At Tokyo Kinky, we keep a close eye on new gravure idols and other developments in the industry, not least because it's a constant flux and flurry of activity: who is debuting, who is making a comeback, whose photo book sold well, etc. But even we were a little taken aback by the latest "idol" to release a photo book: Myaku-Myaku, the weird and wacky mascot for the 2025 Osaka expo. While the expo ended in October last year, love for the bizarre alien creature still lives on. Myaku-Myaku is possibly meant to represent water and cells, but even that doesn't explain why the upright, bipedal ...

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