<h3>Gravure was meant to be a sideline.</h3>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> I shot a scene in a real high-class club in Ginza, where I wore a dress and served customers. It was a glamorous world I had never been to before.</span></p>
<p>Kei Fubuki, who plays a club hostess in the movie &#8220;Welcome to Le Jardin,&#8221; debuted in Gravure in 2021, and has been active since then, making her presence felt in a variety of media, movies, and TV dramas.</p>
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<p>In the October 18 issue of FRIDAY, she is featured in a &#8220;cover story&#8221; that challenges the limits of sexiness, and her disclosure of her background as a &#8220;former CA&#8221; is also attracting a great deal of attention. We asked her to look back on the time when she was doing gravure without telling her family as well as her company.</p>
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<p><span class="strongInContent"> I moved to Tokyo when I was 20 and worked as a CA for three years until I was 23. But soon after I joined the company, I had a COVID-19 crisis, which is not really good, but I was working part-time as a wedding dress model. At that time, I was asked, &#8216;How about gravure or something?&#8217; I started because I wanted to be like Eiko Koike,&#8221; she said.</span></p>
<p>Although she started gravure with a light heart, she was inundated with offers immediately after her debut. She appeared in a variety of magazines, and her gravure activities became known to the company.</p>
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<p>Digital photo collection vol. 1 is <a href="https://amzn.to/3UkImcb">here.</a></p>
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<h3>I still appreciate it.&#8221;</h3>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> The day before boarding, I suddenly received an e-mail telling me that I had been reassigned to ground duty. I usually tell my friends who know I do gravure that &#8216;they probably know,&#8217; and I was pretty sure the company knew.</span></p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> I thought I would be fired right away, but they thought about it and told me, &#8216;You can either continue your entertainment career or quit and continue working at CA. I was told to choose one or the other. I am still grateful to the airline for the three years I spent there, as it helped shape my personality to what I am today. On the day I went to return my uniform after I decided to resign, I was told, &#8220;I know you have a lot of hard work ahead of you, but do your best. You can come back anytime.</span></p>
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<p>Ms. Fubuki had a dream as a CA. That was to become an instructor to train CAs. She says she had a strong yearning to see the backs of her instructors, who were both strict and kind.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> The instructor who trained me was a very scary person,&#8221; she said. But when I decided to quit CA, he said, &#8216;I&#8217;m proud of you, so sign me up. He said, &#8216;I&#8217;m really proud of you, so sign me up. The airline was really nice to me.</span></p>
<p>On the other hand, reporting to her family was not a simple matter: she had to keep her activities as a gravure idol while working as a CA a secret from them as well&#8230;</p>
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<p><a href="https://friday.kodansha.co.jp/article/395311"> Continue to Part 2&#8230;</a></p>
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