Ai Shinozaki made a gravure comeback initially in late 2021 and then again in early 2022, and the resulting semi-nude photo book was one of the highlights of the year.
Now aged 30, the famously busty (bakunyu) babe is a very welcome re-entry in our orbit. (In fact, she had been absent so long we presumed she had retired from gravure and entertainment.)
Her 2022 photo book was about as nude as it’s possible to be without actually showing tits or ass (besides hints of her butt and plenty of side boob).
She’s not resting on her laurels, it seems. Her latest shoot continues her gravure comeback in this semi-nude, hand bra (tebura) vein. It has a public bath theme, so you can imagine what it might be like to pop to the local bathhouse and find Ai Shinozaki taking a dip in one of the tubs. What better way to warm up on a cold winter day!
Shinozaki is featured on the covers of the January 1 issue of Young Champion (actually, by some Back to the Future kind of logic, on sale December 13), and the December 23 issue of Friday (with a special tie-in DVD to boot). She has also just released a 2023 calendar, so her career seems to be enjoying a new jukujo surge.
But Ai-chan, if you want our advice: go nude to really push your gravure career to the next level!
