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 models and idols, though not to the point of posing nude.

21st century

A

• Yuzuki Aikawa
• Airi & Meiri (b.1985)
• Aive (b.1991) - E-cup, half Bangladeshi
• Rina Akiyama (b.1985)
• Sayaka Ando (b.1981)
• Sayuri Anzu
• Rin Aoki (b.1985) - K-cup bakunyū chakuero model; Later became a hardcore pornstar.
• Yui Aragaki (b.1988) - Later became an actress.
• Miki Ariyama
• Haruka Ayase (b.1985) - F-cup bakunyū; Later became an actress.

C

• Rola Chen (b.1987) - from China

D

• Leah Dizon (b.1986) - Non-Japanese, American-born.

F

• Fonchi (Phongchi, b.1990) - Vietnamese descent
• Natsuki Fujiwara (b.1986)
• Kyoko Fukada (b.1982) - later become an actress
• Fuko (b.1988) (alias: Love or Rabu) - P-cup bakunyū chakuero model.
• Aoi Fujinaga
• China Fukunaga

H

Aki Hoshino at the age of 30

• Shoko Hamada
• Ayumi Hamasaki (b.1978) - Before her superstar status.
• Miri Hanai (b.1984) - H-cup bakunyū; Chakuero model.
• Mikie Hara (b.1987)
• Ourei Harada (b.1986) - J-cup bakunyū.
• Saori Horii (b.1984)
• Maki Horikita (b.1988) - Later became an actress.
• Aki Hoshino (b.1977) - E or F-cup bakunyū; One of the most aged gravure idols.

I

• Yui Ichikawa (b.1986) - Later became an actress.
• Waka Inoue (b.1980)
• Saaya Irie (alias: Saaya, b.1993) - F-cup bakunyū.
• Miku Ishida (b.1988)

K

• Reon Kadena (alias: Minamo Kusano, b.1986) - later become a nude model.
• Megumi Kagurazaka
• Yukie Kawamura (b.1986)
• Saya Kazuki
• Kii Kitano (b.1991) - Later became an actress.
• Aya Kiguchi
• Noriko Kijima (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.
• Moe Kirimura
• Hitomi Kitamura - J-cup bakunyū.
• Emi Kobayashi (b.1983)
• Mao Kobayashi (b.1992)
• Yumi Kobayashi (b.1988)
• Eiko Koike (b.1980)
• Maya Koizumi
• Ayaka Komatsu (b.1986)
• Yuka Kosaka (b.1985)
• Serena Kozakura
• Asaka Kubo (b.1979)
• Nao Kudo
• Risa Kudo (b.1983)
• Yoko Kumada (b.1982)
• Mirei Kuroda (b.1978)
• Chiaki Kyan (b.1986)

L

• Lyrian (b.1985)

M

• Yoko Matsugane (b.1982)
• Aya Matsunaga
• Hatsune Matsushima
• Mami Matsuyama (b.1988)
• Megumi (b.1981)
• Mikuru (b.1988)
• Yoko Mitsuya (b.1984)
• Yuka Mizusawa - E-cup bakunyū
• Chisato Morishita (b.1981)
• Yuri Morishita

N

• Rina Nagasaki (b.1987)
• Shoko Nakagawa (b.1985)
• Yukie Nakama (b.1979)
• Kasumi Nakamura
• Misora Nakamura
• Kasumi Nakane (b.1982)
• Hanako Nanjô
• Jun Natsukawa (b.1980)
• Rio Natsume (b.1985) - J-cup bakunyū.
• Harumi Nemoto (b.1980) - I-cup bakunyū
• Rika Nishimura (b.1981) - nude model.
• Ayaka Noda
• Chieko Noguchi

O

• Mako Oda
• Yuko Ogura (b.1983)
• Mika Orihara
• Mariko Okubo
• Maiko Osawa
• Miwa Oshiro (b.1983)
• Sayuri Otomo
• Nana Ozaki (alias: Akiko Aimoto, b.1982)

S

• Sato Sakura
• Natsume Sano (b.1985)
• Nozomi Sasaki (b.1988)
• Erika Sawajiri (b.1986)
• Ayaka Sayama (b.1993)
• Saki Seto
• Risa Shimamoto (b.1987) - G-cup bakunyū.
• Ai Shinozaki (b.1992)
• Yukina Shirakawa (b.1985)
• Yuriko Shiratori (b.1983)
• Yoshiko Suenaga
• Yumi Sugimoto (b.1989)
• Fumika Suzuki (b.1974)
• Akane Suzuki

T

• Nozomi Takeuchi (b.1980)
• Nonami Takizawa (b.1985)
• Erika Toda (b.1988) - Later became an actress.
• Ami Tokito (b.1987)
• Kana Tsugihara
• Hitomi Tanaka (alias: Hitomi, b.1986) - Later become a hardcore pornstar.
• Reina Tanaka-member of Morning Musume,6th Generation,when Hello! Project career she started to become a gravure idol
• Ai Takahashi-After graduating,became a gravure idol

U

• Miyu Uehara (1987–2011)
• Ryo Uehara

Y

• Haruna Yabuki
• Charlotte Yabuki
• Erina Yamaguchi (b.1985) - J-cup bakunyū.
• Erika Yamakawa (b.1982)
• Azusa Yamamoto (b.1981)
• Saori Yamamoto (b.1985)
• Mami Yamasaki (b.1985)
• Minase Yashiro (b.1985)
• Yinling (Yínlíng Yán, b.1978) - Taiwanese chakuero model.
• Sarii Yoshizawa (b.1985) - Chakuero model
• Risa Yoshiki

20th century

• Yuko Aoki - 1990s
• Fumie Hosokawa - 1990s
• Agnes Lum - 1970s; Chinese-Hawaiian

See also

• List of Japanese idols
• Bakunyū

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