The best Japanese gravure and celebrity nude shoots of 2021

The year is drawing to a close: another twelve months packed full of gravure shoots and photo books. But who did the most memorable nude shoot?

Sure, there were plenty of sexy and semi-nude shoots, but who made their nude debuts? Who looked best without their clothes on?

We look at the best nude shoots in 2021 from gravure idols, models, and other celebrities (not porn stars, since going nude is par for the course).

Former Morning Musume idol and singer Maki Goto make a high-profile comeback to live performance and also released a photo book, where she went nude again — and proved how amazing she looks in her late thirties even after having two kids.

Tsubasa Hazuki is no stranger to nudity and she spent the summer doing more of the same with wet and sensual nude shoots promoting a nude photo book.

Thirtysomething Marin Inoue has a classic, busty gradol body, which was on full display in all its glory — bush and all — in a ravishing hair nude shoot this year.

Former AKB48 idol Satomi Kaneko showed us her ravishing breasts and paipan pussy.

Kyouka is still in her early twenties and should have plenty of mileage left in her gravure career. This hasn’t stopped the Jun Amaki lookalike from dropping her clothes and posing nude several times this year for Weekly Friday. Her F-cup breasts are incredible, though she has yet to show us her nipples.

Keio University student Miho Machiyama had teased before with semi-nude and nude (butt) shoots, but did a full-frontal hair nude photo book (and accompanying Weekly Friday spread). Wow.

Half-American, half-Japanese Michelle Megumi looked voluptuous and lovely in her nude Koki Nishida shoot.

Though she made her comeback in late 2020 with a “final” nude shoot, Mao Miyaji’s nudity apparently continued into 2021.

Beautiful model Airi Sato landed a major role in the second season of The Naked Director, which involved nudity, and she followed this up with a nude photo book putting her lovely ass and back on firm display.

Manami Shindo went nude several times over the year.

On the cusp of 40, former TV announcer Misumi Shiochi went nude (again) to show off her curvy butt and her G-cup side boobs.

Actress Mio Sugiyama looked amazing in a Koki Nishida photo shoot that saw her hailed as the new Mitsu Dan.

Though we have seen her fully nude before, Bambi Watanabe always looks great without her clothes on. Those breasts could knock down buildings.

As a final bonus, here are highlights from Miho Machiyama’s most recent full-frontal hair nude shoot for Weekly Friday, shot by veteran photographer Koki Nishida, promoting her second (surely nude?) photo book release scheduled for February 2022. So there’s plenty to look forward to next year too!