Haruna Kojima is now 36 years old, rich, and still hot as hell

When we look back to those first generations of AKB48 in the late 2000s, it almost seems like carefree halcyon days when the nastiness of Japan’s idol industry — which we all knew was there — was not the dominant talking point in the discourse, and everywhere we went we saw ads featuring the young ladies from the Akihabara supergroup.

Most of the members are now long gone from our lives, both those from the first “generation” and subsequent ones, with perhaps just a couple — Atsuko Maeda and Yuko Oshima — succeeding at establishing real acting careers.

We always had a soft spot for slinky Haruna Kojima (Kojiharu), who has stuck to modeling and fashion endeavors since graduating AKB (quite late) in 2017, when she was already on the cusp of her thirties and her cohort had mostly left the group.

She has particularly made a mark in lingerie modeling but also continues to do gravure, including a very welcome return last spring.

Kojiharu has demonstrated yet again that she still very much has it — and the body to prove it, even at 36.

Her recent video and pics showing off what she looks like in her own lingerie set the interwebs on fire.

But jukujo Kojima isn’t just still doing lingerie modeling, she’s also a successful entrepreneur.

While fellow AKB48 alum Mariko Shinoda’s apparel venture lost a lot of money, with all the shops closing (she has since launched a skincare line), Kojima’s Her Lip To has gone from strength to strength in the years since she started it.

She recently sold 51% of the shares in her company to apparel e-commerce giant for a vast sum.

So she’s rich, successful, and hot. Even better, she’s still unmarried (though there are rumors of a lover, a businessman called Taku Miyamoto).