2NR: Do you like any sports?HO: Baseball-but not in this country. In Japan I grew up with baseball so I know a lot of the players over there. I am a fan of Matsui, who plays for the Yankees. I watched his games so much in Japan and now he's in this country. I'm happy for him.
2NR: I guess a guy can take you to a baseball game.HO: Actually I take guys to baseball games. Boys in this country aren't interested in baseball. Everyone here in Miami is talking about the Heat.
2NR: What wouldn't you mind doing for the rest of your life?HO: Cooking? I guess you have to do that to live.
2NR: How do you like being a Playmate?HO: The first time I posed for Playboy was a year and a half ago, and I became a Playmate in June 2004. I love it. They treat everyone like family. They really take care of you.
2NR: Do you have to visit the mansion?HO: I don't have to, but if I want to, I can. All I have to do is tell them I'm coming, and they'll accommodate me.
2NR: Do you get noticed now?HO: Yeah, sometimes. All I can say is thank you for talking to me! I like that people know who I am and are brave enough to come up to me. I don't get that too much so I appreciate it.
2NR: Where can a person find you?HO: You can check my Web site for updates. But when I'm in Los Angeles I'm usually hanging out with my friends in Hermosa Beach. If I were to live [in California], I'd live there.
2NR: So if you could chose to live anywhere ...HO: It would be Los Angeles or Tokyo. It has to be a big city. I like New York but it gets too cold in the winter. I love snow but not that much.
2NR: Before you were a model what did you do?HO: I worked at American restaurants, like steakhouses or diners, in Japan to help me learn English. I was forced to study the language because the foreigners couldn't speak Japanese. I could have gone to school, but I preferred to make money while learning the language.
2NR: What would you have been if you had never modeled?HO: I would have been working for an advertising company making commercials. I actually wanted to do these things really bad. After I posed for Playboy I asked the photographer to give me a chance to be his producer. They noticed that I did well and so they still continue to hire me.
2NR: What model do you remember the most?HO: The first Playmate who comes to mind is Penelope Jimenez. You have to understand that I'm from a very conservative country. I thought she had such a beautiful body, and I wondered why she had to take her clothes off. Now I understand she didn't take her clothes of to do porn. She shot tasteful pictures that really showed off her gorgeous body. Being nude is an art.
2NR: What is the best part of your body; the part that needs the most improvement, and your home phone number?HO: My waist. My thighs.
2NR: And ...HO: And, I'm trying to get muscular. I want tone up. I still want to have curves.
2NR: Do you get to travel a lot?HO: Yeah. I got used to it. I hate unpacking the most. I have luggage from a shoot two weeks ago that's still sitting there.
2NR: You could just say you are prepared for the next trip. Speaking of npacking ... how did you feel taking off your clothes for the first time?HO: I was so nervous. I had never done anything like that before. I didn't know how to pose either. I pretended to know what I was doing but I blanked out.
2NR: Wow. Every man's dream: a beautiful, naked woman that you get to pose any way you want!HO: Yeah. All I really wanted to do that day was act cool. I didn't want the photographer to end up hating me. I am lucky I have a background in jazz dance. I'm really flexible and limber. I can do any pose they ask me to do.
2NR: Yet another shining point.HO: In the end the pictures came out really good.