This is a list of , who are
glamour models
Glamour photography is a genre of photography in which the subjects are portrayed in erotic poses ranging from fully clothed to nude. The term may be a euphemism for erotic photography. For glamour models, body shape and size are directly rel ...
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Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
that are generally more provocative than regular
models
A model is an informative representation of an object, person or system. The term originally denoted the plans of a building in late 16th-century English, and derived via French and Italian ultimately from Latin ''modulus'', a measure.
Models c ...
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idols, though not to the point of posing nude.
21st century
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Yuzuki Aikawa
is a Japanese gravure idol and retired professional wrestler. Starting her modeling career in 2003, Aikawa went on to become one of Japan's top gravure idols, earning the nickname "The Gravure Queen of the Next Generation" by appearing in variou ...
(b. 1983)
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Rina Akiyama
is a Japanese actress, gravure idol, and ''tarento'' from Tokyo. Her most notable appearances are in two ''Kamen Rider'' series, namely ''Kamen Rider Agito'' and ''Kamen Rider Den-O''. She also has a cameo appearance in '' Metal Gear Solid 3: ...
(b. 1985)
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Sayaka Ando
is a Japanese gravure idol and fashion model. She made her debut in Eternal in 2004.
She is a graduate of Miyagi Gakuin Women's University
is a private university in Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan.
History
The Miyagi Girls' School was fou ...
(b. 1981)
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Hikaru Aoyama
is a Japanese gravure idol and ''tarento''. She is represented by the talent agency 01familia.
Career
Aoyama debuted as a gravure idol in 2013. In April of the same year, she won the first "Jigadoru" Contest Grand Prix ( Lily Franky Award) and ...
(b. 1993)
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Yui Aragaki
is a Ryukyuan Japanese actress, model, singer and occasional radio show host. She has been selected several times as the most desired girlfriend and the most desired female celebrity face in Oricon's yearly survey.
Early life
She was born on J ...
(b. 1988) - Later became an actress.
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Haruka Ayase
is a Japanese actress, model and singer who started her career as a gravure idol in 2000. She has since become a leading actress in television and film.
Life and career
Early life and education
Haruka Ayase was born as Aya Tademaru on March ...
(b. 1985) - F-cup bakunyū; Later became an actress.
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Rola Chen
Chen Yi (born May 13, 1987), better known as Rola Chen, is a Chinese model and actress who works in Japan.
Biography
Early life
While in middle school, she was nicknamed "Flower" (花). According to Chen, in China, the most beautiful girl in a ...
(b. 1987) - from China
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Leah Dizon
Leah Donna Dizon (born September 24, 1986) is an American singer, model and media personality.[Ena Fujita
is a Japanese musician, singer-songwriter and gravure idol. She is managed by Platinum Production and signed to King Records. Due to her two careers she has dubbed herself a , a portmanteau of "singer-songwriter" and "gradol", an abbreviation ...](_blank)
(b. 1990) - also a musician
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Kyoko Fukada
is a very common feminine Japanese given name. Not to be confused with Kiyoko.
Possible writings
The final syllable "ko" is typically written with the kanji character for child, 子. It is a common suffix to female names in Japan.
The first sy ...
(b. 1982) - also an actress
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Mina Fukui
is a Japanese former actress, television personality and gravure model from Nabari, Mie Prefecture. She worked under the Horipro talent agency.
Career
Even though she had been featured as a guest or assistant in several shows during the 1990 ...
(b. 1984)
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Shōko Hamada
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Mikie Hara
is a Japanese gravure idol and actress. Her debut role was in '' Cutie Honey: The Live'' as the lead role of Honey Kisaragi/Cutie Honey.
History
Filmography
TV Drama
Films
References
External links
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1987 births
Living ...
(b. 1987)
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Ourei Harada (b. 1986) - J-cup bakunyū.
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Marica Hase
, also known as is a Japanese gravure model, adult actress, and ''Penthouse'' Pet. Starting out her career as an erotic model in 2007, Hase transitioned into being an AV idol in 2009 before basing herself the United States in 2012. She appeare ...
(b. 1981)
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Yuka Hirata
is a Japanese actress, voice actress, tarento, and gravure idol from Hokkaido. She portrayed Mere in the Super Sentai Series '' Juken Sentai Gekiranger''. She has also appeared in ''Food Fight'', an episode of Carlos, and several idol videos.
