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Japanese Bikini Idol Gallery

This is a gallery where I show off my fanhood towards the popular Japanese “gravure idols”, also known as bikini idols. Basically, if you’ve ever seen swimsuit models, these are basically the same thing but on (at least in Japan) a bigger scale. Idols appear all over the place, including doing magazine shoots, photo books, DVDs, and many do other modeling on the side (including being among the ranks of the famed “race queens” as well as some who work as ring girls for boxing, K-1, and MMA events). The average idol’s career is only 1 year, but more popular idols can have much longer careers. Their ages widely vary, but the vast majority of idols are, as of early ‘09, in their 20s, some as young as 18 or 19, the oldest I know of is 37 (in the idol world, 30+ is considered old-the oldest idol still known to be active today is currently 31). I’ve heard on the young end they can be even younger, but 18 is the youngest I’ve seen. Also, any idols with pics in these galleries are at least 18.

A few other things idols do & don’t:
They do:
Swimsuit shoots, of course. Often bikinis, some do lingerie shoots as well.
Cosplay. Short for costume play, this involves dressing up in themed outfits, often as things like nurses, cheerleaders, maids (this one is extremely popular), schoolgirls (all Japanese girls in grade school wear sailor-style outfits), popular anime/video game characters, etc. This type of photography has been and still is very popular.
Websites/blogs. Although they’re mainly in Japanese, many idols/models have their own blogs or websites. (FYI: Most websites that have URLs like idolnamehere.com are NOT official websites. They almost always will end with .jp) I believe some idols even have fan clubs (I think Harumi Nemoto & Sora Aoi do, among others).

They don’t do:
Porn/sex/explicit photos. AV idols do that, not bikini idols. They do nothing NC-17 rated, or even R-rated for that matter (although some photos really straddle the R-rated line). 99% of bikini idol pics are PG at worst. The select few I’ve seen that aren’t are maybe PG-13 at worst, and nothing you wouldn’t see in Sports Illustrated.

Nudity. Gravure/bikini idols always keep their clothes on. Only a couple even do topless photos, and if they do all private parts are covered up at all times, whether with their hands of more clever methods-otherwise the tops (and bottoms) never come off. Some bikini idols like Miri Hanai & Yoko Matsugane (and occasionally Rio Natsume) primarily do more racy photo shoots (I think the term is “chaku-ero” or other way around) that do tease nudity but don’t actually have any.
Skimpy bikinis/thongs. They’re usually tasteful without being trashy, with the exception of those that specialize in the more racy photos. They leave that to AV Idols, who do the more “mature” stuff.

If you want porn/nudity or are looking for pics of AV idols then go to my other blog:
http://japavidols.wordpress.com/
WARNING: FOR MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY. Not worksafe, not for anyone under 18.

Recent Gallery Updates:
11/4/09: Added 4 images to Rio Natsume Gallery 2. Added 1 image to Harumi Nemoto Gallery 4 (gallery complete). Added Harumi Nemoto Gallery 5. Added 117 images to Harumi Nemoto Gallery 5.
11/7/09: Added 15 images to Miri Hanai Gallery 3. Added 70 images yo Yoko Matsugane Gallery 3 (gallery complete).

Click on a thumbnail to view the full-size image (Scroll down for links to the other galleries, they can also be accessed on the right side of the blog under “Pages”):