Japanese women’s fashion magazines the place to see nude models

In an example of brilliantly timed PR, as the much-trumpeted AKB48 “general election” is having — with Atsuko Maeda for the last time — the women’s fashion magazine Anan features a very sexy, semi-nude shoot with Yuko Oshima on its front cover this issue.

This got us thinking. Forget the gravure idol magazines and weekly mags like Playboy. The really sexy photo shoots with famous models are actually these mainstream women’s fashion magazines!

Anan in particular has carved out a reputation for scoring deals with well-known stars to strip off in body-flaunting shoots.

Such occasions have the rare honor of being one of the rare times that Tadashi has found Haruna Kojima sexy.

Other major headline-grabbing issues include with the model Maomi Yuuki.

Here is the model Shiho demonstrating her goodies…

And the actress Ryoko Yonekura, before she appeared in Chicago on Broadway.

…and lastly, the actress Kazue Fukiishi and Korean model Youn-a.

Japanese girls like to read and look at semi-naked hot girls. Yes, perhaps more than men! Not in a pornographic way but in a way that shows off their bodies. This doesn’t mean we are all lesbians — alas! — but we do it out of admiration.