BREAKING: Honoka Tsuji Is A Certified BALLER & The TRAGIC Case of Yu Sasamoto

Catch up on the most trending gossip that we had our eyes on in April

It’s hard not to go viral on X.

And Honoka Tsuji’s rant proved exactly that, who, quite unexpectedly, turned her X account into a confessional stage and walked away with over 7.1 million views.

Now it’s common for actresses to trend for all kinds of reasons. Teasers, controversies, comebacks. But this was different. This rant was about a basketball career that never came to fruition.

And Honoka didn’t hold back.

“Since I get asked about being a candidate for the Japanese national basketball team a lot, I’ll share my background!” she wrote.

“I was a candidate for the U-15 national team!” Whoa, that’s a revelation. We’re talking elite-level game here.

But what’s shocking is that she backed out of a flourishing career. “Even as a candidate, my name wasn’t actually listed… I actually had the federation remove my name from the records!”

It makes you wonder why, and she answered it herself, almost matter-of-factly: “Since I’m worried about being identified in this industry…”

As her confession stretched, it became less of a confession and more of a memory spilling out in real time.

“In middle school, I played the 4 or 5 position. I used to score 30 to 40 points per game!

Thirty to forty. Per game. Wonder why she never chose to turn PRO!

“Even though the opposing team was playing man-to-man defense, they’d stick two players on me.”

You can almost picture it, can’t you? She had that thing in her to compel an entire team to guard her.

Moreover, Honoka was so excited to spill the beans that she even listed the schools that came knocking, around 15 high schools, including some of the most competitive programs in the country. And yet, somewhere along that path… she had other things in mind

“In high school, I had too many injuries and got into trouble,” she admitted. “I realized that with my height, I couldn’t cut it as a center, so I switched to guard.”

And then, almost with a laugh, you can hear through the text:

“People around me would often say, ‘You were good in middle school, but your growth stopped in high school.’ Haha.”

Behind it, there’s something unmistakably nostalgic in her tone. Of a version of herself that peaked early, then faded out.

Honoka even went on to post several clips of her during an indoor practice. (see above)

Let me tell you, she was nailing every move in there. Alas, a lot of haters were proved wrong when she posted proof.

She’s still got it. Even now, there’s something sharp about the way she moves on the court. Enough to make fans pause and go, wait… she wasn’t exaggerating.

And I bet the fans must’ve had a hard time grasping it.

Because it’s not every day you discover that your favorite actress had an entirely different life waiting for her.

It still makes me wonder whether this was just a late-night rant from Honoka or a recollection of a career that could’ve been!

Former JAV actress Yu Sasamoto went on a rant earlier this week when quizzed by an X user. She responded: “If I had a choice, I wouldn't want to shoot adult videos either.”

Yu, who is now active in the glamour industry under the stage name “Seina Shiraki,” had a brief career while debuting with the SOD Group under the name “Yu Sasamoto,” famously claiming she had debuted without telling her fiancé at the time of her debut.

So what’s this noise all about? As our readers might remember, Yu was quite a stunner, and SOD had found some sort of an untapped gem in her, but she decided to take a hiatus abruptly, because she couldn’t handle the pressure of filming JAVs consistently and the turmoil she faced on social media, leading to her exit, never to make a comeback again.

She then switched to gravure and changed her name to Seina Shiraki. Now, she has finally revealed the reason she became an AV actress in the first place.

It turns out she was on the receiving end of a marriage scam. The person she was supposed to marry vanished at the very last minute, leaving her with a bill of 20 million yen. She thus felt that appearing in JAVs seemed like the only sensible option.

According to her account, not only did he leave her with a such a high amount, but he also sent her threatening texts after the incident.

Discovering the truth shook her to her core, leaving her at a loss for what to do, yet within just one year of becoming an AV actress, she cleared it all and even went on to accumulate assets worth over 100 million yen.

That’s why she made that comment in the first place, citing that she didn't have better options at her disposal back then.

For Yu, to get rid of the fear of falling behind, it felt like the only sane thing to do back then.

After revealing the reason she entered the AV industry, the current “gravure idol” received over 30 million views but also saw countless comments tearing her to shreds.

Her reaction was simply nonchalant, “Since the backlash actually gained me some fans, I guess I’m lucky.”

Seeing her react this way might come off as strange to a few fans, but I don’t think Yu is trying to be provocative. Having finally moved on from that situation after being duped in a failed marriage, she likely doesn’t take the insults to heart.

If you ask me what I think of the whole situation? First, I believe she will continue doing gravure works and won’t go back to being Yu Sasamoto. After all, I don't think there is a need for that anymore, and now that she’s accumulated a fortune of over 100 million yen. Gravure shoots aren’t the same as JAVs, so yes, I think she’ll stick to that.

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