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(b. 1983) - Later became an actress.
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Saori Horii is a female gravure idol of Japan. She is from Tokyo, and belongs to the show-business production '' Platica Inc.'', a subsidiary of ''Face Network Co., Ltd.''
Profile
* Nickname: Saorin (b. 1984)
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Aki Hoshino
is a Japanese bikini idol. She has appeared in various men's magazines, such as '' Sabra'' and television shows. In 2010, she was named one of the "7 most irresistibly cute Japanese idols" by the Thailand version of the men's magazine FHM.
Bio ...
(b. 1977) - E or F-cup bakunyū; One of the most aged gravure idols.
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Miri Ichika
Miri Ichika (''未梨一花, Ichika Miri'', born 24 February 1999) is a Japanese gravure idol, tarento, and actress from Chiba, Japan. She is under contract with A & A Holdings.
Biography
Ichika said in a 2022 interview that her bust began to ...
(b. 1999) known as "High Pressure Big Breasts," I-cup bakunyū
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Yui Ichikawa
, is an actress and model from Tokyo, Japan. She is also known by her nickname, ''Yui-nyan''. As an actress she has appeared in several dramas (''doramas''), and in recent years she has concentrated more on her film career. She played a minor ...
(b. 1986) - Later became an actress.
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Waka Inoue
is a Japanese idol, tarento and actress. She was born in Meguro, Tokyo as Naoko Niimura (新村 直子). Her mother is former actress Kyoko Saga.
Inoue's main claim to fame in the tarento circles is her bustline. She made her debut as a gravure ...
(b. 1980)
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Saaya Irie
is a Japanese actress, Voice acting in Japan, voice actress, gravure idol and singer. Her stage name is simply her given name, Saaya.
In addition to her modeling work she has recently been appearing in numerous films, radio, and television prog ...
(alias: Saaya, b.1993) - F-cup bakunyū.
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Miku Ishida
is a Japanese female singer and used to be a gravure idol, actress and a teen idol, had belonged to the show-business production ''LesPros Entertainment'' from 1999 to 2008. She is from Komaki, Aichi, and graduated from ''Hinode High School' ...
(b. 1988)
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Reon Kadena
, also known as Leon Kadena or Minamo Kusano, is a Japanese glamour photography, glamor-model and actor, actress.
Life and career
Kadena was born in Osaka Prefecture on February 19, 1986. The former gravure idol had her first collection of nude p ...
(alias: Minamo Kusano, b.1986) - later become a nude model.
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Megumi Kagurazaka
is a Japanese actress and glamour model. She is married to the director Sion Sono and has starred in some of his films.
Career
Kagurazaka has appeared in films such as ''Cold Fish'', ''Guilty of Romance'', and '' The Land of Hope''.
Filmograph ...
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Yukie Kawamura
is a Japanese gravure idol, tarento, and actress signed to Japan Art.
Biography
Born in Otaru, Hokkaidō, Kawamura grew up in Yokohama, Kanagawa and later in Abiko, Chiba. She made her debut in 2003 as a gravure idol. In 2006 she started her ...
(b. 1986)
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Kii Kitano (b. 1991) - Later became an actress.
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Noriko Kijima
is a Japanese gravure idol and actress.
Life and career
Kijima was born in Nagano Prefecture, Japan on March 22, 1988. She was one of the winners at the 2005 Seikore competition, short for Zenkoku Joshikousei Seifuku Collection, a Japanese natio ...
(b. 1988) - Also cast in:
Shyness Machine Girl was released January 23, 2009 in Japan as part of the Japanese DVD release for
The Machine Girl
is a 2008 Japanese action comedy horror film written and directed by Noboru Iguchi, and starring Minase Yashiro, Asami, Kentarō Shimazu and Honoka. The plot follows an orphaned Japanese schoolgirl whose life is destroyed when her brother is ki ...
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Hitomi Kitamura - J-cup bakunyū.
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Emi Kobayashi (b. 1983)
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Mao Kobayashi (b. 1992)
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Yumi Kobayashi
is a female fashion model from Tokyo, Japan. She belongs to the show-business production ''Burning Production, K.K.'' ( 株式会社バーニングプロダクション) and used to belong to '' Platica Inc.''
Her show-business name from July 20 ...
