Wakana Matsumoto 松本若菜 is a very pretty Japanese actress and model from Tottori prefecture Japan. She is mostly known for her role as Airi Nogami in the tokusatsu drama Kamen Rider Den-O (TV Asahi 2007). She has also appeared in Keishicho Sosa Ikka 9 Gakari 4 (TV Asahi, 2009, ep1) and Around 40 (TBS, 2008).
This year she has appeared in movies Maho no I Land DVD: SixDays + another story and Fujoshi Kanojo, TV show “Cho” Kowai Hanashi Fictions Yumeaki Hirayama Gankyu Yuen, released one idol DVD couleur – Shikisai and just in time for Christmas, a 2010 calendar. Read more...
Miu Nakamura 仲村みう is a 19 year old gravure idol and Jpop singer. She started as a teenage gravure idol and won the 2006 “Miss Young Magazine” award. In 2007 she took a short break and upon returning she focused more on music, acting and voice-acting.
Ever wonder why Japanese search engines are better for searching for gravure idols and maids? a) the results are geared for otaku b) they search in Japanese c) they don’t have family filters or d) they index content better than Google. The answer is probably b) searching in Japanese as most web content about gravure idols and maids is in Japanese language.
We base our answer on the following funny TV commercial from top Japanese search engine and portal “goo” owned by Japanese phone giant NTT. Type a search for “gravure maid” in your local area and get the following results. Read more...
Sabra is an extremely popular and well known bi-weekly Japanese men’s magazine similar in content to FHM or Maxim in western countries.
It features many popular bikini (or gravure グラビアアイドル,) models but no nudity. Being featured in the magazine guarentees a good shot at becoming an even bigger celebrity.
Zen Pictures Burst Rangers DVD series バーストレンジャー is a typical low budget sexy take on the power ranger series featuring Japanese gravure idols Kanami Okamoto 岡本果奈美 Shiori Kawana 川奈栞 Rui Chion 知恩類 Riko Moriyama 森山りこ Yuuki Matsuyama 松山友紀 Ami Aihara 藍原亜美 and Catherine Takano カトリーヌ高野.
Zen Pictures specializes in “Heroine Action” flicks and in this particular series the Burst Rangers use their special skills and powers, not to mention their “oppai” to beat all the bad guys. The Burst Rangers DVDs were directed by Motoharu Takauji.