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Freelance TV anchor Mao Kobayashi, 27, said goodbye to her "gravure idol" days on her official blog this week. She was on the cover of the latest Big Comic Spirits, with the foreword telling fans this would be her last time posing for such photos.
Kobayashi is engaged to kabuki actor Ebizo Ichikawa, 32.
On her blog, she thanked all her fans for sending her their best wishes and also thanked the Big Comic Spirits. “I have a lot of memories with Spirits during the past six years."
© Japan Today
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thepro
Ok
goatlover
bye-bye
hellhound
see you
nath
Sayonara.
nath
Jah neh.
3RENSHO
Reformed!
kyoken
Not presentable anymore.
goddog
I will send you a picture of me in my wet suit. Kabukiwetsuit
Sarge
Ciao!
blvtzpk
Ta-Ta!
telecasterplayer
She's got it backwards. She should pose now that she's thin and hot. Those earlier chubby pics.. nah.
Sarge
"Those earlier chubby pics"
Chubby? You mean voluptuous?
griff
look forward to the come-back, proceeding the divorce!
pathat
Mao Kobayashi bids farewell to pinup days
There's a pretty substantial permanent body of evidence for the interested to view for years to come.
ratpack
Toot a loo
The_True
don't let the door hit you in your way out!!
Makkun70
Let's hope she can create one last splash before she goes!!!
PepinGalarga
She's trying to clean up her image, but anyway she will most likely retire since married women in Japan are not supposed to have any sort of career.