IPPONGI Bang

Bang Ippongi (pseudonym p. 4.01.1965, Seattle, USA) - manga, actress, model, and one of the most well-known "party girl" the world of Japanese otaku.

Enrolling in the agricultural faculty of the University of Tamagawa, Bang began drawing dе?jinshi and soon became very famous in the otaku world - primarily because of her love for cosplay.

In the same 1982 Bang won the cosplay contest and attracted the attention of commercial publishers of manga. The first is her professional manga "The Diary of my youth on the campus" [Waga Seishun no Campus Nikki] (1982) attracted to her enough attention so that she could withdraw from the university and to devote himself to the world of mass culture.

Unlike most women, manga, Bang works in areas senen and seydzin, creating manga for boys, boys and young men. Promoting their work, she visits the forums otaku around the world, demonstrating their new costumes and hairstyles

. In addition to working on the manga, . in 1985, Bang start singing career, . and in 1988 - a film actress, . starring, . among other, . in an erotic video series "Uratsukidoji" (after a famous hentaynogo OAV-series "Kid-vagabond" [Urotsukidoji]), . as well as two full-length movie based on the manga series Go Naked "Unusual Mask" [Kekkou Kamen],
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In addition, Bang professionally rides on a motorcycle and has participated in motorcycle races. Several of its mangoes and videos devoted to motorcycles as well as the importance of observing traffic rules. Of her other hobbies is called tennis, swimming, karate and Hong Kong militants.

Bang Ippongi - typical, though somewhat extravagant example of transformation of otaku in business lady. Maintain their previous enthusiasm, she learned to make money on them, demonstrating the richness and diversity of the world of Japanese popular culture.