We heard about this a few days ago but only now have nice pictures emerged.

And what pictures they are…

A new Fuji TV show called “Yoroi Bijo” (Armor Beautiful Girl) features hot Gravure models putting on and taking off suits of armor, known in Japanese as kacchu or yoroi.

As we know from a recent example, Japanese TV is not averse to some pretty risque and bizarre concept shows.

So if you have a thing for girls wearing shiny armor and other medieval costumes, then this is definitely the TV show for you.

The ladies wear the armor to demonstrate how nice and heavy it is. Then they take it off, piece by piece, while talking about history.

Finally, they write some calligraphy.

That’s it.

First up, we have Shoko Takasaki wearing Date Masamune’s armor. Okay, she does wear it — we promise!

Later in the year we can look forward to Yuka Kuramochi, she of the amazing butt, wearing the armor of Oda Nobunaga.

Kana Fujita is wearing Sanada Yukimura’s armor (but not for long).

And finally, the lovely Hitomi Yasueda is wearing Uesugi Kenshin’s suit.

A little while ago there was a craze for so-called reki-jo, female history buffs.

But this is different. It’s hot girls in historical cosplay heaven. Yoroi-moe!

There’s definitely plenty of other examples of this around.

The trope is called ikusa otome — a warrior maiden with a weapon.

Erotic fan art is full of these warriors, plus there are video games like “Ikusa Otome Valkyrie”. Here’s Rena Nonen (correct us if we’re wrong) in ikusa otome garb.

The fantasy has even inspired adult cosplay costumes too, not to mention its own masturbator toy.

Ladies, get ready for battle!

We know that Korean pop idols are way sexier than their Japanese counterparts.

They think little of grinding their bodies in ways that are more than just a little suggestive.

Sometimes it goes too far, as KARA have found out.

Dalshabet release their new mini-album “Joker Is Alive”, and with it, the music video for the title track, “joker”.

Unfortunately, the broadcaster KBS has judged the song to be too sexy and banned it.

Actually, it’s not the footage itself that’s the problem — though take a look below and you’ll be raising your eyebrows at the groin thrusting and legs on display.

Apparently it’s the lyrics that are too erotic for broadcast. The word “joker”, repeated frequently in the song, sounds like an “inappropriate” word.

Other offending lyrics included “Joker I want it / It’s getting hard to breathe / Baby goodnight.”

Talk about missing the wood for the trees!

Larger ladies can be cute.

Though few and far between in Japan, some degree of love handles come in very handy (literally) and make a nice contrast to the chopping-board flatness of many women.

Despite the lack, there is demand. We’ve even seen foreigners who deliberately wanted larger local ladies.

There are chubby girl idols, larger lady porn and sex clubs, and even fat girl-themed onahole sex toys.

The truth is a little bit pocchari is very sexy.

Naomi Watanabe is a comedienne and riding a popular trend right now for larger girls, who even have their own magazine. Needless to say, Watanabe was on the first cover.

People who are funny also never seem to have trouble finding lovers, no matter what they look like. Male comics in Japan and the world over usually have a hot lady (or two) on their arm.

Does this work for the girls too?

Well, we’re not qualified to say but we did hear recently that Naomi Watanabe had a fling with an older man — and a foreigner as well.

She was seen on a date with the dashing gaijin in Roppongi.

However, it all ended badly, it seems. She told the press that she wasn’t in touch with him anymore and that he was actually seeing other ladies at the same time. She didn’t elaborate if they were equally sized.

Naomi Watanabe is most famous for her imitations of Beyonce. We wonder if her brief foreign lover got to see her really shake her booty?

Japanese politics can be a dull affair.

That’s why when a candidate puts himself forward for consideration by the voting public in all his naked glory, people take notice.

Teruki Goto is standing in the April 26th Chiyoda ward assembly elections in central Tokyo. His campaign poster features his posing naked against a backdrop of imperialist iconography.

Images via GetNews.jp

His rambling website seems to place Goto firmly in the ultra-nationalist camp, though we wonder what the uyoku think about his nude antics.

The thirtysomething wannabe politico has stood before as an independent with the following English slogans:

I make Chiyoda-ku the best town. [sic]

In Tokyo 23 district [sic] I realize Chiyoda City Design.

