In recent weeks, we have been obsessing over the porn debut of music idol Rikako Inoue (now performing as Yotsuha Kominato). With all the new JAV releases each month, it can be easy to forget who was big a season or so ago. One sure sign that you have progressed from the fleeting triumph of debutant-of-the-month to established star surely arrives when you are invited to work with a sex toy brand to produce your own item. Kaoru Yasui provided one of the most high-profile debuts last year when she made the switch from gravure to porn. She has continued to release further AV titles and now her ...

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We came across an interesting interview with pink movie actress Chisa Hasegawa (長谷川千紗) in the excellent Substack newsletter Tokyo Calling. Here are some highlights. As regular readers will know well, pink movies (pinku eiga) are softcore porn or sexploitation films that were immensely popular in Japan in the 1960s and 1970s, but were decimated by the rise of hardcore adult video in the 1980s and 1990s (as chronicled in The Naked Director). Nonetheless, the industry is still going, surviving thanks to the dedication of certain performers and producers, and eking out a tiny margin ...

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TikTokers are the new social media stars -- and the new porn stars. In an industry always desperate for the Next Big Thing, TikTok seems to offer a source of sexy young ladies who want to promote themselves. Following the examples set by biracial stunner Okogetan and duck-faced Unpai, the latest popular user of the short-form video platform to debut in the Japanese porn industry is Ichika-sensei (いちか先生). Known by her user name @ichikanihitomebore (literally, "Ichika love at first sight"), Ichika has almost 200,000 followers on the platform, plus over 10,000 subscribers and ...

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The Japanese actress Yoko Shimada (島田陽子) has died, aged 69, from complications of colorectal cancer. She was best known internationally for her English-speaking role in the miniseries Shogun from 1980, adapted from the James Clavell bestseller. Shimada rose to fame in Japan in the 1970s as an actress and singer, and then capitalized on her role in Shogun and became a star in Japan (though more international roles were few and far between). But it all came crashing down in the late 1980s, when an affair with the musician Yuya Uchida was exposed by the tabloids and all her work dried ...

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SOD Star are pulling out all the stops for the porn debut of former Fairies music idol Rikako Inoue. Now performing under the name Yotsuha Kominato (and also releasing her own music), her first adult video (STARS-685-VT) came out in June and has been the biggest debut of the summer, aided by a large publicity budget. Fans of the beautiful Rikako/Yotsuha are clamoring for more. So much so that SOD Star are releasing a special 264-minute 4K version from August 4. Now only is the video now 4K quality, it contains a previously unreleased sex scene in a hotel. The 4K version is available, as far ...

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Regular observers of the Japanese sex toys market will likely already know the Floor Pad series by Peach Toys. These toys are visually very simple -- a triangular-shaped pad-like toy -- but are effective when it comes to offering a realistic sensation of pushing into a human body. After all, masturbator toys are great but sometimes you get tired of stroking your cock. Nothing beats the feeling of rolling onto a female body and lying prone while thrusting hard into her vagina. Without resorting to a full doll or pillow in size, or even a waist/hips onahole, the Floor Pad is a very easy way ...

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Actors. Singers. Musicians. Sportsmen. Comedians. Being one of these is apparently a sure-fire ticket into the panties of hot girls. It's a truism, indeed, but few would dispute it. And one that's certainly true in Japan -- even for porn stars. Remember how we reported in 2021 about the comedian who was dating Japanese porn star Runa Shimotsuki? Now comes the scoop from tabloid Weekly Friday that Akihiro Tabuchi of the comedy duo Indians is dating the gorgeous Suzume Mino (美乃すずめ). The 37-year-old comedian was snapped with the 26-year-old beauty, who made her debut in the ...

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Readers, we have failed you. After reporting on Mariya Nagao's latest photo book in December 2021, we failed to follow up when it was released earlier this year. We should have, because it was actually (as rumored) Mariya Nagao's first nude photo book. Her fourth print book Yabai! Mariya. came out in January and follows Mariyagi as she visits an old hot spring resort with its run-down love hotels and snack bars. The Showa-themed shoot features a naked Mariya in vintage clothes that she takes off for a bath and then enjoys the water. Her nude butt is visible in several shots. After years of ...

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The Japanese drama series Unfinished (Sujibori) was released in 2019 and features multiple nude sex scenes with several actresses. Revolving around a new recruit to the yakuza, the main sex scenes have actress Nana Mizoguchi (溝口奈菜). She appears in a range of nude scenes in the series, the best of which showcase her modest yet attractive breasts getting licked or squeezed. Nana Mizoguchi, who is now 25, has also appeared in other series previously featured on Tokyo Kinky like The Naked Director and The Forest of Love: Deep Cut. Other scenes ...

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Riko Suzuhara (鈴原りこ) is a 30-year-old gravure idol who is also apparently a certified and practicing caregiver. She could use those nursing skills to intimate effect in the bedroom, no doubt. Just imagine what she could do with those firm hands of hers! A little later than most gradols, Suzuhara has got a decent boost to her career with the release of her debut photo book, coming out on September 1 from Kodansha. (She didn't make her gravure debut until age 26.) As a promo, Weekly Gendai recently published some preview images showcasing the photo book, which is an ambitious nude ...

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