Who is this mysterious veiled lady? Watch Dangermousie reel in shock...

[dangermousie]

I was going to post a lengthy treatise on feminism in dramas/anime/mangas, but I am tired and tea-deprived so instead I bring you this:



Who is this striking young lady?



Are you ready?

Ready?

Sitting down?
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Sure?

OK.

It's Kimura Takuya.

This is Kimura Takuya:



Ahem.

My jaw met the floor when I found this picture.

His wife better hide her dresses. And her lovely angora sweaters.

Oh Japan, never change.

Comments

[boycottbananas.livejournal.com]

...how's that possible. ._.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I am still reeeling. That genderbending (more like genderbreaking :P) shot is from 1996 or so I think.

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

LOL - you didn't know? You should see him in SxS when he plays a woman in one of the skits and as Cathy Bradshaw in Sexy and the City :)

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

OK. I am kinda shocked for life :)

Actually, I am more shocked that he makes a pretty nice-looking woman because unlike a lot of Japanese stars, he strikes me as so very masculine normally. I mean...he was Halu, for goodness' sake :)

[autumn-yaar.livejournal.com]

wow.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I am still in shock...

[ilanala]

I'm not sure what it says that I guessed that easily. Too used to Japanese guys being excellent at crossdressing, I guess.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Now I have a morbid curiousity to see other Japanese idols in drag. Kame would make a pretty girl :)

[lydzi.livejournal.com]

It's just really really wrong that I guessed right so quickly :/.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Clearly I've had a sheltered life :)

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Also, icon!!!!!!!

OMG.

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

Eeeh. I think that, after I saw the Oguri Shun in drag photoshoot, they just got easy to spot. (You can usually tell by what you can see of the neck, arms and shoulders.)

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Oguri Shun photoshoot? Share and feed my morbid curiousity!

[grace-om.livejournal.com]

I'm not familiar with any of these actors, but I thought right away that it was really a guy. This is what happens when you live in San Francisco: you see a lot of gender-bending, among all races too.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I am really really bad at spotting that stuff. A guy would basically have to have stubble for me to notice it's a guy if he is wearing ladies' clothes :)

In the 2nd picture he looks like Won Bin O-O

[our-scars.livejournal.com]

And also, Kimura-san's drag pictures remind me a lot of a certain episode of Yukan club where Jin had to dress as a girl.

Re: In the 2nd picture he looks like Won Bin O-O

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Speaking of Won Bin, does he have anything new coming out in...ever? He hasn't been in anithing for ages!

[catdecember.livejournal.com]

i knew it was kimutaku. :)

but yeah, sometimes its hard to explain to others why now i've accepted this victor/victoria mode in Japan as...somewhat normal. LOL

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I find the crossdressing thing pretty odd.

[cocori.livejournal.com]

LMAO!!! I thought it was his wife Kudo Shizuka. I never realized how alike they looked till now. 0_o

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Marriage=selflove? :)

[kitsune714.livejournal.com]

I actually GUESSED that it might be Kimutaku before I clicked your mysterious cut! You should see the Oguri Shun photos that came out not too long ago.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I got linked to Shun's pics and whoa...scarily girl-like...

[miss-dian.livejournal.com]

LOL. LOL. OMG. rika_66 has had an icon of that pic for ages, and only now do I know who it is. OMG. I am in awe and shock :D

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Heeee. Crazy, isn't it?

[kittykatz.livejournal.com]

So pretty! And so unfair that he's prettier than 75% of women out there.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Unfair and disturbing :)

[kathputli-girl.livejournal.com]

Damn.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

:)

[timescout.livejournal.com]

Ah, I remember that one. He makes a very pretty lady, eh? ;)

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Heh.

[animeshon.livejournal.com]

OMG I love Japan! That's fantastic!

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

This pic is totally loltastic.

[akosikae.livejournal.com]

O M G

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Heeee.

[prettierdanpink.livejournal.com]

WOW! Takuya Kimura is prettier when she's a girl! Haha. And Oguri Shun too, yes. How I love Japanese entertainment :D

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

LOL...they definitely seem fixated on cross-dressing.