Yuka Ogura quits gravure magazine covers with nude photo shoot
July 29, 2019
/ Tadashi Anahori
After developing a gravure idol career for some time, slinky yet busty 20-year-old Yuka Ogura (小倉優香) is set to take things to the next level with a nude shoot for the latest issue of Weekly Playboy.
It's not especially explicit, as is typical for the weekly tabloid, but Yuka shows off her pert butt by lying down flat. This is perfectly timed just as the weather in Tokyo has really heated up and everyone wants to spend their days lounging around naked.
Yuka Ogura is one of those iyashi-kei idols -- "healing" idols whose gentle smiles and girl-next-door looks have universal ...
Risa Nito stakes a claim for the crown of Best Butt in gravure
July 24, 2019
/ Tadashi Anahori
Searching out the finest examples of Japanese female asses is one of our ongoing obsessions, as regular readers will no doubt know, and here we share the latest fruits of this intensive and noble research project.
Risa Nito (仁藤りさ) is an up-and-coming gravure model who presents herself as a "mystery OL model." Whether or not she is a genuine office lady or not is hardly the point, since a recent photo shoot has revealed what we should really be paying attention to about this young lady. In both black or white lingerie, this starlet is a real fox.
Slinky and perky, Risa Nito has a ...
We go on a date with the alluring Mariya Nagao
July 9, 2019
/ Tadashi Anahori
Weekly Spa! magazine has published a special "mook" featuring five gravure idols.
The concept for each shoot is that the viewer is on a date with the lovely women -- something which is not impossible, the rumors say, along as you have enough money to burn...
On sale locally since July 4th, the mook cover is graced by Tokyo Kinky favorite Mariya Nagao, formerly of AKB48.
The other four "dates" are with Mayu Koseta, Yuki Fujiki, Asuka Kishi, and Shiori Usui.
In her alluring shoot, Mariya Nagao is pictured drinking in a stylish bar before retreating to a hotel room to pull up her skirt and ...
“Too cute” illustrator and mangaka Seina Takeuchi makes gravure debut
July 5, 2019
/ Tadashi Anahori
The illustrator and mangaka Seina Takeuchi has made a stunning swimwear gravure debut in the weekly magazine Shukan Young Jump.
The issue, which went on sale on July 4th, features the insanely cute-faced artist showing off her bust and incredible legs. And don't even get us started on those lips...
Some of the shots are ostensibly nude with "drawn-on" clothes.
Though also a model and no stranger to posing for the camera, this is definitely a step-up in the career of Takeuchi, who is best known for the My Elementary School Student Younger Sister is a Bangya ...
Moemi Katayama releases new video as sexy mermaid
June 26, 2019
/ Tadashi Anahori
Fresh from her nude sex scene on film, Moemi Katayama is continuing her gravure comeback with a new image video DVD release out this month called "take me, with you" (sic).
The 90-minute release sees Moemi lounging around in a sunny setting, showing off her tall body in a bikini and see-through black bodysuit, or bathing in a pool of red petals.
She also looks absolutely stunning in a wedding lingerie set as well as dressed as a mermaid (a reference, we think, to her debut photo book from 2017, which was called "Mermaid").
Only the sales will decide if we get to ...
Gravure idol offends Disney fans by posing for sexy shoot in Disneyland resort hotel room
June 25, 2019
/ Tadashi Anahori
A gravure idol has landed herself in hot water by participating in a semi-nude photo shoot where the actual location was identifiable. Not such a bigger, you might think, except that it was the family-friendly, mega brand that is Disney.
In the photos taken of Mika Tanaka (田中みか) posing alluring in a hotel room in her underwear or in the buff, you can make out the location through the window.
When images surfaced online, netizens were quick to point out that it was clearly shot at a Tokyo Disneyland hotel.
The media even went so far as to contact the hotel operator, who responded by ...
Nude model launches campaign against high heels in the workplace in Japan
June 7, 2019
/ Tadashi Anahori
#MeToo has yet to make inroads in Japan, despite a few scandals and efforts by feminist campaigners. In that respect, South Korean women are doing a better job at raising awareness of such problems as sexual abuse in the entertainment industry and secret recording of women in public toilets.
A new campaign has launched, though, which shines a light on a different aspect of Japanese women's plight: high heels. Dubbed #KuToo (a play on the Japanese word for shoes, kutsu, and pain, kutsuu), the campaign calls on employers to stop enforcing dress codes that require female workers to wear ...
At 36, Kyoko Fukada still stunning in latest bikini photo shoot
June 5, 2019
/ Tadashi Anahori
Kyoko Fukada may well have hit 36 and firmly entered jukujo territory, but she still looks athletic, toned, and "pure" as she did ten years ago. The unmarried model and actress seems determined, like Haruka Ayase and Yu Aoi, to stay young forever.
Her most recent gravure shoot is a perfectly summery one -- complete with beach, sand, and bikinis.
We get to glimpse Kyoko's butt crack and her slender yet healthy-looking body. Seriously, she has barely aged since those awesome lingerie and swimwear shoots she did years ago. What an absolute ...
Does Yumi Asahina have the best ass in gravure right now?
June 4, 2019
/ Tadashi Anahori
Having published a nude photo book last year, gravure idol Yumi Asahina (朝比奈祐未) may not have many places to go except adult video or establishing herself as a mainstream actress.
Regardless of her future, she has one amazing asset: her ass.
This is a butt that can look pert and tight in one shot, and then curved and round from a different angle.
That's the kind of versatility we love and need in our lives, and it's why we are crowning Yumi Asahina Ass of the Moment. Quite an achievement, considering what a competitive field it ...
How much does it cost to go on a date with a famous Japanese idol or model?
May 31, 2019
/ Tadashi Anahori
It's an open secret that "compensated dating" (援助交際, enjo kosai) is common in the Japanese idol world, even among mainstream entertainers and celebrities.
Just as the casting couch exists, so too does the dating table. Idols don't earn that much money and their careers are fickle, so they boost their income with dates.
There doesn't always sex involved, it should be added, but it's surely not impossible. It's like a hostess "dohan" date (where the hostess accompanies you for dining before going to the club together) or services offered by "dating clubs" (交際クラブ, kosai ...