Interviews

Momo Kitahara Is TIF 2026’s Summer Cinderella

The OCHA NORMA member leads a Glass Girl package with a “Summer Girlfriend” gravure, special movie and Hiroaki Terada interview.

How Yumeka Kimura Found Her Way Back to Gravure

In Weekly Playboy's My First Gravure Story, she retraces an uncertain poolside start, her Young Jump debut and the shoot that ended a year away from the spotlight.

Mai Nakamura’s Long Route to the Center of STU48

Nakamura traces her resolve from childhood ballet and repeated audition defeats to Sukisugite Naku and a wider responsibility for the group.

Saki Yanase Studies Gravure's Next Generation

Her first smile-free Weekly Playboy shoot opens a conversation about younger performers, changing audiences, career longevity and a return to golf.

I-Cup Pharmacist Gravure Idol Mitsuhashi-kun on Her Unretouched Photobook