Daily ChioBu: Shoko Hamada
Shoko Hamada is a popular gravure idol from Kyoto. She got her start as a race queen while still in high school in 2003. That same year, she clinched a role in the TV drama Tenpai. In 2005 Shoko was chosen as Japan’s Telegenic of the Year. In addition to her career as a race queen and gravure idol she has released several music CDs, mostly containing cover versions. In Hideo Kojima’s Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, Shoko appears on a poster at the Eastern Weapons Wing.
Pictures from the photobook Sweet Season after the break. [NSFW]
