The former AKB48 idol Haruna Kojima has announced her marriage and the birth of her first child.
Still ravishing even in firmly in her jukujo period, the 38-year-old made the sudden announcement on social media today.
It seems the Saitama native -- known to fans as Kojiharu or Nyannyan -- kept her union and pregnancy secret, but there have long been rumors that she was living with an IT entrepreneur in a swanky Roppongi condo.
She did not give any details about her husband, though it is reasonable to assume it is the same man rumored to be her long-term partner since the late ...
Bengo4 is a Japanese legal advice website that asks the questions we want answered.
It has now ventured into the murky world of compensated dating, specifically sugar dating (known as papakatsu in Japan). In an article written in consultation with a genuine attorney at law, it asks if a man in his sixties who spent ¥10 million on a woman in her twenties can reasonably expect a refund after a breakup.
The situation is based on fact: a married man in his sixties reached out to the website after splashing out around ¥10 million over five years on a woman in her twenties with whom he was ...
The show Secret Mom Garden 3 on streamer Abema presented data on the prevalence of infidelity among married individuals. The studio guests were taken aback by the statistic that one in three Japanese men in their twenties engages in extramarital affairs.
Yoko Kawamura, a counselor specializing in infidelity issues, remarked that, in her experience, the actual figure is likely even higher. (And we are certain it's even higher when unmarried men and women are considered.)
The data (the source of which was not shared) showed that 21% of married men and 10.2% of married women have engaged in ...
Miona Hori has recently turned 30 and the former member of Nogizaka46 is celebrating with a new photo book in which she goes nude.
Her third print photo book, Lingering Crimson (深紅の余韻), came out from Shogakukan on October 15. It's her first release in six years and clearly shows a new maturity to her public look.
The photo book was shot lavishly on location in Europe, though we expect fans are more interested in the pics shot in a hotel room and bathroom than the ones of Hori enjoying sightseeing in Dubrovnik.
The interior shots include ones of her lying naked on a bed, her ...
The trials and tribulations of Chinese-Japanese YouTuber, gravure model, and hostess Tenchim have reached a happier end, it seems.
The lawsuit goes back to 2020, when she promoted a bust-boosting bra on her YouTube channel. She had produced the Mote Fit bra with YUIKU, only for the brand to sue after her boob job came to light. The brand claimed that this discredited the product and caused it to fail. Tenchim had to apologize and refunds were offered.
The scandal, along with a second drug scandal, meant she had to turn to working at a hostess club in Roppongi to make ends meet.
She ...
If you've visited a park in Japan, you will have noticed that there tends to be a random artwork or two. These statues are often nominally intended as symbols of peace, and feature children playing or vaguely maiden-like girls in graceful poses.
And they are often nude.
The style of these bronze statues tends to be neoclassical, bordering on the tacky. It's often amusing to watch young kids playing in the park and then noticing the statues, commenting in the crude way that kids do on the breasts and buttocks that the figure is flashing for all the world to see.
The trend for ...
Known for having spent ¥27.5 million on plastic surgery, the model Airi Hirase has revealed what she used to look like.
She shared a series of photos on X of her previous facial appearance, including as recently as two years ago.
One of the images shows her as a child wearing glasses, contrasted with a current image of her in a dress, highlighting her dramatic transformation. The images also included pictures of Hirase (aka Nyairin) as a high schooler, when she was a gyaru.
Hirase also used the opportunity to promoted her appearance in the Netflix series Plastic Beauty, in ...
The disgraced gravure idol and actress Maya Imamori is struggling to re-establish herself in the entertainment industry.
Following her fall from grace over underage drinking in November last year, which led the agency of the Super Sentai actress to terminate her contract, she has attempted a comeback as a freelancer, only to spark yet another scandal.
Imamori made a candid confession in an appearance on Junpei Nakamachi's personal YouTube channel that she was once pregnant. In the video released October 13, the 20-year-old said that she got pregnant in the first grade of high school.
"I ...
Amid the sea of dating apps and platforms that already exist for people looking to hook up, do we need another? It seems we do.
Irodori is a Japanese dating app designed specifically for people with disabilities, including developmental disorders or depression. Since its launch three years ago, according to a report in the Asahi Shimbun, the service has facilitated about 35,000 matches.
It was developed by Izumi Yuki, a 34-year-old woman with ADHD. She was inspired to launch Irodori as someone who has also struggled with her own neurodivergent traits and romantic relationships.
Rather ...
The former wrestling champion and now professional female boxer and mixed martial artist Miyu Yamamoto has done a gravure shoot with the online magazine Web Leon, showcasing her well-toned physique.
Today aged 52 and the mother of three (one of whom, Asen Sasaki, is a MMA fighter in his own right), Yamamoto is a three-time freestyle wrestling champion. She has also been married four times, indicating she is busy outside the ring as she in!
The Web Leon shoot took place in late August, approximately three weeks before Yamamoto's second professional boxing match held at Korakuen Hall in ...
