Weekly Playboy has announced the top gravure idols of the year. The winners of the Gravure Japan Award were Hina Kikuchi and Cocoro Toyoshima (joint winners of Grand Prize). Leyla Ikeda and Ina Enohara were the joint winners of Best Newcomer. No one who has followed the gravure scene in 2024 will be so surprised by these winners, especially the Grand Prize winners. All have been a dominant presence in gravure magazines this year. Best Work was awarded to Yuka Iguchi, the voice actress in her late thirties who has made a big splash in gravure this year. Best Photo Book went ...

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Weekly Playboy has collaborated with three of the hottest gravure idols of the moment for a lineup of T-shirts produced by sneaker brand KIKS TYO. The resulting photo shoots are a kind of face-off between the trio. Who looks the best with sneakers hanging from their body? Here's delightful Cocoro Toyoshima, available in pink or blue sneaker versions. And here's comely Ina Enohara. And finally, this is the lovely Yuzuha Hongo. If you wanted to get your chance on the Cocoro Toyoshima T-shirts (available in white or black and various sizes), you're probably out of luck. ...

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