We need more genuine bijin on american TV, then it might be worth watching :p

I don't really want to turn this into an essay, but here goes

Morning Musume isn't entirely comprised of U-18s: the eldest, Takahashi Ai, is 23 (and a stunning, ravishing beauty at that); "subleader" Niigaki Risa is 21; (cutie-pie) Michishige Sayumi is also 21, and so on.

That said, Eri Kamei auditioning at 15 is far from the youngest recruit out of H!P: C-ute's Hagiwara Mai auditioned (and passed) at 6 back in 2002.

The "junior" groups within H!P would be S/mileage, C-ute, and Berryz Koubou, each of which is, yes, stocked with teenaged members.

Even so, the "senior" group has never shied away from younger members: Kago Ai and Nozomi Tsuji were both 12 when introduced, and the youngest current member, Mitsui Aika, is all but 17.

As for the legality of H!P recruiting and promoting such underage girls: I'm sure someone from the legal dept. cleared it years ago.

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Oh, the one I posted, she's 15?? I swear she looked in her 20s or so. Like I said, HP confuses me a lot, but I'll look at the names you've posted (for the over 18s).

In my country, it's illegal to view pictures of children if they are inappropriate or pornographic. While it's not illegal to have sexual relations with girls as young as 16, it's still illegal to have pictures of them.

I guess I could look for new Eri Kamei pictures seeing as she'd be 21 now.

pic related - Ai Takahashi. I know about her from my old days of coming on iiChan and /bij/in.

Thanks anyway. I think I'll delete my current HP collection (tho theres not much I have from HP) and start over with ones I know that are 18+.

nooooo don't delete your H!P collection!!!!!!! That should be made criminal!!

>In my country, it's illegal to view pictures of children if they are inappropriate or pornographic.

Put it this way: if Hannah Montana is shown on TV where you live, there's no reason Hagiwara Mai or Shimizu Saki or Suzuki Airi can't have a little piece of your (private) hard drive. They're all singers and popstars for crying out loud....

>Oh, the one I posted, she's 15?? I swear she looked in her 20s or so.

Chisa does have that mature feel to her. Fairly strong singing voice too I might add.

>I guess I could look for new Eri Kamei pictures seeing as she'd be 21 now.

Please do. She's gorgeous. Don't forget about the rest of current Morning Musume while you're at it.
Lastly, this is required viewing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXartZRq0Mw

>nooooo don't delete your H!P collection!!!!!!! That should be made criminal!!

lol. Tho tbh, my whole h!p collection to date had only been a couple dozen pictures. I have started a new one tho :) starting with "makings of 20" which is Eri Kamei's latest youtube vid.

>They're all singers and popstars for crying out loud....

good point. When it comes to child protection, the government are over the top about it. Yeah we do have our child stars such as Miley Cyrus (Hannah Montanna) and Connie Talbot but child modelling is a bit of a grey area and often associated with paedophiles and CP.

pic related - Eririn

If you like Eri: http://eri-kamei.org/tekitou/upload.php

>>19600
you may want to consider preordering this

i like these :)

If they're clothed adult woman, it's always accepted. Tho Lily tends not to be keen on lingerie, bikini, or nude pictures being posted.

Sure, the link is OK but people should be warned that some of the other images on that page are totally NSFW. (And wow, some of the racer girl costumes are much, um, skimpier than the used to be! Some are nice though--I might repost later. :))

Just to clarify, nude pictures are against the rules completely and will get you banned on repeated offenses. Lingerie is discouraged because the board's whole purpose is to be a SFW alternative and I have to check lingerie pics since it's hard to tell from thumbnails if they're, you know, covered. LOL. And bikinis are discouraged because they're boring and we can get overrun with blah bikinis, but they're not banned.

A few I liked in case you don't want to visit the link due to NSFW sidebar images.

>>19555 thanks for your kind reply... I really... really appreciated.

>>19556 Ah... yes, I'll see some right stuff from now.

>>19558 LILY, YOU'RE THE SAME SPOT WITH ME. THIS ONE IS MY BEST CHOICE AFTER ALL. woo-hoo

P.S I'm really sorry if the link is well... NSFW, Lil. Because sometimes I just hit and run from another image-(surely not safe)-boards just for catching some good articles or whatsoever.

Anyway, ladies and gents... thanks for your kind replies. =)

>>19558
haha :) Thanks and we hope you stick around.

Also, random other singer "May J." I ran across while looking for images of Fukuhara.

>>19502

what a horrible name for a magazine

seconded

>>19549
haha...too true. But Wired says it's probably the hippest magazine in the world.

(Oh wait, Wired hasn't been cool in years, so...never mind.)

>>19552
Do they know what it means? Or is it a reference to Tokyo nightlife?

>>19553
I saw a post where someone claimed to have asked the editor and they wanted it to mean "spew forth," like a crazy outburst of self-expression, and so it really does mean "barf out." But I don't know if that's true. :P I assumed it was supposed to be "barh-fu," some kind of fake French thing.

Who knows.

Most years I can find photos of some celebrities who turned 20 that year, but no luck this year...

I know Christmas Day is over, but hey, it's still the Twelve Days of Christmas. And I can't resist Sasaki Nozomi.

I see "up on the rooftop" got an upgrade (^o^)v