Renka Iwamoto (Nogizaka46) goes semi-nude for debut photo book
November 25, 2024
/ Tadashi Anahori
It feels like it's been quite some time since we've got excited about a current member of the once-might idol groups like Nogisaka46 or AKB48. Sure, the former members give us plenty of material to wax lyrical about on these digital pages -- we're looking at you, Haruka Kodama and Ruka Kitano -- but are we alone in lacking a crush among current members?
Perhaps that's going to change soon.
Renka Iwamoto (岩本蓮加) is still just 20 years old but a veteran of Nogizaka46, having joined the group way back in 2016.
She's now developed into a mature young woman, as her debut solo photo book, ...
Ahead of Nogizaka46 graduation, Mizuki Yamashita rewards fans with revealing photo book
April 26, 2024
/ Tadashi Anahori
Nogizaka46's Mizuki Yamashita has released a new photo book that is causing a stir.
Following the success of her first photo book that was semi-nude and featured the singer posing with a furry friend, the 24-year-old's latest photo book, Heroine came out on April 23 and has already set the interwebs alight with the alluring images it contains of Zukkie in white lingerie.
Unforgettable Person sold 100,000 in its first week alone and would go on to sell almost 200,000 copies. Can Heroine replicate those numbers? The thong and sheer bodysuit will surely help, along with the great shots of her ...
Seira Hayakawa graduates Nogizaka46 and retires with semi-nude photo book
September 1, 2023
/ Tadashi Anahori
Talking about going out with a bang.
So many idols from AKB48, Nogizaka46, and their sister groups quickly disappear into the ether after graduating, so their final individual release (photo book, photo shoot, etc.) may be one of the last ways they can make a mark.
Seira Hayakawa is doing just that, and then some.
Whatever happens to the 23-year-old Osakan after leaving Nogizaka46 at the end of August (and she has indicated her intention to fully retire from the entertainment world), she has rewarded fans with her most explicit photo shoot yet.
Her photo book, Some You Again, Someday, ...
Asuka Saito graduates Nogizaka46 with semi-nude new photo book
May 24, 2023
/ Tadashi Anahori
Recently graduated from Nogizaka46, Asuka Saito has released a new photo book and it's making a splash.
Saito, who is half-Myanmarese and half-Japanese, was a first-generation member of Nogizaka46. The 24-year-old graduated the idol group earlier this month.
She was one of the most popular members of the group, having performed with them for over 11 years, and is hoping to use her departure (and the buzz surrounding her graduation concert last week) to launch a solo career.
This week, the first images from her new photo book, Museum, were released. They are semi-nude, with the slinky ...
Nogizaka46 idol Yuki Yoda suspected over gym sessions with male trainer
January 4, 2023
/ Tadashi Anahori
This story broke at the end of last year and we sat on it for a few days to see if there were any further developments.
A minor scandal has emerged involving top Nogizaka46 member Yuki Yoda, after the tabloid magazine Weekly Bunshun caught her going to a luxury gym in Ebisu, Tokyo, in which she was allegedly in a room alone with a male trainer for several hours.
The 22-year-old, who joined the idol group in 2016 but came firmly onto our radar when she released her hit photo book in 2020, apparently attends the gym twice a week and has the same male trainer for her sessions.
As noted in its ...
Ex-Nogizaka46 Marika Ito seduces in love hotel sex scene in TV drama One Night Morning
August 17, 2022
/ Tadashi Anahori
Most of the idols who form the hundreds-strong ranks of the Sakamichi and 48 Group music groups soon disappear into obscurity after graduating. A mere handful carve out careers as fashion models, TV celebrities and tarento, and actors. Others go on to build careers in porn.
One way to mark a break from the "pure and innocent" idol world they previously inhabited is to up the ante in choosing acting roles, such as ones that involve (shock!) kissing -- or even sex scenes.
Former Nogizaka46 idol Marika Ito (伊藤万理華) is perhaps now trying her luck at pursuing this latter path.
Before ...
Nogizaka46 Hina Higuchi releases first photo book, fans go wild
April 13, 2022
/ Tadashi Anahori
The Nogizaka46 idol Hina Higuchi has released her first photo book and fans are delighted that it's by far the sexiest shoot she has done to date. It's not nude, to be precise, but it probably qualifies as semi-nude.
The 24-year-old sweetie shows off some underboob as well as her pert yet curvy butt while wearing a thong. The best shots, though, show Hinachima in a milky bath, with her breasts either cupped by her arm in the classic tebura pose or just barely resting under the water. The response of her many male fans has, predictably, been ecstatic.
"Like a Lover" (Koibito no yo ni) was ...
Ex-Nogizaka46 Sayuri Matsumura unimpressed by breasts-groping scene in movie
January 11, 2022
/ Tadashi Anahori
Ex-Nogizaka46 member Sayuri Matsumura gets her breasts groped in the new movie Will I Be Single Forever? (Zutto dokushin de iru tsumori?), which is available on Amazon Prime Video in Japan.
In the sex scene, Matsumura lies on a bed while a man tries to get her in the mood by rubbing her breasts vigorously. She seems less than convinced by the experience and his efforts.
There's no actual nudity, we are sad to report.
Now 29 years old, Sayuri Matsumura (aka Sayurin) is a former member of the Tokyo idol group. She graduated in summer 2021, having joined in 2011. During her years in the ...
Ex-Nogizaka46 idol Ami Nojo does nude scenes in The Night I Became a Beast
November 23, 2021
/ Tadashi Anahori
Ex-Nogizaka46 idol Ami Nojo has a sex scene in the second season of the drama The Night I Became a Beast (Watashi ga kemono ni natta yoru), which began streaming on Abema Premium this month.
The 27-year-old was a member of Nogizaka46 from 2011 to 2018, but now focuses on acting.
Fans will be happy about seeing Ami Nojo's nude back and the scenes of her in her underwear, though anyone looking for actual nudity or more explicit scenes of her will go away disappointed. It seems she, or her management, isn't ready to cross that line yet.
The anthology series The Night I Became ...
Kaede Sato and Yuki Yoda from Nogizaka46 contract coronavirus
September 4, 2020
/ Tadashi Anahori
In the latest high-profile infections among celebrities in Japan, Nogizaka46 has announced that two of its members, Kaede Sato and Yuki (or Yuuki) Yoda, have contracted the novel coronavirus.
After a PCR test on August 27 for all the members of the idol group, the 22-year-old and 20-year-old were confirmed to have the virus, though not any symptoms of COVID-19 as of writing.
Yoda (pictured) released a photo book earlier this year.
As we recently reported, other top Japanese idols have contracted the virus, including gradols Jun Amaki and Fumika Baba. Another popular model, Fumina Suzuki, ...