It's that time of the year again: time to look back over the past twelve months and all the news we have covered. The first thing is an internal one: we relaunched Tokyo Kinky in a new blog template. While the top page hasn't changed much, we hope you like the improved functionality and look of our site. Idols of the Year Who were our top ladies of the year? Ren Ishikawa This slinky princess burst into our life and has been dominating Gravure over 2015. Runners-up: Ayaka Noda, Ayuka Terada, Hitomi Yasueda, Anna Tamechika, Yuka Someya, the two Yanagi sisters (Iroha Yanagi, Yurina ...

Nostalgia is a powerful tool and Yahoo reports that super popular idol group Morning Musume is calling back all of our favorite graduates to form a Dream Team to battle the young whipper snappers from groups like AKB48. Dream Morning Musume's roster includes Nakazawa Yuko, Iida Kaori, Abe Natsumi, Yasuda Kei, Yaguchi Mari, Ishikawa Rika, Yoshizawa Hitomi, Ogawa Makoto, Fujimoto Miki and Kusumi Koharu. Tsuji Nozomi, another former member, was slated to join but after the birth of her second child she's taking some child care leave. While the currently active Morning Musume has an ...