I worship the Imperial Household.

I defend and maintain Yasukuni Shrine.

I restore Edo-jo castle [sic].

I make Akihabara a freak’s [sic] global holy place.

I redevelop Jimbocho and Ogawamachi.

I spread Edo Tenka Festival in the world. [sic]

I love Japan.

We’re not sure why a right-winger would fill his election poster only with text written (haphazardly) in a foreign language.

Note the weird spacing on his name: “GOT OTER UKI”.

What are the chances that Goto will be making a difference to the citizens of Chiyoda any time soon? Find out on polling day.

Japan’s most high-profile lesbian couple held a “wedding ceremony” on April 19th to celebrate their union.

The ceremony is literally just ceremonial, since gay people are not allowed to get married in Japan.

Ex-Gravure model and television personality Ayaka Ichinose (34) and actress Akane Sugimori (28) announced their “marriage” in December last year and have no followed through with the big day itself.

Same-sex marriage is finally becoming a major issue in Japan.

Hotel Granvia in Kyoto now offers gay wedding ceremonies, in partnership with a local Buddhist temple, as does Tokyo Disneyland.

Shibuya ward recently passed a landmark bill saying it will issue non-binding certificates effectively recognizing same-sex couples.

Ichinose and Sugimori opted for matching white dresses when they tied the knot in Shinjuku ward in front of 80 relatives and friends.

Despite having a vibrant gay history — do some research and you will very surprised how many famous samurai are allegedly to have been bisexual or gay — the Japanese government shows no interest in the rights of the gay community. Even though cross-dressing is a major part of mainstream and traditional culture, when it comes to confronting the particulars about sexual minorities, everyone shies away or shrugs.

Although overt anti-gay discrimination is probably relatively rare in Japan because Christianity and other moralistic religions never got a stranglehold, you usually have to venture to Nichome in Shinjuku if you want to see people really relaxed about who they are.

While parading a giant cock down a street in Kawasaki is fine, it’s not allowed for a gay photographer to show nude images in a gallery. Go figure.

“We held the wedding ceremony so that it might become easier for others to do the same in the future,” Sugimori told the media.

Apparently they are going to try to register their marriage with their local municipal office, knowing it will be rejected. However, doing this creates pressure at the grassroots (don’t expect the central government to give a shit any time soon).

For anyone interested, this is what Ichinose used to look like when she was a Gravure idol in her younger days.

This just goes to show that not all those busty models and idols who have to pose for the attention of the male gaze are actually interested in men!

Pepee has long been the top Japanese lubricant brand.

Their previous lubes include such classics as Pepee 360 Wankers Lotion. Many of the small lubes that come as freebies with onaholes are made by Pepee.

But this is a truly great innovation that offers something new for the market.

The Pepee Gelee is a set of powder sachets that turn anything into lubricant.

Beer. Wine. Juice. Milk. Water.

You name it, you can lube up with it.

Just pour in the sachet and stir. Obviously this opens up the possibilities for all manner of flavored lube.

Pepee have made this funny parody video in the style of a corporate product presentation event.

Regular readers will spot that the second man in this video is Takuya, the gay bar owner and blow job expert.

Here’s a second video where two “famous DJs” experience the Pepee Gelee.

Japanese television at its finest indeed.

Fuji TV have released a preview to “Yoroi Bijo”, the show we wrote about last week.

The concept is seductively simple: Gravure idols wear the suits of armor of famous samurai, then take them off piece by piece while talking about the history of the warrior. They are then revealed in their underwear beside all the shiny metal armor. That’s it.

The first show, which was broadcast on April 17th, features Gravure model Shoko Takasaki in the armor of Date Masamune.

Here’s the preview.

No prizes for guessing that this is aimed at men.

Cute women showing off flesh? Tick.

Armor and historical weapons? Tick.

Shoko Takasaki has an 87cm-bust and G-cup. If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like for a woman as hot as that to wear samurai armor, then this is clearly the show for you.

Stay turned for Shoko’s next appearances: April 21st, April 22nd and May 8th. However, the episodes are being shown super late at night. What a waste of talent!

Every month there’s a different guradoru.

In May, it’s the turn of Kana Fujita, and then in June, butt goddess Yuka Kuramochi shows off her armored body. In July, it’s Hitomi Yasueda.

