Mass gravure idol defections into the AV industry!

Specifically Tanaka Hitomi and Oda Arisa. Not exactly "mass", but close enough.

It's old news now, but in case you've been living under a rock, Tanaka Hitomi (who is now just going by Hitomi, no kanji or kana, just romaji) has made the oh-so-shocking jump from glamour modeling to porn. According to her blog, it was a difficult decision, which is the biggest of load of crap I've heard in a long time. With the content of her DVDs, it would greatly suprise me if this wasn't planned from day one of her modeling career, using her overtly sexual gravure releases to driv up demand for the inevitable jump. If you are familiar with any of her DVDs (from her inital release, Bakunyū J No Shōgeki, the jump from gravure to AV is so minor that I'm suprised any one noticed. Her first AV is Geinōjin Hitomi Shōgeki No AV Debut, or roughly, "Celebrity Hitomi's Shock Porn Debut". Yeah. Absolutely shocking.

While Hitomi didn't really surprise anyone except the most gullible with her move to the dark side, I must admit I did raise my eyebrows when I discovered that Oda Arisa (now Kayama Mika, or 佳山三花 in kanji) made the move. Now, Arisa never was shy about showing off almost everything, but even with her Eight releases, she was never that risque compared to a lot of her contemporaries as far displaying really overt stuff. That being said, it wasn't a total shock when I saw the posted for her AV debut, Perfect, in the local Nobunaga. In fact, they were totally hyping up her transition to AV by having posters everywhere emblazoned with the change. Ah well... I know I'm in the minority, but it's a pity - Arisa, aside from being gorgeous and having a killer body, has some real on-screen charisma which goes far beyond the generic AV idol fake sexuality. At least now I know what happened to her after she disappearted from the gravure scene.

With both of these ladies, I can't help but think of Aoki Rin's switch - all the hype surrounding it, then a few DVDs later, she's just another generic AV idol, nothing special about her, whereas she had her niche cleanly cared out in the gravure idol realm. But my ramblings aside, best of luck to both Hitomi and Kayama Mika in the future.

Both Perfect and Geinōjin Hitomi Shōgeki No AV Debut ship in early November - the former on the first, the latter on the sixth.

Photo event in Tôkyô in August

Yes, more useless event info unless you happen to live in Tôkyô. Club Vo will be hosting Matsugane Yôko and Oda Arisa in the same week, but, sadly, not the same event. Yôko will be appearing on Sunday, August 19th, then Arisa will be closing out the week on Saturday, August 25th.

The usual stuff about registering for the event and fees applies. I had never heard of these guys before, but I quick glance through the site makes it seem pretty standard. Check their website for more details. Lucky bastards.

Gallery updates

The galleries have been updated:

• Matsugane Yôko: 13 images added.
• Oda Arisa: 4 images added.
• Takeuchi Nozomi: 49 images added.

Enjoy!

Gallery updates

The galleries have been updated:

• Kitamura Hitomi: 2 images added.
• Matsugane Yôko: 3 images added.
• Nemoto Harumi: 60 images added.
• Oda Arisa: 6 images added.

Enjoy!

Gallery updates

The galleries have been updated:

• Matsugane Yôko: 43 images added.
• Nemoto Harumi: 6 images added.
• Oda Arisa: 16 images added.
• Takeuchi Nozomi: 27 images added.

Enjoy!