Mayumi Yamanaka has made a gravure comeback following marriage and motherhood. Now aged 32 and the mother of two, Mayumi Yamanaka appears in the current issue of Weekly Playboy. The lingerie shoot also marks 20 years since her industry debut -- she began in 2005 as a junior idol and child actor. She released her first print photo book soon after, and appeared in Weekly Playboy at the age of 14 (eww!), though hit her career peak in the late 2000s and early 2010s. In late 2019, she announced she was married and pregnant, though continued to release image videos (her last came out in ...

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A Japanese TV show asked a man what he thought about gravure photo shoots. Nothing strange about this, perhaps, but the details are more unusual. This man may look like a regular white-collar worker but his younger sisters are anything but: they are gravure idols and he was shown images from their provocative shoots. The ladies in question are Tomoe Yamanaka (山中知恵) and Mayumi Yamanaka (山中真由美). The brother laughs uncomfortably. "Yeah, I have mixed feelings about that." To our shame, we did not know that Tomoe Yamanaka and Mayumi Yamanaka were sisters, though now ...

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Are you an ass guy? Then you're gonna love this. Following the immense popularity of our previous lingering look at the under-appreciated charms of Japanese girls' butts, here is an update with some new favorites. We made selections from currently active gravure idols, adult video stars, actresses, and celebrities. From the plump to the curvy, the flat and cute, the pert and big, we hope there's something for everyone here. For more examples, check out our "butt" posts on Tumblr. As always, drop other ideas and suggestions into the comments! Manatsu Akimoto (Nogizaka46) Moe ...

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