March 28th, 2007
Update
- Rob Maxwell
Where Are They Now?: The
Girls of PGSM
Of the six Sailor Senshi actresses, five remain active. Hama
Chisaki (浜千咲 - Sailor Mercury) became unemployed when her teen fashion
magazine job with 「melon」
went away with its cancellation. Not long afterward, her official website
announced she would be taking a break for both health reasons and to prepare
for college entrance exams. That was in February 2006. This, combined with a
lack of updates to her website, leads most people well familiar with the
Idol industry to believe she has retired. By now, Izumi Rika, her real name,
would be finishing her first year of college.
Sawai Miyuu (沢井美優 - Sailor Moon) is continuing to do the
occasional Idol video with 「Fresh : Re
: Fresh 」being her most recent. In between
videos, she has done a little acting work, including a role in a horror
movie, a part in a play, and voice work in the Black Cat anime and the
Fullmetal Alchemist movie. She has "graduated" from her job as a model for
the teen fashion magazine 「ラブベリー」(Love
Berry).
Kitagawa Keiko (北川景子 - Sailor
Mars) "graduated" from the teen fashion magazine 「SEVENTEEN (Japan)」 last
year. After PGSM, she began working in the movie industry, appearing in 7
movies, including her first starring role in 「Dear Friends」which come to
Japanese theaters this past February.
Azama "Mew" Myuu (安座間美優 -
Sailor Jupiter) continues to work in the fashion industry after winning the
38th non-no Modeling Grand Prix last year, which earned her a promotion to
「non-no」which is a college-aged fashion magazine, from 「SEVENTEEN (Japan)」from
which she retired at the end of last year.
Komatsu Ayaka (小松彩夏 - Sailor
Venus/Sailor V) continues her Idol work with the occasional Idol DVD or
photobook in between appearing in television shows. She has appeared in a
pair of Japanese The Fast and the Furious clone movies. Her latest
DVD was released this past January while her somewhat scandalous and most
recent Photobook 「Moon Doll」was released in February 2006.
Koike Rina (小池里奈 - Sailor
Luna), now 13 years old, is following in Ayaka's footsteps as both a TV star
and a blossoming Idol after a good Jr. Idol career. Beginning over the
winter, she has appeared in nearly 30 Idol magazine issues, including the
covers of the Jr. Idol magazine 「ピュアピュア」(Pure Pure) and the Idol magazine
「Chu→Boh」both released recently, ahead of the April debut of her
regular role on a new Japanese TV drama.
More detailed information,
including some of the covers they appeared on, is part of the new update to
the Genvid sub-site
Living
the Sailor Dream.
From Jay: Many thanks
to our good friend Rob Maxwell for this write-up!
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