SHIHO, left, and Aki Hoshino

Hoshino, SHIHO team up for fashion brand

Monday 16th November, 03:08 AM JST

TOKYO —

“Tarento” Aki Hoshino, 32, has teamed up with her high school classmate, model SHIHO to design and promote two outer wear fashion brands for Uniqlo. Hoshino and SHIHO appeared at a recent event to launch the brands—ZAZIE and enracine—with Hoshino wearing a coat designed by SHIHO, which she said was the perfect item for a date on Christmas or a dinner in Ginza.

Hoshino, who is dating jockey Kosei Miura, fielded questions about their relationship from the press for the second time in a week. She was asked if she and Miura would round the last corner and race toward the final stretch to marriage. “I’m not sure. If we head into that final stretch, then I’ll let you know,” she said.

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14 Comments

MrUSA at 07:13 AM JST - 16th November

This will be a great success!
KallyPygous at 08:56 AM JST - 16th November

It must be hard having a name that must be shouted all the time - very jangling for the nerves. 'Oh hi, SHIHO, how are you?' 'Not so bad. I've just launched ZAZIE.'
meloveulongtime at 09:08 AM JST - 16th November

more skin please Aki
Yelnats at 11:17 AM JST - 16th November

Hot.
blvtzpk at 11:35 AM JST - 16th November

ACTUALLY, SHIHO is looking HOTTER than hoshino here. In FACT, the FORMER might be more of the REAL DEAL than the LATTER.

BLVTZPK (tm)
MrUSA at 01:42 PM JST - 16th November

ACTUALLY, SHIHO is looking HOTTER than hoshino here.

I'll take them both!
bobbafett at 01:50 PM JST - 16th November

I'll take them both!

the days when Mr.USA could just turn up and have the Japanese blonds gushing are well over. I am surprised those two airheads didn't trip over each other standing like that.
Sarge at 02:08 PM JST - 16th November

If SHIHO flew to Tehran, I wonder how far she would get before she was arrested by the police for showing off those fabulous thighs.
northlondon at 04:04 PM JST - 16th November

If SHIHO flew to Tehran, I wonder how far she would get before she was arrested by the police for showing off those fabulous thighs.

Not very far at all. Seeing as there are no flights to Tehran from Japan...
flatearther at 09:59 PM JST - 16th November

Holy cow! Are they wearing clothes from Uniqlo? Looks like I need to start shopping there.
plasticmonkey at 09:22 AM JST - 17th November

SHIHO is a BIMBO!
Surge1979 at 01:07 PM JST - 17th November

If SHIHO flew to Tehran, I wonder how far she would get before she was arrested by the police for showing off those fabulous thighs.

Shiho Yano is NOT married to Yu Darvish, she's married to MMA fighter Yoshihiro Akiyama
taisho999 at 10:51 PM JST - 17th November

"tarento" in quotation marks is right.
Blue_Tiger at 11:54 AM JST - 21st November

If ever there were an example of the air-headed woman, it would have to be Aki Hoshino...