Top model and actress Haruka Ayase is reportedly dating a much younger male singer and actor.
According to tabloid reports, Ayase (39) is in a relationship with Jesse Lewis (28), who, despite the name, is a Japanese singer with the group SixTones.
The pair reportedly visited Las Vegas together this month. Lewis's father is from Las Vegas and the tabloids have interpreted this as meaning he took Ayase "home" to introduce her to his parents.
News about the relationship has had a mixed reaction from the public, some of whom are surprised at the age gap. However, we rarely blink twice if a male ...
When we look back to those first generations of AKB48 in the late 2000s, it almost seems like carefree halcyon days when the nastiness of Japan's idol industry -- which we all knew was there -- was not the dominant talking point in the discourse, and everywhere we went we saw ads featuring the young ladies from the Akihabara supergroup.
Most of the members are now long gone from our lives, both those from the first "generation" and subsequent ones, with perhaps just a couple -- Atsuko Maeda and Yuko Oshima -- succeeding at establishing real acting careers.
We always had a soft spot for slinky ...
She might have turned 36 but voice actress Yuka Iguchi still looks incredibly youthful, attractive, and bursting with joie de vivre.
The Japanese voice actress recently celebrated 20 years in the entertainment industry with the release of her first photo book. The aptly titled More More More came out via major publisher Kadokawa in April.
She has continued to showcase this newly sensual side with a summer shoot that really lets you see what a great, healthy body she has: slim waist, big tits, (somewhat) curvy thighs.
This is apparently her first ever gravure shoot for a weekly ...
It's not the first time that we have showcased the gravure idol Yoko Kumada, for whom age, marriage, divorce, and motherhood are no obstacle when it comes to continuing her career. But you can't have too much of a good thing.
Now aged 42, the mother of three is releasing yet another image DVD that puts her svelte and slender body on full display.
Yoko Kumada gets better like a fine wine: sure, her skin is perhaps a bit more stretched now, but she clearly still has thousands of admirers -- and it's easy to see why.
The latest release -- which comes out on July 31 -- is apparently her 74th ...
Formerly known as Satomi Kaneko, the name under which she performed in music group AKB48 and worked as a gravure and nude idol, Kiho Kanematsu's porn debut this spring was one of the most highly anticipated and hyped of the year so far.
After making her adult video debut on the specialist crossover label Muteki back in April, the excitement continued as she transferred to S1 No. 1 Style and generously went back on the (always dubious) promise that her debut would be a one-off.
Let's be honest, the logic of the market dictates that if the sales were good and demand strong, there were always ...
It's been years since we last wrote about slinky Yumi Asahina.
Once thought to have one of the best asses in gravure, she seemed to reach a career peak in the late 2010s with a stunning hair nude full-frontal shoot.
There didn't seem much else for her to go, and so she continued to do more nude releases.
Well, despite her absence from these digital pages, we now belatedly realize that she has been a busy bee, releasing over a dozen image videos since 2022 (with the most recent coming out just last month).
She is now 32 -- ripe jukujo territory -- and less likely to get a spot in the ...
We love a good comeback story at Tokyo Kinky. Just a few days ago, we posted ravishing images of Rina Koike's first photo book in eight years and which marks the veteran idol's 30th birthday.
Today, it's the turn of Rei Toda, who has made a gravure comeback with a sensual shoot for the June 17 issue of Weekly Playboy and an accompanying digital photo book.
Now aged 37, Rei Toda is in the heartland of jukujo territory, but hasn't let herself go at all. She still has a slender and alluring body, and a knowing face. She's definitely seen some action over the years.
We love how hot she ...
Back in May, we reported on gravure veteran Rina Koike's photo book marking her 30th birthday and two decades in the industry.
Having begun her career as a child actor and junior idol, Rina Koike is someone who seems to have been around throughout all the many, many years we have done this blog.
Things had been quiet for her in recent years (so much so that we assumed she had retired) but she has switched agencies and her new photo book (and reaching that milestone) has led to a flurry of attention.
More preview pics from the her upcoming photo book, crave, have appeared in the gravure ...
Voice actress and singer Yuka Iguchi may now be in her mid-thirties but she looks 10 years younger. And the reason?
She works out a ton in the gym.
She recently posed for a gym-themed photo shoot for Tarzan magazine that shows her in action during a workout.
She has revealed some more about how she got in shape for her recent photo book, which came out in April and delighted fans.
Iguchi trained for weeks to hone her body (and especially her butt), losing 10 kg in three months and trimming the weight she had gained during the pandemic.
It feels like she is remaking herself ...
In Japan, female voice performers are incredibly popular as idols and celebrities despite only displaying their oral talents in their work for anime series and movies. Some are able to carve out lucrative sidelines as models, singers, and gravure idols.
If they have the looks and following for this, it is usually apparent pretty quickly and their agencies don't miss a chance to make some extra yen. But others bide their time.
Such is the case with Minori Chihara (茅原実里), the seiyu who has waited until her forties to cement her gravure career.
Great news if you love Minori Chihara. ...
