The AKB network of idol supergroups faces a particular challenge in these COVID days of maintaining revenue when meet-and-greet and even concerts are not realistic.
The idols remain popular, of course, and field requests to appear in the weekly magazines or release photo books.
Mina Oba, for instance, recently appeared in a photo shoot for the weekly magazine Flash.
The lingerie shoot showed off the 28-year-old modest yet sensual bust. Thank you, Mina, for taking our minds off the emerging third wave of corona infections in Tokyo.
It's probably about time for Team K's ...
We like it when the legions of idols who pass through the ranks of AKB48 and its sister groups manage to find second careers after graduation. This is actually quite rare, though a lucky few do go on to work as actors, singers, models, tarento, or other types of entertainers.
Now Miyuki Watanabe, formerly of NMB48, has established herself as an underwear model by posing for Peach John.
The shoot has shown off a lot more of her cleavage than we have seen until now, and we like the results, even if Miyuki is far from what we might call busty.
The popular lingerie brand ...
One of our pet projects is finding out what happens to idols and celebrities are they stop being gravure, music, or adult video idols.
Sometimes they can struggle to find work and their careers can take unexpected turns.
Some go into acting. Some graduate to porn. Some work in nurseries. Some go into hostessing or prostitution. Some teach yoga. One or two become manga writers or academics. A few even go into politics.
A former junior idol, Hirona Oura (大浦央菜), has found a second career and revealed a whole other, more mature, and much more alluring side to her body as a lingerie ...
While most bras are designed to enhance the wearer's bust, some in Japan do the opposite. Because having small breasts is, well, apparently cuter (and let's be honest, less likely to draw unwanted attention if you travel on public transport or work in a conservative office).
As we have reported before, this is a country that has inspired a whole lingerie line especially for women with flat chests and where there even exist bras for the express purpose of making your bust seem smaller.
And here's another example. And it's instant. The Petamune Maker is a bra by Grand Bleu that
Given that ...
We start the New Year the way we want to carry on for the next twelve months with some parsing of Japanese amateur females and their nude selfies. We selected this ravishing beauty to showcase today.
This I-cup goddess is certainly a nice way to begin January.
If the description is to be believed, she is a 19-year-old "office lady" (OL). Who knows if that's true or not, but you can't lie about the quality of this bust -- a mightily impressive pair of bakunyu "explosive breasts" if ever there was one this side of the professional gravure divide.
She makes some efforts to hide her face ...
This year's Halloween street party in Shibuya has proved controversial even before October 31st after a near-riot broke out. A car was overturned and five arrests made.
As we know, the Halloween costumes worn by young people in Shibuya and other areas of Tokyo often have little if nothing to do with the traditional Halloween theme. It's often just an excuse to wear funny or outrageous costumes before the winter sets in. Tenga costumes have been a common choice in previous years.
There's also a lot of flesh on display: demonstrating once again the resilience of the Japanese female to the ...
Yuki Kashiwagi, the AKB48 idol who inspired her own fan-made robot, is following in the footsteps of her ex-colleague Haruna Kojima and establishing herself as a lingerie model. Or at least, she's making her first major steps in that direction.
She is now the latest model for Japanese lingerie brand Ravijour (the rival of Peach John, which was paying for Kojiharu's services until recently), having been announced as an ambassador back in the spring.
In fact, though, Yuki Kashiwagi is apparently doing more than just stepping in front of the camera with barely any clothes on. If you believe ...
If the long-running and immensely popular Bandai and Peach John Sailor Moon lingerie was not sexy enough for you, take a gander at these new Street Fighter cosplay underwear costumes!
The limited-edition underwear is on sale from the online retailer SuperGroupies, which specializes in apparel with a gaming and anime theme, from August 28th. Don't get too excited just yet, though. It's reservations only for now: the lingerie isn't actually available until January next year! Reservations are taken up till September 18th and we predict this will immediately sell ...
Have Japanese breasts reached a tipping point?
That's what underwear brand Triumph is suggesting in its latest Lingerie White Paper, which indicates a continuing trend towards larger busts.
Sales for its A-cup bras have fallen from 58.6% in 1980 to just 4.1% in 2016
The results for the last two years are tallied below:
A-cup sales (2015): 4.7%
A-cup sales (2016): 4.1%
B-cup sales (2015): 19.5%
B-cup sales (2016): 19%
C-cup sales (2015): 26.1%
C-cup sales (2016): 25.6%
D-cup sales (2015): 24.8%
D-cup sales (2016): 25%
E-cup sales (2015): 16.7%
E-cup sales (2016): ...
It goes without saying that the likes of Peach John and Ravijour mean the joys of Japanese lingerie are never far from our mind.
There is also more gimmicky lingerie that nonetheless lingers long in the memory: the feast series, which is designed especially for flat-chested women, and the Sailor Moon cosplay-style lingerie being cases in point.
But while we try to spend as much time possible monitoring developments in Japanese lingerie, we don't think we've ever seen anything like this before: sexy lingerie inspired by the 12 signs of the zodiac.
Izumi has created this new series of ...
