Yesterday, we wrote about the backlash Yua Mikami has faced as she tries to move beyond her former porn career and establish herself as a mainstream fashion brand producer.
The "afterlives" of gravure and JAV idols is a perennial topic on this blog, as regular readers will know.
What happens to those lovely ladies after they disappear from our lives? Mikami enjoyed a hugely successful career and her retirement from AV was fully planned, but most idols just fade away with a whimper, pushed out in a highly competitive market. And which means we rarely get to hear what they do next. (Spoiler: ...
When Yua Mikami retired last summer at the age of 30 and after carving out one of the most successful careers in Japanese porn ever, speculation was rife over what she would do next.
For a start, she appeared to date two male celebrities at the same time.
She has since focused on developing a line of apparel under the brand name MISTREASS, as she had announced she would last year (and a long-term passion project for her). She models for the brand too.
Sadly, some things have not gone quite to plan.
Mikami announced on social media yesterday that she was going to take action against the ...
We love a good comeback story at Tokyo Kinky. Just a few days ago, we posted ravishing images of Rina Koike's first photo book in eight years and which marks the veteran idol's 30th birthday.
Today, it's the turn of Rei Toda, who has made a gravure comeback with a sensual shoot for the June 17 issue of Weekly Playboy and an accompanying digital photo book.
Now aged 37, Rei Toda is in the heartland of jukujo territory, but hasn't let herself go at all. She still has a slender and alluring body, and a knowing face. She's definitely seen some action over the years.
We love how hot she ...
What do gravure idols, porn stars, music idols, and models do after they are famous? It is a question that preoccupies us a fair bit on this blog.
Some open small businesses -- and the savvy former stars choose ventures that trade on their fandom and existing networks.
Former SKE48 member Machiko Tezuka is now 38 years old and firmly into sexy jukujo "older woman" territory.
She opened a kind of "gravure cafe" in Akihabara in 2015 in which gradols talk to customers at a table and entertain them in swimwear. Highlights on the menu included "tit squeeze pancake" for ¥1,500, which ...
Back in May, we reported on gravure veteran Rina Koike's photo book marking her 30th birthday and two decades in the industry.
Having begun her career as a child actor and junior idol, Rina Koike is someone who seems to have been around throughout all the many, many years we have done this blog.
Things had been quiet for her in recent years (so much so that we assumed she had retired) but she has switched agencies and her new photo book (and reaching that milestone) has led to a flurry of attention.
More preview pics from the her upcoming photo book, crave, have appeared in the gravure ...
Rizap is a chain of gyms in Japan that specializes in quick-fix training services that promise to slim you down in short periods of time.
It often advertises its services with before-and-after shots of celebrities' bodies.
Previous examples include AKB48's Minami Minegishi looking a little overweight and then athletic and toned.
Other examples of brand ambassadors include 56-year-old Eri Ishida and post-scandal Yukipoyo.
The latest is gravure model Mai Nishida. Once a regular feature in gravure magazines, Nishida is now 35 years old and has disappeared from our lives.
And so it was a ...
Former AKB48 music idol Nana Owada has announced her marriage. The 24-year-old gravure idol and actress told fans on June 13 that she had married a 28-year-old video editor.
The pair also made a video together to share their news with her fans.
Nana joined AKB48 in 2013 and graduated in 2017.
Following her departure from the group, she has carved out a name for herself in the competitive world of gravure. She also did occasional acting and had her own YouTube channel.
She doesn't specify in her announcement but her marriage is likely to mean the end of her gravure career.
We feel ...
One of Japan's current leading gravure idols, Miyu Murashima, has issued an apology after news broke that she has been having an affair with a married man.
It came to light that the 25-year-old model has been seeing married Yuma Fujii, following a report on June 12 by the tabloid Bunshun.
The 32-year-old Fujii is a professional basketball player who once played on the national team.
Of course, it takes two to tango, and the man is surely as much to blame, if not more so than Murashima.
There are two issues here.
While not as severely policed as with music idols, where dating is ...
Eimi Fukada is one of the most successful performers in JAV, well known not just for her adult video output but also her social media prominence and huge following among fans.
She cultivates this by making regular video clips and posting them for her fans. But a couple of recent videos have got a lot of people talking -- and not in a good way.
In the short videos, Eimi Fukada dances around in skimpy swimwear, possibly imitating slinky DJ Soda's social media videos.
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Voice actress and singer Yuka Iguchi may now be in her mid-thirties but she looks 10 years younger. And the reason?
She works out a ton in the gym.
She recently posed for a gym-themed photo shoot for Tarzan magazine that shows her in action during a workout.
She has revealed some more about how she got in shape for her recent photo book, which came out in April and delighted fans.
Iguchi trained for weeks to hone her body (and especially her butt), losing 10 kg in three months and trimming the weight she had gained during the pandemic.
It feels like she is remaking herself ...