(b. 1988)
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Michiko Koga (b. 1986) - later became a musician
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Eiko Koike
is a Japanese actress.
Biography
Koike starred in Kunitoshi Manda's film '' The Kiss''. She appeared in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 2012 television drama ''Penance,'' and co-starred in Junji Sakamoto's ''A Chorus of Angels'' with Sayuri Yoshinaga. She ...
(b. 1980)
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Ayaka Komatsu
Ayaka Komatsu ( ja, 小松 彩夏 ''Komatsu Ayaka''; born 23 July 1986) is a Japanese model, gravure idol and actress. She was born in Ichinoseki, Iwate Prefecture.
Biography
Modeling career
Her modeling agency is Amuse inc. She was a regular ...
(b. 1986)
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Yuka Kosaka
is a Japanese gravure idol and actress. She was born in Izumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. She is also known as her nickname "Yuka-chin", and has starred in a number of TV dramas and films.
Profile
Yuka made her debut in 2004 after winning ...
(b. 1985)
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Asaka Kubo is the lead vocal singer of the group A+Jyuc . She currently belongs to the show-business production company ''PLATINUM-S'', and is a former member of Pyw-A.
She got her start in 1998 when she was scouted and given the opportunity to become a grav ...
(b. 1979)
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Risa Kudo (b. 1983)
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Yoko Kumada (b. 1982)
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Chiaki Kyan
is a Japanese tarento, master of ceremonies, yoga instructor, lyricist and former gravure idol
A model is a person with a role either to promote, display or advertise commercial products (notably fashion clothing in fashion shows) o ...
(b. 1986)
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Kana Tsugihara
Kana Tsugihara (つぎはら かな) ( Born August 25, 1984, in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese actress, model and idol who has appeared in various magazines and television shows.
She has body measurements of 87-60-88 cm, and stands 1.58m tall ...
(b. 1986)
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Yoko Matsugane (b. 1982)
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Hatsune Matsushima
is a Japanese gravure idol, gravure model, tarento, talent and actor, actress affiliated with Harmony Promotion. She was born in Tokyo, Japan. Her real name is Noriko Matsushima, and she goes by the nickname Hachu. She has starred in a number of ...
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Mami Matsuyama
is a Japanese idol, singer, and actress. She has released a number of DVDs. She is best known for her role as Remi Freedle in ''Chousei Kantai Sazer-X''.
Matsuyama cosplayed as Mao Ran, a character in a video game titled ''Fighting Beauty Wul ...
(b. 1988)
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Megumi (b. 1981)
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Mikuru (b. 1988)
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Yoko Mitsuya
Yoko may refer to:
People
* Yoko (name), a Japanese feminine given name; variants include Yōko and Yohko
* Yoko Gushiken (具志堅 用高, born 1955), Japanese professional boxer
* Yoko Taro (横尾 太郎, born 1970), Japanese video game di ...
(b. 1984)
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Momo Momose (b. 1993)
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Shoko Nakagawa
is a Japanese media personality, actress, voice actress, illustrator, and singer. Also known by her nickname , she is best known as the presenter of ''Pokémon Sunday'', and as the performer of the opening theme from the anime ''Gurren Lagann'' ...
(b. 1985)
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Yukie Nakama
is a Japanese actress, singer and former idol.
History Biography
She was born in Urasoe, Okinawa, Japan, into a fisherman's family, the youngest of five siblings.
At the start of her career she was a gravure idol and singer (her debut single " ...
(b. 1979)
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Kasumi Nakane (b. 1982)
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Jun Natsukawa (b. 1980)
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Rio Natsume (b. 1985) - J-cup bakunyū.
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Harumi Nemoto
is a Japanese gravure (bikini) idol from Chiba Prefecture, Japan. She has had a column since October 2007 in the monthly manga magazine ''Manga Life
Manga ( Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most mang ...
(b. 1980) - I-cup bakunyū
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Yuko Ogura
is a Japanese gravure idol and model who typically aimed for the cute, innocent schoolgirl look prior to her 2011 marriage. She is represented by Platinum Production.
History
Ogura was born in Mobara, Chiba, and regularly, if not entirely serio ...
(b. 1983)
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Mariko Okubo
is a Japanese model and actress based in Taiwan.
Early life
Okubo was born in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, on September 7, 1984.
