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Ageless, athletic Yoko Kumada releases 77th DVD
Most careers in entertainment are all too short and many stutter and fade before they even really get going. That is true perhaps especially of gravure, an industry obsessed with the next idol, the...
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44-year-old Asami Kumakiri still looks mighty fine
Back in 2020, amidst the fug of the pandemic, we gleefully reported on the gravure comeback of Asami Kumakiri. The mature hottie was then a ripe 40 and posed for a nude shoot that showed off her...
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Former porn star Yua Mikami launches meme coin
As regular readers will know, we have a strong interest in the afterlives of music idols, gravure models, and porn stars. The situation is particularly tough for the latter, who face discrimination and...
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Gravure idol Saya Akane announces marriage, reveals harassment
The gravure idol and businesswoman Saya Akane recently updated her social media to announce her marriage. “I recently got married,” wrote the 31-year-old on the platform note, and promised (unlike many...
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Comedienne Angora Soncho launches gravure career
It takes either desperation or confidence to launch a gravure career as a step sideways from another existing career. (Normally, gravure idols try to do it the other way around: break into other types...
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43-year-old female impressionist Kintalo. launches surprise gravure career
Last week, we reported on the gravure side career of 31-year-old comedienne Angor Soncho. This weeks brings news that another female comedian is branching out into gravure. Are we witnessing the birth...
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Voice actress Saki Kosaka makes gravure debut
The voice actress Saki Kosaka has made her swimwear gravure debut in an issue of Weekly Playboy that went on sale on Monday. Known for voicing the role of Gold City in Uma Musume: Pretty Derby, Kosaka...
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Miri Hanai legend continues gravure comeback in forties with nude photo book
The 40-year-old gravure idol Miri Hanai held a launch event for her latest photo book, the aptly titled Legendary, in Tokyo yesterday. Released by major publisher Kodansha, Legendary is her first print...
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42-year-old Kyoko Fukada shows off beach body in new photo book
One of Tokyo Kinky’s all-time favs, Kyoko Fukada, is to release her first photo book in five years. Aging like a fine wine or whisky, Fukakyon has overcome some recent mental health issues and a brief...
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New Mariya Nagao photo book inspired by tourism boom in Japan
Mariya Nagao is one of the few former AKB48 idols to maintain a successful career in modeling and gravure for the many years since her departure from the group. Unlike the likes of Haruna Kojima (now...
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