2012-09-18

Saki Onodera - Gravure idol to AV actress

Sometimes I wonder what happens to all those gravure idols after they pass their Christmas expiration date (25 years old, don't blame me it's an expression in Japan). Some become AV actresses, while others I wonder if they just get married or find regular day jobs.

Check out Saki Onondera here, she's definitely managed to maintain her awesome body in youthful shape since her gravure days as an 18-year-old. In some ways I find her pics now even more sexy, but maybe that's just because I'm getting old too.

AKB48 Lesbian Commercial

Another example of mainstream industry using gratuitous sex -- popular Japanese pop singers and gravure idols AKB48 engaging in faux lesbian kisses to push a candy product. We don't need gratuitous love or sex scenes in movies, and we certainly don't need them in commercials, unless you are selling condoms or vibrators. I can't stand the hypocrisy of those who are fine with the suggestive kawaii sexuality of their pop idols but then make a big fuss when they become AV actresses (porn stars) like former AKB48 member Rina Nakanishi ( 中西里菜 ). Now if only Tomomi Itano ( 板野友美 ) would follow in her footsteps ;-) She's making money off her sexuality already to sell just about every other product in Japan.

U-15 gravure idol Saaya Irie


紗綾11歳 DVD from Amazon Japan

I remember there was some hoopla a while back about bikini photos of U-15 gravure idol Saaya Irie, who was 11 years old at the time. U-15, of course, means under-15, and in fact she was actually U-12 at her debut. What many people don't realize is that these "junior idols" are a mainstream part of Japanese life. If you check Amazon Japan (amazon.co.jp) you can actually find even younger innocent girls and boys who are not even in elementary school yet in provocative swimsuit poses, exploited by their cash-strapped pachinko-playing parents and sleazy industry producers. I have no problem with the expression of sexuality, but leave sexiness to the adults. Let the kids at least reach puberty first for almighty's sake before you start exploiting them.

2012-09-06

GRAPHIS

I've always been a big fan of the Japanese GRAPHIS nude gravure site, except for the fact that Japan is still too insular to accept my foreign credit card and believes that a woman's pussy is somehow dirty and needs to be covered up with a ridiculous mosaic. Now I've found a site called GRAVURE.COM that combines the best of both worlds, the uninhibited sensuality of Western nude art photos with the fresh-and-cuteness of Japanese nude gravure. And in English, yay!

2012-09-03

Nao Shiraishi Japanese AV dildo masturbation


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What is gravure?

Gravure, short for photogravure, is a method of printing. But in Japan the word "gravure" describes genres of pin-up imagery, often in swimsuits, implied nude ("chaku-ero") and sometimes nude. There is a whole market of gravure magazines and photobooks (hence the loan word from the printing industry) featuring young female models and idols, and sold in bookstores and local convenience stores. Gravure photography is Japan's take on glamour or art nude photography but often focuses more on the kawaii cuteness of the girls rather than sexuality. Even nude gravure photos focus on this kawaii-ness in addition to the sensual beauty of the female body. Alas there is literally one area that Japanese nude gravure disappoints, and that has to do with the mosaic censoring of human genitalia. Of course, the Japanese are known for their weird crazy fetishes, which are legal, but for some reason they shy away when it comes to something as natural as parts of the human body. It was only recently that "hair nudes" (showing pubic hair in publications) was permitted. Let's hope with globalization and a more open mind, Japan will come to their realm of the senses.

Miku Himeno 姫乃未来

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