After police predicted an unprecedented amount of fans would gather, the last chance to "meet" Atsuko Maeda while she is still a member of terrible pop "music" band AKB48 has been cancelled at the last moment. On August 20th some five hundred thousand people were in Ginza to watch the victory parade of Japan's returning Olympians (despite many of them putting in slightly mediocre performances). Not sure if half a million were expected to witness pre-solo career Atsuko head to her swan song concert at the AKB theater in Akihabara, but apparently public safety fears prompted a change in ...

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Another one bites the dust. Yuko Sugamoto from HKT48, the Fukuoka spin-off of AKB48, has announced she is quitting. It is an open secret that this is due to her management finding out about a "relationship" she had, including possibly drinking and smoking with a fan. However, the official line is that all she did was exchange email addresses and answer a mail... which hardly seems taboo-breaking to us. Japanese girls are just not allowed to have relationships if they are in an idol group. Heaven forbid that reality infringe on the "pure" fantasy that their management have crafted so ...

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This week's scrumptious starlet is Mitsu Dan, a Gravure idol born in 1980. Particularly voluptuous and sexy, Mitsu has also frequently been called bisexual. We really like Mitsu because she has a kind of old school beauty and, despite being a Gravure model, her photo shoots have a slightly nostalgic feel, like in the pre-AKB ...

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Born in 1986, Hitomi is a model and professional ...

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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 ...

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We're going a little nostalgic with our idol-gazing this week. It's time to feast your eyes on the voluptuous delights of Chieko Shiratori (白鳥 智恵子). Born in 1975, Chieko was a minor star in the Nineties before she retired for domestic happiness with her husband and child in 2000. If she still looks anything like these pictures, then you can bet your horses that that's a very happy home ...

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This week we take a slow and lingering look at the svelte form of Yoko Kamon (嘉門洋子). Born in 1980, Yoko Kamon is a model and actress who started appearing in films such as Suicide Club in the Nineties and working as a gravure idol. Her career has slowed down, reducing her mainly to erotic B-movies of late (see example of a nude sex scene below), though she still retains the power to do sexy photo shoots and has kept her cult following. She also recently became one of those to have dared to do "hair nude" all-nude photos, which are actually much more artistically shot than ...

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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 ...

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Born in 1984, the slim and sweet Megumi Fukushita (福下恵美) is an actress and model. She can switch from beguiling to sexy, from cute to slutty with just the flick of her eyes -- and the drop of her clothes. She isn't afraid of doing nude shots and, though she doesn't have massive assets to boast, we reckon she looks very fine ...

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In Japan it can be hard to find the balance of slim body and curvy rear that makes the perfect ass. Girls tend to be more straight-hipped and with not much in the ass department (or breasts for that matter). So when I discovered Natsumi Kamata, I just had to share her wonders with you all. Born in 1988, Natsumi is an idol and model with, in my humble opinion (except, perhaps Yuuri Morishita or Sayuki Matsumoto), one of the best asses around. This is my tribute to her ...

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