You can usually see her on Japanese TV most nights during the week and TBS’ Kings Brunch on Saturday mornings and thanks to reader DougYoon K for sending me this picture, she’s now this weeks J-Babe Of The Week, Yuka.
It was no easy feat finding some pics of Yuka but hard work and persistence got me there …. and searching in Japanese rather than English helps a great deal.
I never knew such beauty was hiding under the conservative clothes she wears on TV.
Much to my surprise Yuka appeared on the cover of Japanese Playboy …. it bears little similarity to the Western version, sorry guys.
This weeks theme in The Photo Hunt is Different or Kotonatta (ことなった) in Japanese.
Ultraman (ウルトラマン, Urutoraman) is a fictional character featured in tokusatsu, or “special effects” television programs. Ultraman made his debut in the tokusatsu SF/kaiju/superhero TV series, Ultraman, a follow-up to the television series Ultra Q. The show was produced by Tsuburaya Productions and was broadcast on TBS.
Here’s a photo i took of Ultraman last year, he looks decidely different in the comics than he does in real life.
To distinguish him from subsequent Ultra Warriors, Ultraman is referred to as the original Ultraman (初代ウルトラマン, Shodai Urutoraman), the first Ultraman, Ultraman Hayata (a reference to his host’s surname) or as simply Man.
Although Ultraman is the first series to feature an Ultra-being, this is actually the second Ultra Series. Ultra Q was the first. A major pop culture phenomenon in Japan, the show has spawned dozens of imitators as well as numerous sequels and remakes, which continue to be popular today.
Ultraman as he appears on Television.
