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  gameoverNov. 05, 2010 - 10:29AM JST

  I for one am kind of getting sick of the whole "high ball" marketing blitz.

  Posted in: High ball

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  gameoverSep. 03, 2010 - 12:25PM JST

  Ummm I fail to see how anything she has ever done has in anyway contributed to "changing the system".

  All she seems to do is avoid responsibility and act like a 5 year old and then try and pass of her immature behavior as some kind of "statement." It isn't and it won't change a thing.

  The Japanese talent management system is so entrenched that if she really wanted to change it she would need to get the co-operation of the really "big" stars in Japan, the SMAPs and the Sanma's etc and have them all take action at once. Needless to say this is Japan and will never happen.

  Actually the system in Japan is very much like early Hollywood when actors were contracted to movie studios and earned a salary. At some point the stars (or agents most likely) realized it was the stars that sold the movie and this they had the power over the studio. This led to a shift to the agent system that is used today.

  The problem is in Japan that 99% of the "stars" are completely replaceable. So they actually have very little leverage to change the system. They (including Erika) are commodities with no power.

  Actually many years ago "Kimutaku" when he was at the zenith of his popularity tried to break free from his management company as they took the lions share of the revenue he was generating. Needless to say he is still with SMAP and still signed to Johnnys and still earns a "salary" albeit a pretty bloody good one I expect.

  So if probably the closest thing Japan has ever had to a a Britt Pitt-type star failed to change the system I don't know how Erika hopes to.

  Also organized crime is embedded in the Japanese entertainment industry so any serious attempt to "change the system" would piss off a lot of shady characters. Whoever attempted this would to be very courageous and risk personal injury. Remember what happened to Junzo Itami. Would Erika do this? Not bloody likely!

  ....anyway I expect her career to slowly decline until she releases a book of racy photos in one last desperate cash grab.

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  gameoverSep. 01, 2010 - 11:00AM JST

  A poor quality photo and not in particularly good taste.

  Posted in: Flying high

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  gameoverAug. 09, 2010 - 01:08PM JST

  Man, so much hate out out there....and its only a baking oven.

  Posted in: Home bakery

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