Kumiko Ogura ( 小椋 久美子 ) and Reiko Shiota ( 潮田 玲子 ) Pictures

[ctjcad]

in music video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyL-LQNh45c (K.Ogura)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-CfUVa_vF4 ( R. Shiota)

..the choice of music, in each video, is surely interesting; one of elegance whilst the other, hmm, how should i say it......"inelegance"??...maybe our wilfredlgf has some comments?!..

[cooler]

..the choice of music, in each video, is surely interesting; one of elegance whilst the other, hmm, how should i say it......"inelegance"??...maybe our wilfredlgf has some comments?!..

i think it's depends who composed it.

[Winnie Lim1314]

in music video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyL-LQNh45c (K.Ogura)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-CfUVa_vF4 ( R. Shiota)

cooler,thanks!!!i luv it!thanks a lot...i've been searched this for a long time...

[Oldhand]

Extracted from:
http://www.japan-zone.com/news/2007/08/index.shtml

The Comedian and the Badminton Beauty
August 21, 2007

Two rising stars from quite different worlds have been romantically linked.

It was revealed yesterday that handsome comedian Tokui Yoshimi (32, photo top left) is dating top badminton cutie Shiota Reiko (23, photo bottom left).

Tokui is the boke half of the duo Tutorial, who took the comedy world by storm when they won the annual M-1 Grand Prix and �10 million in 2006 while still relative unknowns. Together with partner Fukuda Mitsunori (32), he is now a regular face on TV. He is expected to go far not only because of his looks but also his comic ability, and he was runner-up in this year's R-1 Grand Prix for solo comedy acts.

Shiota and doubles partner Ogura Kumiko (24) have been Japan champions for the last three years running, and just last weekend they won the bronze medal at the World Badminton Championships. The pair are known as "OguShio" are are popular as much due to their good looks as their medal-winning ability. Shiota is due to publish a photo book next month, a relative rarity for sports stars.

The badminton pair and the comedy duo met when they were teamed up for a double date on a TV show in February 2006. Though the date was only meant to be for entertainment, it led to one real-life romance after a somewhat drunk Tokui expressed his feelings for Shiota. It's just a shame the word "shuttlecock" doesn't have the same comedy potential in Japanese!

[llpjlau]

what's shuttlecock in japanese?

[roller]

wish they were my colleagues!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s11ck...elated&search=

[ctjcad]

Extracted from:
http://www.japan-zone.com/news/2007/08/index.shtml

The Comedian and the Badminton Beauty
August 21, 2007

..this news made headline a few months ago..(forgot when did it appear here)

what's shuttlecock in japanese?

羽根 - hane
はね - hane
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E3%81%AF%E3%81%AD
http://www.docoja.com:8080/kanji/kan...lecock&stype=1

[llpjlau]

wish they were my colleagues!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s11ck...elated&search=

they actually have jobs apart from full-time training?

[george@chongwei]

[george@chongwei]

[ulicquel]

hey does anyone know where exactly they work?
I know Ogura is from Mie and Shiota is from Kyoto both are near where I live so maybe I should visit sometime

[wilfredlgf]

hey does anyone know where exactly they work?
I know Ogura is from Mie and Shiota is from Kyoto both are near where I live so maybe I should visit sometime

Get her to speak in her native accent!

[Oldhand]

hey does anyone know where exactly they work?
I know Ogura is from Mie and Shiota is from Kyoto both are near where I live so maybe I should visit sometime

Perhaps you should visit this first...
http://www.sanyo.co.jp/social/badminton/

[Oldhand]

Also:

It's not just Reiko Shiota and Kumiko Ogura who work at Sanyo.
There's also Kaori Mori and Eriko Hirose

I wonder if they need help

[Sealman]

Ogura and Shiota sanyo website:

https://www.ogushio.sanyo.com

[jgao_net]

this is going to sound really weird, but does keiko shiota remind you of kkk at all?

[llpjlau]

no she doesn't. it DOES sound weird.