Talk:Gravure idol/Archive 1

Bikini idol
Is this the same as a bikini idol? — Emiellaiendiay 07:21, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Not the same, but similar. - Woo ty   [ Woot? ]  [Spam! Spam! Wonderful spam! ] 01:54, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Marketed to girls as well?
Are gravure idols marketed to girls in the manner of "regular" Japanese idols, or is it an important distinguishing point that they are generally marketed to men? Maikel (talk) 19:54, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Something I needed to get off my chest
Quote: "Interesting enough, Idols with large chests do not necessarily gain the most popularity." -- who would have thunk it? Gripping stuff! (exept fo Fuko.)jamesmitchell1986@yahoo.com75.12.165.254 (talk) 20:09, 29 May 2008 (UTC) Maikel (talk) 17:22, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I've thrown that segment out as it seems irrelevant and unencyclopedic. Sorry.  Maikel (talk) 19:40, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Age
Any citations for "as young as 12 years old"? That's disturbing. -Emiellaiendiay 02:22, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, I think that's strange, too....BUt if it's true? The articles aren't supposed to judge about things, right? ôô"


 * Click the link in the article for Saaya Irie. It's not a citation; but, it's a whole article that proves the point. Neier 13:32, 6 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Actually, some are even younger than that.

Runa Tsukishima: 9 http://www.kawaii15.com/database/index.php/Runa_Tsukishima

Mizuki Furui: 9 http://www.kawaii15.com/database/index.php/Mizuki_Furui http://blog.japundit.com/archives/2006/05/08/2439/

Maria Umino: 10 http://www.japan-pretzel.com/product/1151

Quatre Yah : 4 member group. http://d.hatena.ne.jp/girlness/20061230/1167404938 Ages of individual members: Yumiho Murakami 10 Juri Ishikawa 10 Erika Kasai - 10 Hikaru Yamamoto 8

Cocoro: 9 http://www.kawaii15.com/database/index.php/Cocoro

Kana Anzai: 10 http://www.kawaii15.com/database/index.php/Kana_Anzai

Miho Kaneko: 9 http://www.kawaii15.com/database/index.php/Miho_Kaneko

Mika Iwata: 8 http://www.japanidolgoods.com/mika-iwata-age8-shitoro.html

Yuki Kanno: 12 this year, want to guess her age in this picture?? http://www.kawaii15.com/database/index.php/Yuki_Kanno http://asianchildmodels.com/japanese/yuki-kanno.html

Riko Kawanishi: 9 http://www.kawaii15.com/database/index.php/Riko_Kawanishi —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.234.196.254 (talk) 04:13, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Question
Are these useful sources for wrestling? www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQ-lAXYS7wc http://japansugoi.com/wordpress/gravure-idols-arm-wrestling-video-from-go-1-grandprix/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.234.184.33 (talk) 23:28, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

The meaning of Japanese Gravure idol?
Japanese Gravure idol is "a type of model" or "a explicit adult porno-graphical occupation"?, as i know most of it never even naked; So why is there a pornography warning in the area? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Norik345 (talk • contribs) 12:49, 12 August 2009 (UTC) Norik345 (talk) 02:14, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

Citation requirements
I have added and expanded the description of Gravure Idol to try and cover a wider range of the phenomenon. Generalisations on content are best done in association with source material, the following link is to a gravure site with a large collection of Idol photos that verify my comments on the width of this style of modelling. BEWARE of the irksome popup at this site, they are not malicious but very annoying.

http://www.av-girl.info/

The reference to some gravure idols graduating to acting is in the list of gravure idols at the bottom of the main page.

Hutch48 (talk) 11:04, 1 October 2009 (UTC)

the meaning of "Gravure"
What does the term "gravure" mean? Rotogravure? Photogravure? --Atlantima (talk) 03:13, 28 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Yeah, that is vital to the article. Is it from French or what? Heroeswithmetaphors (talk) 02:35, 18 December 2010 (UTC)
 * I checked the Japanese wiki, and it appears the word is Wasei-eigo from "Rotogravure". Heroeswithmetaphors (talk) 13:43, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

Merger
This article doesn't seem to display much notability. Suggest merging into Pin-up girl. Kenilworth Terrace (talk) 19:47, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

Removed printing definition
I removed paragraph defining Gravure as a printing method. While it may be related, it was not tied to the article in any meaningful way and was thus confusing. it seems a little like defining the word opera or the word soap in an article about soap operas. I would welcome the re-addition of this paragraph if it was tied to the actual subject mater. For example if the term came about because it was commonly produced using that printing technique. I don't know if that hypothesis is true, but that is the type of tie in that would be necessary to define/mention gravure as a printing method. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.52.113.7 (talk) 16:47, 24 May 2015 (UTC)
 * A referenced explanation of the term's origin has now been added. -- Picapica (talk) 16:54, 20 October 2015 (UTC)