Chieko working on her latest published cookbook, Pancake Cafe, 2012. You can also see her doing promotion for the book with Miki Fujimoto, formerly of Morning Musume and Hello! Project.
This isn’t strictly relevant to the blog, but because I’m an info junkie: Miki has been out of the entertainment business since she married (2009) and gave birth to her child (2012). She’s working in the food industry now, just like Chieko, which is why this is relevant. Miki’s opened four successful yakiniku restaurants since 2011.