The emerging biracial gravure idol Tina Kitsune has already massively boosted her fame and profile since the start of the autumn. Now she has resorted to a tried-and-tested tactic of bringing in a friend to give her helping hand. In this case, it's more than a friend: it's her sister. Tina appears with her sister Kaia on the cover of a new issue of Young King, shot by veteran gravure cameraman Munetaka Tokuyama. The shoot is also available as a new digital photo book, because you can't have too much of a good thing. Like Tina, Kaia Kitsune is a half-Australian, half-Japanese model and ...

Pay attention, gents. There's a new biracial beauty in town. Actually, Tina Kitsune has already been around for a little while, but her fandom just got a major boost. This week saw the release of her digital photo book for Weekly Playboy, Oceania Innocence. As often is the case with such models, the powers that be are making a big deal out of her background as a haafu (mixed-race person). She is half-Japanese, half-Australian (specifically, white), and was brought up in Australia. Kitsune built up a following online through Instagram and TikTok, becoming an influencer, digital creator, ...

In early March, we reported on Akari Yoshida's gravure comeback under a new name. Now working as Akari Koda, she had just done her first shoot in about three years, appearing in the pages of Weekly Playboy. It wasn't a one-off. Koda has leveraged that shoot to keep building momentum in the competitive world of gravure, which is always looking for the next talent as the major publications seek to keep readers interested at a time when other images are just a click or swipe away. The 22-year-old Koda, who actually made her debut in the entertainment industry at the tender age of 13, has ...