Saori Hara 原紗央莉 (はら さおり) is a popular Japanese AV idol and former  gravure model.  Twenty year old Saori is from Hiroshima prefecture and is well known for her unique look, voluptuous curves, and seductive brown eyes. She is of mix parentage (her grandfather being German), similar to other exotic idols like Maria Ozawa and Meisa Hanai.

Saori Hara made her appearance as a gravure idol in 2005 when she released some image videos and photobooks under the name Mai Nanami.  She then vanished for a few years and returned to the AV scene in 2008 as Saori Hara where she posed nude for Sabra magazine.  Soon after she would announce that she was working for SOD. Soft On Demand(SOD) is one of Japan’s prominent adult studios.  Read more...

Jpop queen Koda Kumi has teamed up with Fergie for a new song released in early June called That Aint Cool. The video featurs Koda Kumi with new look short black hair. The song was not well received by many Koda Kumi fans as they disliked that Fergie seemed to dominate the song.

photo shoot for S Cawaii (Japanese fashion magazine)

joint interview

that ain’t cool pv

Hisayo Inamori 稲森寿世 is a 16 year old model for Japanese fashion magazine Cawaii!. Cawaii magazine is popular with Japanese girls aged 15-20 years old. Past models for the magazine include gravure idol and actress Azusa Yamamoto 山本梓, Jpop singer Rina Aiuchi 愛内里菜 and Ana Suzuki 鈴木杏奈.

Hisayo Inamori hopes to be a successful model and singer and after she won the Nippon Broadcasting System’s “Dreamgirls Audition” last year she was awarded a recording contract with Avex’s rhythm zone label. She released her debut single last month called “GIRLS STYLE” with 2 versions of the music video, with the Shibuya girls video featuring Inamori in outfits from popular brands in Shibuya.  Read more...

Beautiful 21 year university student Hiroko Mima 美馬寛子 has won this year’s Miss Universe Japan 2008 title beating out 9 other beautiful Japanese women (including our favorite Azusa Nishigaki 西垣梓) to represent Japan at the Miss Universe competition to be held in July in Hanoi Vietnam.

Hiroko Mima who studies at a college in Tokushima prefecture (western Japan) is very athletic and is on the track and filed team specializing in the high jump (She is 173cm tall and can jump 165cm!) During her high school days she was even nationally ranked and participated in national sporting events.  Read more...

Get two hot Japanese babes, gravure idol Aya Kiguchi 木口亜矢 and actress Rina Akiyama 秋 山 莉奈 and put them together for a fun photo shoot for BOMB magazine and you will have something special . Aya continues with her modeling as well as her Jpop singing career (she released 2 singles last year はじめてのチュウ and Diamond/Peach). Rina continues her popular role on TV series Kamen Rider Den-O.

From the BOMB TV special

Aya Kiguchi and Rina Akiyama

Maya Sakura is a super sexy Japanese model who grew up in Kanagawa, Japan. She made the big move to the U.S. in 2006. She first visited the U.S. when she was 18 and decided that one day she would move here.While living in Japan, Maya attended school, modeled for a few magazines, and spent a lot of time with her friends and family.

Maya Sakura Videos  Read more...

Nana Tanimura is a pretty and sexy 21 year law student at Aoyama Gakuin University 青山学院大学 who also happens to be one of Jpop’s new up and coming artists.  This Sapporo born singer who has  gravure idol good looks was raised in Okinawa, Osaka, Hawaii and Los Angeles.

During her third year of high school in Osaka, Nana had entered the Miss Magazine gravure idol contest where she advanced to the semi finals.  Though not winning she was noticed at a different event by music scouts for her singing ability and was signed to music label Sonic Group (part of the Avex Group).  Read more...