The Japanese women have a reputation for being very beautiful, especially in the eyes of western men while to the opposite degree asian men find western women to be more appealing. Whether this is a case of the grass is always greener on the other side or it is just something to do with seeing the same old, same old, again and again it is very hard to tell. Some of the most beautiful models in the world are from Japan and the amount of beautiful japanese swimsuit models is on the increase.

Not all of the model in Japan are Japanese models such as Agnes Lum who was born in Hawaii back in 1956. It was in the 1970s and 80s that she rose to become one of the worlds highest paid models of her time which even back them was still a substantial sum. Aka Hoshino is another one of these great looking swimsuit models who today can be seen on Idol trading cards as she was one of the Gravure Idols. Other famous names in the Japanese Swimsuit Model industry are Arisa Oda who is repeatedly asked to appear in many mens magazines.

Harumi Nemoto is another young model who rocketed to fame during the Gravure Idol series. She has personally been involved in many DVD and photo shoots since 2001. Reon Kadena is today the most sort after Japanese model in the industry who like many of the other girls has a great body to suit her chosen career. Her television career is just getting started which is going to be great for the Japanese public and her many fans.