The gravure model Mirai Nishijima, known for her slinky body, recently posted a picture of herself enjoying a wash at a hot spring. Netizens with keen eyes, though, were able to spot something that she presumably thought was tastefully hidden: her left nipple, poking proud through the soap suds and asking for attention.
It's attention we would be happy to provide!
Nishijima has since deleted the tweets (no doubt at the behest of her management), which actually showed pictures from a few years ago. Still, she shouldn't feel too bad. It could have been much worse, as the model Asana Miyamoto ...
Is there anything more attractive than a smart, older woman?
Born in 1984, Yukari Oshima (大島由香里) is a former Fuji TV announcer who is now a freelance presenter. Adding some more to her résumé, she is now making a late transition into gravure with this semi-nude shoot that shows off her beautiful, kissable back in particular.
Here are some factoids about Yukari that may or may not make her even more attractive: she's 36 (a ripe jukujo!), divorced, and a mother.
This is, as far as we know, her first proper gravure-style shoot.
The most successful recent example ...
A Japanese TV show asked a man what he thought about gravure photo shoots. Nothing strange about this, perhaps, but the details are more unusual.
This man may look like a regular white-collar worker but his younger sisters are anything but: they are gravure idols and he was shown images from their provocative shoots.
The ladies in question are Tomoe Yamanaka (山中知恵) and Mayumi Yamanaka (山中真由美).
The brother laughs uncomfortably. "Yeah, I have mixed feelings about that."
To our shame, we did not know that Tomoe Yamanaka and Mayumi Yamanaka were sisters, though now ...
Former AKB48 idol Natsumi Hirajima is well known and adored for her curvy body, which she has shown off to the world on many occasions.
In her latest provocative tactic, Natsumi (Nacchan) has demonstrated a range of different bras on her new YouTube channel.
In the nearly 16-minute video, Nacchan describes the experience of wearing the various bras, along with showing us how she looks in them. Don't be shy about skipping ahead to the juicy parts.
At the time of writing, the video has almost 30,000 views after just a couple of days.
With large parts of the idol and ...
At the end of last year, we reported on a nude photo book by Aya Hazuki. Though nominally naked, Hazuki stopped short of actual nudity by carefully posed dressing gowns and tape.
Aya Hazuki is not to be confused with Tsubasa Hazuki (葉月つばさ), who has a similar name but is younger.
The other Hazuki has taken things further with her latest shoot, where we finally get to see what she's been keeping under wraps (to be fair, at times barely) throughout her photo shoots so far.
While her generous bust remains hidden, the slinky 22-year-old's cute butt is on fully display. We prefer a bit ...
Sara Kamiki (神木サラ) is still only 20 years old but has already dropped her robe for a nude shoot, even though her first official gravure shoot was only published in June this year.
While some gradols wait a while before taking the plunge, sometimes only resorting to it when other options dry up, Kamiki has no such qualms -- even stripping off for her debut gravure shoot in the magazine Flash.
She has posed for an explosive (as in bakunyu "explosive breasts") nude photo shoot where she shows off her incredible breasts and nipples (an I cup, apparently!) and curvy ...
The latest minor celebrity to make the crossover to porn is Riri Nanatsumori (七ツ森りり), who previously worked under the name Reika Matsumoto (松本鈴香).
Born in 1995 and blessed with an F-cup bust, Riri Nanatsumori is half-Japanese, half-Filipino. Along with the relatively recent porn debut of Japanese-Portuguese performer Karen Ishida, there is growing demand for so-called "haafu" AV idols.
She built up a career as Reika Matsumoto initially as a model for the magazine CHOKi CHOKi and as a host of a music TV show.
She changed her professional name in July when she switched to ...
It's the battle of the universities! Waseda versus Keio: which student is hotter?
We previously wrote about the porn debut of a Waseda University student.
That same student, Mao Watanabe (渡辺まお), has now teamed up with Saiko Yatsuhashi (八ツ橋さい子), a graduated of Keio, for a nude photo shoot that is a clever take on the traditional rivalry between the two colleges, the top private universities in Tokyo. Not only is this a full-frontal "hair nude," it also has some serious lesbian tones.
Saiko Yatsuhashi is 27 years old and already an experienced JAV performer with multiple ...
Call us morbid, but we have a strange fascination with the afterlives of gravure idols.
This is a competitive, cruel industry, one where young women are discarded after two or three years. From gracing the covers of the weekly tabloids like Spa! and, if you're lucky, releasing digital or print photo books, you might descend quickly into obscurity when the editors and people behind the scenes decide to make someone else a star for another brief run.
Given the open secret of the casting couch, it is hardly a giant leap of logic to see why some, if not many, gradols go on to second (or, let's ...
Two amazing pairs of buttocks. A Japanese sento bathhouse. Swimwear.
That's all there is to it, but what a combination they make.
Gravure idol Yumi Asahina is beloved by fans for her large ass and slinky figure -- and quite rightly so, as we have long argued on this blog.
She recently posted a tweet sharing an stunning selfie where she posed with fellow gradol Negi Kujo -- whose name is a pun but whose hot body is no joke at all -- both with their backs to the camera, putting their large hips and buttocks firmly and proudly on display. The swimsuits and coquettish smiles only heighten the ...
