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Io Iori Brings a Family Motorsport Link to Weekly Playboy’s Garage Shoot

The No. 38 feature pairs a racing suit and vivid pink swimwear with cars, while Monzetsu Full Throttle adds previously unpublished photographs.

Io Iori (伊織いお) in Weekly Playboy No. 38 feature
— LUCKMAN / Weekly Playboy News
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Io Iori’s feature in Weekly Playboy No. 38 puts her in an auto repair shop, moving between a racing suit, a vivid pink swimsuit and scenes with a decorated truck, classic cars, a passenger car and a sightseeing bus. The issue went on sale on September 7, 2026.

The setting connects with Iori’s childhood, though not in the obvious way. She told the magazine that she does not have a driver’s license and does not plan to get one. Her father, however, was an amateur racer who took her to Fuji Speedway when she was young, and their home was stocked with street-racing manga including Initial D.

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Io Iori (伊織いお) in Weekly Playboy No. 38 feature
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Io Iori (伊織いお) in Weekly Playboy No. 38 feature
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Io Iori (伊織いお) in Weekly Playboy No. 38 feature
LUCKMAN / Weekly Playboy News

It was also her first time wearing a helmet. The stylist added Weekly Playboy patches, and Iori liked the deliberately unexpected combination of helmet and swimwear. She expected her father to notice the racing suit when he saw the feature; her parents and older sister, she said, have consistently supported her gravure work.

Away from the shoot, Iori described herself as someone who usually spends free time alone or with family. She has rented a separate room for clothes, livestreaming and social-media shoots while continuing to live at the family home. Her swimwear collection has grown to roughly 350 pieces because she tries not to repeat looks at photo sessions. Her next professional goal is an overseas location shoot, which would also be her first trip abroad.

Born August 13, 1998, in Kanagawa Prefecture, Iori is 151 cm tall and debuted in 2019 while studying architecture at vocational school. She received an Excellence Award at Gravure of the Year 2019. Hair and makeup for the magazine feature were by Yuka Shiota of JULLY, styling was by Yoko Noda of Mitakeisho, and Moritaya provided shooting cooperation.

Digital photobook details
Title: Io Iori Digital Photobook Monzetsu Full Throttle
Photography: LUCKMAN
Price: ¥1,320 including tax
Contents: Previously unpublished photographs from the magazine shoot

Source: Weekly Playboy News / Shueisha

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