History Main / FanserviceModel

** Also, there're some famous {{Seiyuu}}s that made a parallel career as gravure idols. Creator/AyaHirano, Creator/ChiakiTakahashi, Creator/RieTanaka, Creator/YurikaKubo, Creator/YuiOgura, Creator/KaoriIshihara, Creator/HarukaTomatsu and Creator/MikuItou are prime examples. Some voice actresses were originally gravure idols like Creator/RyokaYuzuki, the aformentioned Yurika Kubo and more.

** Also, there're some famous {{Seiyuu}}s that made a parallel career as gravure idols. Creator/AyaHirano, Creator/ChiakiTakahashi, Creator/RieTanaka, and Creator/MikuItou are also prime examples.

** Also, there're some famous {{Seiyuu}}s that made a parallel career as gravure idols. To catch some famous names in the industry, see [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=9qytzrz1arijh1i5nch63rf0&page=1 this 2009 discussion here on TV Tropes]].

* Almost all (if not all) female wrestlers in WWF/WWE history, as well from other federations like Wrestling/{{WCW}}, made some fanservice sessions. The most [[UpToEleven escalated]] example is Wrestling/{{Chyna}}, who after retiring from wrestling, entered the XXX world as a pornstar. But she wasn't the only one or even the first: Tylene Buck (aka Major Gunns) preceded her, Wrestling/CandiceMichelle proceeded her, Lizzy Borden was already involved with the porn industry when she tried her hand at pro wrestling. All of them also started with fanservice photosessions before their jump to porn.

** In their beginnings, the Magazine/{{Playboy}} magazine was like this, and over time, going UpToEleven in terms of mature content. It is considered a straight-up Porn version of lads' magazines.

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* In ''VideoGame/YandereSimulator'''s [[{{Prequel}} 1980's Mode]], Chigusa Busujima is a gravure idol with a huge following (including Senpai) who transfers to Akademi. This is a disadvantage since many of her admirers follow her around, meaning it'd be difficult to eliminate her. [[spoiler:On the other hand, it's also an advantage cause it'd be easy to find one willing to court Chigusa so she's no longer interested in Senpai. This is in fact the '[[CuttingOffTheBranches canon]]' means of eliminating Chigusa.]]

* In a {{filler}} ''Manga/DetectiveConan'' case, there's a beautiful young woman named Shouko Utakura and she's said to be an aspiring ''gravure'' model. [[spoiler: She's one of the case's victims.]]

* CSP/WWC used [[ForeignFanservice Dominican valets]] such as Amarillis, Destiny and Wrestling/BlackRose(who was actually a relatively well known Puerto Rican [[JackOfAllTrades swimmer, dancer]] and [[AmazonianBeauty body builder]] siding [[BoomerangBigot with Dominicans against her island]]) in this manner, and all but Rose faded into obscurity when WWC decided to push them as wrestlers([[InvokedTrope although that was the point]] with Amarillis, who was targeted by the [[TheResenter jealous]] women's champion La Tigresa to keep Amarillis from taking her spot). Rose reveled in her fan service origins throughout her pro wrestling career and even served as TheFace of a pole dancing class at one point with working for IWA PR.

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* In ''Manga/{{Is}}'', there's Iori Yoshizuki, a highschooler in the drama club that has found a sudden increase in popularity after posing in a swimsuit for a magazine spread. Also she's the LoveInterest of [[UnluckyEverydude Ichitaka Seto]], {{the protagonist}} of the series.
* Reika Shimohira from ''Manga/{{Gantz}}'' is a famous gravure idol... ''[[YoungerThanTheyLook and she's still in highschool]]''.

* In ''Manga/PeepoChoo'', there's Reiko, a a cynical teenage gravure idol who's fed up with her work and contrasts OccidentalOtaku [[TheProtagonist Milton]] about their visions about Japan.
* ''[[https://myanimelist.net/manga/37013/Koisome_Momiji Koisome Momiji]]'', a 2012 manga, is about a LoveTriangle between a ridiculously shy high school kid, a gravure idol and an actress.

