What happens after gravure idols hang up their bikinis and try to move on in their careers is a question that fascinates us.
Most crash and burn, but in the meantime manage to find a nice husband in the industry who will take care of them.
The tale of Aki Mizusawa is an interesting one.
Born in 1959, she was a gravure pin-up during the 1980s.
In between winning the hearts of men around the nation, she found time to have an affair with Jackie Chan, a well-known philanderer, in Spain in 1984.
She was also working as a singer during this time.
She sealed her sex siren reputation by ...
Japanese television at its finest indeed.
Fuji TV have released a preview to "Yoroi Bijo", the show we wrote about last week.
The concept is seductively simple: Gravure idols wear the suits of armor of famous samurai, then take them off piece by piece while talking about the history of the warrior. They are then revealed in their underwear beside all the shiny metal armor. That's it.
The first show, which was broadcast on April 17th, features Gravure model Shoko Takasaki in the armor of Date Masamune.
Here's the preview.
No prizes for guessing that this is aimed at ...
We heard and blogged about this a few days ago but only now have nice pictures emerged.
And what pictures they are...
A new Fuji TV show called "Yoroi Bijo" (Armor Beautiful Girl) features hot gravure models putting on and taking off suits of armor, known in Japanese as kacchu or yoroi.
As we know from a recent example, Japanese TV is not averse to some pretty risque and bizarre concept shows.
So if you have a thing for girls wearing shiny armor and other medieval costumes, then this is definitely the TV show for you.
The ladies wear the armor to demonstrate how nice and heavy it is. ...
Our immaculate specimen this week is Yuno Akuzawa.
Born in May 1990 in Fukuoka Prefecture, Yuno likes cooking and yoga.
She is a nice 174cm in height, which makes for a fine, long figure... and wonderful legs. Of course, all that height also means a nice bust too.
Here she is in a recent shoot for Playboy March 2015 and elsewhere. A future star of the gravure scene, we ...
Our lovely lady this week is Mai Kamuro (神室 舞衣).
Born 1984, Mai Kamuro was a hostess in Fukuoka and Roppongi before she started appearing on TV as a tarento. Her mainstream career only started relatively recently -- a TV debut in 2014 -- so we are curious to know what dark things she got up to after her hostessing officially ended at the age of 24. Our minds are running riot thinking how she could have plied her trade...
She is also a gravure model, making her debut at the grand old age of 29, with some alluring shoots showing off her pleasant D-cup, gorgeous body, and angelic ...
We love Yumi Sugimoto.
The slinky idol is one of the top Gravure models in Japan.
And the 26-year-old has finally answered our wishes and stripped off for her new photo-book "Chiamata", some highlights of which were recently published in FRIDAY and Shukan Playboy magazines.
Okay, let's not get too excited. This isn't true hair nude territory or even nude in the same way that Ayaka Sayama stripped off recently.
But it's by far the most explicit shoot Yumi Sugimoto has done. And it REALLY got us ...
Our slinky gravure idol of the week (to be fair, it's been longer than a week!) is the lovely Kyoko Hinami.
Another fine Japanese girl with sexy short hair, Kyoko Hinami is a gravure model and occasional actress born in 1994. Despite her youth, she has already shown willing to strip off -- rather than wait till her career flags to delight us.
Thanks, Kyoko!
Kyoko Hinami is currently trying to remake herself as a singer/musician under the stage name of Shurin. Not sure how she sounds but she looks ...
The sweetly named Chocolat Ikeda is a Gravure idol and tarento, with a body and face as delicious as her name. She was born in 1991 in Saitama and we hope has a long career ahead of ...
The lovely Mayu Koseta is a swimwear Gravure idol who seems to have an uncanny knack for switching between different styles: sensual and sexy, cute and girl-next-door-innocent, and even as agile as a gymnast with her flexible legs.
The up-and-coming talent was born in 1994, making her a very ideal 20 years old. In Japan, of course, this is the age when you officially become an adult. We hope very much to see more of the "adult" Mayu Koseta in the ...
We've always been a fan of curvy ladies and one of all-time favs is Haruna Hana.
Haruna has had a typical career, taking that logical trajectory from Gravure idol to porn star. In this time she has also appeared in full hair nude shoots.
As is a public secret, in the idol world stars have to sleep around to get ahead, so doing this on camera is only the next logical step.
Born in 1988, Haruna is a very busty lady (K-cup!) and has a grip-me-with-two-hands kind of ass. She made her porn debut in 2010 with the aptly titled "Miracle K-Cup" from Muteki.
Now ...
