Miwa Higashimori rides online notoriety to launch gravure fame
November 21, 2015
/ Tadashi Anahori
We are suckers for people being famous for no reason -- especially if they are hot girls and make the most out of it.
Born in 1991, Miwa Higashimori achieved minor online notoriety in 2014 during what is called a hoso-jiko or "broadcast accident."
NHK was doing a live broadcast of Omotesando in the heart of Tokyo in May 2014 after Tokyo was hit by an earthquake.
She happened to be caught on camera, walking around drunk in the afternoon and sharing a smoke with some admiring men on the street at the main intersection.
Higashimori was actually a model and C-list tarento, but she then ...