The non-fungible tokens boom seems to have petered out internationally. Prices of NFTs skyrocketed but then plummeted over the course of 2022, and many believe the market is over (not coincidentally, the crypto markets has also experienced a crunch in 2022). The art and photography industries may soon move onto the next fad, if they haven't already.
In Japan, NFTs are still something of a thing, though, even if the haven't reached the heights of fame and fortune that they (briefly) attained in other countries.
In 2021, shibari artist Hajime Kinoko created an NFT rope bondage art ...
Happy New Year. We welcome in the Year of the Tiger by checking out a small sampling of the great tora-themed sexy cosplay posted on social media by Japanese cosplayers, gravure models, porn stars, and more.
We start with an obvious choice: Japan's top cosplayer, Enako, whose contribution looked both busty and cozy.
Former AKB48 idol and lingerie model Haruna Kojima, who seems to be visiting Paris at the moment, made do with a croissant pose and some cat cosplay (albeit it in colors/pattern that was more like a cow than a tiger).
Shibari model Cana achieved an intimacy and warmth with ...
Started by Dolly Parton, of all people, the LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Tinder meme has been floating around social media for a while now. In a nutshell, it purports to show a quartet of images showing different personalities projected of yourself on different types of social media platforms.
Like all big memes, there have been some great and inventive variations posted and shared.
But we think this is the first one based on a Japanese gravure idol.
In this case, it is the comely Kazusa Okuyama who is the inspiration.
We're not sure of the original source of this image -- if you are, ...
When you've got it, flaunt it, as the saying goes.
Sometimes known as the Japanese Paris Hilton, Sari Kato (加藤紗里) is a woman of many talents and careers: grid girl (race queen), cosplayer, actor, model, YouTuber, and even dog trainer. Now 29 years old, she's an all-round tarento (talento) who pops up on television for reasons no one quite knows other than that she is famous for being famous.
While she hasn't (yet) gone down the path of adult video, she's is definitely aware of her sexy (and slutty) looks and exploits them constantly.
Perhaps the most overt examples of this now are ...
For our final post of 2019, we won't do the usual round-up of the year but instead opt for something a bit more fun: sexy Santa cosplay.
Here is a selection of some of the best Mrs Claus cosplay (a genre known in Japanese as Santacos) by various idols and models, as featured in recent seasonally themed photo shoots or selfies.
First up, here is the gravure idol Tomi (or Toumi).
This is cosplayer and idol Amatsu-sama.
And here is Rina Hashimoto.
AKB48's Yuki Kashiwagi has chosen for the cute rather than sexy look, but that's still fine.
Race queen Yu Kikuchi (top) and model Chiyo ...
Do we have another gravure star here?
Netizens are currently buzzing about the gravure debut of Asami Ota (太田 麻美). Born in 1990, Asami has got people all excited not for the usual gravure reasons: big breasts, curvy body, and a cute face. No, she's got absolutely amazing legs and is really determined to show them off.
The slinky Asami is a race queen who won a prize at the recent Japan Race Queen Award in 2018. The prize was sponsored by Weekly Playboy, who then featured Asami in an issue in April. For which, history is forever grateful!
While motor show fans have already ...
Kazuhito Kosaka, aka Daimaou Kosaka, aka Piko Taro, the comedian best known for his viral hit "Pen Pineapple Apple Pen", has married his secret long-time girlfriend.
And the lucky lady is none other than... gravure idol Hitomi Yasueda!
This is not a joke. The busty model (and former race queen) with a delightful butt has been dating Kosaka for four years, after they appeared together on a TV show in May 2013 and long before he hit the big time as his Piko Taro character.
They got married on August 3rd. To be honest, when we read this news we assumed it was a very mistimed ...
Our new lust this month is the model Eriko Sato.
Eriko has posed nude in a butt-revealing series of shots for a new photo book.
First off, this is not the Eriko Sato we already know and love. She's now apparently given up her acting and modeling career for the joys of interracial marriage.
This Eriko Sato (different kanji, by the way) is a 26-year-old race queen and gravure idol who released her first photo book in late October. "Shiriaitai" is all about her butt, and it's easy to see why they went for that theme. The other Eriko Sato never went this far, more's the ...
A new series of instant noodle ads use a gravure idol, music idol, go-go dancers, race queen, and well-known seiyuu. What more could you ask for?
Kara-Ou is apparently pretty spicy -- so hot, in fact, that they hired in-demand gravure idol Sayaka Tomaru and music idol Erina Kamiya as well as Karen and Kazue, go-go dancers from CYBERJAPAN DANCERS (yes, the troupe that's perhaps the sexiest thing in Japan right now), race queen Aya Hayase, and voice actress Chiaki Takahashi.
Watch these ladies get hot and sweaty as they gulp down the noodles.
Here is busty Sayaka Tomaru.
And ...
The controversy over exploitation and coercion in the Japanese porn industry continues to rage.
Following allegations, condemnations, arrests, and apologies, now comes another development. The popular AV star Saki Kouzai has come forward with the revelation that her porn debut was also coerced.
In a 20-hour interview with Bunshun Shukan, she has come forward alleging both coercion and makura eigo, or the casting couch: you have to sleep with people to get ahead.
She is currently suing Ryo Aoki, the head of Marks Japan who was previously arrested for a previous coercion case. Three ...
