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Over the years, wherever his travels took him, and on occasion this included international destinations, he always headed back to the family sweet shop in Shibamata with no real prior warning to let the folks at home know he was on his way. Even today the ‘dango’ his family supposedly sold remain a popular local souvenir for visitors to the area and locals alike.

This seems not to bother Japanese fans who understand that the model's details are a role. Secondly, it can be seen as part of a Japanese tradition of developing roles within roles, this can be seen in the behaviour of the masked Geisha and in Kabuki theatre. It can also be associated with ideas that lie deeper within Japanese culture: Firstly, the idealisation of youth which is reflected in such things as 'cutesie' adult fashions and the portrayal by women of themselves (in terms of dress and manner) as younger than they are. For a fuller understanding of both role play and the idealisation of youth in Japanese media and culture it is worth reading articles by Dr Sharon Kinsella, referenced below.

On a par with the famed Hachiko statue in Shibuya, this statue represents a likeness of ‘Tora-san’, star of a grand total of 49 movies over a period of almost 30-years between the late 60s and mid-1990s. The first movie appeared in August 1969 carrying the simple title “It's Tough Being a Man" (Otoko wa tsurai yo – in Japanese) and is still today perhaps the most famous of all the successive 48 titles released before December, 1995, saw the release of the final movie centered on the life of the fickle hearted traveling salesman ‘Tora-san’ - Tora's Tropical Fever" or Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro haibisukasu no hana tokubetsuhen* in the native tongue to give it its somewhat longer domestic release name.

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Kasumi Nakane is a Japanese model, gravure idol, and actress born on 1982-04-03 in Tokyo, Japan. Her birth name was Kasumi Nakasone, and she formerly worked under the name Kasumi Ue. She graduated from the private Horikoshi High School, the same school attended by talent such as Yoko Minamino, Yōko Oginome, Ai Katō, and Masumi Miyazaki.

In 1993, Nakane joined the Nezumikko Club, an all-girl idol group comprised of Nakane, Natsu Itō, Kana Itō, Sato Higashi, Ami Yamazaki, Emiko Inoue, Juri Miyazawa, and Chiaki Nakajima. The group was created to ride on the popularity of such groups as Onyanko Club. The group released two albums, both in 1993. In 1996, she began working as a gravure idol, gaining success due to having a larger bust for her age. Nakane began appearing in 1999 in drama series, as well as in variety, sports, educational, and other television programs.

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Biography
Yuka Kosaka (born June 27, 1985) is a Japanese gravure idol, actress and model. She was born in Izumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. She is also known as her nickname "Yuka-chin", and has starred in a number of TV dramas and films.


Yuka made her debut in 2004 after winning the Grand Prix award in Miss Magazine 2004. After her first DVD "peach" went on sale on March 25, 2004, her DVDs have constantly produced. Yuka also became a frequent guest on Matthew’s Best Hit TV. In the fall of 2004, Yuka’s popularity rose when she became the campaign girl for the Japanese convenience store, Circle K Sunkus. Currently, she belongs in a Japanese entertainment company, A-team, in which a number of Japanese actresses and models are belonged including Aki Hoshino.