> ordinary casual clothing. She doesn't even smile or talk much. She has
> changed from when she first attracted attention at 19 in modest bikinis.
> She started wearing foundation, and too much.

When I was living in Japan I once saw a show hosted by Downtown in which
a celebrity would prepare a meal for a fan, for which he would then pay
whatever price he thought it was worth. Well, I saw an episode where
Manabe cooked nikujaga teishoku for some otaku. He paid 100,000 yen.

- Kevin