And if you’re curious, here is Shoko Takahashi sans her armor.

As we know, religion in Japan is traditionally not conservative or moralistic about sex.

Just look at the Shinto fertility festivals for a perfect example.

Shinto is full of raucous, erotic gods. The islands of Japan itself are said in mythology to have been formed out of sexual union between Izanagi and Izanami.

Shrines apparently have no trouble with people drawing on prayer plaques with bondage illustrations.

Religions run all sorts of non-religious businesses too, such as love hotels.

So we are not really surprised that Buddhism approves of Tenga.

Tenga recently published an interview with Jodo Shinshu Buddhist monk Junya Furukawa.

Furukawa first got his hands on a Tenga in 2012 when he heard at a seminar how Tenga was used as rehabilitation for people who have difficulty ejaculating inside a woman (a sexual dysfunction called chitsunaishasei-shougai in Japan, said to be caused by excessive masturbating with your hands, which makes the penis overly used to stimulation through rapid up and down movement).

“Tenga has a very colorful image so it’s really good for cover the areas where people find it hard to voice their opinions,” says Furukawa.

Furukawa wants everyone to be open about their difficulties, even if sexual.

“If I talk about Tenga in front of a group of men, people will open up to me because they feel like they can ask me for advice even about sex. It’s a great communication tool!”

Furukawa certainly seems like an unusual character. Besides his temple duties in Saga Prefecture, he’s involved with AIDs education and the Japan Society of Adolescentology.

Tenga, the “Apple of the Japanese adult industry”, is currently on a blitz to celebrate its tenth anniversary.

This involves lots of fun marketing, plus a batch of new releases: Tenga Condoms, Premium Tenga Premium Vacuum Cup Onacup, and Tenga Vacuum Controller.

We love to follow the developments of Japanese lingerie brands as ersatz soft-core porn.

The best are Ravijour and Peach John.

After all, no lingerie brand that invents something that stops men from unhooking a bra if they are not the right guy for you has got to have a nice sense of humor.

But we are sad to see that Ravijour has moved away from Japanese models!

In the past, our jaws have dropped at the hot ladies modeling their latest lingerie, including Elli Rose, Mai Miyagi and Azusa Koizumi.

But whereas Ravijour rival Peach John continues to be very “Japanese” in its promotions, recently taking on Saeko for some revealing marketing, Ravijour’s new campaign features only foreign ladies.

Foreign female models, often Russian or Eastern European, have an easy job in Japan. So many brands want to have a random foreign female face on their ad. Just because, you know.

Sadly, Ravijour has now joined these ranks in employing foreign girls to advertise its new Candy Fit Bra.

Don’t get us wrong, the ladies are lovely looking. But we would have preferred Japanese.

It apparently offers the best comfortable fit of any bra in their history. Well, that’s all very well and good. But what about the models?!

This is the first time Ravijour has employed non-Japanese models and, no offense, we hope it doesn’t set a precedent. Not being racist or anything but we have our tastes!

Tenga has a habit of turning up in unusual places.

From the garbage on a beach to a Buddhist temple, a business card holder, and even once in the home of comedian Tomonori Jinnai when accidentally shown on a TV show.

Back in 2012 some people stumbled upon this Tenga Egg vending machine in Nakano Broadway, west Tokyo.

It’s a gacha-gacha capsule vending machine, which makes sense for the Tenga Egg. You get a single Tenga Egg for ¥500 and if you are lucky enough to get a ticket in your capsule, you can take it inside to the shop to claim a porn DVD.

We don’t think this is officially endorsed by Tenga but we suspect they would approve, given the company’s love of fun marketing stunts.

Sorry, we don’t know if the vending machine is still there but hope to head to Nakano soon to check!

Of course, Japan is the land of vending machines and they come in all shapes and sizes. They also sell all manner of things, from drinks to food, toys, newspapers and more. This includes adult products. There are porn DVD vending machines (even in the countryside!), used underwear vending machines, chilled panties vending machines, and even prostitutes.

So of course there are Tenga Egg vending machines!

Japanese sex toys love to play cheeky jokes.

