Yuri Ebihara

Ebi-chan happy to become 'sweet shrimp' for the right guy

Friday 20th March, 04:28 AM JST

TOKYO —

Popular model Yuri Ebihara, 29, attended an event this to announce her upcoming commercial for Japan’s biggest sugar producer and refiner, Mitsui Sugar Co, as it celebrates the 50th anniversary of its signature product “Spoon Jirushi.”

The commercial features Ebihara in a white dress and a red apron, flashing smiles in between the slogan “Sweet Smile with Spoon Sugar.” Asked ifthere was someone in her private life she smiles at so sweetly, she said: “There’s not, but if I meet the right guy, I will cover myself in sugar and become a sweet shrimp!”

The commercial will run from Friday until the end of the month.

News reports

› Login to comment

Latest 15 of 52 Total Comments Show All

OssanAmerica at 12:18 AM JST - 21st March

Funny how Japanese guys are so arrogant about wanting younger women...I >always think of Japan this way...the land of the beautiful women and >ugly men...and LUCKY gaijin!

Funny, I guess I never really look at the men (in that wsay) anywhere. But I do agree that in any country be it Japan or Kenya or Sweden, the women always look better than the men.
cleo at 12:28 AM JST - 21st March

the women always look better than the men

Depends on what you're looking at.
oberst at 04:55 AM JST - 21st March

she said: “There’s not, but if I meet the right guy, I will cover myself in sugar and become a sweet shrimp!” ......................

in not so many words, she expressed her wishes to be eaten/nibbled/licked.

Can't beat a girl who knows what she wants !!
namiki at 04:43 PM JST - 21st March

perfect... chodo ii ne, fortunately, she is still single. Why there is no man beside her ?.
smithinjapan at 06:42 PM JST - 21st March

I think if this beautiful young lady wants to find true love she's going to have to do so outside of Japan. I don't mean that in any kind of 'she can find more love with a foreigner' kind of deal; but it would be hard to find something genuine here due to her fame and what not.
WilliB at 02:31 AM JST - 22nd March

But she is everybody´s favorite sweet shrimp already, even without the sugar covering! :-)
bamboohat at 09:53 AM JST - 22nd March

Ebi chan is very much in the public eye and she is going to keep it that way. That's how she makes a living. If she gets an 'idiotic' question she counters with an 'idiotic' answer. She is smarter than the 'real idiots' can see.

As intelligent as you think she is, she would be absolutely nothing without her looks, and nobody would waste time defending her unless she was cute and used the old clever 'I'm looking for a man' advertising gimmick to entice men to buy her product.
jonnyboy at 04:08 PM JST - 22nd March

Correction - she is not hot. She is cute, but not hot. A lot of Japanese and Asian girls are cute - but not hot.

important distinction, i feel! "cute" girls are pleasing to the eye, but not likely to be terribly exciting
tsurubushi at 01:00 AM JST - 23rd March

jonnyboy - "exciting" can be fun for a while, but try having an exciting wife sometime...it gets old quick. I'd rather a cute girl who is a little bit on the boring side than a smokin hottie (or any woman) who is "exciting". more truoble than they're worth.
tranel at 11:53 AM JST - 23rd March

“There’s not, but if I meet the right guy, I will cover myself in sugar and become a sweet shrimp!”

Oooh, the innuendo totally escapes her.... or does it?
whitepocky at 01:14 PM JST - 23rd March

Ebi is stunning, however she's also probably 'high maintenance'. She would be perfect for a quick fling, though long relationship....No thanks. I'd have to pass.
saborichan at 08:51 AM JST - 24th March

Use-by date fast approaching, Ebi-chan! Watch out you don't end up in the moerugomi.
IvanCoughalot at 10:10 AM JST - 24th March

Sweet smile? Because we all know nothing makes your teeth look good like lots of sugar.
IvanCoughalot at 10:55 AM JST - 24th March

Having said that,

I will cover myself in sugar

I'd be more than happy to give Ebi-chan a good coating. Top to toe.
jonnyboy at 05:09 PM JST - 24th March

she strikes me as the sort of girl who would be disadvantaged by the "mr right" syndrome, ie. she's holding out for that "perfect" guy who is never going to come because (perhaps, just perhaps) she has unrealistic expectations