Career
Okubo debuted as a gravure idol in 2003. She later started a career in acting, moving to Taiwan in 2011.
In ...
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Miwa Oshiro (b. 1983)
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Aiko Otake (b. 1994)
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Nana Ozaki
Nana, Nanna, Na Na or NANA may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Nana (given name), including a list of people and characters with the given name
* Nana (surname), including a list of people and characters with the surname
* Nana ...
(alias: Akiko Aimoto, b.1982)
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Anri Okita (b. 1986)
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Phongchi
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Vietnamese may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Vietnam, a country in Southeast Asia
** A citizen of Vietnam. See Demographics of Vietnam.
* Vietnamese people, or Kinh people, a Southeast Asian ethnic group native to Vietnam
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Natsume Sano (b. 1985)
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Nozomi Sasaki (b. 1988)
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Erika Sawajiri
is a Japanese former actress, singer, and model. After starting out as a junior model, Sawajiri transitioned to acting in 2002 and has starred in ''Break Through!'', ''Shinobi: Heart Under Blade'', and ''1 Litre no Namida (TV series), 1 Litre of ...
(b. 1986)
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Ayaka Sayama (b. 1993)
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Risa Shimamoto
is a Japanese gravure idol, belonging to the show-business production ''Plaisir'', subsequently ''ACE''.
Activities TV Programs
* Mizugi Shojo (水着少女), TV Tokyo
* Tokyo Biyu (東京美優), TV Tokyo
DVDs
* Pearl, Vega Factory 2003
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(b. 1987) - G-cup bakunyū.
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Ai Shinozaki
is a Japanese gravure idol, singer, and a former member of "AeLL.", a musical idol group.
When she started modelling in 2006 at age 14, Shinozaki caused widespread press and web comments about her having an unusually curvy figure for a Japane ...
(b. 1992)
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Yukina Shirakawa (b. 1985)
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Yuriko Shiratori is a Japanese gravure idol, tarento artist and actress formerly affiliated to the A-Team Entertainment Production Agency.
Career
Yuriko graduated at Sendai Vocational School in April 2004 and moved to the capital, hoping to become an actress, wh ...
(b. 1983)
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Anri Sugihara (b. 1982)
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Yumi Sugimoto
is a Japanese model, actress, and singer. She is currently under contract with the talent agency IS Field.
Career
Modeling career
Sugimoto began her career in modeling during elementary school, when she was chosen in a Grand-Prix semi-auditi ...
(b. 1989)
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Fumika Suzuki
is a Japanese voice actress, gravure idol and a former race queen in the 1990s.
Suzuki's race queen career started already in 1994 when she joined the sugo racing team. The following year, she represented the Japanese record company Avex Trax. ...
(b. 1974)
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Chiaki Takahashi (b. 1977) - Later became a voice actress
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Nozomi Takeuchi
is a Japanese gravure idol, and a female talent. She is from Okazaki, Aichi, belonged to the show-business production ''Yume Kikaku''. Her nickname is 'Kojocho' (means a factory manager), derives from her handle name of the official blog. She gra ...
(b. 1980)
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Nonami Takizawa (b. 1985)
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Rio Teramoto (b. 2001) - Also an actress
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Erika Toda
is a Japanese actress.
Career
Toda has starred in many Japanese television dramas, including ''Liar Game'', ''Code Blue'', '' Ryusei no Kizuna'', and ''Keizoku 2: SPEC''. She has also had supporting roles in many other popular TV dramas, such a ...
(b. 1988) - Later became an actress.
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Azusa Togashi (b. 1990)
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Ami Tokito
is a Japanese female pop singer and gravure idol. She made her debut in 2005 Miss ''Young Jump'', winning Tsunku's honorable award.
She started acting as a child actress using her former stage names, Sachie Komatsu and Hikaru Asakura.
She feat ...
(b. 1987)
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Kana Tsugihara
Kana Tsugihara (つぎはら かな) ( Born August 25, 1984, in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese actress, model and idol who has appeared in various magazines and television shows.
She has body measurements of 87-60-88 cm, and stands 1.58m tall ...
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Rio Uchida
is a Japanese actress and gravure idol who is affiliated with LesPros Entertainment. She is best known for her role as Kiriko Shijima, the main heroine of the Kamen Rider series ''Kamen Rider Drive''.
