(the) Road to the Deep East

According to her official blog, Shiratori Yuriko, 24 year-old actress who became popular for Hana from Kamen Rider Den-o last year, leaves her agency and becomes free-lancer.

At the first look, it may sound a very positive news – an actress who could get a national popularity for tokusatsu drama leaves her agency, and becomes freelance to earn more. However, it's not the case.

Just a reference to borrow a picture legally.

Fans of Den-o must have already known, but last July, she suddenly disappeared from the drama, and in the story, instead of Yuriko as Hana, another little girl actress substituted for her as Ko-hana. In the story, one day 19 year-old Hana becomes a little girl for some influences from the enemy. (It may sound odd, but remember it's just a tokusatsu drama for kids and part of special adults.) And until the end of Den-O, Yuriko as Hana couldn't appear in the story again. She had been taking a leave for a 'health problem' for over 6 months.

So, to tell the truth, this leave is not an independence, but just a kind of cut from the agency. In fact, on the entry she announced the leave, with a lot of reference to the Den-o she says; “I'll back to the past, and start from zero. As a common girl, I'd like to chase my dream to become an actress.'

http://blog.livedoor.jp/rainbow_mickey/archives/51018075.html

As you can see the pictures on the entry, Yuriko is truly a beautiful actress... and has nice things on her chest. If she were in good health, I had picked up her as the next candidate for my anti-Lolicon project.

And her name is beautiful, too. Shiratori Yuriko (白鳥百合子), 'shiratori' means swan, 'Yuri' means lily. It sounds like a character of shojo manga, but incredibly, it's her genuine name. She might be born to become an actress. However, unfortunately, for some reasons, her career was reset, and now this Miss Lily Swan has to restart without any helps from an agency. And the agency will interfere her restart. It'll be a narrow and tough road, but I just wish her the best luck.

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By the way, why did she have to leave – or, was chased to the corner until she fell ill?

There are lot of rumors. One rumor says fans of other kakkoii actors in Den-o envied her and harassed her while the other says the agency forced her to do more gravure activities. And it is very easy to remember the darkness of show business of our country – infamous Makura eigyou.

In fact, on the same entry, she infer that there were some troubles regarding the dark side of Japanese show business. :

'If I had known the structure of show business, I might be able to walk another way. But in reality, it's very hard to do, and many including me have a setback. I was always supported by a phrase: “Work hard” and “Keep the sun in heart.” Thanks to those phrases, I didn't have to leave from the straight and narrow, and I could go my way feeling a little happiness.'

It looks that's the truth of the world we are interested in. But now, our noble Miss Lily Swan rejected the evil world, and decided to fly away with her own wings. Just like a swan, she may have to struggle under the surface, but I'd like to watch over Yuriko affectionately, just as I do for an angel from Biwako now.