Saeko has been slowly but surely transforming herself from a model and tarento famous for being famous (a status mostly created by marrying and divorcing the baseball pitcher Yu Darvish, just after he signed a $60 million deal with the Texas Rangers in 2012). Part of this was stripping off (in part, at least) and then also inheriting Haruna Kojima's role as the main brand model for Peach John, one of Japan's great lingerie lines. In the latest catalogue, Saeko is supposed to be a ballerina, showing off her perfectly formed, slinky body (remember, she's had TWO kids with Yu Darvish) to ...

Bad news for Kojiharu fans. Peach John's "new muse" is no longer AKB48's Haruna Kojima but the model and tarento Saeko. We're not sure if Haruna's contract has completely finished or if this is just a temporary campaign, but Saeko has replaced her as the lingerie brand's lead model. Saeko is famous for being famous, and for having a famous husband. Her former husband, Yu Darvish, is one of the best known baseball players in Japan, though he clearly doesn't like to use contraception. He has subsequently announced he is getting married again -- this time to a female wrestler! ...

Saeko. The cute little minx was famous for being famous a while back. Then she was famous being a famous baseball player's wife. Then she was famous for divorcing the famous baseball player. Then she was just famous. Kind of. Now she is reinventing herself. She has just released a "semi-nude" sexy photo book this month, Episode 1, which comes after Saeko Snap! last year. Both feature a lot of flesh, confirming our suspicions that Saeko is not just a gold-digging ditzy tarento who may or may not have had plastic surgery. She married Yu Darvish in 2007; it was of course a shotgun ...