Minami Narusawa aka Minami Rin (成沢みなみ aka みなみ鈴)

[bluntman900]

Dude I hope she doesnt retire after this vid.

 

[Volcan]

How old is she again?

 

[LoveSheep69]

18
I saw some post with
AKB48 if memory serves me correct before all of her content got deleted at ameblo.

what is AKB48?

 

[xater]

On top of my mind... there was a video with all the girls from her agency, actually, several videos in youtube, it was kinda a talent show, Minami sang a couple of songs with a guitar and then even "girlfriend" while wearing a cosplay schoolgirl suit, videos are gone now.

And I've seen one pic of her with Rina Ichinose, guess it should be posted already in this thread...

I think that is all, although someone might have more in their event collections...

 

[kreits]

Yes she survived. Every person I know (or have seen) survived that thing.

Well, I doubt she has gone to AV yet. YET.
And mmm... her agency does still post pictures of her, and Sugisaki hasn't mentioned a single thing of Minami retiring. It's also not been more than 4 months since her last info. -_- She could have taken a break, who knows... it has happened.
You seriously surprise me with your pesimism, sincerely.:exhausted: Let's stop assuming things.

 

[kreits]

So, as of last month, they're selling an image CD of her. Mmm?



Personally, (besides the CDs) I haven't heard anything of her in a few months. Like literally nothing. xD

 

[LoveSheep69]

Maybe Minami got hurt during the quake and is healing up?

Oh and I wasn't trying to be pessimistic. I just have had friends and family die so I understand life is all to fragile.

 

[LoveSheep69]

The name change game, is it common for Idols to do that? I know of the Miri Sendo and Miyabi Isshiki example. If Minami Narusawa is changing her name then she might be changing career path as well. Does breez promotions hold the trademark/copyright on Minami Narusawa's name? Is she forced to change her name to sever her relations with breez?

 

[kreits]

The name change game, is it common for Idols to do that? I know of the Miri Sendo and Miyabi Isshiki example. If Minami Narusawa is changing her name then she might be changing career path as well. Does breez promotions hold the trademark/copyright on Minami Narusawa's name? Is she forced to change her name to sever her relations with breez?

Well... I know idols that don't change it and I know idols that change it. I don't really think it's a "copyright" thing here. =P Nope. But rather a thing of privacy/anonimacy. That's the usual reason that I know of. But yes... that's the reason they change name anyway, because they jump to actual porn.

But Minami here is starting to strange me. It's either a change of identity or something darker. Like Xater said... Shige deleted everything from her, and I don't see a reason. Along with her blog being disabled for so long.

 

[xater]

Well, it might be an offshot, but maybe she is really born on 1995.07.20,(the original date in her First Impact cover) maybe her parents were/are living in a different country and her sister signed her papers and then they faked her age to get better job offers (like Takeshobo and Spice Visual) but then her parents returned and threaten to sue everyone (saying her sister was not her legal guardian and the fake age thing) and everyone got scared and started removing her stuff...

Pure speculation but beats some Yakuza showing up at Shige's place and forcing him to take Minami-chan's pics down…

 

[kreits]

XD Well... can't be sure. =P But she seriously doesn't look 16 to me. So I think there might be other explanations. ...Explanations which I can't think of. xD I'm clueless though, but neither seems convincing to me.

It might be an idea to email Shige though... because this is getting strange. Let's hope she doesn't appear next day saying she was on vacation.

EDIT: Did some research and it looks like it was her sister that got her the chance to get into the Idol thing. How curious. =P

EDIT 2: Off topic but breez does it again. xD Tomesai Amamiya... O_O

 

[Night1ord]

you mean 雨宮留菜?
most likely her name is pronounced "Luna"

 

[kreits]

you mean 雨宮留菜?
most likely her name is pronounced "Luna"

Yep her. And no. =P You can't write Luna like that. Not even supposed to be pronounced.

 

[Ishikawa]

Your lack on knowledge in Japanese is amusing… Best to think before you speak.

 

[kreits]

Rarely any foreign names have kanji and Luna is not one of them. Tomesai is that kanji. If it's a real name or not is up to the parents.
Forget it though... This isn't the place for pointless discussions I think. =O

 

[desioner]

It's not pointless discussion if we are correcting your misinformation…

 

[Night1ord]

Without any news from Minami there is little keeping the thread alive.

You can't write Luna like that. Not even supposed to be pronounced

留菜 would be a perfect ateji for Luna/Runa,
留 can be pronounced Ryuu, To, Tome, Todo or Ru in normal writing
菜 can be pronounced Sai and Na.

Anyway in http://c10029847.circle.ms/oc/CircleProfile.aspx they show the furigana of 雨宮留菜 as アメミヤルナ (amemiya runa/luna)
Since she self-produced her last DVD, it may be just that she left her agency in very bad terms. She wanted to be more independent and her agency was against it, or they were directing her into more adult work and she (or her family) did not like the prospects. In any case she made somebody mad and got blocked as much as possible, no more profile, photos, advertisement and probably no more printing of any past DVD.

If she still wanted some modeling work it may be a big problem, but if she is aiming for a quiet retirement from gravure then the situation is better for her.

And on a quick googling:
藤田留奈（Fujita Luna）
http://ameblo.jp/eeho/entry-10916990784.html
弓川留奈（Yumikawa Luna)
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BC%93%E5%B7%9D%E7%95%99%E5A5%88

Aparently 留奈 is one of the most popular ways to write the name Luna in japanese.

 

[xater]

Doubt her agency has much power to ban her from the business, they're a tiny office, and her self produced video looked as if it was made by them, she might show up again... someday... in a couple of years, maybe.., still think it might be the age thing she didn't look 16? How come? She's got huge H cups but the rest of her body looked underdeveloped.... :scared:

 

[LoveSheep69]

"I keep getting the idea that she wants to change her identity. Many reasons possible..."

O.K. so she changes her stage name...What usually happens statistically when an Idol does that? The reason I ask this is because I know of so few examples of it happening. So basically I am trying to get your best geuss about her next career move.

 

[xater]

Rina retired more or less at the same time the self produced DVD was announced... anyone remember that at the end, Minami's blog became private? Maybe she did announce her retirement after all...:notagain: