She eventually moved abroad and made a career – away from the Japanese spotlight – in beauty, high jewelry and exclusive F&B concepts.

Their main claim to fame is their outrageous sense of style, involving highly revealing clothes, flashy jewelry, and jet-set travel.

[1] Apart from frequent television appearances, they market a series of exercise videos, erotic calendars, collectible fashion cards[3] and coffee-table pictorials, featuring the two mostly naked.

[citation needed] Self-described "lifestyle consultants", Japanese women pay to attend Kano seminars to hear their advice on topics such as relationships and makeup.

[6] On 3 April 2006, the Kano sisters published a collection of nude artistic photographs in a book entitled Sweet Goddess.

The book included full color photographs of her posing with younger sister and discusses Kano's background and philosophy on life, love, men, money and sex.

'"[12] In April 2000, author Shigeru Sato published an unauthorized biography of Kyoko Kano in which he depicted her lifestyle from the viewpoint of a pet cat.

In handing down the ruling, Presiding Judge Yoshihiro Katayama said that Sato used "blunt and excessive" expression in portraying Kano.

[16] Following the incident, on 11 January 2008, Kyoko Kano filed a defamation lawsuit in compensatory damages against weekly news magazine Shukan Shincho in the Tokyo District Court.

The plaintiff insisted that it was the father who persistently asked for money, commenting that "such erroneous reporting could damage her reputation.