Back to 1994 with Gal's Dee

Tonight let's take a step back in time to the dark ages of busty/BBW appreciation in Japan. Kimiko Matsuzaka had debuted five years earlier in February 1989, ramping up the "kyonyu boom" to a good degree, and busty models were appearing more and more frequently in Japanese erotic entertainment. 1994, the year we look at today, saw the debut of some major big bust stars, including Mariko Morikawa, whose mainstream popularity is said to have started the appreciation of the BBW in Japanese popular entertainment. In tonight's post we have the magazine covers for that year to the publication Gals Dee, whose goal it was to show off the bustier models of the day.

April 1994

May 1994

June 1994

The June 1994 issue features lovely Mariko Motoki (本木まり子) on the cover.

Mariko Motoki

According to Arzon, Mariko's birthday is coming up next week. She was born October 7, 1972, and began appearing in AVs in 1993. She stands 156cm and her measurements are 95-60-90cm.

July 1994

July 1994 was a significant month not just for big-bust fans, but specifically for us Japanese BBW fans. It marked the release of Ultra Q-Cup 124cm: Tits Way Too Huge, Mariko Morikawa's JAV debut. Appropriately, the July 1994 issue of Gal's Dee lists Ms. Morikawa's name on the cover, indicating she has a pictorial in the magazine.

Mariko Morikawa

A visual comparison of Morikawa-san with all the other ladies in today's post shows she was much chubbier than was the norm in Japanese entertainment at the time. In fact Japanese sources I've seen consider her the first BBW AV star. Her Japanese Wikipedia page notes that she also appeared in Gal's Dee in September, October and December 1994. In a post in March 2013, I showed images of Mariko which are supposedly from the April 1994 Gal's Dee, though I find no other proof that she was in that issue.

August 1994

August 1994 saw the debut of another major big-bust star of the '90s: Shinobu Hosokawa, (細川しのぶ) and her name is placed prominently placed on the cover of the Gal's Dee issue for that month.

Shinobu Hosokawa

Born July 24, 1974 with measurements of 90(G)-57-86, she was one of the most popular models among the foreign audience. I never found her all that attractive, preferring chubbier girls like Kimiko and Mariko.

Shinobu Hosokawa in Kyonyû shiofuki reijô

She had an extensive AV and soapland career, and appeared in at least three Pink films. Above is the poster to Kyonyû shiofuki reijô (巨乳潮吹き令嬢; 1995) in which she starred and acted with Pink film veterans, the gorgeous and multi-talented Yumi Yoshiyuki and the late, great Yumika Hayashi.

September 1994

December 1994

As our survey of these covers shows, "busty" in the Japanese popular entertainment world of 1994 still meant just having boobs. A little cleavage went a long way in those days. The debut of Mariko Morikawa this year, prominently covered in the pages of Gal's Dee, led the way to the super-busty/BBW models we are so lucky to have on hand these days thanks to labels like IZM, JAMS, and GAS.