About two years ago, we published something about busty gravure idol Hikaru Aoyama's semi-nude photo book debut, and it was an unexpectedly popular post. There has been a kind of subtle shift in the industry away from the bakunyu mega-bust gradols toward more slimmer beauties like Kazusa Okuyama and Risa Yukihira, though ladies like Hikaru Aoyama, Jun Amaki, and, more recently, Aoi Fujino, prove that large jugs are still a hit. Aoyama and her I-cup breasts are certainly still going strong, as a new shoot amply demonstrates. The 29-year-old, who is also part of a five-member gravure music ...

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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 ...

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The gravure idol Hikaru Aoyama (青山ひかる) is busty even by the standards of her busty cohorts in the industry: she apparently has an I cup. Now the 27-year-old is releasing her first photo book -- surprisingly she has not made one before, despite being one of the best-known gradols and a regular in the weeklies over the course of her seven-year career -- and has generously rewarded fans yearning to see more of her flesh with a series of semi-nude shots that really show off as much of her body as possible without actually revealing nipples or bush. Tactfully placed hands and even ...

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BuzzFeed Japan asked some of the top gravure idols to come into the studio and spill some home truths for them. Each gravure idol was asked to pose with a notepad telling us what their life was really life. Here is Nanoka, saying "Life is simple." Apparently she spends her days off just sitting around at home. Rina Hashimoto dispels one of the myths of her job. "I don't enjoy the locations." While it might seem like paradise to fly to Hawaii or other exotic locations for photo shoots, the reality of the job is apparently less glamorous. You spend all day shooting from morning till night, ...

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What's better than one gravure idol? Fifty gravure idols! In June, Weekly Playboy brought together fifty of Japan's top scantily clad bikini models for what must surely be the photo shoot of the year. How many do you recognise? Many of the hottest gravure ladies are present and correct, including Yuka Kuramochi, Nanoka, Saya Kataoka, Saki Suzuki, Hikaru Aoyama, Hitomi Yasueda, Miko Terada, Aya Hazuki, Rin Tachibana, Yuka Someya, Iroha Yanagi, Ayuka Terada, Ikumi Hisamatsu, Rina Toeda, Fumina Suzuki, and more. We've included a sampling of the resulting shoot. You can really see the range ...

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Like big boobs? Check. Like things being wrapped around big boobs? Check. Yes, this photo book by Yuji Susaki may have it all. Wrap the Boobs is a new photo book about Japanese girls with giant breasts (not quite bakunyu but getting there) and how wrapping their perfect jugs in things can heighten the visual feast. The photographer is previously known for his work with cosplayers like idol group Dempagumi.inc.. Models in the new photo book -- out now from Ichijinsha -- include Hikaru Aoyama, Mizuki Katase, Jun Amaki (formerly of the masked idol group Kamen Joshi), and the ...

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