Boys, time to despair. The pages of your tabloids won't be filled with images of sexy Gravure model Yumi Sugimoto for a while.
The top sexpot has come down with acute pyelonephritis, meaning she has to take a few weeks off work and recover.
Recently Yumi has been working more in the mainstream, including a role in a musical till earlier this month and even a supporting part in a NHK period drama in 2012. She also appears in the tokusatsu TV show, Engine Sentai Go-onger.
Get well soon, ...
With fame and sudden popularity comes unwanted side-effects.
Curvy over-thirty sexpot Mitsu Dan is not afraid of stripping off and revealing all, but she has acquired some undesirable fans among her legions of admirers.
After her home was shown on a TV program, she has had men apparently hanging around in her neighborhood.
Most celebrities and idols move to luxury condos when they hit the big time, but Dan (32) has continued to live in her modest apartment since her break happened almost over night and she hasn't had time to catch up with her new-found lifestyle.
She ...
Former sweet and innocent Gravure idol Risa (aka Lisa) Goto has graduated to the big time at last.
After a career that began with drink commercials when still a teenager, Risa has since then had an up-and-down professional life, with bits of acting and prematurely retiring at least once.
So far that most spectacular thing was the "hair nude" shoot she did in 2012. This alone raised many an eyebrow for the former cute girl-next-door idol's fans (and no doubt raised a few other body parts as well). We love the mole on her body, just above her bush.
Now she's thrown in her towel on the ...
Gravure idol Asuka Kishi (岸 明日香) is famed for her G-cup bust and 58cm waist.
The 1991-born, former race queen is these days a popular idol who has just released her fourth DVD, in which she shows off her lavish body in maid costumes, bikinis, and more in Saipan.
As part of the "preparation" her bust grew 2cm to a whopping 90cm.
Now that's dedication to your ...
This lovely lady has 22 boyfriends. And before you start jumping to conclusions and calling her a slut, she regards them all as serious ones!
When Hatsuho Tani (22) was asked recently by a Japanese tabloid if she felt bad for being so active in romance, she replied that she loves each guy in a different way.
She must also possess a superhuman memory too since she claims to remember all their various conversations!
Hatsuho is a "burikko"-type tarento and model -- in other words, she pretends to be dumb.
This is apparently very charming to Japanese men, who like a girl who looks up ...
Just when you felt you needed a dose of untalented doll-like gaijin celebrity idol, along comes one to fulfill your desires. Yes, Leah Dizon is back, folks!
After a minor career in Gravure idoldom, singing and TV appearances, Leah got herself pregnant, quit the entertainment world -- before landing a quickie divorce and heading home to America at the end of 2010. There were even rumors that she would do a porno but alas, these proved unfounded.
Now Leah (26) is back, signaling the renaissance of her career in that customary modern day style by announcing this on her blog.
knock, ...
A new TV ad for a sweet drink by Glico is causing a sensation for its copious usage of the very sexy thighs and bodies of five gorgeous gravure idols.
The official version uploaded to YouTube has already got millions of views and we can see why!
Here are the ladies...
Shizuka Nakamura (b. 1988)
Mai Nishida (b. 1989)
Manami Marutaka (b. 1990)
Chika Tono (b. 1988)
Konona Shiba (b. ...
There are lots of rumors or open secrets about Gravure idols and minor celebrities in Japan. One is that plastic surgery is rampant. Another is that sex with management is common -- and a necessity to progress in the industry.
Another has been proved true by the recent experience of one of the most popular Gravure models working in Japan today, Yuu Tejima.
Yuu, known for her huge I-cup breasts, has admitted that she will turn -- dramatic drum roll! -- 30 next month. Previously she and her agency took two years off her real age so that she would seem younger in the early part of ...
Forget the summer matsuri festivals, the fireworks and even the music festivals. The place to be this August is the Tokyo Idol Festival 2012.
Happening out at Odaiba in Tokyo Bay, this event has been taking place since 2010 as Japan's first mainstream idol festa and must be the best counter-programming to mainstream summer events.
The packed line-up includes a host of idols and otaku girl groups, including SKE48, and also top sexy model appearances, like Risa Yoshiki.
Okay, we're be honest, some of the idol groups are basically girls who can't be even 13 yet, which is hardly ...
Sometimes the oldies are the best.
We all love our sexy idols today but I also enjoy a good perv over the ladies big in the 1980s and early 1990s.
Their bikinis might not be as hot. The shots might be a little old-fashioned. But man, they still look damn fine!
Here's a small selection of some of the best of Japan's nostalgic idols!
Kanako Nakajo (b. 1973) is a former gravure model who made her debut in 1991. She got married to a baseball player and left the entertainment world in the late 1990s.
The actress Atsuko Asano (b. 1960) was big in the 1970s from her teenaged ...
