Japan's hottest star, Noriko Fuijiwara drops into town, along with director Stanlet Tong and co-actors Wang Lee-hom and Ruby Lin, for the gala premiere of their new movie "China Strike Force". After the premiere, our reporter followed Leehom & gang to Fullerton Hotel and also because of some acquaintance with Leehom, this lucky reporter had the chance to share the dinner table with Noriko Fuijiwara.
Noriko was very friendly and had no airs even though she is a famous celebrity, not a mention a tall one too. My chat with Noriko was a very enjoyable one, thanks to the people in her entourage who helped in the translations. Noriko had bunned up her hair elegantly for the gala permiere but after the premiere, during the post-premiere dinner, Noriko "changed" and wore a new blonde wig. Though the short fringe covered her self-thought most sexy part, her M-shaped hairline, the wig brought out another pretty side of her. Together with the makeup she has adorned earlier, she looked exactly like a cute Barbie princess! Though none was mentioned about the change of hairstyle, we could see her thoughtfulness as an artiste.
All excited about her homeland
During the dinner, the conversation was split between 2. Though Noriko was sat at the side with the rest of the japanese crew, she was obivously more indulged with the other side, frequently say, "Nani, nani" (what), when she fails to understand some parts of the chat. There was also a part when she realised that one of the singapore translater has been to her homeland, she got so excited and could not stop talking about it. She lamented that the busy work shedule has kept her in Tokyo. However she would be returning home for the Christmas and to welcome the year 2001.
Leehom has been secretly training all these while, preparing to release a new album in Japan, early next year. Leehom took opportunity of the filming to learn japanese from Noriko and can now converse simply in japanese. Leehom also learnt from his teacher(Noriko) that his japanese name is Oriki Hiroshi (Wang-Lee Hom). Hence, he has earned the nickname of Riki Hiro from Noriko and in return, he calls Noriko, Nori.
Leehom is lecherous?
Leehom revealed that he actually had another colleage who taught him japanese his recording company. However this "teacher" only taught him how to chase girls. As a result, Leehom mumbled some words he learnt to Noriko, which made her blush and scolded, "Sukebe! Riki Hiro Sukebe"(lecherous)