List of Japanese gravure idols
This is a list of gravure idols (グラビアアイドル, gurabia aidoru), who are glamour models in Japan that are generally more provocative than regular idols, though not to the point of posing nude.
21st century
A
- Yuzuki Aikawa (b. 1983)
- Rina Akiyama (b. 1985)
- Sayaka Ando (b. 1981)
- Hikaru Aoyama (b. 1993)
- Yui Aragaki (b. 1988) - later became an actress
- Haruka Ayase (b. 1985) - later became an actress
- Rina Aizawa (b. 1991)
- Nana Asakawa (b. 1999)
- Jun Amaki (b. 1995)
B
- Fumika Baba (b. 1995) later became an actress
C
- Rola Chen (b. 1987) - from China
D
- Leah Dizon (b. 1986) - non-Japanese, American-born
E
- Enako (b. 1994)
- Erina Kamiya (b. 1991)
F
- Ena Fujita (b. 1990) - also a musician
- Kyoko Fukada (b. 1982) - also an actress
- Mina Fukui (b. 1984)
H
- Shōko Hamada
- Mikie Hara (b. 1987)
- Ourei Harada (b. 1986)
- Marica Hase (b. 1981)
- Ikumi Hisamatsu (b. 1996)
- Yuka Hirata (b. 1983) - later became an actress
- Saori Horii (b. 1984)
- Manami Hashimoto (b. 1984)
- Aki Hoshino (b. 1977)
- Manami Hashimoto (b. 1984) later became an actress
I
- Miri Ichika (b. 1999)
- Yui Ichikawa (b. 1986) - later became an actress
- Mio Imada (b. 1997) - later became an actress
- Maya Imamori (b. 2006) - later became an actress
- Waka Inoue (b. 1980)
- Saaya Irie (b. 1993, alias: Saaya)
- Anna Iriyama (b. 1995)
- Miku Ishida (b. 1988)
J
- Kei Jonishi (b. 1995)
K
- Reon Kadena (b. 1986, alias: Minamo Kusano) - later become a nude model
- Megumi Kagurazaka (b. 1981)
- Asami Kai (b. 1987)
- Miwako Kakei (b. 1994)
- Moemi Katayama (b. 1990)
- Yukie Kawamura (b. 1986)
- Asuka Kawazu (b. 2000)
- Kii Kitano (b. 1991) - later became an actress
- Noriko Kijima (b. 1988)
- Hitomi Kitamura (b. 1985)
- Emi Kobayashi (b. 1983)
- Mao Kobayashi (b. 1992)
- Yumi Kobayashi (b. 1988)
- Michiko Koga (b. 1986) - later became a musician
- Eiko Koike (b. 1980) later became an actress
- Ayaka Komatsu (b. 1986)
- Yuka Kosaka (b. 1985)
- Asaka Kubo (b. 1979)
- Risa Kudo (b. 1983)
- Yoko Kumada (b. 1982)
- Chiaki Kyan (b. 1986)
- Mio Kudo (b. 1999)
M
- Jurina Matsui (b. 1997)
- Hatsune Matsushima
- Mami Matsuyama (b. 1988)
- Megumi (b. 1981) later became an actress
- Mikuru (b. 1988)
- Yoko Mitsuya (b. 1984)
- Sakura Miyawaki (b. 1998)
- Amisa Miyazaki (b. 2002)
- Chisato Morishita (b. 1981)
- Suzuka Morita (b. 1992)
N
- Nao Nagasawa (b. 1984)
- Shoko Nakagawa (b. 1985) later became a voice actress and singer
- Yukie Nakama (b. 1979) later became an actress
- Chise Nakamura (b. 1986)
- Kasumi Nakane (b. 1982)
- Jun Natsukawa (b. 1980)
- Rio Natsume (b. 1985)
- Harumi Nemoto (b. 1980)
O
- Yuka Ogura (b. 1998) later became an actress
- Yuko Ogura (b. 1983)
- Anri Okita (b. 1986)
- Mariko Okubo
- Sakurako Okubo (b. 1998) also an actress
- Kazusa Okuyama (b. 1994)
- Miwa Oshiro (b. 1983)
- Aiko Otake (b. 1994)
- Nana Ozaki (b. 1982, alias: Akiko Aimoto)[1]
P
- Phongchi (b. 1990) - Vietnamese descent
S
- Natsume Sano (b. 1985)
- Nozomi Sasaki (b. 1988) later became an actress
- Hinako Sano (b. 1994)
- Erika Sawajiri (b. 1986) later became an actress
- Rina Sawayama (b. 1993)[2]
- Ayaka Sayama (b. 1993)
- Risa Shimamoto (b. 1987)
- Ai Shinozaki (b. 1992)
- Mina Shirakawa (b. 1987)
- Yukina Shirakawa (b. 1985)
- Yuriko Shiratori (b. 1983)
- Anri Sugihara (b. 1982)
- Yumi Sugimoto (b. 1989)
- Fumika Suzuki (b. 1974)
- Miru Shiroma (b. 1997)
T
- Chiaki Takahashi (b. 1977) - later became a voice actress
- Nozomi Takeuchi (b. 1980)
- Nonami Takizawa (b. 1985)
- Rio Teramoto (b. 2001) - also an actress
- Erika Toda (b. 1988) - later became an actress
- Azusa Togashi (b. 1990)
- Ami Tokito (b. 1987)
- Kana Tsugihara (b. 1986)
- Rena Takeda (b. 1997)
- Riho Takada (b. 1994)
- Yuna Taira (b. 1998)
U
- Mizuho Uchida (b. 1989)
- Rio Uchida
- Miyu Uehara (1987–2011)
- Takako Uehara
Y
- Haruna Yabuki
- Erina Yamaguchi (b. 1985)
- Erika Yamakawa (b. 1982)
- Azusa Yamamoto (b. 1981)
- Saori Yamamoto (b. 1985)
- Mami Yamasaki (b. 1985)
- Nana Yanagisawa (b. 1987)
- Minase Yashiro (b. 1985)
- Yinling (Yínlíng Yán, b.1978) - Taiwanese chakuero model
- Sarii Yoshizawa (b. 1985) - Chakuero model
- Risa Yoshiki
- Ryoka Yuzuki (b. 1974) - later became a voice actress
20th century
- Yuko Aoki - 1990s
- Fumie Hosokawa - 1990s
- Agnes Lum - 1970s; Chinese-Hawaiian
- Miho Yabe - 1990s
References
- ^ 尾崎ナナ、過去の写真で事務所クビ ブログで謝罪. MSN Sankei News (in Japanese). Sankei Shimbun & Sankei Digital. 2007-11-30. Archived from the original on July 23, 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-08.
- ^ "フィギュアスケーターの澤山璃奈はチャイナドレスが似合う!?".