The Japanese internet has exploded in the past 24 hours with the potentially sensational leak of an alleged sex tape featuring model and actress Tina Tamashiro.
Tamashiro is a half-Japanese, half-American model born in Okinawa. Known for her striking short bobs, the 28-year-old first emerged in the early 2010s and she cemented her fame by securing a position as a cover model for the popular fashion magazine Vivi from 2012 to 2019. She has released several photo books and has some high-profile acting credits to her name, such as the Netflix series Alice in Borderland.
We're not sure of the ...
Japan has been rocked by an incident in Okinawa where a 20-year-old member of the US Marine Corps has been arrested for the murder of a 39-year-old local woman in a love hotel.
The body of Anna Yagi (屋宜杏奈) was discovered strangled to death in a hotel in Naha, where she lived. Lance Corporal Devin Jacob Ballard is alleged to have killed Yagi in the early hours of October 3, and stolen her wallet and backpack, and then fled the hotel before he was arrested on October 4.
The murder has sparked outrage in Japan, especially in Okinawa, which hosts the vast majority of US bases in Japan ...
We have previously introduced examples of Japanese photography shared by fintan (Pinakotheca) from his incredible collection of Japanese subculture and erotica, which he scans and puts online, and typically offers the original publications for sale.
One that recently caught our eye is more contemporary (fintan seems to prefer Showa-era content) but also, to be frank, more extreme than his usual picks.
He has showcased the extraordinary body modification photography of Ryoichi Maeda.
As fintan writes:
Ryoichi Maeda is the premier photojournalist on the Japanese body modification scene, ...
On September 15, Tokyo Metropolitan Police arrested 27-year-old hostess and influencer Rino Tazawa on suspicion of possession of cocaine.
Tazawa, who lives in plush Minato ward in Tokyo, is a highly successful hostess at the club Jungle Tokyo in Roppongi, where she is known as Rino Yamato. She claimed that she once earned ¥230 million for her club in her birthday month, and owns a Bentley Continental GT supposedly worth ¥28 million.
She was arrested with her boyfriend, a 28-year-old executive at a construction company, at her apartment. She is alleged to have had 0.4 grams of ...
Momoka Kinoshita is a 29-year-old singer-songwriter and former member of Osaka-based idol group NMB48.
She has done a lot and changed a lot since her time with the group, where members have to pretend to be purer-than-pure.
She now sports a grungier look and has tattoos running across her whole body.
A recent TV appearance on Abema brought renewed attention to the musician, who today plays under the stage name of Bukkoro Momoka.
Back when she was Kinoshita, she passed the audition for NMB48 in 2010 and debuted in early 2011. She was active as a member of the group until spring ...
We've all been longing for this but it took for a foreign movie to finally make it happen.
Top mature beauty Reika Kirishima has appeared in a nude scene, which we think is her first. It's not a sex scene, but features full-frontal nudity while Kirishima walks around a room naked.
She appears injured (one of her breasts has been mauled off) and traumatized, so it's not an erotic scene at all.
It's from a science fiction film called Hot Spot that was released recently, though shot in 2024. Reika Kirishima is now 54 years old but was probably about 52 when this scene was done. Given ...
A record-high 25% of first-time marriages in Japan now involve an older wife. Data reveals the reality of Reiwa-era marriage and that the classic "men work, women handle the home" trap hinders matchmaking efforts.
Historically, marriages in Japan with an age gap tended to feature an older husband. However, marriages where the woman is older are now on the rise, according to government date from 2024. Of course, this might be as little as one or two years older, though there are examples of celebrities marrying or dating where the woman is significantly older (Koyuki, Rinko Kikuchi, Aki ...
It's a story that has generated widespread media coverage and shock this week because it's so rare for a sexual harassment or assault "cold case" to finally come to light. And it may set a precedent for similar cases.
On September 2, the Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education dismissed a 53-year-old male head teacher at a metropolitan high school in one of Tokyo's 23 wards for engaging in sexual acts with a female student from the high school where he was employed between 22 and 25 years ago.
According to the Board of Education, the head teacher engaged in sexual acts at his home with a ...
The singer, model, and TV personality Ricca Kanon shared intimate details on social media on August 31 about the issue of the casting couch in the Japanese entertainment industry.
The frequency of producers trying to pressure her to sleep with them has become so high that she announced that will no longer meet such people in person.
"I often receive requests for appearances (or messages posing as such) from TV program and commercial producers and creators. Please note that all future meetings regarding television projects will be conducted online."
She claims that "almost every time" she ...
In December 2023, the Japanese media went briefly crazy about a real-life harem manga scenario where a man claimed to have four wives.
Though only married to one of his partners legally, Ryuta Watanabe was living comfortably as a househusband in Sapporo while the women worked to support the household. With his common-law and legal spouses all in their twenties and together under one roof (except for the fourth "wife," who lived separately), 35-year-old Watanabe had three young children.
So what happened to Watanabe after all that media attention? Fortunately, Weekly Friday has chased the ...