That’s why you get so many masturbators, vibrators and even condoms themed unofficially around famous idols, games, books and so on (including Pachinko!).

Food and drink products have also inspired parodies and sometimes this can come in handy for “disguising” your adult treat.

In the past we’ve seen Green Tea Lotion and a host of other sex toys based on actual beverages or snacks, including cup noodle, beer cans and more.

One of the latest is this onacup-style masturbator, the Onanee Onariko Cup.

The name and the packaging is a parody of Jagarico, the popular potato crisp sticks made by Calbee.

These famously come in a “pot” that you open to get at the crisps inside. The mascot is a giraffe character.

This isn’t just a superficial pastiche. The inside of the onacup is designed to be long and thin, just like the Jagarico sticks. Plus the packaging makes it easy to squeeze and adjust the pressure you feel as you explore inside.

It’s been a while but it’s time to feast our eyes on another gorgeous Japanese lady.

This time we have chosen up-and-coming idol Mai Ishioka.

The Aichi Prefecture lass was born in 1990 and lists visiting shrines as her hobby. Her pure looks and very svelte body are quickly winning the Tokyo Kinky team over.

7.6% of people in Japan are gay, lesbian or have gender identity disorder.

That’s according to a Dentsu survey published in the Asahi Shimbun newspaper on April 24th (and that’s also the sway they word the “groupings” too). It equates to 1 in 13 people.

The results were released on April 23rd. They were conducted on around 70,000 adults in Japan through an online questionnaire.

A similar survey in 2012 found that 5.2% of people, or 1 in 19 people, identified as LGBT.

The new survey was conducted on April 7th and April 8th with 69,989 people aged 20-59 across Japan.

However, Dentsu have hedged their findings by saying their survey methodology also changed, so it is hard to make a straight comparison between the 2012 and 2015 research. It may not be that GBLTQ have “increased” in Japan, just that we can identify people (and they can identify themselves) better.

Certainly, though, publicity about sexual minorities in Japan is at an all-time high and for all the right reasons.

Gay and transgender rights have finally gained traction in recent months in Japan.

Ayaka Ichinose and Akane Sugimori got “married” to much media attention, while Shibuya passed an ordinance saying it would recognize same-sex couples.

Transgender and cross-dressing events are also popular now in Tokyo. This weekend is the Tokyo Rainbow Pride festival.

Sometimes they cross a line between what a westerner might understand as “trans” or “gay”, into what exists more in the realm of adult Japanese cosplay regardless of whether the cross-dresser likes boys or girls.

If there’s one thing we’ve learnt from years of blogging about Japanese erotica and sexuality, it’s that nothing is black and white.

Some time ago Tenga held a promo event at Enoshima, complete with scantily clad gyaru, DJs and “cool” people showing their love for Tenga Eggs.

Okay, this is from way back in 2012 but we thought the pictures were cool so wanted to share.

Summer is still a little while away but the hot weather in Tokyo this weekend got us in the mood for some action.

Images via Nikkan Spa

Regular readers will remember our trip to the Fetish Festival (Feti-Fes) in Tokyo.

Then we encountered all manner of fun and not-so-fun fetishes.

One of the best was the idol kick.

For a small fee, you could pay to get your butt kicked by a scantily clad idol.

This is obviously a variation on femdom, the fetish for being dominated by a strong female. Whether it be with actual bondage or by a harsh, rapid handjob, some guys get off on being treated badly by a hot chick. In Japan, girls who are “cold” are called tsundere and this is similar. Or remember that TV show that had hot Grauvre model Risa Yoshiki shout angrily at the camera?

At the Niconico Chokaigi 2015 tech event over the weekend, Hitomi Nogata demonstrated why she is said to be the “best ass-kicker in the world”. Nogata is a model and kickboxer, a sexy combination!

Images via Kai-You

She even kicked her manager!

This is one tough lady you do not want to cross.

After witnessing the femdom butt-kicking action of idol Hitomi Nogata, we return to highlight some ladies from Niconico Chokaigi 2015.

The event is kind of a tech and otaku bonanza, organized by Niconico, a video streaming platform.

This year’s event was held over two days on April 25th-26th and was the biggest yet. Visitors numbered over 150,000!

This being Japan, naturally that included a lot of cute cosplayers…

There were also some colorful (or should that be scary?) male cosplayers.

