Her first gravure job was a DVD shoot rather than a magazine assignment. Yoshino had just moved from Saga to Tokyo at 18 and was unsettled by the small swimwear prepared for the session. When the shoot moved into scenes of her cleaning in swimwear, she says the confusion and anxiety left her in tears.
The release event changed her relationship with the work. About 100 people attended, and Yoshino says their support gave her confidence after years of feeling self-conscious about her body. She has since released 25 DVDs. Looking at the new Weekly Playboy feature, she believes that sustained experience now shows in her expression.
A second youth and a future behind the scenes
Yoshino’s career now also includes Amai Mono Tsumiawase, where she is the idol group’s pink member. She had admired AKB48’s Mayu Watanabe since fifth grade and quietly hoped to become an idol herself. Performing with a group has felt like club activity, she says, and like enjoying a second youth.
Gravure remains her starting point. Yoshino says she wants to continue with her own aesthetic for as long as there is demand, but she is also thinking about work on the other side of the camera. Having moved from Saga at 18 and accumulated experience as a performer, she believes she could help younger idols and gravure talent through setbacks that might otherwise stop their careers. Her goal is to keep performing while also producing and supporting other women.
Feature and release details
- Magazine: Weekly Playboy No. 37, released August 31, 2026
- Styling: Tama Ueno
- Hair and makeup: Keiko Yamashita
- Digital photobook: MASTERPIECE: The Best and the Finest
- Photography: Keisuke Takahashi
- Format: Digital-only collection of photographs not published in the magazine
- Price: ¥1,320 including tax
- Grajapa bonus: Limited-cut bonus
Yoshino was born January 8, 2000, in Saga Prefecture and is 158 cm tall, with listed measurements of B95/W65/H98. After high school, she worked at a steelworks in Saga before being scouted and making her gravure debut in 2018. She also appears as one of the New Big Eater Sisters on TBS’s Ningen Kansatsu Variety Monitoring and as an assistant MC on ABEMA’s Mahjong Saikyo-sen 2026. Her official accounts are X and Instagram.
Source: Weekly Playboy / Shueisha
