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Highlights from Ai Shinozaki’s semi-nude comeback photo book
She promised. She delivered. Now this is what we call a comeback — and a way to celebrate entering your thirties in style. As teased in January, veteran gravure idol Ai Shinozaki has returned to what...
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Toka Irino, the case of the disappearing new gravure idol
Detectives Tokyo and Kinky are on the case — the case of the gravure idol who disappeared immediately prior to her debut DVD release. Toka Irino (入野十香) is a 19-year-old Japanese girl with an I-cup bust...
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Highlights from ex-AKB48 Ayaka Umeda’s nude photo book
It seems a long time since current or past members of AKB48 have made a real impression on the public at large. The power of the supergroup has waned significantly and its members are rarely seen in...
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Mariko Seyama continues to prove that older is better
Put the media’s obsession with youth to one side. Japanese women, we can attest by direct experience, are still very attractive in their forties. As noted before on this blog, former TV announcer...
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Shizuka Nakamura makes gravure comeback with nude shoot
Welcome back, Shizuka Nakamura. We’ve missed you. We can’t think of the last time that we saw a new shoot by the former top gradol. Thankfully, building on the momentum of her role in the high-profile...
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Shoko Nakagawa celebrates 20 years in showbiz with new photo book
Is it something in the air? A kind of “comeback vapor” that’s encouraging all these lovely ladies to re-enter the limelight? Another one has come out of the woodwork: in the wake of high-profile...
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Umi Shinonome debut photo book shows off her nude butt
She is, in our humble opinion, the proud owner of the best pair of buttocks in gravure at the moment, and now she’s just showed us even more of them. Umi Shinonome has released her first photo book,...
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Acclaimed actress Shizuka Ishibashi releases nude photo book
You can be an acclaimed actor and also a sex symbol. That’s perhaps not acknowledged enough, especially in Japan, where beauty inevitably tends to take precedence over talent. There is quite a...
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Shoko Takahashi announces shock retirement from porn
The high-profile Japanese adult video star Shoko Takahashi has announced on social media on April 1 that she will retire from porn. This news came out a few days ago and somehow slipped under our radar...
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Ayumi Ito and Nanami Kawakami’s nude sex scenes in Tokyo Vice
Loosely adapted from the book by Jake Adelstein, the HBO series Tokyo Vice features nude scenes with several actors, both American and Japanese. Legion and Fargo star Rachel Keller is semi-nude in a...
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Yuka Hirata returns with first Weekly Playboy gravure shoot in 14 years
A reader recently chided us for not writing about the Yumi Sugimoto’s return to gravure (though we did post pics on tumblr). The truth is, even with “gravure comebacks,” there are simply too many idols...
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Ex-porn star Kizuna Sakura opens ramen restaurant chain
One of the fascinations of this blog is with the afterlives of idols, whether music, gravure, or porn. What do the hordes of women do after their (frequently brief) moment in the spotlight is over?...
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Yuka Kuramochi makes post-pregnancy gravure comeback with five-idol mega shoot
Yuka Kuramochi has returned to gravure with her first shoot since she gave birth to a child in 2021. Kuramochi, who is married to a very successful esports player, chose to make a splash with her...
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Shoko Takahashi celebrates retirement from porn with awesome breasts toy
Now this is what we call going out with a bang. Top Japanese adult video star Shoko Takahashi has retired from porn, as announced in April, and released her final title (MIDV-099) this month. Of...
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Former Fairies music idol Rikako Inoue to make porn debut as Yotsuha Kominato
Rikako Inoue (井上理香子), a former member of the now-defunct idol group Fairies, is to make her porn debut as Yotsuha Kominato (小湊よつ葉). Fairies disbanded in 2020, after which Inoue (who was a member of the...
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Former top adult video star Yuri Komuro calls for ban on unsimulated sex in porn
Given the wide-ranging discussions now taking place about introducing a new law with major implications for the porn industry in Japan, we wanted to share a related reform proposal from a few years...
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Yuka Suzuki continues post-AKB48 career with sexy photo shoot
The graduation of various leading members and the restrictions placed on live, in-person events by the pandemic have greatly reduced the presence of AKB48 and its sister groups in popular culture. The...
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Music idol Rikako Inoue reassures fan about her porn debut as Yotsuha Kominato
Readers got understandably excited when we reported in May on the upcoming adult video debut of former Fairies music idol Rikako Inoue. Now active as a gravure idol and singer under the name Yotsuha...
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An interview with ex-porn star Kaho Shibuya
The former Japanese adult video star Kaho Shibuya recently sat down for a candid and insightful interview with Tokyo Weekender, where she talked about her porn career and subsequent work. Kaho Shibuya...
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Ex-porn star Anri Sakaguchi announces marriage to transgender man
Here’s that rare thing: a happy ending. Anri Sakaguchi was initially famous for, well, being famous. She was the daughter of an actress, and gained some celebrity at an early age, joining the...
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