Biography
Uchida debuted in April 2010. I ...
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Miyu Uehara
, better known as , was a Japanese gravure idol (glamour model) and TV personality who gained popularity as a "poverty idol". She was represented by Platinum Production.
Biography Life
Uehara was born on the island of Tanegashima in Kagoshima Pr ...
(1987–2011)
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Takako Uehara
is a Japanese pop singer, actress, and former radio host. She was a member of the group Speed. Uehara was born in Okinawa, Japan.
Personal life
Uehara married TENN, one of the singers of J-pop group ET-KING in 2012, but the marriage only last ...
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Haruna Yabuki
is a Japanese actress, gravure idol, and TV personality from Tokyo. Since 2009, she has used the stage name .
In the level Graniny Gorki Lab of the PlayStation 2 video game Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, there is a poster of Haruna Yabuki.
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Erina Yamaguchi (b. 1985) - J-cup
bakunyū.
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Erika Yamakawa (b. 1982)
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Azusa Yamamoto
(born April 24, 1981) is a Japanese Gravure idol, actress, and talent. She was named as one of the "7 most irresistibly cute Japanese idols" by the Thailand version of FHM magazine in 2010. The magazine also dubbed her "the cutest villain ever" ...
(b. 1981)
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Saori Yamamoto (b. 1985)
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Mami Yamasaki
is a Japanese gravure idol and actress. In addition to appearing in numerous photobooks, she has played roles in television, film, and stage productions, including ''Gogo Sentai Boukenger'', ''Karate-Robo Zaborgar'', the horror drama series ''Hit ...
(b. 1985)
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Minase Yashiro
is a Japanese gravure idol, actress and TV personality.
Life and career
Minase Yashiro was born on February 3, 1985, in Gifu Prefecture, Japan. She debuted as a gravure (swimsuit) model in 2006, releasing her first DVD ''MINASE Minakuru!'' Febr ...
(b. 1985)
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Yinling
Yan Yinling ( or in Japanese, ; born February 15, 1976) is a Taiwanese-born, Japan-based swimsuit model, race queen, singer and former professional wrestler. She is called also Yinling of Joytoy (インリン・オブ・ジョイトイ), when she ...
(Yínlíng Yán, b.1978) - Taiwanese chakuero model.
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Sarii Yoshizawa (b. 1985) - Chakuero model
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Risa Yoshiki
Risa Yoshiki is a Japanese gravure idol and singer. She has released two singles, seven DVDs, and appears regularly on TV and radio.
Life and career
Yoshiki was born in Funabashi in Chiba Prefecture near Tokyo. She originally wanted to be a m ...
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Ryoka Yuzuki
is a Japanese actress and voice actress. She has played voice roles in a number of Japanese anime including Satsuki Kiryūin in '' Kill la Kill'', Ino Yamanaka in ''Naruto'' and '' Boruto: Naruto Next Generations'', Shamal in '' Magical Girl Lyri ...
(b. 1974) - Later became a voice actress
20th century
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Yuko Aoki - 1990s
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Fumie Hosokawa
is a Japanese actress, singer, and model. She is often referred to as the “original” ''kyonyu'' (huge breasts) idol.
Life and career
Hosokawa was born in Mutsu, Aomori Prefecture and lived in Etajima, Hiroshima Prefecture until the age of ...
- 1990s
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Agnes Lum - 1970s; Chinese-Hawaiian
References
See also
*
List of Japanese idols
This is a list of Japanese idols; a type of celebrity in Japan. The following list includes both female and male idols as well as both solo idols and idol groups.
0 - 9
* =LOVE (group)
* ≠Me (group)
* °C-ute (group)
* 22/7 (group)
* 3B J ...
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Bakunyū
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''Note: Japanese words that are used in general (e ...
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Japanese gravure idols
Japanese may refer to:
* Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia
* Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan
* Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture
** Japanese diaspor ...
Gravure idols
A model is a person with a role either to promote, display or advertise commercial products (notably fashion clothing in fashion shows) or to serve as a visual aid for people who are creating works of art or to pose for photography. Though mo ...
Japanese gravure idols
Japanese may refer to:
* Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia
* Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan
* Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture
** Japanese diaspor ...
Japanese gravure idols
Japanese may refer to:
* Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia
* Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan
* Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture
** Japanese diaspor ...