Images via Kai-You

Previously Tama Toys gave us the Houdan Bullet Masturbator. A sex toy in the design of a round of ammo? We thought nothing could top that.

Sure, the Ball Sack Shaburo was pretty unusual (and effective too).

As were the Chokouha Brick Onahole, Bamboo Onahole, Sea Anemone Onahole, and like tentacle sex toys.

But a bullet? Perhaps nothing says Modern Sex better.

And yet Tama Toys have done it again: a new innovation that looks amazing and works like a treat too.

The Pineapple Hole Hand Grenade Masturbator is, as the name suggests, a sex toy that looks like a hand grenade on the outside.

But it’s not a bomb. The explosions are only what happen sexually.

It’s also not just a gimmick. The unique look of the toy means you can disguise your fun and have it on a shelf or in a drawer, to the casual observer just a hipster toy.

The design also means it easier to grip and “throw” while hugging your member.

Moreover, the internal passage is a single, straight corkscrew that is designed for ultimate tightness and strength on your as you slide in and out of the grenade. Once you start, defusing this bomb is hard.

Bombs away!

What happens after Gravure idols hang up their bikinis and try to move on in their careers is a question that fascinates us.

Most crash and burn, but in the meantime manage to find a nice husband in the industry who will take care of them.

The tale of Aki Mizusawa is an interesting one.

Born in 1959, she was a Gravure pin-up during the 1980′s.

In between winning the hearts of men around the nation, she also found time to have an affair with Jackie Chan, a well-known philanderer, in Spain in 1984.

She was also working as a singer during this time.

She sealed her sex siren reputation by posing for a “hair nude” shoot.

In the 1986 January issue of Goro magazine she appeared nude in the iconic “Gekisha” series by Kishin Shinoyama when she was a ripe 30 years old. After that, more nude shots were released from earlier in her career.

She married an American living in Japan, Guy Cihi, in 1986 but they divorced in 1993. They had two children.

Then the big trouble started as her real estate investments failed as the Bubble collapsed.

She was left with enormous debts that she struggled to pay off through further business ventures and frugality (she used to feed her kids by heading to the department store food court and taking the free tasting samples). By 2011 she was debt-free.

In 2011 she appeared in a film called Kindly Hand which involved a tasteful nude scene.

And now she is back in the limelight after all her trials and tribulations.

Her new stage in her career? The 60-year-old is really into hiphop and has opened two dance studios, one in Shinjuku and one in Setagaya in Tokyo.

M.S.M. — Men Who Have Sex With Men is an upcoming documentary about gay Japan.

Directed by Ian Thomas Ash and Adrian Storey/Uchujin, details are still slim and there’s no trailer yet. But naturally Tokyo Kinky wants to know more!

Image via @MSMdocumentary

We’re certainly intrigued by the tagline:

“Because not all men who have sex with men consider themselves gay.”

That’s an interesting phrase, especially in Japan, which has a long and vibrant gay culture, even though at the time and now it is not always recognized as “gay” in the modern sense. There were lots of man-on-man sexual relationships among samurai, for example, but we might not call this gay. A gay friend once told us that all Japanese men are just a couple of drinks away from being gay.

M.S.M. also comes out (no pun intended) at a very interesting time for Japanese sexuality.

7.6% of people in Japan identify as gay, lesbian or transgender.

There was a lot of publicity in the mainstream media after a celebrity couple came out and held a wedding ceremony. While same-sex marriage is not legal, Shibuya moved things forward by offering certificates effectively recognizing couples.

Last weekend Tokyo Rainbow Pride Festival was held successfully again, once more attracting the support of the Prime Minister’s wife.

Otoko no ko and other cross-dressing events are also booming right now in Japan.

Our slinky idol this week is actress Meibi Yamanouchi.

Born in 1987, Meibi has done some stunning nude shots showing off her nice butt.

She started as a teen idol (junior idol) and then switched tracks to be an actress. She has appeared in the NHK Taiga drama Go: Hime-tachi no Sengoku as well as some minor films. No sex scenes (nureba) yet, as far as we know. Give her time!

While Meibi lacks the fame of some of the other Japanese idols and actresses that we like to feature, we hope that changes in the future.