Article: January 24, 2006
Source: http://news.sina.com/sinchewdaily/306-000-...0912585113.htmlEven though Kimura's popularity seemed to be sliding in Asia, but his dramas, CD's have a certain sales volume. Recently SMAP has released the new single Triangle and the SMAP Sample Tour 2005 DVD and the market response was not bad. It easily reached the top 10 sales chart.
The most popular magazine Men's Non-No this year celebrates its 20th anniversary and invited him for an exclusive interview. It proves that he is still no. 1 in Japan.
Men's Non-No is very strict in their selection of celebrity for the cover page. For all these years, every year, they would feature Kimura twice. The most important one is January. He is bound to be on it. The next one is July or August. The other two musts for cover photo is Asano Tadanobu and Tsumabuki Satoshi. But these two could not displace Kimura yet. Every year having Kimura on the front cover establishes the fact that Kimura's present status and this 20th anniversary issue having him on the front cover also confirms his popularity. At the moment, his greatest rival should be Tsumabuki Satoshi but the latter is still young.
Relatively, Yutaka Takenouchi who started from the same period with him has successfully changed to a solid actor and refused to be only an idol. Takashi Sorimachi's popularity dropped ever since he got married. Kashiwabara Takashi's popularity dropped due this his legal problem. Kimura tried to change style but he could only remain as the top idol.
In the 90's to now, Kimura has been chosen as the most sexy jeanist. Fashionable as always, every spring or summer, he would be featured and there would be one photo of him being bare on the top. He is Levi's first Asian spokesman. So why does he like to wear jeans?
He believes that of all the clothes, jeans is the most special. That's the only garment that could be torn, stained, faded and still you could wear it. If such things happen to other garment, you wouldn't be able to wear it anymore.
When jeans are torn, dirtied, as long as it is not done on purpose, with time, they feel more comfortable. They could also bring you memories of what happened when you were wearing those jeans and it could bring a lot of happy memories.
Even though it could also bring painful memories, difficulties and negative things, it also marks every point of your life.
Another advantage is that it is the most basic piece in fashion for matching. Any generation, any time, no matter how fashion changes, jeans never change. It is always your best matching piece because as long as you wear jeans, no matter what you wear on the top half, you would look good.
In his mind, jeans represent living in reality. It allows you to be free, without restrictions. As for sexiness, it depends on the impression of the others.
As an artist who possesses eternal beauty, he believes that clothing is one thing that makes him happy in life. For him, to rush out and buy some unfashionable clothes for the sake of name brand, and then wear it at once, that is not the right concept of dressing.
When you buy the simple jean, T-shirt and sneakers, when you were purchasing them, you must feel very happy. Actually that is the new beginning of wearing clothes.
When you put them on and go out, you would enjoy the fun the clothes give you. When you are happy, your delighted mood would infect the mood of those around you. Without knowing, they would be influenced by your happiness. They would think that today you look especially good. Yet, next to them, it's only some normal plain looking jeans, T-shirt, but it is already very special.
Why does he look so good in them?
Kimura has a medium height and he shouldn't have much to make him look better, then why?
1. Face - he has a classic girl's face, a bit pointed and elegant looking. Relative to the body, his head is a bit smaller. Usually when people are smaller, it would make them look a bit taller.
2. Shoulders - Wide shoulders make men look more authoritative. His shoulders are narrower and his torso belongs to the slimmer type. Usually, narrow shoulder and slim physique type makes them look taller.
3. Legs - Exterior looks wise, he is gentle and feminine looking. His leg muscles are less and usually men has bigger pelvic bones and would look better in jeans. But he is special in this way. The lack of bigger pelvic bones makes his lower body look taller.
Apart from the above, usually thin people gives others the impression of youthfulness and clothes on them look easy going. That is his advantage.
Asian men do not have thick waist and huge hips. It is difficult for them to look good in jeans. Recently the trend for slimming has reversed the Asian male disadvantage.
Renowned jeans companies are now designing jeans just for Asian men to fit them properly. Kimura has changed the his weakness into a strength and that is the reason for his success in dressing.
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