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Porn star Marina Shiraishi on her debut, marriage, and child
In a recent interview with Spa!, Japanese porn star Marina Shiraishi (白石茉莉奈) discussed some of the background to her highly successful career. Shiraishi made her debut back in 2013 and is now 38 years...
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Crowdfunding campaign for photography book about Japan’s old red-light districts
The photographer Beniko has launched a crowdfunding campaign for a follow-up photo book to her 2023 publication about Japan’s disappearing old red-light districts (yukaku, akasen). Beniko is herself a...
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FC2 porn site founder Riyo Takahashi arrested upon return to Japan
The founder of Japanese video hosting site FC2, Riyo Takahashi, once ran unsuccessfully for election in Japan’s upper house. His campaign platform was to “crush mosaic censorship,” referring to the...
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Opposition party leader caught having affair with former gravure model
We are used to Japanese politicians, both male and female, having affairs with hostesses, party workers, foreign musicians, and even other lawmakers. But what about gravure idols? In a case that...
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Former TV announcer Nagisa Watanabe makes gravure debut
The Japanese female TV announcers who present the news and other shows do pretty well, but some of them branch off to pursue even more successful careers in other fields: as a general celebrity...
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Shark intestine inspires two new Japanese masturbators
Over the years, we have seen a wide range of inspirations for masturbator toys, from numerous parodies of franchises to things like a hand grenade, heart, human brain, milk carton, or sea anemone....
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Kasumi Mori is new model for Peach John lingerie
Continuing a time-honored tradition of using up-and-coming celebrities for its models, the leading Japanese lingerie brand Peach John’s new choice of model is announcer Kasumi Mori. Mori has recently...
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Old photo book of model who had affair with politician is now a bestseller
The revelation that the head of Japan’s third largest opposition party, Yuichiro Tamaki, has been having an affair with a former gravure model, Miyuki Koizumi, sparked a media frenzy at the start of...
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Single mom ex-AKB48 idol Kana Kobayashi no longer working as Ginza hostess
How many idols find true happiness? Of course, the majority who do tend to retire and live the rest of their lives in quiet obscurity. The ones who remain in the news often do so because their...
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A visit to a Japanese sex toy manufacturer factory (video)
Hot Powers is best known as a retailer but it also produces its own toys to great acclaim and success. One example is the high-quality Favorite Things Hole, which take the best elements of a...
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Vote for your favorite gravure idol in the Grademy Award
Who’s your favorite gravure idol? Who do you like to see grace the covers of the tabloid magazines every month? These are the questions constantly running through our minds on an almost daily basis —...
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International survey finds that Japan ranks bottom for romantic and sexual...
Oh no. One of those surveys has appeared. Despite our best efforts to celebrate the diverse and exciting sexual landscape in Japan, these perennial surveys reporting on sexlessness in the country get...
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West Japan’s largest strip club in Osaka raided by police for public indecency
Back in 2019, we lamented the (fortunately temporary) closure of Osaka’s red-light district Tobita Shinchi in a bid to stave off a crackdown by the authorities ahead of the G-20 summit. (Because the...
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Renka Iwamoto (Nogizaka46) goes semi-nude for debut photo book
It feels like it’s been quite some time since we’ve got excited about a current member of the once-might idol groups like Nogisaka46 or AKB48. Sure, the former members give us plenty of material to wax...
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Haruna Kojima is nude in new photo book
In her new photo book, 36-year-old Haruna Kojima goes nude with some pics that are going to send her legions of fans’ pulses racing. We’ve been following Kojiharu’s career ever since her AKB48 days and...
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Japanese porn stars who look like celebrities
Which Japanese adult video stars look like other Japanese celebrities? Some Japanese porn performers have a striking resemblance to well-known models, idols, actresses, and other celebrities. This is...
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20% off all Japanese adult toys for Black Friday
Our friends at Kanojo Toys have launched their Black Friday and Cyber Monday sale. You can now get 20% off any order until December 4 if you use the promo code BFCM. (A bigger discount is available for...
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Ex-STU48 Yuka Oki makes gravure splash with revealing shoot
Yuka Oki has just graduated STU48, the Setouchi-based version of AKB48, and seems determined to make a name for herself. And as past members of the AKB and Nogizaka sister groups have demonstrated...
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39-year-old Maki Goto goes nude in new photo book flos
Former Morning Musume music idol Maki Goto has caused a sensation with her new photo book, flos Many years ago, she did some great semi-nudes shoots (one on a bed showing off her naked side and barely...
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Former cram school teacher Rui Shido strips off for debut photo book
The internet recently went bonkers over the arrival of former Morning Musume idol Maki Goto’s nipples, not least because she is almost 40 and it might be her last hurrah. But a younger star,...
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