Profile

• Nickname: Saorin
• Profession: Gravure idol (Japanese term: swimsuit/bikini model)
• Date of Birth: 9 August 1984
• Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
• Height: 162 cm (5 feet and 3.8 inches)
• Measurements: B80 W56 H81 cm (B31.5 W22.0 H31.9 inches)
• Talent Agency: Platica Inc.

History

• When Saori worked as a promotional model
  Promotional model
  A promotional model is a person hired to drive consumer demand for a product, service, brand, or concept by directly interacting with potential consumers. A promotional model can be female or male, and typically is intended to be attractive in physical appearance. They serve to provide information...
  
  , she was headhunted by Face Network Co., Ltd. and subsequently became an exclusive race queen
  Race queen
  is a Japanese term for a type of promotional model found as part of a pit crew in certain kinds of motor racing, such as F1 races. The equivalent British term is "Pit babe".-History:...
  
   of that company.
• During her one-year activities as a race queen, Saori was exceptionally promoted to a gravure idol by the manager of Face Network's show business
  Show business
  Show business, sometimes shortened to show biz, is a vernacular term for all aspects of entertainment. The word applies to all aspects of the entertainment industry from the business side to the creative element ....
  
   division, which is Platica Inc. of today.
• In April 2006, she debuted in a men's magazine. Soon afterward, she appears as a gravure idol in several magazines one after another.
• After January 2007, her DVD
  DVD
  A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
  
   releases again and again. Especially, 5th DVD "Lovely Flower♥" was additionally published, because the first edition had sold out very soon.
• Saori also appears on TV
  Television
  Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
  
   after 2007.
• In April 2008, she got to belong to Platica Inc. automatically through independence of the firm.

TV Programs

• Cream Nantoka (くりぃむナントカ), TV Asahi
  TV Asahi
  , also known as EX and , is a Japanese television network headquartered in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. The company writes its name in lower-case letters, tv asahi, in its logo and public-image materials. The company also owns All-Nippon News Network....
  
   2007
• Enta no Mikata! (エンタの味方!), TBS
  Tokyo Broadcasting System
  , TBS Holdings, Inc. or TBSHD, is a stockholding company in Tokyo, Japan. It is a parent company of a television network named and radio network named ....
  
   2007-08
• Gravure no Bishojo (グラビアの美少女), MONDO21 2008

DVDs

1. Saorin to Issho♥ - Nikkori Side - (さおりんといっしょ♥ ～にっこりサイド～), Sparkvision 2007
2. Saorin to Issho♥ - Shittori Side - (さおりんといっしょ♥ ～しっとりサイド～), Sparkvision 2007
3. Saorin LOVE♥ (さおりんLove♥), Take Shobo 2007
4. Daisuki♥ (大好きっ♥), GRADIA 2007
5. Lovely Flower♥, Shinyusha 2008
6. Tokimeki Love♥ (ときめきLove♥), Trico 2008

External links

• Platica Inc.
  • Official Profile: Saori Horii
• Saorin to Issho♥ - Official Blog with her photographs, since April 2008