Saika Kawakita is one of the biggest porn stars in Japan and a probably familiar face to most readers of this blog. She has gained global fame more recently because a GIF from one of her porn productions inexplicably became a meme on social media in December 2024.
According to a scoop by the tabloid Weekly Bunshun published this week, the 26-year-old Kawakita is having an affair with volleyball player Ran Takahashi.
The 24-year-old Takahashi currently plays for the Suntory Sunbirds in Osaka, and has played on the Japanese national team.
He is supposed to be in a relationship with the ...
Chisato Morishita's trajectory from gravure favorite of the late 2000s to mainstream politics is now complete. After the former model won her first election last October, the 44-year-old with the winning smile has now been appointed to new prime minister Sanae Takaichi's Cabinet as Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Environment.
It's a junior role, of course, under the main environment minister (a man, of course -- though Takaichi is Japan's first female prime minister, her ministers are always all male), but it represents a major vote of confidence in the one-time race queen (grid girl), ...
The gravure idol Yumi Kureha has gone nude for the first time in an attempt to vamp up her career.
She's now 33, so she will have to hurry before she shifts into the full jukujo stage of her life.
That said, one of the unusual things about Kureha is that she didn't get her start in gravure in her late teens or early twenties, as is most common in the industry. Her first releases (image videos, digital photo books, etc.) were in 2021, when she was already in her late twenties.
We think she made her gravure debut a little earlier, in 2019, but she was still a bit older than many of her ...
Bunshun Online has published a three-part interview with a 16-year-old Japanese sex worker who, she claims, has sold her body to over 50 men in Kabukicho.
But unlike other similar tales, Kanae (not her real name) wasn't doing this because she was in debt or had run away from home. Her motive was simply to get money "to have fun."
And it apparently paid off, literally: she earned ¥140,000 on her best days and had sex with over 50 men.
"I don't remember exactly," she says, but estimates she earned at least ¥2 million during her time as a streetwalker.
"A middle-aged man even asked me to ...
What happens to all those millions of yen that flow through the coffers of Japan's hostess clubs?
A lot goes into the pockets of the hard-working hostesses, of course, plus plenty is spent the expensive decor and upkeep of the venue.
Not very much goes to the taxman, it seems.
At the end of September 2025, a high-end hostess club in Roppongi was found to have concealed approximately ¥500 million in income. In addition to Fabric Lounge Tokyo's owners reporting lower income and fabricating fictitious expenses, the National Tax Agency said that some of the top hostesses themselves had failed ...
The gravure veteran Jun Amaki has hit 30 and to celebrate, has released her sixth photo book.
Shot in the south of Taiwan, Amapochi came out via Shogakukan on October 16. The 112-page book is a tribute to her final twenties, featuring more than 10 costume changes.
Known for her fun-sized Asian body, Jun Amaki is short with a slim waist, curvy thighs, bouncy buttocks, and huge I-cup boobs. She is known for her love of saunas and hot springs, which she has cleverly turned into provocative promotional appearances.
She's done nude shoots before showing off her butt and side boob, though ...
The Japanese interweb is raving over Ai Tano (田野和彩), a 21-year-old employee at a girls bar in Ikebukuro, Tokyo.
Netizens are beside themselves at how in the images of her doing the perp walk for the media, she looks just like a model or celebrity (we think there's something of Mei Nagano about her). Talk about a femme fatale!
Ms. Tano's attractive face aside, we're not going to sugarcoat this: she's accused of a very unpleasant crime. As detailed by Tokyo Reporter, Tano faces of charge of forcing a colleague to engage in sex work in Okubo Park, currently a hub for street ...
Here's something we did not expect to be on our radar. The actress Megumi Kagurazaka has made a surprise return to gravure.
Now aged 44, the married mother is to release her first photo book in 14 years. The as-yet-untitled book will come out in Japan on December 18.
She has kicked off her return with an interview and shoot over 11 pages of the October 24/31 issue of the weekly magazine Friday.
And this isn't just a gravure comeback. It's a nude comeback -- and a full-frontal nude shoot (known as a hair nude in the industry). It almost feels like we are back in the 2000s!
Age and ...
On October 10, 2025, Sapporo police arrested three men living in the city's Chuo Ward on suspicion of violating the Anti-Prostitution Act.
According to a report by Sapporo TV, the arrested men were a 55-year-old man running a sex entertainment establishment, a 41-year-old man, and a 50-year-old man, both of whom worked at soapland-style brothels.
The men are suspected of conspiring to provide a venue for prostitution at a bathhouse's private rooms in the ward, knowing that the prostitutes were engaging in sex work with customers. The charges relate to activities up to September.
Initially ...
Ruka Aida (愛田るか) is a 53-year-old porn star and former stripper who debuted in 1995 and worked in the industry initially until 2004. She then made a comeback in 2006 from 2010, before doing sex work in Tokyo and Osaka. She made another triumphant comeback in April this year.
Over the course of her long career, the Hokkaido native has seen many trends come and go. The tabloid Spa! recently interviewed her and we have translated and edited some of the highlights.
She explains that her 1995 debut came about for very practical reasons.
"I wanted to earn money to cover moving costs. I ...
