So far, the highest-profile victim of COVID-19 in Japan has been the comedian Ken Shimura.
His death happened fairly early in the pandemic in Japan and since then infection numbers have risen quite a lot as the second wave hits, though deaths have not climbed to a scary rate (yet - touch wood).
As entertainers are continuing to work, filming things and so on, and coming into contact with a lot of people in the process, coronavirus infections are also disproportionately affecting the industry.
In recent days, several high-profile cases have appeared.
In early August, the busty gravure idol ...
Sara Kamiki (神木サラ) is still only 20 years old but has already dropped her robe for a nude shoot, even though her first official gravure shoot was only published in June this year.
While some gradols wait a while before taking the plunge, sometimes only resorting to it when other options dry up, Kamiki has no such qualms -- even stripping off for her debut gravure shoot in the magazine Flash.
She has posed for an explosive (as in bakunyu "explosive breasts") nude photo shoot where she shows off her incredible breasts and nipples (an I cup, apparently!) and curvy ...
Call us morbid, but we have a strange fascination with the afterlives of gravure idols.
This is a competitive, cruel industry, one where young women are discarded after two or three years. From gracing the covers of the weekly tabloids like Spa! and, if you're lucky, releasing digital or print photo books, you might descend quickly into obscurity when the editors and people behind the scenes decide to make someone else a star for another brief run.
Given the open secret of the casting couch, it is hardly a giant leap of logic to see why some, if not many, gradols go on to second (or, let's ...
Two amazing pairs of buttocks. A Japanese sento bathhouse. Swimwear.
That's all there is to it, but what a combination they make.
Gravure idol Yumi Asahina is beloved by fans for her large ass and slinky figure -- and quite rightly so, as we have long argued on this blog.
She recently posted a tweet sharing an stunning selfie where she posed with fellow gradol Negi Kujo -- whose name is a pun but whose hot body is no joke at all -- both with their backs to the camera, putting their large hips and buttocks firmly and proudly on display. The swimsuits and coquettish smiles only heighten the ...
A Japanese TV show recently showcased the curvy body of gravure idol and actress Oto Abe (安倍乙).
Nothing new about this, except it wasn't quite how you might think.
Similar to the strange show we blogged about a while back that demonstrated how unfit certain ex-AKB48 idols were, this program broadcast on the local Nagoya-based station Chukyo TV exposed the tummy fat that Otome Abe has been cultivating.
She openly shared the secrets of her body as well as the effects of doing a lack of exercise, such as constipation. We will never look at her gravure shoots the same way again!
Abe ...
Occasionally we like to browse the busy ranks of gradols and showcase a lesser-known or newly emerging talent in the industry. It's not great for clicks but we feel like it's our duty.
Our choice today is Yu Yamamoto (山本ゆう), whose star is rising and we can identify at least two reasons for this.
Two large reasons. In fact, two H-cup-sized reasons.
Since 2019, she has released several image videos, with the latest coming out at the end of last month. We have including some screen grabs from this in the post. Be warned, though, that the pictures of the off-camera man's hands ...
It seems that during lockdown, even Japanese television producers are getting desperate for ideas.
The popular TV show Ariyoshi Hanseikai recently featured the gravure idol (gradol) Mai Arakawa (荒川真衣).
She appeared semi-nude for a sequence. Nothing new about this, which is often how gradols appear on TV in Japan.
Except that Mai Arakawa is known for her love of eating insects -- something she shares with the world in her YouTube videos -- and her penchant for all things creepy and crawly was showcased to a certain extent by having her pose with beetles on her buttocks and garter ...
We have long had a crush on Misumi Shiochi (塩地美澄), the curvy jukujo with a gently undulating gravure idol career that emerged from her TV announcer and presenting work (largely for a regional channel in the 2000s).
She only released her first photo book in 2016, when she was already in her thirties.
Now aged 37, the very comely Shiochi has posed for what is surely her sexiest photo shoot yet -- a series of semi-nude pics, released as a digital photo book, that show off her ravishing and alluring body. In Japanese cup sizes, she is apparently a G-cup but we are not wholly convinced. ...
Here at Tokyo Kinky, we consider it our sworn duty to introduce readers to gravure idols who are not only the famous and established names.
It's a busy and competitive industry, and many gradols can frankly slip between the gaps. Here today, gone tomorrow. Careers can burn out before they have even had a chance to glow.
That's why we sometimes turn the spotlight on newbies or more minor names in the industry.
Asako Tani (谷あさこ) is, at least for now, one such example.
Born in 1993 in Kanagawa, Tani is technically a TV announcer (presenter) rather than a fully fledged gradol, but she ...
One gravure idol is so proud of her buttocks that she used them as the "paper" for telling a kamishibai-style story.
Kamishibai (literally "paper plays") are old types of street theater storytelling with a narrator and illustrated boards. Though it is very rare to see it outdoors in Japan now, you can still find kamishibai events for children.
Maity is a G-cup idol who is ostensibly head of the "thong squad." She got a friend to draw illustrations on her butt cheeks.
The story seems to be able two friends who get separated.
Maity then shared the results with fans in a series of posts on ...
