When I hear someone has been doing a job for fifteen years I tend to ascribe a slightly older age bracket to them so it’s really incredible that J-actress Ishihara Satomi is celebrating her 15th anniversary in J-ent this year and she’s only 30 years old. She just released a special 15th anniversary photo book, a staple among younger Japanese starlets but the more established ones tend not to do it every year, that took Satomi to Cuba for location shoots. The pictorial is all beach and Satomi patented smiles and smexy looks, and the Japanese media is calling this a farewell to young lady days photo book as well with the swirling rumors that she’s going to marry boyfriend Yamashita Tomohisa and enter wifey territory. I don’t think shooting sexy photo books and being a married woman are mutually exclusive other than maybe the customer base wanting to buy it has shrunk, but Satomi is just so effervescent I hope she keeps on acting whether she is single or married. Continue reading →