We've bemoaned the crowded and competitive state of the gravure industry before. A gradol may grace the cover of Weekly Playboy or Young Jump one week and, just a few months later, be hung out to dry as yet another young lady in a bikini takes their place.
It's hard to keep up with all the new arrivals on the scene and while many gravure idols try to expand into acting and TV work without explicitly "graduating" from glamor modeling, some do more formally retire. But even this is often done without much fanfare.
Perhaps it gets announced on social media and then that's it: the idol is ...
If you follow the Japanese adult video newbies closely, you may have noticed the porn debut of Moeka Marui (円井萌華) back in May for SOD Create. Though her exact age is unknown, Marui was formerly a child model and music idol under the name Moeka (萌華).
She apparently had a following in Taiwan and would travel to appear in events there, though they seem like relatively small street performances. (So the next time you see an idol performing on the street in a Japanese city, imagine their future career in porn!)
Here is Marui back in her Taiwanese days.
She has so far ...
We've written in praise before about sporty and muscular Japanese women, from actual athletes to nubile gymnasts.
So we were pleased to hear (perhaps rather belatedly) about this trend among women in South Korea for geongangmi, or "healthy beauty," which has led more women to embrace a larger, muscular physique over the slim and slender look that dominates the mainstream.
Korean female bodybuilders are not new, of course, but this is a more mainstream look that celebrities have promoted, such as pop star Hyolyn and popular actor and boxer Lee Si-young.
Traits included a strong tan and ...
An onahole for a woman? Sounds like a contradiction in terms, right? After all, you need something to insert into the masturbator sleeve's hole to make it work.
But the CliPro Onahole for Women looks like a pocket pussy, but it's not really, nor is it like any onahole you've used before.
Forget the penis. The toy is designed to pleasure the clitoris.
The basic concept behind the design is actually quite simple and we're almost surprised that apparently no one else in the industry got here first.
The CliPro Onahole for Women, which is available from Kanojo Toys internationally, is made by ...
Roshutsu outdoor/public sex is a big part of adult video in Japan and, thanks to Fantia and OnlyFans, there are also lots of amateurs trying to make a quick yen by making and posting their own videos.
But be careful, folks: the boys in blue are not as keen on your content!
Yuina Yamamoto was recently arrested with her boyfriend, Ryuken Yoshino, a restaurant owner in Nagoya, for public indecency.
The pair, who live together, were known for making sex tapes under the name RYO&YUU and posting them online to make money.
Since last summer, Yamamoto and Yoshino filmed videos and then ...
Gravure idols famously come and go. Those who seemed at the top of their game with regular cover shoots in the weeklies might fall out of favor in a couple of months and be gone from our lives. The most successful idols learn that they need to branch out into acting and TV work, and not rely on the precarious gigs doing shoots for magazines and releasing digital photo books in a crowded market.
Nana Asakawa was huge at the end of the 2010s and likewise began to take high-profile acting jobs, including sex scenes in the Haram Marriage TV adaptation and We're Too Bad at Romance.
Those ...
Though there is a tiny inkling of a chance that this might change if FC2 founder Riyo Takahashi wins a seat in the Japanese Upper House this month, it remains illegal in Japan to sell or distribute uncensored porn.
The "mosaic" look has become an iconic part of Japanese adult video: those grainy pixels where the penis and vagina should be.
Personally, we don't mind it. But some are put off by the constant blur and there is clearly a market for uncensored Japanese porn. Just don't try selling it if you are in Japan.
Masayuki Nakamoto was arrested last October for selling uncensored adult ...
Elections bring out the eccentrics, with plenty of novelty candidates reliably popping up to keep us amused. Past examples include the wannabe politician who wore government-supplied face masks as a bra or the regular appearances of Teruki Goto -- including once nude on his campaign poster.
With the recent passing of the controversial new law regulating the porn industry, how are candidates responding to the current situation?
We found two intriguing examples among candidates for the upcoming Upper House election.
Riyo Takahashi, the 48-year-old founder of the Japanese video hosting site ...
Japan is, regular readers will already know, a sex doll paradise.
The hug pillows are iconic and famed around the world.
You can choose from an incredible array of air dolls in all sizes and styles (schoolgirls and anime idols are a firm favorite in the market).
And then there are the silicone dolls from the likes of Orient Industry, boasting breathtaking realism and features (assuming you have the financial means to pay for them).
What often get less attention are the softer plush dolls, which have their own unique advantages (and also don't break the bank).
Putting the tactile and ...
After the government and media demonized mizu-shobai (host and hostess clubs, and similar businesses) as Covid superspreaders, the industry reacted by working with officials to spread information about how to avoid affection.
Others, though, fought back. A member of the sex industry sued the government for its refusal to provide handouts to adult businesses, despite giving such funds to private citizens and small businesses in "respectable" industries. As we wrote when legal proceedings began at Tokyo District Court in autumn 2020, the woman who filed the suit argued this was in violation of ...
