late again. work really busy this week.
i looked up starmaker.jp in the Wayback Machine. alas its first usable capture isn't until August 13, 2006, almost two years after i walked by and photographed this ad. (before then the site only displays a "get Flash"-type button.)
no sign of the oranges on the 2006 website, but it does have a charming mission statement up top:
and also an absolutely dashing staff of photographers on call to ensure you look like the star you are.
tag yrself, i'm βοΈ Maruyama
starmaker.jp is still up but it seems like they dropped the takin' pics of you in a cafe concept at some point and are a more straightforward photo studio now:



