Hinatazaka46 member Miku Kanemura has released some preview images of her upcoming second photo book and netizens and fans are going wild over a particular shot of her in alluring black lingerie.
Dressed in an elegant teddy or bodysuit, Miku's bust is really emphasized, transforming her ordinarily slender-looking figure into something far more sensual and voluptuous. This is Miku as femme fatale.
But most eye-catching of all, the crotch area suggests that she has very carefully groomed or even gone fully hairless (paipan) downstairs. This speculation is all a bit tasteless and crude, of ...
Kyra (or Kaira) Shirahase is a professional bodyboarder and model in Japan, and has just released her second print photo book that is set to increase her exposure in a more literal sense.
Blue Sight was released on September 16 from the publisher Futabasha.
The about-to-turn-29 Shirahase's nude photo book shows off more of her athletic body than ever, and is the perfect callback to summer that we need now, as the weather slips into the autumn and the colder months lie ahead.
She covers her breasts with her hands, but in other shots her wet clothing leaves her nipples clearly ...
The second photo book by Cocona Umeyama came out earlier this month and has already set the interwebs on fire in just a few days.
As reported here in July, the ex-NMB48 idol's second publication is a nude release.
Umeyama is a former member of the Osaka-based girl group NMB48 (from 20216 to 2022) as well as of spin-off music group Lapis Arch.
She is clearly trying to establish a name for herself in the competitive world of music idols seeking to build a career after leaving the safety net of their group by taking a more provocative approach in COCOIRO, which features her taking off her ...
We are excited to share more images from the comeback of former top gravure star Kumiko Takeda.
The photo book is 57-year-old Takeda's first in 23 years and the title and cover remain unannounced. It is released on September 9, about a month after Takeda turns a ripe 58 years of age.
A taste of what was to come previously appeared in Weekly Friday, when Takeda did a cover shoot in late June.
Some further images are now available, showing the legendary model in the bath, and letting us revel in her athletic, ageless body. She is lying naked in a bath or on a bed while wearing red lingerie ...
Cocona Umeyama is a former member of Osaka-based girl group NMB48 (from 20216 to 2022) as well as of spin-off music group Lapis Arch.
The Osaka native released a photo book in 2022 and is now set to release a second this August, and in which she is upping the ante in an effort to boost her career as the 22-year-old former idol seeks to establish herself as an actor.
Whereas her previous photo book just featured her in swimwear, COCOIRO is more lavish in terms of both aesthetic and budget.
Shot on location in Cebu, the star poses nude with her hands covering her breasts, showing off her ...
There are comebacks and then there are comebacks. We have seen a fair few returns to gravure in recent years, but surely none are as welcome as Kumiko Takeda.
It was announced this week that the 57-year-old Takeda is to release her first photo book since 2003. The former model and actress shows off her body in preview images released this week and also featured in a 10-page cover shoot for Weekly Friday today.
The book, which is released on September 9, is shot by leading gravure photographer ND Chow and released by Kodansha. It is billed as an homage to her past shoots.
Takeda says: "I ...
Ayame Misaki is back with a new digital photo book. Shot by ND Chow, wet moon came out via Shueisha and Weekly Playboy on May 18.
Living up to its title, it features a sweaty Misaki showing off her shapely body in a bikini.
Misaki is now 37 years old and seems set to replicate the success of Kyoko Fukada and continue such gravure beach shoots into her late thirties and even forties.
Like the voice actress Yuka Iguchi, Misaki reinvented her in her thirties with an athletic look boasting muscular curves and a sun-kissed body.
Beginning in 2021, her comeback has reaped dividends for ...
There's jukujo and then there's Yuka Iguchi.
The voice actress reinvented herself in her late thirties as an athletic, sexy idol, showing off her beach body in a dazzling series of photo shoots for gravure magazines. Now she's back with her glamorous figure.
Iguchi graces the cover of Weekly Playboy this month to promote her upcoming photo book, her third overall and her first in about two years following the hugely successful More More More. The as-yet-untitled book was lavishly shot in Vietnam and Japan, and comes out July 11 from Shueisha.
"I thought my previous photo book would be my ...
We do love the gravure comeback. Sure, it's sometimes just a marketing gimmick, a manufactured framing of a return in order to generate headlines. Other times, a comeback genuinely raises a nostalgic smile as we remember when the idol (and we) were younger, and marvel at how good they still are.
Recently, comebacks have been popular, with top stars from the 2000s returning to gravure for an anniversary or career boost: Nozomi Sasaki, Megumi Kagurazaka, Erika Sawajiri, and Atsuko Maeda.
But most of these ladies are still in their forties or even late thirties. What about those stunners from ...
Everyone wants to be the next Minami Tanaka. While there have been plenty of past examples of Japanese TV announcers (newsreaders) shifting into modeling, both fashion and gravure modeling, Tanaka pioneered a successful style of shifting her career into a whole other stratosphere by releasing a sexy photo book in her early thirties, and earning a strong fandom among both men and similarly aged women.
But Tanaka is now about to turn 40 and focused on her new career as an actor, so there's a gap in market for a newbie.
We've seen a clutch of ladies recently try to assume the mantle: Anna ...
