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 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 ...
It's that time of year: December and January are packed with hot women releasing photo books.
One such lady is Mariya Nagao (永尾まりや), the former AKB48 idol who is now a model and actor, and a long-time favorite of this blog. She's releasing her fourth photo book, "Yabai! Mariya." (very roughly, "OMG Mariya" or "Risky Mariya"), on January 20, 2022, and she was apparently the main person behind the concept and planning.
The photo book recreates a Showa-Japan look, from the 1960s cars and buildings to the clothes and hairstyles.
It was shot in the hot spring resort of Togura ...
The model, singer, and actress Mariya Nishiuchi has made a foray into gravure with a bikini cover shoot for the current issue of Weekly Playboy, which went on sale in Japan on Monday.
As the weather turns well and truly wintry here in Tokyo, it may seem a peculiar choice to have Mariya in a sexy bikini and emerging from the sea, her body dripping. (Where and when did they do the shoot? Given the travel restrictions, surely somewhere in Japan, but it's chilly even down south in Okinawa right now, so it must have been a few weeks ago.) Still, it's got us dreaming of summer -- not to mention ...
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 ...
Terrace House is sadly canceled but the people that the show made into (minor) stars are still around, and some of them are trying to continue their success.
The "sports talent" Risako Tanabe (田辺莉咲子) is one and has now made her gravure debut. The athletic and well-toned beauty just did her first gravure shoot, which appears in the issue of Weekly Playboy on sale from November 8. As gravure goes, there's not too much to get excited about here, but perhaps it will lead more, racier shoots in the months ahead.
The 23-year-old (who is a petite 148 cm) stays in shape by doing workouts ...
There are those times when you go, "Oh, THAT person." And suddenly it all makes sense where you have seen someone before.
Mayu Ura (浦まゆ) is not a name that many, if any, people knew. But her face was familiar from a lot of adverts -- and frankly, some pretty striking, even downright weird, ones.
The 29-year-old is appearing in several commercials, with current contracts with 10 brands.
Well, she may struggle to land major advertising deals now, since she's taken a new step in her career with a nude gravure shoot for a Weekly Playboy (with an accompanying digital photo book). ...
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 ...
Some of us get more conservative the older we get. Misumi Shiochi gets nuder the older she gets.
The 39-year-old jukujo and former TV announcer has now firmly settled into her role in the gravure industry as the current ara-four ("around 40") lady of the moment that men want to sleep with, perhaps especially if they are the same age.
Her latest photo shoot shows off her G-cup breasts (though without actually showing off her nipples) and gives us some great views on her ass and nude back.
The pictures are highlights from her new photo book, "Nocturne," which came out in Japan on September ...
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 ...
