Rika Adachi hits 30, releases semi-nude photo book

Sometimes we see something that makes us feel a bit nostalgic — and a bit old!

Rika Adachi (足立梨花) was one of our favorite gravure idols about a decade ago, mainly for her nice butt. She made it onto our now-legendary list of “Japanese babes with great asses.”

To be honest, we haven’t followed all the ins and outs of her modeling and acting career in the years since, though we remember when she was forced to deny having had plastic surgery (which is secretly quite common in Japan).

Well, now Rika Adachi has released a new photo book to mark her thirtieth birthday (what? When did she hit 30?!) and 15 years since she began her career as an idol (meaning she was a junior idol originally, which we weren’t aware of).

Even better, she’s semi-nude in this more mature photo book, wearing a revealing dress/teddy that shows off her naked sides and some sheer panties. Of course, we would love actual nudity — we would kill for a proper look at that famous butt of hers — but these shots have a more subtle charm.

“Lyrical,” Adachi’s sixth photo book, was released on October 14 by Kadokawa. We include some highlights from it that were first published in weekly tabloids. These are also apparently her first “full” gravure shoots in seven years, during which she has focused on acting roles.

Clearly, the anticipation and demand from fans was there: Kadokawa has announced that the book is already entering its second printing.