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Best Jeanist: Koda Kumi & Kazuya Kamenashi

Submitted by Alafista on Tuesday, 2 September 2008One Comment

This year’s Best Jeanist award has been announced and for the third year in a row, Kumi Koda and Kazuya Kamenashi received the most votes in the public selection category.

The best jeanists for 2008:  From left, Kumi Koda (in the overalls category), 25, model Anne, 22, fashion designer Hiroko Koshino, 71, Olympic fencing silver medalist Yuki Ota, 22, and KAT-TUN singer Kazuya Kamenashi.

This is the 25th year this award is being given out. This is part of Tokyo Fashion Week which kicked off on Monday and runs through Sunday.

Source: JapanToday and Sankei Sports

Its nice to see that Koda Kumi’s popularity is back following her controversial statement. Anyway, her 41st single, “TABOO”, is set to be released October 8th, 2008.

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