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Saori Kimura is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Toray Arrows.She is famous for her talent and a unique character. She plays for the All-Japan women’s volleyball team, was a participant at the 2004 Summer Olympics and is a participant at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Her nickname is Japanese future, Saorin is infinite (ニッポンの未来 サオリン無限大 Nippon no mirai Saorin Mugendai). She is so versatile that she can play any position. Her potential is high, and she is called Miracle Saorin.

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Full name: Saori Kimura
Original name: 木村 沙織
Date of birth: August 19, 1986
Place of birth: Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan
Height: 6′0″ (184 cm)
Weight: 146 lbs (66 kg)
Affiliations: Shimokitazawa Seitoku, Tokyo/Tporay Arrows
Country: JPN Japan
Sport: Volleyball

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Ryoko Hirosue is a Japanese actress and pop star, best known in the West for her roles in the Luc Besson-produced Wasabi and the Academy Award-winning Japanese film Departures. Hirosue made her television debut in 1995 at the age of 15 in Fuji TV’s Heart ni S. She was also named “Best Newcomer” at the 10th Television Drama Academy Awards the same year when she starred in Fuji TV’s comedy series, Shota no Sushi. In 1997, she appeared in the finalé of medical drama, Hoshi no Kinka and the special episode of Odoru Daisousasen before making her breakthrough performance in Fuji TV’s comedy series, Beach Boys, where she was awarded “Best Supporting Actress” at the 14th Television Drama Academy Awards. Hirosue also made her film debut in the same year when she appeared in 20-seki Nostalgia which won her critical acclaim. She was awarded the Sponichi Grand Prize New Talent Award at the Mainichi Film Awards, Best New Talent at the Yokohama Film Festival and perhaps most importantly, the Newcomer of the Year award at the 21st Japanese Academy Awards. She returned prominently to television in 2000 playing Yuki Katase in the drama, Summer Snow, which won 5 awards at the 26th Television Drama Academy Awards including “Best Supporting Actress” and “Best Drama” before showing off her comedic chops in TBS’s Oyaji. The latter role again won her “Best Supporting Actress” at the 27th awards ceremony. In 2001, Hirosue made her international film debut in Luc Besson’s Wasabi. In 2002, Hirosue appeared in the film, Renai Shashin, and the low-rated television drama, Ai Nante Irane Yo, Natsu before capping the year in the family drama series, Otousan. She reunited with her Summer Snow lead co-star, Tsuyoshi Dōmoto, in 2003’s romance series, Moto Kare. Her portrayal as the initially flippant ex-girlfriend, Makoto Saeki, won her “Best Supporting Actress” yet again at the 38th Television Drama Academy Awards. Hirosue returned to film and television in 2006 by appearing in three television dramas, a TV movie and a film. In 2007, she co-starred for the third time with Hiroshi Abe (her fellow actor in Dekichatta Kekkon and Haruka naru Yakusoku) in the film, Bubble Fiction: Boom or Bust. She also appeared in two TV movies, Mama ga Ryori wo Tsukuru Wake, aired by Fuji TV and Long Wedding Road! which was broadcast by TBS. Hirosue also made a guest appearance in the third episode of detective-mystery series, Galileo. She had a supporting role in NTV’s comedy series, Yasuko to Kenji in 2008. She portrayed Mika Kobayashi opposite Masahiro Motoki in the 2008 Japanese film Departures, which won the 81st Academy Awards Best Foreign Language Film. In 2009 she is starring in the remake of the mystery film Zero Focus and the adaptation to film of the novel Villon’s Wife by Osamu Dasai.

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Name: 広末涼子 (ひろすえ りょうこ)
Name (romaji): Hirosue Ryoko
Real name: 岡沢涼子 / Okazawa Ryoko
Date of birth: 1980-Jul-18
Place of birth: Kochi City, Kochi, Japan
Height: 161cm
Weight: 40kg
Horoscope: Cancer
Blood type: O
Profession: Actress and singer

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Hiroko Mima is the reigning Miss Universe Japan 2008. She was the official representative for Japan at the Miss Universe 2008 pageant which took place in Nha Trang, Vietnam on July 14, 2008. She made the first round by advancing to the top 15 on the finals, and was ultimately placed in the 14th position being the highest place Asian to make the cut. Mima continued Japan’s stake in the Miss Universe pageant by placing in the semifinal for a consecutive third time, despite not being favoured by numerous pageant sites as a potential semifinalist. Hiroko was the first contestant in history to wear a purse during the evening gown portion of the presentation show. Hiroko Mima was trained for the pagaent by her national pageant director Ines Ligron, who also took Korea’s candidate Sun Lee under her wing. Mima has recently trained and prepared Emiri Miyasaka for Miss Universe 2009.

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Name: Hiroko Mima 美馬 寛子
Date of birth: December 5, 1986
Place of birth: Tokushima, Japan
Height: 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Eye color: brown
Hair color: black
Title(s): Miss Universe Japan 2008
Major competition(s): Miss Universe Japan 2008 (winner), Miss Universe 2008 (Top 15)
Occuapation: Student/Athlete

“Hiroko Mima, who was crowned Miss Universe Japan 2008, and Anya Ayoung-Chee, who was crowned Miss Universe 2008 of Trinidad and Tobago 2008, are in the middle a scandal after an intimate video tape leaked allegedly showing Hiroko and Anya together having sex with Anya’s boyfriend Wyatt, and with each other.”