Yeh, they chose bad pics to compare. Tons of make up and everything that makes you look better... I just found it interesting to discuss a little :)

It is, I wonder like, what if every celebrity on the face of the planet had something done, would people care? Would it be like front page news?

I mean like, is there a taboo against getting plastic surgery in todays world? Maybe it's just that, I live in california, and well, I know at least 5 people who've all had at least three things done, on top of spending tons of munny at spas, on fake tanning and all that, I think it's stupid, but then, I never really had a problem with myself, I wonder how it is for people who do.

I saw that video not long ago. What I can say is...

Before and after photos like those can't tell anything. Okay, for some, it's a bit obvious. For others, I don't even see what changed. They took the wrong pictures to compare. If the person who did the video want to be accurate, at least take 2 pictures that are candids. How can you compare a normal picture and a magazine picture?

Besides, if they did or not have surgery, it's not a big deal.

As for Koda, it's impossible she got a boob job. I don't believe that.

^exactly. You take a picture where it's obvious that the model/actor/singer was going for the big eyed look and a picture where they're smiling wildly--they're not going to be the same. And also there are various ways to make your breasts look larger without surgery.

I even doubt about the validity about saying that Maki Goto had a boobjob, because she debuted at age 13, and they do grow well after that. And even then, some women put on weight into their breast well after puberty.

I mean, in some it's obvious that a haircut, nicely done makeup, and some loss of weight will have an effect. Koda Kumi does not look perfect in lives, neither does Ayu, Hikki, Ai, etc. You can't use magazine pics because they've been heavily photoshopped.

I think we're all mature enough to accept that yes the majority of our favorite Japanese musicians/actors have had surgery. It doesn't affect the quality of their work, guys. It just means they want to put their best faces forward (literally). Honestly, the proof in these pictures (and numerous before/after pictures not posted here) is quite compelling. Obviously no one is going to publicly admit to having plastic surgery or deny it, but I think those kinds of surgeries are incredibly common in Asia anyway (especially eyelid lift; hell, my own parents want me to do that).

As almost everyone has already said, aging and the fact that a professional photo shoot is drastically different from a younger candid are obviously going to affect the picture immensely. The Ayu pic on the right was distorted and weird anyways. And I'm sick of this everyone copying everyone else bull**** (i.e. Madonna being copied by Ayu). It's almost as moronic as the whole Jolin copying Ayu topics were.

0:02 ugh...???
0:11 not a big change I must say - it's just make-up, light, no glasses and a good haircut with contacts :P
0:20 this all is just contacts and photoshop :yes she actually don't really look that different if you watch carefully
0:27 horrible! O_o
0:35 I guess Hitomi just had the eyes done or it may be those special lenses again Japanese love to wear..? anyway, she hasn't changed a thing, it's just a stylist that made her a little bit better :D
0:51 oh, yes, Kuu had to sacrifice smth to become prettier...I think she got on diet, got a good make-up and stylist, and corrected the face a little bit...or maybe not a little bit...
1:01 oh, she made eyes and nose and lost some kilos!
1:15 I think actually Hikki hasn't changed anything! I belive it's just again the work of stylist, which gave her a NORMAL haircut and...eyebrows :D the other thing is just make-up, belive me :yes
1:35 that's was a good operation!
1:40 good work on nose ;)
1:59 was there any suregry?nope, just a new haircut you see...and corrected nose
2:04 that's just the eyes which are new
2:20 poor hiro...I think even her new eyes and nose didn't make her beaut
2:29 that looks like Kumi's case...
2:37 again...nose...eyes...
2:45 Ai? nope, I think she's as innocent as an angel
2:54 noseeeeee...and eyes
3:02 another Kumi's case to add!
3:10 she had a good surgeon, didn't she?
3:18 OHO! these ppl are completely different! O_o
3:26 .?.....?....ehhhhhhh
3:34 mgeee :P
3:42 oh whyyyyyyyyyy???? dammit, I knew ideal men are fairytales! :laugh
3:50 I disagree...the experession on the left ruins everything...I have better pics of Ayu in her teens where she looks exactly as now...and right one eyes are OVERPHOTOSHOPPED OMG!
4:08 I disagree...Mika stayed herself imo...even her eyes
4:23 beautiful eyes...too bad not real!
4:32 I think the boy just got a new nose and nothing more
4:42 it's just how a haircut doesn't suit...
5:06 she's innocent
5:28 I think it's lenses or photoshop but except the eyes everything else is quite natural
5:36 I think Namie just had her teeth done and nose but everything else is in it's place :yes

Same feelings. The comparison images are misleading because photoshop and make up are known to make a world of difference.

wooow O.o most of them=> BIG EYES O_O

why do some people compare Ayu pics (present) with the last 3 or 4 year pics? our faces also change. They might think I've done surgery if they compare my pics (present) with the last 1 or 2 or 3 or whatsoever . . :D
I think korean also have done a lot of surgeries especially their eyes cos many asian have narrow eye including me . .

I still didn't see a cutting proof to anything and if I don't see it, I don't assume.

I HONESTLY doubt koda kumi did plastic surgery. Her high school photo or make up one looks very similar to her album picture imo( I LEARNED THIS =D) this is comparing face wise at least. I don't think Ai Otsuka did either, the proof I saw was a high school photo of her and she didn't look taht different, just squintier but that might be due to her HUGH smile XD. For Ayu I think she did do it but thats ok she wasn't ugly before =)!

I think she's wearing a great Bra..nothing else

^why don't they compare it instead to the picture above? Her boobs are the same. If they were fake, the doctor did a horrible job.


Honestly...the ONE thing I hate about before pictures in Japan, is that they're always stupid school pictures.

With rules in schools being the way they are...I mean come on. No make up. No nice hair.

They're usually fatter. Not to mention that they're younger, and therefore still growing.

oh~ c'mon guys/girls...

you must believe about "THE POWER OF MAKE UP!"
japanese make up compact it so great turning ur "simple" face into super duper damn cool face...>_<
about ayu eyes...no doubt she's using special makeup eyes...like eye glue..( i don't know what the make up type name...^^)

Didn't Koda Kumi open up about getting plastic surgery?


Anyway if she did get a boob job it was a decent one. From what I've seen those things bounce and move like real breast.

^xDDDDD

I don´t think that Koda has that great body to begin with, she´s just average imo

Ayumi has a very nice body, even if she´s slim and all, but she´s got a wonderful shape on it, and so does Namie.

I agree with all the comments here, most of them didn´t do anything to themselves except fixing their teeth.

But I think that, for Avex and all the record companies:

Isn´t it easier to find a pretty girl to begin with? Why would they spend all the money to make a makeover on random looking girls/ugly girls, risking themselves to lose the money if they don´t have success? It´s stupid, and if you see Ayu and Koda at the beginning of their careers, they were not as different as the "before" pics (also because their style was not as developed). And undergoing surgery after you are popular and well-known is stupid, cause I mean, the chances to get discovered and ruin their images are great. I think that apart from the teeth, the rest is natural.

And the few makeup less pics of Ayu (miss understood tour pamphlet I think), she looks quite similar to her younger self, just that, well, older xD

Too true! I always see pics of J-stars when they're kids and people pointing the finger and saying, "SEE!!! PLASTIC SURGERY!" It's very annoying :rolleyes And to be honest, they don't look too drastically different anyway, if you smacked some make up on those old photos, fixed their hair and photoshop them a bit, you get what we have now lol.

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wait this is from 2008 *runs*

I seriously thought she did too.

When I first came to the forum...everyone talked about it like it was common knowledge and accepted. Now I'm not so sure.