Asuka Hanamura promotes first photo book with semi-nude shoot
January 14, 2022
/ Tadashi Anahori
Gravure idol and actress Asuka Hanamura (華村あすか) has given her fans a real treat with a semi-nude photo shoot. Though she has done plenty of lingerie and bikini shoots over the past few years, this is her most explicit to date.
The 22-year-old is promoting her first photo book, which comes out from Shogakukan on January 31.
In the shoot, which is featured in the January 25 of Flash magazine, she covers her nude body with her arm in a version of the classic tebura (hand bra) pose and also shows off her naked back. In other shots, she is lying wet in water, though her nipples are ...
Kyouka finally shows us her breasts in new nude shoot from final photo book
January 5, 2022
/ Tadashi Anahori
Well, it was a long time coming. Throughout 2021, gravure idol Kyouka took more and more of her clothes off, teasing us with the possibility of a nude shoot by showing us her naked butt and plenty of side boob.
She finally rewarded our patience with a nude spread fully showing us her beautiful F-cup breasts.
It's not a full-frontal nude shoot (called "hair nudes" in Japan), but it's still ravishing. The breasts have a stunning shape, just curved and perky enough without losing their heft and bounce. She also has a pale, innocent skin and a slender body (though still with some decent curves ...
Welcoming in the Year of the Tiger with sexy cosplay
January 3, 2022
/ Tadashi Anahori
Happy New Year. We welcome in the Year of the Tiger by checking out a small sampling of the great tora-themed sexy cosplay posted on social media by Japanese cosplayers, gravure models, porn stars, and more.
We start with an obvious choice: Japan's top cosplayer, Enako, whose contribution looked both busty and cozy.
Former AKB48 idol and lingerie model Haruna Kojima, who seems to be visiting Paris at the moment, made do with a croissant pose and some cat cosplay (albeit it in colors/pattern that was more like a cow than a tiger).
Shibari model Cana achieved an intimacy and warmth with ...
The best Japanese gravure and celebrity nude shoots of 2021
December 29, 2021
/ Tadashi Anahori
The year is drawing to a close: another twelve months packed full of gravure shoots and photo books. But who did the most memorable nude shoot?
Sure, there were plenty of sexy and semi-nude shoots, but who made their nude debuts? Who looked best without their clothes on?
We look at the best nude shoots in 2021 from gravure idols, models, and other celebrities (not porn stars, since going nude is par for the course).
Former Morning Musume idol and singer Maki Goto make a high-profile comeback to live performance and also released a photo book, where she went nude again -- and proved how ...
Kazusa Okuyama tops off busy year with stunning photo book
December 17, 2021
/ Tadashi Anahori
Idol-of-the-moment Kazusa Okuyama has released a new digital photo book, Passion, and, judging from the preview images we have seen, it's yet another stunner.
Shot by Tim Gallo, it was released by Weekly Playboy. Okuyama dazzles in purple-pink lingerie and a black dress that shows off her slender legs and alluring back.
The 27-year-old Aoyama native has also just released a new calendar. This digital photo book follows on from her third print photo book (shot by Tomoki Kuwajima), which came out from Shogakukan on September 30. That's three print photo books in as ...
Kyouka keeps on stripping with NSFW shoot
December 9, 2021
/ Tadashi Anahori
Kyouka (京佳), the 22-year-old gravure idol who is a slightly less busty Jun Amaki lookalike, has continued to build a fandom in the surest way possible: by taking off her clothes.
As we gleefully reported earlier in the year, she already did this for a weekly magazine and showed us her butt and side boob.
Now the lovable gradol and former Yumemiru Adolescence member with the winning smile has done it again with another shower-and-bath-themed shoot for Weekly Friday, published back in November (sorry, we forgot to post this!). Over the nine pages, she showed us her nude butt and about as ...
Gravure idol Sakura Ninomiya to make porn debut as Sakura Mita
December 8, 2021
/ Tadashi Anahori
The 26-year-old I-cup gravure idol Sakura Ninomiya (二宮さくら) is making the switch to porn, joining top industry label Moodyz as Sakura Mita (三田サクラ). And it's not a one-off.
As Sakura Ninomiya, she released a bunch of image videos from 2016 onward and seemed set for a big, busty future in gravure. In 2019, she released a photo book.
Now as Sakura Mita, having left her agency of five years at the end of June this year, she released her first AV (midv00008) on December 7. Unsurprisingly, the publicity for the 150-minute video focuses squarely on her amazing ...
Multilingual actress and model Manami Shindo goes nude (again)
November 24, 2021
/ Tadashi Anahori
Actress and gravure idol Manami Shindo (新藤まなみ) has taken her career to the next stage with another nude photo shoot and her first image DVD release in four years.
The 29-year-old, who was briefly a reporter for TBS in 2014 and can apparently speak five languages, also released a digital photo book earlier in the year. As an actress, her appearances include an episode of Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger (from the Super Sentai tokusatsu franchise).
She did an onsen-themed nude shoot for weekly magazine Friday over two issues back in April, showing off her naked back and butt, and wet ...
Rina Toeda’s social media photos are almost too hot
September 25, 2021
/ Tadashi Anahori
We've always nurtured a fascination with Rina Toeda (十枝梨菜), who's arguably something of an anomaly in the gravure industry.
Sure, she is credited with a G-cup (by Japanese standards) but, unlike the bustier, bouncier, buxom kinds of gravure idols, Toeda has a more assured, alluring style: in particular, great buttocks and skin as well as an exotic face that lends her a glamorous, party-girl character. Especially over the past few years, she's presented an image that is closer to Kiko Mizuhara or a similar kind of model than an average gradol.
Following her exploits on Instagram, the ...
Our favorite summer 2021 gravure shoot
September 8, 2021
/ Tadashi Anahori
It's the last gasp of summer here in Tokyo. The weather has dropped ten degrees in just a few days and the overcast or even rainy skies have made things very autumnal indeed. On go the first long sleeves of the season and, as we enjoy sunny weather today, back goes the mind to the memories of the summer.
Well, it was a strange one: the pandemic continued to put a damper on life, leading to canceled or postponed events, all while the Olympics took place behind closed doors. Most people couldn't do much, certainly not take any real trip. Thank the Shinto gods for the joys of the internet.
We ...