It's one of the most hotly anticipated porn debuts of the year -- and now we have some more preview images to pour over until the video comes out. First she appeared, then disappeared, then reappeared. Shizuku Taiyo burst onto the scene as a gravure idol in late 2019, only to promptly vanish. Thank the Shinto gods that they saw fit to guide her nascent career in a new direction. She has relaunched herself as an adult video star now called Minamo. As we reported last week, her debut comes out on June 10 from Soft on Demand. The release (1stars371) is a three-hour epic and we can now share ...

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We're gonna go out on a limb here and say this is one of the most interesting onahole designs. And essentially all it does is add one very good element to a standard pocket pussy design. The Sugoman Musume Girl Spreading and Fingering Pussy Onahole has a long yet very appropriate title: this is a tight masturbator toy with an "awesome pussy" (the literal meaning of Sugoman), accentuated by the integrated hand on the exterior. Imagine sliding yourself in between the horny fingers of this young girl as she holds her you-know-what open for your entrance. Even better, the middle finger is ...

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Was this inevitable? Everything seems to be getting in on the non-fungible tokens boom, which has now reached the Japanese adult industry. The legendary shibari (kinbaku) rope bondage artist Hajime Kinoko is going sell an NFT of the latest entry in his "red" series of bondage images -- his first NFTs release and his first all-digital addition to the series. The project is organized in partnership with Zak Shibuya of Reality Production Management (RPM Tokyo), which is planning an Instagram launch event and charity event to accompany the NFT. It's another first for renowned Hajime Kinoko: ...

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Following fellow Hinatazaka46 member Kyoko Saito's semi-nude photo book earlier in the year, now comes the news that Nao Kosaka is releasing her debut photo book. The swimwear-themed book, "Kimi wa dare?" (Who are you?), will delight fans of the gentle-faced 18-year-old. Kosakana's slender body is showcased in these bikini shots. Unfortunately, only one of the preview photos actually shows her in swimwear. The book comes out in Japan on June 29. We personally prefer our ladies with more experience and maturity, but we can see why Nao Kosaka has her fans: a pure-looking ...

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People come to gravure from different paths. Not all gradols start off at teenagers fresh to the industry and willing to do anything. Some dip their elegant toes into the waters of gravure when the fancy takes them, having already establishing themselves as entertainers, singers, or actors. (By contrast, some quickly build strong mainstream careers as actors and would like us to forget the bikini shoots they did when they were 18.) The former figure skater Mai Asada (older sister of Mao Asada) is one such example of the former. After competing at the international level in the 2000s, she ...

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A debut and a disappearance. This is a curious tale. The beautiful gravure idol Shizuku Taiyo (太陽しずく), whose name literally means "drop sun" or "trickle sun," broke into the mainstream with her industry debut in autumn 2019. She graced the covers of Young King magazine for the September 24 and October 28 editions, and a 15-page spread in the latter. But then the 19-year-old basically vanished. While it is customary for models and idols to change their professional names (especially ahead of a porn debut) and, in the process, for previous social media channels to be deleted, why ...

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We have been blogging about Japanese adult toys for nearly fifteen years and certain toys linger longer in the memory than others. The original Tenga Flip Hole. The Maria Ozawa clone onahole. The Meiki no Hinkaku. Nippori Gift stormed into the big time -- at least internationally -- with the latter, which conjured up the mood of an old Edo sex shop with its classic naming, vintage box, and commitment to pure vaginal replication over flashy gimmicks. Since then, "meiki" became a marketing term commonly employed by Japanese adult toy brands to indicate a higher-quality toy, though not all ...

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We have heard various reports of gravure models, singers, and actresses in Japan getting the coronavirus over the past few months, but what about AV idols? Inevitably, they are also at risk and one example is Japanese porn star Mikako Abe, who contracted the coronavirus last month. Her agency, ARCHE Production, announced the news on April 27 and Abe was since then recuperating and quarantining at home. This period officially ended yesterday, May 6, and she has apparently now recovered and can get back to work soon after a few more days of rest. Making her debut in 2012 and known for her ...

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In late April, the internet went a bit crazy with this story of a 39-year-old Japanese man who was arrested and charged with defrauding 35 Japanese women in Osaka. The duped women all thought they were his girlfriend. The man, Takashi Miyagawa, had told them different dates for his birthday so he could get as many gifts of meals, money, and clothing as possible. The fraud, though, seems only to have added up to ¥100,000 (about $1,000). The handsome Miyagawa apparently met his victims through his work as a salesman for water purifiers and shower heads. What's most intriguing here -- and ...

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Netflix is ramping up its Japanese-market content, not least successful drama series like The Naked Director (second season coming soon!) and movies like Ride or Die. It is also getting into producing original anime and has even opened an academy for training the next generation of talent. And now it's created a virtual YouTuber as its anime ambassador. Launched in late April, N-ko is a bilingual sheep girl character (officially, a "sheep-human lifeform"), since you can't go wrong with kemonomimi and moe anthropomorphism to build a fandom. Apparently aged 24 and (like Netflix) from Los ...

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