Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2011

Aesthetic salon TBC has signed up AKB48 singers Atsuko Maeda, 20, Yuko Oshima, 22, and South Korean actor Jang Geun-suk, 24, for its fall TV commercial campaign. The trio attended a recent promotional event at the Conrad Hotel. The new ad campaign is titled “Open your beauty” and is aimed at men and women who want to let their inner beauty out and be “cool.” The campaign will consist of billboards in 200 locations in seven cities, posters at JR stations and TV commercials, which will air from September 7.