The tabloid weekly Friday has published a story about a pregnant woman in Japan who did papakatsu sugar dating, earning around ¥8 million in 10 months.
Eriko (a pseudonym) explained to the magazine that she and her older husband dated for 10 years and have been married now for seven. Now at age 36, she is finally pregnant with their first child.
"I work as an office lady, but I've actually been doing sugar dating [compensated dating with a sugar daddy] since before I got pregnant. The regular allowances I received were the main source of my income. So, while I was happy to be pregnant, I ...
The Devil wears . . . not much at all?
Ayaka Miyoshi turned up for the Japanese premiere of The Devil Wears Prada 2 wearing a revealing something.
The 29-year-old was dressed in a kind of suit with a black jacket, white shirt, and black tie, except that the shirt only came halfway down, with the result that she left much of her under-boob on show for all the world to see.
Miyoshi is not the bustiest of ladies, so the resulting bulge was quite modest, but there was no mistaking what was visible under the shirt. She seems to be channeling more Marlene Dietrich than Andy Sachs or Miranda ...
Nozomi Sasaki is celebrating 20 years in the industry with a new calendar out on June 9.
The Akita native was a favorite of the late 2000s. She made her debut in 2006 and established herself in gravure as well as acting roles. With her pure-looking face and waif-like body, she was one of the most eligible women in entertainment, and ultimately married comedian Ken Watabe in 2017. They have two kids together, though their marriage was rocked by scandal when Watabe's affair hit the headlines with lots of salacious detail about toilet sex in Roppongi. The scandal even inspired its own adult ...
Many gravure idols struggle to reinvent themselves when their modeling career starts to wan, but Rin Takahashi has demonstrated that you can do this with aplomb -- and completely transform your body at the same time!
The 35-year-old formerly curvy gradol has shifted careers by becoming a personal trainer, toning herself in the process into a muscular, athletic, and tanned beauty.
A recent before-and-after viral photo shared by Garen Takizawa really brings home the extent of her physical journey, which she herself announced at the start of 2026. She lost around 17 kilograms in two years by ...
Everyone wants to be the next Minami Tanaka. While there have been plenty of past examples of Japanese TV announcers (newsreaders) shifting into modeling, both fashion and gravure modeling, Tanaka pioneered a successful style of shifting her career into a whole other stratosphere by releasing a sexy photo book in her early thirties, and earning a strong fandom among both men and similarly aged women.
But Tanaka is now about to turn 40 and focused on her new career as an actor, so there's a gap in market for a newbie.
We've seen a clutch of ladies recently try to assume the mantle: Anna ...
The hugely popular model and actor Ayaka Miyoshi has revealed a whole new side to herself with a series of pictures that showcase what seems to be a permanent back tattoo.
The tattoo features a plant running alluringly down her back, culminating in a number on her lower spine. The image resembles a Chinese ink drawing and instantly draws attention to the sensual curve of Miyoshi's back. She displayed her ravishing new look in a photo shoot for Harper's Bazaar and Boucheron.
She posted the images on Instagram to her 2.6 million followers with a long message in English
As I go through life, ...
The former AKB48 idol Haruna Kojima has focused on fashion modeling and her own apparel brand since leaving the music group.
She has transformed herself into a savvy businesswomen by building a brand that puts her own popularity as a model at its center. Now aged 37, Kojiharu can claim business triumph with the sale this month of her apparel company heart relation for ¥3.5 billion ($22 million) to e-commerce company yutori.
She created heart relation in 2020 to run her (oddly named) brand Her lip to (which she founded in 2018) and Her lip to BEAUTY. She set to receive the payment in two ...
The top hostess Himeka has spoken out about her current feelings after winning a lawsuit in which a former male client had sought ¥38.5 million in damages from her.
"There were times when I was filled with despair," she said of her experience during the trial.
Himeka (also known as Himeka Nakamoto), who currently works at a club in Osaka and is famous for her high-earning hostess lifestyle, was sued by a former client in March last year.
Kakeru Kikuchi, the former CEO of a venture capital firm that went bankrupt, made various accusations of "romance and marriage fraud" on social media and ...
We all know that celebrities, especially female celebrities, often face abuse online. But does that extend to virtual celebrities like VTubers?
Virtual Entertainment, the operator of the VTuber agency VSPO!, updated its website on April 10, giving its response to defamation and other actions against its affiliated talent.
Just because the characters are virtual and so don't have "feelings," the copyright holders are not going to stand idly by while netizens defame their creations.
Regarding the character Nazuna Kaga (pictured), the agency announced, "We have identified the person who ...
Young entrepreneurs are always worthy of praise. Young female entrepreneurs perhaps especially so. But the response to Mizuho Ieiri has been more muted, particularly among male netizens.
The International Christian University student has just opened a luxury Korean BBQ restaurant in Shibuya, central Tokyo, using ¥60 million of her own money.
Aiming to become financially independent and retire early, the 24-year-old has spent six years at the prestigious college but has still not graduated because she was so busy working. Doing what? Well, she wasn't interning at an office (or, ...
