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Controversy erupts swimwear gravure photography events in Saitama public parks
This story has been percolating since early June and has now become a very interesting incident generating national headlines, and with potential implications for future gravure events. Swimwear photo...
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Is future of AI gravure in trouble after photo book withdrawn?
It sparked both hype and controversy, and then just as quickly vanished. When publisher Shueisha released a digital photo book featuring a fully AI-generated gravure model on May 29, it felt like the...
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Miri Hanai celebrates a 20-year career in gravure
Miri Hanai (花井美里) turns 39 this October but these recent photos prove that she’s as alluring as ever. The mature gravure idol and musician has firmly entered jukujo territory, and though she’s no...
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Ex-AKB48 idol and nude model Satomi Kaneko to retire
We recently wrote about AKB48 idol Mion Mukaichi’s somewhat surprising decision to do a semi-nude photo book while still a member of the supergroup. As we mentioned in our post, most music idols wait...
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Ex-porn star Ai Uehara releases AI photo book with digitally generated...
Last month, we reported on the controversy over a new gravure idol who was supposedly AI-generated but seemed to be just a slightly different version of a flesh-and-blood gradol. The publisher...
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2000s gravure and TV star Yinling makes comeback at age 47
There are blasts from the past, and then there are blasts from the past. If you are long-term fan of gravure, then you will know of Yinling (Yan Yinling), a major force in the industry in the late...
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Summer full-frontal photo books suggest return of the hair nude shoot
The photo book market in Japan can sometimes seem like a tame one. Sure, we harp on about the latest semi-nude shoots featuring various music idols, actresses, models, and so on, but, as lovely those...
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Mariya Nagao is dating former Kabukicho host
It’s no secret that the Tokyo Kinky team has a thing for Mariya Nagao. The former AKB48 hottie now works as a model, actress, and general TV celebrity. And though it’s hardly a surprise that a woman of...
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40-year-old Kyoko Fukada cements comeback with stunning cover shoot
The actor Kyoko Fukada is now 40 years old but just as hot as ever, as her cover shoot for weekly magazine Friday amply demonstrates. Known for her curvy beach body that she was happy to show off even...
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Umi Shinonome makes cosplay debut at Comiket and it’s awesome
Professional female cosplayers are some of the sexiest women in Japan, yet they tend to be confined to conventions and such events. Likewise, gravure idols are fixtures on the pages of weekly magazines...
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Ayame Misaki to release new sexy photo book this autumn
Actor and model Ayame Misaki is continuing her gravure comeback, which began in earnest in 2021. This followed her divorce and roles in more serious films, after an early career in gravure and somewhat...
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Stunning G-cup gravure idol Tomomi Morisaki to retire
Alluring jukujo gradol Tomomi Morisaki has previously shown off her naked butt and nipples. What more could she have to show her fans? Not much, it seems, because she has announced her “retirement...
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Ex-porn star Shunka Ayami dating older boy band singer Ryoichi Tsukada
The former Japanese porn star Shunka Ayami is said to be dating the male singer Ryoichi Tsukada. The 36-year-old Tsukada is a member of the boy band ABC-Z, which is part of the roster of troubled (and...
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Yuno Ohara gets seductive in TV drama Himitsu o motta shonentachi bedroom scene
Busty gravure idol Yuno Ohara delighted us last year in the TV drama Sweat and Soap with her erotic scenes that, well, emphasized her mammary assets. The scenes, as hot and steam as they were, stopped...
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Soon-to-retire gravure idol Tomomi Morisaki is pregnant
When top gravure idol Tomomi Morisaki announced her long-rumored retirement, there was speculation about the exact reasons. Was she leaving the entertainment industry for good? Now that she was in her...
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Gravure idol Shiyu Naruse makes porn debut as Shizuha Takimoto
The former gravure idol Shizuha Takimoto (瀧本雫葉) is making her adult video debut. The gorgeous, pale-skinned beauty’s first porn production comes out via Prestige’s Genesis label on November 24. In...
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Weekly Playboy celebrates anniversary with photo shoot featuring 57 gravure...
Long-running gravure magazine Weekly Playboy is celebrating its 57th anniversary with a photo shoot featuring the titular number of up-and-coming gradols. The 57 nubile ladies appeared in white...
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Impossibly sexy Yuno Ohara to release third photo book
We are pleased to see that the impossibly sexy and cute gravure idol and actress Yuno Ohara is to release a new photo book. The as-yet untitled photo book comes out on January 31 next year. It marks...
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Kanami Takasaki to release second, semi-nude photo book
Slinky sexplot Kanami Takasaki is to release her second, hotly anticipated photo book. Blooming Bud comes out on January 25, 2024, from Transworld Japan, which specializes in publishing idol books and...
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Mariya Nagao closes out her twenties with nude photo book
The model, occasional actress, and former AKB48 music idol Mariya Nagao continues to get more alluring the older she gets. Slinky. Cheeky. Sexy. Mariya-chan has got it all in abundance. On the verge of...
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