A real survivor and long-time favorite, it was inevitable that we would have to select the wonderful Takako Uehara (上原多香子) soon.
Born in Okinawa, the singer is now 27 but kicked off her career way back in 1996.
A model often seen on TV commercials, she delighted and disappointed her fans in equal measures when she released a several sexy photo book in 2003.
To be honest, her solo singing and activities with (reformed) pop group SPEED have been quiet of late. We only hope that Takako's career is not over ...
Keitai (cellphone) straps are HUGE here, almost everyone has some kind of cute thing dangling from their handset. Kinbaku (緊縛) -- traditional Japanese bondage -- is a bit more underground, but there's no reason why mainstream can't meet subculture for some fun.
And that's what the makers of Kinbaku Strap think too!
These are decorative phone straps for your cellphone in the guise of traditional Japanese bondage. As you can see from some of the range above, you get a naughty-looking figurine tightly bound in the customary way. Attach it to your keitai and you can advertise your ...
We all like to cosplay, right? Especially when it involves having sex.
Oh, yes! Combine two of the best things about Japan with mock-historical costumes!
For all those guys and girls who dream about rollicking on the tatami and unwrapping your Yoshiwara courtesan to the sounds of shamisen, get your hands on this nagajuban set.
Nagajuban is the name for a kimono undergarment, worn by men and women, under the regular kimono -- or sometimes just by itself. I guess it depends on how long you want to delay the inevitable!
It's strange, isn't it? When I think of historical France or ...
You might have heard about the huge Evangelion statue to land at Fuji Q High Land in July.
It will stand 9 meters high and 16 meters wide. Construction costs are said to be 1.5 billion yen ($16.2 million)! It's gonna have to attract a lot of anime fans to make up those overheads.
Unfortunately, though, the Fuji Q is for the Unit 01 (初機号), not the lovely Rei Ayanami. What a better statue that would have made!
There has also recently been an Evangelion-themed Lawson's in Hakone that had to be canceled, so immense was the crush from anxious otaku fans to get inside! Maybe Fuji Q will ...
The postman just arrived and brought me some goodies from KanojoToys.
The Piston Magic are a series of inflatable toys, half sex doll, half pillow! The outsides are printed with luscious of Japanese porn stars, including Ren Aizawa (愛沢蓮) and Ria Sakurai (樱井莉亚).
Simply slip your favorite masturbator onahole inside, and feel the air cushion provide a more even, realistic sensation than you can accomplish with your hands alone.
These Piston Magic sleeves can go big as well! Depending on your preferences you can fit it with a massive onahole like the Meiki no Hinkaku or ...
This week we look at the oh-so-young Riisa Naka (仲里依紗).
Though the Japanese geinoukai has an oddly disproportionate amount of ha-fu (half Japanese, half something else) models and actors, Riisa is an example of a "quarter" (her grandfather is Swedish).
Born in 1989 in Nagasaki, Riisa is still just twenty but has already amassed plenty of experience...and legions of fans.
She really became a star after melting hearts dressed as a maid for the TV adaptation of 81diver.
She is currently appearing in very sexy, bust-revealing attire (see below!) in the new Takashi ...
With all the Japanese celebrities using Twitter and blogs these days, surely it was only a matter of time before some of the less moral examples utilized the online tools for their leching!
Manzai comedian Yusuke Inoue (井上裕介) (30) of combi NON STYLE seems to like that most of the ladies following him on his Twitter account are beautiful young ladies.
He apparently meant to send a suspicious-sounding direct mail to one of them but ended up accidentally publicly tweeting it to the world!
[Image source.]
This is what he wrote:
I'm afraid I have to work tonight but I'm free if we meet ...
Over the weekend Korean pop group KARA gave a press conference to announce their music debut here in Japan.
To the joy of their fans, the girls told us they will release their first CD for the Japanese market this August. The single will be Mister, said the group in brave, broken Japanese (this is only their second visit to these isles!).
We're big fans of K-Pop and think the groups rival the Japanese ones for cute factor. Sure, Perfume are great...but check out how young KARA are! 16 years old! Pure virgin bliss in a white dress.
KARA started way back in 2007 but, like any ...
For all those European fans of Morning Musume (モーニング娘), the moment you have all been waiting for has finally arrived!
The ever-changing all-girl idol pop group will be appearing at the Japan Expo 2010 in Paris, France this July.
[Image via Yeinjee.com. All right, I know it's a bit old -- there are now only eight girls, of course!]
It's never been a secret how many otaku and anime fans there are in Le Republic, so it didn't surprise us that Momusu choose it as their launch pad into Europe. The Expo is expected to attract 180,000 fans!
It's not their first foray ...
Today we wanted to introduce you to one of the premier image-makers of contemporary Tokyo erotica, photographer Yasumasa Yonehara.
Yonehara is very much in the Araki mold of photography -- grainy, shaky, snapped-from-the-hip kind of shots... and filled with girls, boobs, legs. He seems to recruit his ladies in the clubs, take them back to hotels for shoots -- and then who knows what else?!
If you can't make it to Tokyo for any of his gallery shows, he seems to occasionally have exhibitions in New York too. And his regular blog for Hypebeast is always guaranteed to have ...
