Regular readers will remember the cautionary tale of gravure idol Miyu Murashima, who was forced to apologize and put her burgeoning career on ice in mid-2024 after her affair with a married basketball player came to light.
She was effectively sacked by her agency and announced later in 2024 she would no longer do gravure, instead focusing on producing her own content on YouTube and TikTok.
The basketball player with whom she had an affair seemed to suffer no professional consequences.
Over two years on from the scandal, what is Murashima doing?
Now 27 years old, the former idol announced ...
The second photo book by Cocona Umeyama came out earlier this month and has already set the interwebs on fire in just a few days.
As reported here in July, the ex-NMB48 idol's second publication is a nude release.
Umeyama is a former member of the Osaka-based girl group NMB48 (from 20216 to 2022) as well as of spin-off music group Lapis Arch.
She is clearly trying to establish a name for herself in the competitive world of music idols seeking to build a career after leaving the safety net of their group by taking a more provocative approach in COCOIRO, which features her taking off her ...
We are excited to share more images from the comeback of former top gravure star Kumiko Takeda.
The photo book is 57-year-old Takeda's first in 23 years and the title and cover remain unannounced. It is released on September 9, about a month after Takeda turns a ripe 58 years of age.
A taste of what was to come previously appeared in Weekly Friday, when Takeda did a cover shoot in late June.
Some further images are now available, showing the legendary model in the bath, and letting us revel in her athletic, ageless body. She is lying naked in a bath or on a bed while wearing red lingerie ...
The TV announcer Tomoka Takenaka dazzled the world when she burst on the gravure scene at the age of 43 last year, showing off her mature, curvy, and fun body.
The former NHK presenter and Hiroshima native has now followed up with two new photo books that revel in her glamorous yet down-to-earth figure, which has some extra pounds and plenty of sexy love handles -- not to mention a big, welcoming smile and H-cup breasts.
Like last November's offering, the photo books are published by gravure magazine Weekly Playboy, which also released a further three in between. That's quite a ...
Nanoka is back.
After a two-year break, the gorgeous gravure idol has returned with a photo shoot for Weekly Playboy, published in the July 13 issue. The magazine is calling it a "miracle comeback."
The busty model is now 37 years old -- she debuted way back in 2011 -- and very much in the sexy jukujo, hot mom years, but indeed she did announce her marriage and first child in December 2024. That seemed like a de facto retirement announcement, since she had already released what was promoted as her final photo book in June that year.
Nonetheless, some of us held out hope and it seems she ...
Mariko Sata is a former porn star who made her adult video debut in 2020 when she was already 39 years old, after some time working in a soapland and hair salon in Fukuoka (and also apparently as a past life therapist). She had a successful career as a jukujo JAV performer, but retired in March 2025.
Today aged 44 (though conflicting information on her age is available), Sata is also a single mom who raised a daughter by herself. This is fascinating in and of itself, since raising a child as a porn star must throw up some, well, unique challenges. But Sata launched her own idol management ...
Gravure idol and actress Rina Koike continues to demonstrate her ageless beauty even as she continues to march into her thirties.
She has just done a cover shoot for the July 7 issue of Flash, showing off her alluring cure of her back and her subtle buttocks. The lingerie and swimwear shoot, which has a wet bathhouse theme (perfect as the rainy season gives way to the heat of summer), is accompanied by a digital photo book.
Now 32 and turning 33 in September, Koike still has essentially the same girl-next-door sensuality and innocent looks from much earlier in the 20+ years of her ...
The Japanese porn star Riko Hoshino has announced her return to work after undergoing treatment for an adjustment disorder.
"I will resume my activities in mid-August and strive to meet everyone's expectations in the best possible way, while approaching each and every job with a sincere heart," she wrote in a statement released on social media.
In mid-June, we shared the news that the 27-year-old had been diagnosed with an adjustment disorder and was undergoing treatment.
Her mental health struggles were affecting her ability to promote her fifth print photo book, with events at bookstores ...
There are comebacks and then there are comebacks. We have seen a fair few returns to gravure in recent years, but surely none are as welcome as Kumiko Takeda.
It was announced this week that the 57-year-old Takeda is to release her first photo book since 2003. The former model and actress shows off her body in preview images released this week and also featured in a 10-page cover shoot for Weekly Friday today.
The book, which is released on September 9, is shot by leading gravure photographer ND Chow and released by Kodansha. It is billed as an homage to her past shoots.
Takeda says: "I ...
Gravure idol Asuka Oda has announced the opening of a lounge in the Kabukicho district of Shinjuku, central Tokyo, where gravure idols will serve customers.
While we have seen similar kinds of gravure bars in the past (as well as bars with active Japanese porn stars for servers), this may be the first opened by an active gradol and staffed by her peers.
The 36-year-old Oda said, "I am pleased to announce the opening of Gravure Idol Lounge Grow in Kabukicho, Shinjuku."
Opening such a business is a long-cherished plan of hers, she shared. "Owning my own place has been a dream of mine. I am ...
