Daily ChioBu: Akina Minami – Sweet Days

Akina Minami 南明奈 was born on May 15, 1989 in Kanagawa Prefecture. She is frequently seen in commercials, gravure, and TV variety shows. She is also slated to star in an upcoming “Ju-on” film titled “Ju-on: Shiroi Roujo.” When told of the news, the excited Minami commented, “I was too scared after reading the script, so I told my manager I didn’t think I could do it. But since it was the leading role for the ‘Ju-on’ series, I thought that I had to do it by any means necessary.” Minami plays a high school girl with a strong sense for the supernatural, whose friend died in a murder case during her elementary school days. The movie is scheduled to open in theaters June 2009.

Pictures from Akina Minami’s photobook Sweet Days after the break. [PNSFW]