This week we take a long, lingering look at Honoka Ayukawa (鮎川穂乃果). Born in 1994, Honoka is still a mere 18! That means we have years and years of adoring her cute face and nubile body to look forward ...

As you know, we are about as liberal as you can get on Tokyo Kinky. And we also think that even just a cursory glance at history and past civilisations shows that concepts of sexuality are not universal but rather contextual and culturally relative. We don't think you can define what is right or wrong -- or normal or abnormal -- by simple black-and-white lines. And so we've had a fairly relaxed and non-pensive view on the lolicon ("Lolita Complex") evident in Japanese society, from its more innocent forms -- teenagers like Ai Hashimoto or Aira Mihana posing for bikini shots -- to the ...

Fans of that strange and queasy world of Japanese kawaii -- part cute, part sexy, part kitsch -- will love the bizarre look of Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, a new singer with a growing fan base here. Even her name is crazy -- full version: Caroline Charonplop Kyarypamyupamyu -- along with her "fashion", a mishmash of Harajuku on speed. Following a short career firmly in the lolicon world as a junior idol when she was 12 years old. Then she went by the name of Kiriko Takemura. She emerged after appearing in a street fashion magazine and then becoming a dokusha "reader" model. Now she ...