Talent Tejima Yu came clean about her real age on TBS variety program �Sunday Japon� on July 29th. She's been reporting her age as 27 when she is actually 29 and will be turning 30 on August 27th. She apologized on the program saying, �I�m extremely sorry.�

She also revealed the reason for her misrepresenting her age. She was told by her management agency at that time that a gravure idol will only be popular if she�s in her teens. She was 21 at the time, so on her own accord, she asked to have her reported age reduced� by 2 years and had her gravure debut at a reported age of 19.

After the broadcast Tejima posted an entry on her blog that reads, �Viewers of Sunday Japon, thank you very much. I came out � you must have been surprised. Sorry for giving everyone a shock . Starting afresh, I will work hard from here on so please support me!�

Source: Nikkan Sports + Tejima Yu's blog

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