Is this everyone's dreams come true? Rina Nakanishi (中西里菜) used to be one of the minor members of idol group sensation AKB48 but has since left the world of idols for far more rewarding work in...porn! The 22-year-old has taken on a new stage name, Riko (or Rico) Yamaguchi, as part of her new career. She has also released a nude photo book called, appropriately enough, Departure. However, this gained the furore of her former employers at AKB48, who, though make the idols dress very skimpily, oppose actual nudity. They are now suing Nakanishi! This reminds us of the ...

It's being reported that Yuko Oshima of idol group champions AKB48 is dating half-Japanese, half-white actor Wentz Eiji. Though the youngsters are denying the rumors, we know cross-cultural love lust when we see it! Yuko recently beat favorite Atsuko Maeda to claim victory in the AKB48 "election" held earlier this year, gaining over thirty thousand votes. Wentz is seemingly constantly in TV dramas and on commercials. Is this a match made in geinoukai heaven or what? Of course if the likes of Yuko Oshima are chasing after haafu (half-Japanese, half-something else) boys, does this ...