We are suckers for people being famous for no reason -- especially if they are hot girls and make the most out of it.
Born in 1991, Miwa Higashimori achieved minor online notoriety in 2014 during what is called a hoso-jiko or "broadcast accident."
NHK was doing a live broadcast of Omotesando in the heart of Tokyo in May 2014 after Tokyo was hit by an earthquake.
She happened to be caught on camera, walking around drunk in the afternoon and sharing a smoke with some admiring men on the street at the main intersection.
Higashimori was actually a model and C-list tarento, but she then ...
We've always been a fan of the underrated Rei Toda.
Toda is one of those gravure models who looks like she could easily be working as an office lady for a regular corporation somewhere in a Tokyo business district.
Born in 1987, Toda has a slinky body yet a demure, sultry face. She's the kind of lady who would look great in a suit as well as a party dress -- a Gravure idol you wouldn't feel sheepish about introducing to your mom.
So we are super pleased to learn that this surprisingly little-known model has now stripped off for a semi-nude shoot in a recent issue of tabloid Shukan ...
What happens to the literally thousands of gravure idols, music idols, and minor porn stars when their careers dry up?
Some go into prostitution, some get married. Still others become writers, like Nayuka Mine, or politicians, like Ayaka Shiomura or Renho.
Well, some switch tracks completely, like Yuka Kosaka.
She burst into the idol big time in 2004 when she won the Miss Young Magazine, and at her height was appearing on TV variety shows and in gravure shoots.
Then in 2009 she retired and became something of a media joke due to her sudden weight gain. Her glory days seemed long ...
We swiftly became fans of curvy, sultry Machiko Tezuka when she first stripped off for a hair nude shoot in 2013.
Formerly of SKE48 and now-disbanded SDN48, the J-cup mistress has gone through several name changes: from Machiko Tezuka (her real name) to Ourei Harada (gravure debut) to Eiko Maeda (SKE48 debut), and back to Machiko Tezuka (SDN48 debut).
Now the 1986-born Machiko has stripped off again this year for some more photos. She is promoting a new photo book out in October, hence the motivation to take her clothes off again for the tabloids. Hey, we certainly won't complain about some ...
Yuka Kuramochi has legions of fans for one simple reason: her butt.
She has one of the curviest of asses in Gravure idol, which is complemented perfect by a slim waist and large bust. It apparently measures over 100cm!
And now Yuka Kuramochi has done perhaps her sexiest shoot yet. And it really shows off her naked flesh in a shoot for Young Animal magazine.
The 23-year-old idol is promoting her new photo book "Funbashiri", shot partly at her family home in Funabashi, Chiba. (The title is a pun on the city ...
If you like Saaya, you'll be very excited by her semi-nude shoot. Even if you're not a fan, only someone without a pulse could fail to find these ravishing pics stunning.
The famously curvier gravure idol (whose full name is Saaya Irie) and former junior idol (she's still only 21!) has posed for a series of near-naked shots. Only her long hair preserves her modesty.
These were featured in tabloid magazine Weekly Friday recently.
Just to be comprehensive, we've also included some of Saaya's previous sexy shots too. You can't have too much of a good ...
Make the first "AI doll" based on gravure idol Ai Shinozaki.
First off, there's some serious wordplay going on here: "AI doll" is aidoru (idol), while Shinozaki's name also references "artificial intelligence."
In other words, some geeky boffins are planning to create a fully digital version of Shinozaki.
Virtual idols already exist aplenty, from Vocaloid music idols to AKB48 temporary digital members and virtual dating game idols.
How is this different?
Well, they are going to use artificial intelligence based on Ai Shinozaki.
The digital creation will speak like her and learn her ...
Ayaka Noda is our lovely lady this week (all right, it's been a few weeks since our last showcase but anyway...).
Ayaka has a real supermodel body -- nice bust, curvy legs, hot face. Her sultry, I-wanna-fuck look is perfect for these sweaty summer days.
Born in 1988, Ayaka's Gravure modeling career began in ...
It's been a while since we did a straightforward gravure idol showcase but here's a nice lady to make up for the absence: Ren Ishikawa.
Born in 1993 in Tochigi Prefecture, the slinky Ren Ishikawa's star is very much on the rise and it's easy to see ...
With the notable exception of Gravure models and porn stars, most Japanese women's busts are on the small side.
Of course, that doesn't mean they can't be cute.
Whole fashion lines have emerged to enhance the looks of flat-chested women, as well as some bras to make your breasts appear smaller.
Evidence even suggests that Japanese men prefer women with flat chests to the stereotypes of female beauty.
There is also a hinnyu ("poor breasts") Gravure idol called Mana. Granted, she's hardly in the top of her league but the fact that there are idols who trade on their hinnyu style ...
