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.
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. Contents
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)
C
- Rola Chen (b. 1987) - from China
D
- Leah Dizon (b. 1986) - non-Japanese, American-born.
E
- Enako (b. 1994)
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)
- Yuka Hirata (b. 1983) - later became an actress.
- Saori Horii (b. 1984)
- Aki Hoshino (b. 1977)
- Ikumi Hisamatsu (b. 1996)
I
- Miri Ichika (b. 1999)
- Yui Ichikawa (b. 1986) - later became an actress.
- Waka Inoue (b. 1980)
- Saaya Irie (b.1993, alias: Saaya)
- Miku Ishida (b. 1988)
- Mio Imada (b. 1997) later became an actress
- Erika Ikuta (b. 1997)
- Anna Iriyama (b. 1995)
J
- Kei Jonishi (b. 1995)
K
- Reon Kadena (b. 1986, alias: Minamo Kusano) - later become a nude model.
- Megumi Kagurazaka
- Yukie Kawamura (b. 1986)
- 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)
- Ayaka Komatsu (b. 1986)
- Yuka Kosaka (b. 1985)
- Asaka Kubo (b. 1979)
- Risa Kudo (b. 1983)
- Yoko Kumada (b. 1982)
- Chiaki Kyan (b. 1986)
- Kana Tsugihara (b. 1986)
- Moemi Katayama (b. 1990)
- Miwako Kakei (b. 1994)
- Asuka Kawazu (b. 2000)
- Mio Kudo (b. 1999)
M
- Hatsune Matsushima
- Mami Matsuyama (b. 1988)
- Megumi (b. 1981)
- Mikuru (b. 1988)
- Yoko Mitsuya (b. 1984)
- Sakura Miyawaki (b. 1998) later became a singer
- Jurina Matsui (b. 1997)
N
- Shoko Nakagawa (b. 1985)
- Yukie Nakama (b. 1979)
- Kasumi Nakane (b. 1982)
- Jun Natsukawa (b. 1980)
- Rio Natsume (b. 1985)
- Harumi Nemoto (b. 1980)
O
- Yuko Ogura (b. 1983)
- Yuka Ogura (b. 1998) later became an actress
- Sakurako Okubo (b. 1998) also an actress
- Mariko Okubo
- Miwa Oshiro (b. 1983)
- Aiko Otake (b. 1994)
- Nana Ozaki (b. 1982, alias: Akiko Aimoto)
- Anri Okita (b. 1986)
- Kazusa Okuyama (b. 1994)
P
- Phongchi (b. 1990) - Vietnamese descent
S
- Natsume Sano (b. 1985)
- Nozomi Sasaki (b. 1988)
- Hinako Sano (b. 1994)
- Erika Sawajiri (b. 1986)
- 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
- Rena Takeda (b. 1997)
- Riho Takada (b. 1994)
- Yuna Taira (b. 1998)
U
- 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)
- 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
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.