* Creator/DCComics:
** For a time, ComicBook/{{Starfire}} had a career as a fashion model (using the Earth name Kory Anders). Considering that she displays the traits of Tamaran's highly sensuous culture (and even showing herself naked in A LOT of official DC stories), it's pretty obvious to say she fits this trope all over.
*** In one of the '80s comics, we actually get to see Starfire on a shoot for a [[WritingAroundTrademarks thinly veiled comic book version]] of Guess jeans. Said shoot involves Starfire posing in said skin-tight jeans and nothing else in many more frames than is strictly necessary, and a lot of ToplessnessFromTheBack.
** As Starfire, another example is Jennifer Lynn-Hayden, daughter of Franchise/GreenLantern Alan Scott, more known as ''Jade'', who also was a model and a photographer. Like the Tamaran, she's an extroverted person who hasn't afraid to show her ImpossibleHourglassFigure (as seen in most of her Jade costumes), so it's implied her model career also has a lot of fanservice photoshoots.
** Another ''Green Lantern'' example with Arisia Rrab, who became a pin-up model for a short period of time, after she used her Green Lantern body to age herself and become an voluptuous young woman.

* Amy Pond from ''Series/DoctorWho'' was a fanservice model for a time before starting her adventures with The Doctor. But different from most of the characters on the list, she wore neither lingerie nor swimsuits, but FanserviceCostumes since she worked as a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singing_telegram#Variants kissogram]]. By the time she saw the Doctor again after being a child, Amy was wearing a [[FairCop police officer costume]].

* Miu Hinasaki, one of the characters of ''VideoGame/FatalFrameVMaidenOfBlackWater'' is a gravure model, and can be seen during the game when Miu makes [[{{Fanservice}} suggesting poses]] everytime she's in front of the camera.

* In ''VideoGame/PriPara'', there's [[BigBeautifulWoman Chunky Chanko]], who became a gravure idol in Season 2. This seems to be played more for laughs, as only Meganee is ever seen taking photo shoots of her.
* ''VideoGame/TheIdolmaster'': One of the girls, Azusa, made an audition to be a gravure model in [[Anime/TheIdolmaster the anime adaptation]]. This trope is invoked since her {{seiyuu}} is [[Creator/ChiakiTakahashi actually one]].
* ''VideoGame/FightingAngels'' is a relatively obscure, all-female 2005 FightingGame released for the [[UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 PS2]]. Basically a fighting game starring gravure idols, or girls who wanted to be gravure idols. A game full of {{Fanservice}} but [[SturgeonsLaw nothing more than that]].
* In ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'', one of the high-ranked assassins is Holly Summers, a former model [[HandicappedBadass with a prosthetic leg]].

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* FunnyAnimal Hunter from ''Webcomic/FurryExperience'' is a MrFanservice model in Furry Valley U's figure drawing class. Poor introvert Catherine can barely look at his naked self while sketching his poses, and even her brash roommate Rhonda had to bail on one class because Hunter "was ... well ... ''hot''."

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* ''Videogame/{{Sonicomi}}''
** Anime/SuperSonico, Creator/{{Nitroplus}}'s {{Mascot}}, between the many things she does, is also a gravure idol, possibly the [[ThanksForTheMammary main reason]] of her success between JapaneseMedia fans.
** Extra addition for {{cosplay}}er and fanservice model Creator/JessicaNigri, who also made Sonico's English dub for the game and anime appearances, as well being the official Nitro+'s Sonico cosplayer for the USA.
** One of ''Sonicomi'' characters, Lumie, was a former gravure model who left the business to become an IdolSinger as Sonico. [[spoiler:She comes back as gravure idol in one route.]]

*** In one of the '80s comics, we actually get to see Starfire on a shoot for a [[WritingAroundTrademarks thinly veiled comic book version]] of Guess jeans. Said shoot involves Starfire posing in said skin-tight jeans and nothing else in many more frames than is strictly necessary, and a lot of SexyToplessnessFromTheBack.

SisterTrope of FashionModel. Compare MsFanservice (and {{Mr|Fanservice}}. too), LingerieScene, WalkingSwimsuitScene, ShirtlessScene, {{Stripperiffic}} and PublicExposure. Contrast CostumePorn and ContractualPurity. Overlaps with IdolSinger, since various of them also were gravure idols; and {{Cosplay}}, depending of the kind of costume wearing (or almost not wearing), especially for private photosessions instead of crowded events. The JapaneseMedia FictionalCounterpart is the {{Ecchi}} genre.

