In the fast and furious world of gravure, it feels like every month, if not every week, brings a newcomer. Many debut, then quickly disappear. A lucky few endure and build careers.
But every month also seems to bring a gravure comeback of sorts. In mid-April, for instance, we celebrated the return of former AKB48 Haruna Kojima to gravure after years of focusing on fashion retail.
And so we are very pleased to welcome back Rika Adachi, who has recently done a stunning cover shoot for an issue of Weekly Playboy (April 24) with a sunny bikini theme that has us yearning for the summer to kick ...
Sometimes we see something that makes us feel a bit nostalgic -- and a bit old!
Rika Adachi (足立梨花) was one of our favorite gravure idols about a decade ago, mainly for her nice butt. She made it onto our now-legendary list of "Japanese babes with great asses."
To be honest, we haven't followed all the ins and outs of her modeling and acting career in the years since, though we remember when she was forced to deny having had plastic surgery (which is secretly quite common in Japan).
Well, now Rika Adachi has released a new photo book to mark her thirtieth birthday (what? When did ...
They say that Japanese girls have no ass but we think that's time to set the record straight.
This is a country FULL of great asses. You just have to know where to look.
Have we convinced you yet?!
Here are some of our favorites...
Yuu Abiru
Rika Adachi
Hitomi Aizawa
Megumi Fukushita
Haruna Hana
Maki Honoka
Natsuki Ikeda
Waka Inoue
Minori Inudo
Atsumi Ishihara
Sayaka ...
It's an open secret that many gravure idols and Japanese TV celebrities use plastic surgery to enhance their appearance.
While this is even more prevalent in Korea and relatively openly admitted to, it is still seen as a bit of a deception in Japan.
How do the girls get that innocent doll-like look? Often not just through their genes, it seems.
Only does the occasional lady break the silence and tell the truth.
One idol and actress attracting attention at the moment is cute Rika Adachi, who has a very lovely pert butt, not to mention a very "pure" face.
At a recent event Twitter users ...
It's been a while since we had an Idol of the Week -- are they becoming more like Idols of the Month? -- so to break the mold, here's the very charming Rika Adachi (足立梨花).
Rika was born in 1992 in Mie and has starred in a few TV drama series.
On top of her girl-next-door pure looks, she has a wonderfully grab-it-with-one-hand ...
