The career of Haruna Kojima (known as Kojiharu to her fans) may be on the wane, having lost the lucrative Peach John lingerie modeling gig to Saeko and her sizzling charm.
But that doesn't mean she doesn't have the power still to shift magazines.
To launch her new photo book, Kojiharu has been featured on the cover of Playboy magazine. Inside is a sweet photo shoot showing off her pale body.
There is some serious Photoshop going on here, though. Kojiharu famously has very sensitive skin and close-ups on TV usually reveal this.
Her new photo book is called Dou suru? (What shall we do?) ...
AKB48's Haruna Kojima has shown us what she looks like when she wakes up in bed, in the bath, and gets dressed in the morning.
For her latest ad for Japanese lingerie brand Peach John, the Akihabara idol is shown stripping down and taking alluring selfies.
Kojiharu is the main marketing model for lingerie line Peach John and has frequently appeared in risque advertising stunts for the brand, including stripping off at a race track and doing some downright sizzling photo shoots.
Peach John is encouraging women around Japan to copy Kojiharu by stripping off to their underwear and ...
Bandai's Sailor Moon franchise has created a second set of its limited edition lingerie, with help from Japanese sexy lingerie maker Peach John.
The previous sets were all almost impossible to get your hands on, selling out very quickly. This new series promises to be just as popular, not least because of the way it is being marketed.
Peach John knows all about picking the right sexy models with the right bodies. Last time they had the likes of Rei Yasui looking very nice indeed in the lingerie.
This time round they have Peach John favorite, AKB48's Haruna Kojima, dressed up like ...
As we know, AKB4 hottie Haruna Kojima is a face (and body) of Japanese lingerie brand Peach John.
The latest exploitative ad campaign features Haruna -- officially, according to the AKB rules, a virgin -- getting frigid in the ice. She freezes a foreign guy trying to make advances on her.
In the end, Haruna is seduced by a dashing foreigner who takes off her clothes. She then goes off arm-in-arm with the gaijin, no doubt to break some of those AKB rules on no sex before graduating.
The whole ad is a sort of pastiche of the Disney movie Frozen, which has been a phenomenal ...
After sizzling in previous titillating striptease TV commercial and titillating us with her luxurious body in the lingerie photo shoots, AKB48's only genuinely hot member Haruna Kojima is back with another sexy Peach John TV ad.
This time the scene is -- like a plot from a bizarre outdoor Japanese porn film -- a horse racing track! Haruna first shows off her body on the paddock where she parades her stead. Then she takes to the track to win the race and then promptly take off her clothes again to reveal her modeling the pink "work bra II", which is 20% lighter than a regular bra. All ...
The year is almost over. It's time to look back over the past twelve months at the ladies who made the biggest impression.
Here are our picks, in alphabetical order.
Haruka Ayase
The former idol is now a respected actress and one who confidently assured the country that she need not be typecast in the ditzy girl-next-door roles anymore when she took the lead in the year-long Taiga drama, "Yae no Sakura". We still love her curves, though.
Mitsu Dan
Another big year for the thirtysomething curvy lady. She seemed to be on everyone's lips, figuratively speaking. She even ...
Haruna Kojima, the 25-year-old AKB48 idol who we believe is the only major AKB girl with anything worth talking about, has released her first photo book "Kojiharu".
Just in time for Christmas, the book features a selection of hot images, not least one in which Haruna is doing her best to promote the AKB tradition of the te-bura -- or "hand bra".
AKB girls have a habit of doing this kind of shot, though at least this time there is no child involved.
Here are some luscious snaps from behind the scenes.
And just to prove how nice ...
We spend a lot of time bashing AKB48 on this blog but we have to finally admit the truth. We think Haruna Kojima is hot.
Actually, keen-eyed readers will likely have already deduced this from certain drooling articles in the past.
We previously blogged with glee about Haruna's new work modeling for Peach John, Japan's lingerie brand that is similar to Victoria's Secret.
She's back in a new series of ads which feature Haruna sleeping... perfect for imagining what it's like to be snuggled up close to her.
We're not sure about the red hair but we do like it when she cups her bust ...
We've long been an advocate that Haruna Kojima is one of the very few girls in the AKB48 millions who is genuinely attractive (along with the lovely Rie Kitahara!)
So here's some good news.
Haruna has been chosen by sexy Japanese lingerie brand Peach John to be their new face (and body) modeling the spring line-up.
Here she is showing off the new Workbra and also her own svelte figure (oh, and apparently trying to speak French).
Haruna's choice by Peach John also represents a victory of sorts as the lingerie maker tends to choose haafu for its models (for their exotic ...
In an example of brilliantly timed PR, as the much-trumpeted AKB48 "general election" is having -- with Atsuko Maeda for the last time -- the women's fashion magazine Anan features a very sexy, semi-nude shoot with Yuko Oshima on its front cover this issue.
This got us thinking. Forget the gravure idol magazines and weekly mags like Playboy. The really sexy photo shoots with famous models are actually these mainstream women's fashion magazines!
Anan in particular has carved out a reputation for scoring deals with well-known stars to strip off in body-flaunting shoots.
Such ...
