Dating websites and apps were big before but are even bigger now, no doubt influenced by the pandemic that made it harder to do the usual things like go to nightclubs, konpa group dates, or even your ...

An underground Japanese music idol group has claimed that one of its members will become an adult video star for being the least popular. Announced on September 16 and apparently running until ...

A few weeks ago, we reported on the engagement and pregnancy of ex-porn star Nanami Kawakami. Being an adult video star is hard enough with the long shoots, physical pressures, and social stigma, ...

The afterlives of idols is an ongoing theme of this blog. What happens to those music and gravure stars after they call it quits? Some, of course, go into porn, like Yotsuha Kominato (Rikako ...

Japan, the land of countless otaku, all passionate about a niche fandom. Also Japan, the land of a thousand fetishes -- including some you didn't know existed. Like the humble raincoat. Sure, ...

The South Korean film Serve the People (Inmineul Wihae Bongmuhara), which was released domestically in February 2022, is set in the 1970s in a fictional version of North Korea. Though billed as a ...

Earlier this year, a new law was passed with major implications for how adult video productions are made and released in Japan. The legislation gives performers a lot more say over their contract, ...

In the wake of a major typhoon sweeping through, as is often the case in late September, the weather in Tokyo has cooled off quite a bit and we find ourselves almost overnight confronted by the ...

We mentioned earlier this month about the long-awaited follow-up adult video release by Yotsuha Kominato (Rikako Inoue), the former Fairies music idol. The singer's second AV (1stars00715), which ...

Sumire Yokono suddenly left NMB48 in May 2021 -- shortly after a report broke that went to a hotel with a male celebrity twice her age. Even more shockingly, she was also spotted on a date (six days ...