Oh, the danger of the casual, candid selfie.
Idols from groups like AKB48 have always sold themselves as regular girls that are not out of your league. They are "the idols that you can meet" -- especially at hand-shaking events where fans pay to do so.
Part of this appeal is cultivated by their social media output.
It's common for idols to post pictures and selfies showing their normal lives and what takes place behind the scenes.
When AKB48's Kyoko Yamada recently took some backstage selfies in the dressing room before an event, however, she gave fans more than she (or her AKS managers) ...
This is the grim reality for Comiket if you are a cosplayer. Sure, if you're a popular cosplayer like Enako, no doubt you get your own team of staff to help manage the crowds, but for the amateurs and the small fry out there -- of which they are many -- you are nothing more than a toy or meat to be haggled over, parsed, and lensed by the snapping cameras of hordes of male visitors. And all at ultra-close proximity.
These two pictures widely shared online have once again revealed this situation, this time at Comiket 97 held at the end of December at 2019.
As is clearly visible, the men are ...
As we know, Comiket is less about comics and more about cosplay. Specifically, female cosplayers.
Stars like Enako can attract huge crowds (and money).
But even lesser-known female cosplayers can pull in a strong audience, though, as one example from the recent Comiket 96 showed, this phenomenon can have unpleasant consequences if you are not prepared or don't have adequate minders.
In a video that has since gone viral (nearly 4 million views as of writing), a Chinese cosplayer found herself on August 11th surrounded by a mob of men with cameras who refused to make space for her. Instead ...
Cosplayers surely know what they are doing when they wear short skirts and let fans surround them at events.
They know that those lens are pointed in a certain direction and will inevitably capture a certain thing. And so naturally they prepare their nether regions for that express purpose.
If you have ever wondered what kind of shots fans really want to get, it's something like this.
Gorgeous cosplayer Yutori definitely got her you-know-what into the right paipan fully-shaved state in readiness for those copious amounts of panchira upskirt shots.
Close-ups reveal that she did a mighty ...
Suzu Hirose, Ayami Nakajo, and Haruka Fukuhara star in the comedy movie Let's Go, JETS! From Small Town Girls to U.S. Champions?!, which was released in 2017 and was then followed by a TV drama series sequel broadcast on TBS with a different cast.
The formidable lineup of beautiful performers alone should be enough to excite your interest, but a serious bonus should be the brief glimpses of panchira (upskirt shot) that appear as the cheerleaders kick their legs up.
All right, it's hardly an actual sex scene or even a nude one -- but in a land where panchira is a massive, ...
The 21-year-old Rena Takeda (aka Renarena) is a growing star in the worlds of both gravure and acting.
Sure, she looks sexy in lingerie. That we already knew. But what about a nurse uniform?
It's now confirmed by all that she looks mighty cute in a nurse uniform, as her role in the current television drama New King (Atarashii ousama) on TBS demonstrates amply. Perhaps even better, though, she shows us more than just a good costume.
In one scene, she is required to leap from the outside staircase of a building, which reveals her panties underneath her uniform. Japanese netizens, ...
Halloween in Japan means many things. It means crazy costumes and street parties. It means cars being overturned. It mean girls in bodystockings. It means a porn shoot truck. It means a top porn star in a cute costume. And it also means old men upskirting young girls.
Yes, this is one of the less than savory elements of the Halloween street parties in Tokyo and other cities around Japan.
One incredulous person caught an elderly photography patently getting panchira shots of girls in Center Gai last weekend during the height of the Halloween revelry. He seems barely aware that others ...
Tosasatu "secret filming" is a constant threat for women in Japan (and in South Korea, especially toilets). Every practitioner wants that holy panchira up-skirt shot! Escalators and stairs are popular places to try this, presuming you have prepared your equipment right (cameras hidden in bags are a typical example of the more elaborate set-up). This is why you may see some young women holding bags against the backs of their legs as they ascend floors in order to flatten their skirts and hide their underwear from voyeurs.
Inevitably, schoolgirls are a target for upskirting. After all, not ...
Beware the bag.
Just as women in Japan must be wary of men standing near them on trains, given the prevalence of chikan molesting, they should also take caution when they see a bag on the floor.
Today a bag is no longer a bag. It might contain a camera that is carefully positioned in order to snap a photo of between their legs. Naturally this is only a problem is they are wearing a dress or skirt, but that is often the case for women working in retail or customer services.
Here is one example of upskirting that we recently stumbled upon.
An attractive store assistant was ...
At a recent concert, one fan happened to be in the perfect position when SKE48 idol Haruka Kumazaki was doing an up-close meet-and-greet round of the stadium.
Sure, he or she wasn't seated in the stands where Haruka Kumazaki actually came to say hello. But they had the next best thing -- or perhaps something even better. By being behind her, they could capture a unique panchira upskirt shot when she bent over to greet eager fans.
Under her skirt, Haruka's panties are tightly wrapped around her buttocks and rolling up to wedge in her butt crack. Her knee-high socks also really show off ...
