2023 was another busy year for us, publishing an article almost every weekday. We hope you enjoyed reading our content. With just a few days of 2023 left, let's look back on the year through some of the major developments in the gravure industry. In January, Ichika Miri announced her retirement (though since she's just 24 years old, we hope she might return under a different name and new management). One-time top gravure princess Anri Sugihara released her first photo book in over six years. She is now a charmingly mature 41 years old. In March, Memo Oba retired. Gravure is brutally ...

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