Former AKB48 and sister group idols who have “graduated” to porn careers
January 3, 2016
/ Tadashi Anahori
This is a working list of idols from AKB48 or sister groups like SKE48 who have graduated onto second careers in nude modeling and/or adult video (AV).
There are rumored to be others but these are what we know of. Share if there are others!
Momona Kito
The most high-profile recent graduate into the porn industry, Momona Kito starred in an ostensibly one-off porn release by Muteki as Yua Mikami. It was such a hit, she has since decided to do more and make a whole career of it.
Rina Nakanishi
Rina Nakanishi was the pioneer, laying the ground for the other idols who have followed in her ...
Riko Yamaguchi: JAV Idol to watch in 2011
January 12, 2011
/ Tadashi Anahori
In a recent article in the Japanese Weekly Magazine Extra, Riko Yamaguchi was named the number 1 JAV idol to watch in 2011.
After her departure from hit J-Pop group AKB48, she soon appeared on DVD boxes and computer screens all around Japan (and the world) getting bent over in her signature AKB48 school girl outfit. Her management company tried to sue her, the former AKB48 squad tried to disavow any knowledge of her, and all of us filled our garbage cans with soggy tissues asking what took her so long and who would be next.
Other tops in Extra's 2010 review included Rio for sex ...
Former AKB48 idol Rina Nakanishi becomes porn star Riko Yamaguchi
July 26, 2010
/ Tadashi Anahori
Is this everyone's dreams come true?
Rina Nakanishi (中西里菜) used to be one of the minor members of idol group sensation AKB48 but has since left the world of idols for far more rewarding work in...porn!
The 22-year-old has taken on a new stage name, Riko (or Rico) Yamaguchi, as part of her new career.
She has also released a nude photo book called, appropriately enough, Departure. However, this gained the furore of her former employers at AKB48, who, though make the idols dress very skimpily, oppose actual nudity. They are now suing Nakanishi!
This reminds us of the ...