It seems a long time since current or past members of AKB48 have made a real impression on the public at large. The power of the supergroup has waned significantly and its members are rarely seen in major advertising campaigns like they were in the 2000s and early 2010s, though we still try to follow what certain present and former idols are up to these days. Ayaka Umeda is now 33 years old. She left AKB48 in 2016 after 10 years with the group, and has since established herself as an actor. What a great age, and it really shows. Her second photo book, "Etude," is out now, and here are a few ...

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The tebura or "hand bra" is a frequent trope in gravure. What can be more alluring, it seems, than an idol or model covering her breasts with just her bare hands? Recent examples include Rola and Minami Minegishi. It has become something of a rite of passage for AKB-kei alumni, not least Minegishi, Haruna Kojima, Yuko Oshima, Kei Jonishi. It can also get them into trouble, though, as the lesson of Tomomi Kasai notably shows. Her post-AKB career never recovered. The latest idol to try her luck with this tactic is Ayaka Umeda, formerly of AKB48 and NMB48. However, her tebura shot, published ...

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Former AKB48 idol Ayaka Umeda has attempted to further her post-supergroup career with a new photo book -- and one which notches things up a few levels of sexiness. The 29-year-old, who was also a member of NMB48 and left the AKB world in 2016 after a ten-year stint, has posed semi-nude for an as-yet untitled first photo book scheduled for release this December. Knowing she is on the cusp of thirty and jukujo territory, it's make or break for her career. As such, she's got her ass out during the shoot -- alluring preview images from which are now spreading like wildfire online. Older ...

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Sometimes we spend so much time drooling over sexy idols that we forget that the majority of Japanese girls don't have such exquisite busts. In fact, as I'm sure you're all aware, most of them have very small breasts -- if any at all! But is this such an issue? What do we need breasts for? Sure, a bit of nipple is nice -- but large, bouncing breasts are surely overrated in this day and age. For me, it's only a problem if they are also totally straight on their hips and with flat asses. Then it can be like having sex with a pencil (or a young boy) and not ...

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