Here's a nice little (late) Christmas present for you.
The Japanese tarento and music idol Ourin (王林) is branching out into gravure with the release of her first solo photo book.
Born in 1998, the Aomori native made her debut way back in 2007 and has been part of several idol groups over the years.
One Chance was released by Shueisha on December 20. We love its flamboyant, bubble-era look.
She has previously released calendars, so gravure is not a completely new career path for her, but the swimwear photos definitely seem to indicate a conscious step up in the sexy stakes compared to ...
It's Christmas in Tokyo, which means . . . what exactly? Well, not really Christmas in the traditional sense.
Christmas in Japan is, of course, not a holiday per se (and falling on a Monday this year, everyone will be working as normal, including yours truly), but Santa cosplay is very popular, as are "Christmas cakes" (which rarely resemble what a European might expect), German-style Christmas markets, and going on dates on Christmas Eve.
In fact, Christmas is basically just a romantic day for couples, and one of the busiest times of year for love hotels.
Gravure idols and models often ...
A retiring actress has complained that the mainstream media is ignoring the open secret that is the casting couch in the entertainment industry.
Though the sexual abuse that took place at Johnny's has now received the media attention it deserves after decades of silence, Misa Hayashi (林美佐) has said that there are still major issues of abuse in the industry.
In an interview with Daily Shincho, Hayashi relates how she was told to sleep with people when her DVD sales were poor. This was when she was working as a gravure idol in her twenties.
As we have noted in the past, the casting ...
Around this time of year, a lot of celebrities, music idols, and models release photo books and calendars. But something that might surprise people outside Japan, where streaming has become so dominant, is that gravure DVDs (or what used to known as image videos) are also still a lucrative market.
Yesterday saw the release of a new DVD by one of our favorite gradols, Eimi Matsushima. The Saitama native who is tall and busty has put out a new 105-minute DVD called special thanks to... and, as the title suggests, it is meant to be her final gravure DVD.
Though we haven't seen anything ...
Our friends at Kanojo Toys, the biggest online source of Japanese adult toys shipping anywhere worldwide, are holding a Christmas sale.
You can currently get 20% off any order. The sale runs through at least December 26 (in all time zones) and the code is valid on multiple orders (so you can get something on different days and still claim the discount, if you're indecisive like us).
To claim your discount, use the code XMAS at the checkout.
We were browsing the latest arrivals at Kanojo Toys (something like six or more toys are added every day), and spotted a lot of toys we want to ...
The top Japanese porn star Minamo has appeared in an advertising campaign for leading Japanese lingerie brand Ravijour.
She is modeling various holidays-themed underwear items that are now available from Ravijour stores and online. She is also holding a promotional meet-and-greet event for the brand in Shinjuku in January, where you even get a signed Minamo-Ravijour mug.
We adore Minamo and she looks ravishing in the Ravijour lingerie, which comes in an erotic red. In keeping with the "holiday collection" theme, the lingerie is festively colored. A Christmas campaign for a ...
Every time we think Tama Toys can't surprise us anymore, its designers come up with a truly WTF concept and our proverbial jaw hits the table.
Hats off and cocks out, the brand has done it again with one of its latest releases: the Kodoku Tsubo Poisonous Insect Pot Onahole.
The toy is whacky as its title suggests. The visuals on the box art and the toy itself are even crazier.
The masturbator is inspired by a Nara-era kind of magic called kodoku, in which poison is extract from the most venomous, strongest insects. It is derived from Chinese gu magic.
It has played a big part in manga ...
A survey has found that 46% of unmarried Japanese men in their twenties have never dated a member of the opposite sex.
The figure is a record high, representing a significant increase from 34.2% in the last survey two years ago.
The survey by Recruit Bridal Research Institute found a slight drop in the numbers of men in their forties who have never dated (down from 27.1% to 22.9%), but a rise in the numbers of men in their thirties (up from 35.4% to 41.2%).
Just 26.7% of men in their twenties said they currently had a partner.
On average, 43.5% of men said they wanted to get married in ...
We recently wrote about TV announcer Kasumi Mori's continued forays into modeling, including a sexy photo shoot for the magazine Anan.
We ended by musing that it was high time that the 28-year-old put out her first photo book, following in the wake of the example set by former announcer Minami Tanaka, who made a hugely successful shift to modeling, released a bestselling photo book, and has now also done some acting.
That proved a naive comment, since of course Kasumi Mori and her management were thinking about this.
She has since announced the release of her first photo book, tentatively ...
The Japanese porn star Nanami Yokomiya (横宮七海) has died. She was just 21 years old (she would have turned 22 in February next year). Her death was announced on social media over the weekend by her friend, Moratorium Hamada.
She made her debut in the industry 2021 and continued to appear regularly in adult video productions. She was best known for Lolita-style (rori-kei) roles.
Fanza has 248 releases for her name as of writing, including several yet to come out later this month (presuming these are not canceled).
Hamada has shared messages that she and Yokomiya exchanged before, ...
