Category: Celebrities

Becky Omiai Tenkaippin Ramen

Miai (見合い, “matchmaking”, lit. “looking at one another”) or omiai (お見合い) is a Japanese traditional custom in which unattached individuals are introduced to each other to consider the possibility of marriage. “Miai” or “omiai” is sometimes translated as an “arranged marriage” in other languages.

Becky (ベッキー Bekkī, born March 6, 1984) is a Japanese television personality, or tarento, signed with the entertainment company Sun Music Productions. On television, she has also appeared in numerous commercials and has lent her voice to the characters of many anime shorts and movies.

天下一品（てんかいっぴん、英語名：Tenkaippin）は、ラーメンチェーン店またフランチャイズチェーン店の一つ。京都府京都市を発祥地とする。
“Tenkaippin is a ramen and ramen franchise chain. It has its beginnings in Kyoto.”

The origin of ramen is unclear. Some sources say it is of Chinese origin. Other sources say it was invented in Japan early 20th century.

Sean Lennon says “This is Saiko Chodo Ii Honda.”

Sean Taro Ono Lennon (Japanese name Tarō Ono (小野 太郎 Ono Tarō); born October 9, 1975) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, guitarist and actor of English, Japanese and Irish Descent.

A hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) is a type of hybrid vehicle and electric vehicle which combines a conventional internal combustion engine (ICE) propulsion system with an electric propulsion system.

In an interview in early February 2011, a Honda executive disclosed that Honda produces around 200,000 hybrids a year in Japan.

[Kyoto is] the imperial capital of Japan, it is now the capital of Kyoto Prefecture, as well as a major part of the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto metropolitan area.

Maiko (まいこ, マイコ) is a Japanese word for dancing girl and is an apprentice geisha.

A pulled rickshaw (or ricksha) is a mode of human-powered transport by which a runner draws a two-wheeled cart which seats one or two persons.

Sammy Davis, Jr. asks you to wait for Suntory White

Suntory was one of the first Asian companies to specifically employ American celebrities to market their product. One of the most notable is Sammy Davis, Jr., who appeared in a series of memorable Suntory commercials in the early 1970s.

Samuel George “Sammy” Davis, Jr. (December 8, 1925 – May 16, 1990) was an American entertainer. Primarily a dancer and singer, Davis was a childhood vaudevillian, and became known for his performances on Broadway and in Las Vegas, as a recording artist, television and film star, and the only black member of Frank Sinatra’s “Rat Pack”. In the 1970s, he appeared in commercials in Japan for Suntory whiskey.

A blended whisky (or whiskey) is the product of blending different types of whiskies.