Kano sisters

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Kyoko Kano (叶 恭子, Kanō Kyōko^?, born 7 October 1962 in Osaka) and Mika Kano (叶 美香, Kanō Mika^?, born 23 September 1967 in Saijō, Ehime), known collectively as the Kano sisters (叶姉妹, Kanō shimai^?), are Japanese celebrities. They claim to be half-sisters with different mothers. There is also a 3rd "sister" named Harue who initially made appearances with the two and then disappeared, but is now intermittently appearing with them. The lack of resemblance between them as well as their refusal to answer any questions about their age (even their reported ages are speculation) or past fuels speculation the three are not sisters at all, but just another group of tarento with a carefully crafted gimmick.^{[citation needed]}

They are both regulars on Japanese TV. Their main claim to fame is their outrageous sense of style, involving highly revealing clothes; for Japanese women, they each have larger-than-average-sized bustlines.

Apart from frequent television appearances, they appear in photographic books. They are frequently invited to movie premieres. Within Japan it is rumored that before becoming celebrities, they were high priced call girls for the jet set level and that both have been romatically involved with Donald Trump, who reportedly heavily contributed towards financing their lavish lifestyles.^{[citation needed]} In August, 2005, it was reported that both sisters sued Japanese actress Miri Okada for slander and defamation based on Okada's claim that the two sisters had unsuccessfully tried to seduce Okada's husband, Norio Yanaginuma.^[1]

[edit] Trivia

• Mika gave 1 million yen (approximately $10,000 at the time) of her own money to the relief fund in the wake of the Hanshin Earthquake of 1995.

[edit] External links

• Kanō sisters at Japan Zone.

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