Reni Takagi (Momoiro Clover Z) surprises fans with sexy first photo book to mark her 30th birthday
June 27, 2023
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Unlike the members of AKB48 and Nogizaka46 and all their sister groups, the fine young ladies of the somewhat tamer Momoiro Clover Z have not indulged in gravure shoots during their long careers as ...
Miri Hanai celebrates a 20-year career in gravure
June 26, 2023
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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 ...
Meet Riasu Mizutani, the translator who moonlights as a porn star
June 23, 2023
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Frequent porn crossovers, where female celebrities from other walks of life (music, acting, sports, etc.) move into adult video, mean the JAV industry is populated by quite a varied roster of ...
Toy Salon with Osada Steve: Demonstrations of top-quality Japanese sex toys for women
June 22, 2023
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As regular readers will know, Osada Steve is a true rope master who practices the Osada-ryu school of shibari (kinbaku) bondage and is something of a legend in the Japanese BDSM scene.
We ...
Adultery, scandal, divorce: Are Japan’s Best Mother Awards cursed?
June 21, 2023
/Tadashi Anahori
We recently wrote about the Ryoko Hirosue adultery scandal, which has effectively meant her immediate disappearance from public life (no more TV ads, no more fashion magazine covers, no more acting ...
Morning Musume’s Maria Makino charms internet with skimpy swimsuit
June 20, 2023
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Morning Musume idol Maria Makino is promoting her ninth (!) photo book, the aptly named Dear Maria, which came out in Japan earlier this month.
That's quite a career and she's still only 22!
The ...
Japan raises national age of consent to 16, criminalizes voyeurism
June 19, 2023
/Tadashi Anahori
It has long been common to see claims that Japan's age of consent was just 13, which would lead to lazy generalizations that this was why there was so much loli porn.
Of course, in practice, this ...
Is future of AI gravure in trouble after photo book withdrawn?
June 16, 2023
/Tadashi Anahori
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 ...
Marika Matsumoto has hot sofa sex in Night, Birds Scream
June 15, 2023
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The lovely Marika Matsumoto has done her most explicit sex scene to date.
The 38-year-old has seen her career develop in interesting ways recently, moving from a focus on voice acting to regular ...
Controversy erupts swimwear gravure photography events in Saitama public parks
June 14, 2023
/Tadashi Anahori
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 ...