** Some famous worldwide Cosplay stars overlap their career as cosplayers serving as fanservice models, mostly for lingerie and swimsuit sessions for magazines as well for their own portfolios. Some of the most known cosplayers that are or were fanservice models are Francesca Dani, Creator/JessicaNigri (who also does [[VoiceActors voice acting and dubbing]]), Yaya Han, Marie-Claude Bourbonnais (who also does [[FullFrontalAssault full nudity sessions]]), Jannet "Incosplay" Vinogradova and Stella Chuu.

* This is the point of Las Reinas/Diosa/etc del Ring in Wrestling/{{CMLL}}, the [[Wrestling/WCWMondayNitro Nitro Girls]], the Wrestling/{{n|ewWorldorder}}Wo Girls and all similar groups. They entertain audiences between falls, or commercial breaks as two out of three falls became less popular in all regions not following Mexico's lead. This type of group was almost killed off in the US when Wrestling/VinceRusso got the idea to put the models into WCW's wrestling ring, to predictably subpar results(a couple good wrestlers for a lot of reluctant wrestler stinking up the ring or ending up out of work with medical bills to pay). Mixed martial arts companies such as UCF kept the "sign girl" and "two piece dancer" tropes alive.

* Promoting Jaguar Yokota after she became too old for All Japan Women's 'retire at 25' policy was the main reason Yoshimoto Pro Wrestling j'd/JD STAR even existed as a promotion. So when she opted to rely less on the company and do more freelance work, the remaining staff were at a loss for what do. They decided training girls with model type good looks, and getting them acting jobs for mainstream crossover publicity was the way to go. This was dubbed "The athress" program, and wasn't enough to save JD. It did inspire World Wonder Ring STARDOM to train established models though.

* Early Wrestling/{{TNA}} had rookie wrestler Lollipop and valet April Pennington as dancers in cages. Being a Russo booked company, they soon ended up in an in ring feud with Bitch Slap, a stable made of more experienced wrestlers, and everyone involved ended up going nowhere before being released from the company as TNA went PG on Fox Sports Net. Bitch slap member Traci Brooks did ironically stick around long enough for TNA to promote her in a playboy magazine photo shoot, but Brooks got knocked off for cartoon character [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Marge Simpson]]. The company's most successful example was Wrestling/GailKim, most likely because she did her best known photo poses independent of TNA, so no one associated with it could screw things up.(Wrestling/AngelinaLove also did an independent project modeling [[FashionModel shoes]] and [[FootFocus her bare feet]])
* La Morena had a PlayboyBunny gimmick, but since WWC, IW PR and The World Wrestling League weren't willing to go ''that'' far, most of her non wrestling work was merely suggestive, making her qualify for this trope.

* Most women in Wrestling/{{ECW}} were valets who doubled as fan service models. The most obvious exceptions were Wrestling/LunaVachon, The Prodigette and [[Wrestling/CarleneMoore Jazz]], while the most triumphant straight examples were Jasmin St. Claire, Kimona Wanalaya(who actually took a break from pro wrestling after being booed for refusing to "[[CrowdChant show her tits]]" to a crowd with children in it), Wrestling/BeulahMcGillicutty, Wrestling/{{Francine}}, Wrestling/DawnMarie and Wrestling/TammyLynnSytch([[StayInTheKitchen who thought women shouldn't be wrestlers]] before changing her tune in Wrestling/{{WSU}} and Wrestling/{{ROH}}). As a rule most didn't wrestle, but every once and while there would be a {{CAT FIGHT}}!

* Despite the criticism she had in her time, gravure idol Yuzuki Aikawa became a wrestler in World Wonder Ring STARDOM, thus [[InvertedTrope inverting]] the trope. Aikawa's heat, and success despite it, allowed many other models to slip into STARDOM virtually undetected, although only Mayu Iwatani was even close to being as successful in the ring as Aikawa. Undaunted, STARDOM opted to just have the more traditional athletes pose for photos with Aikawa and Iwatani anyway. Contemporary Western examples are Wrestling/KellyKelly, also a Fanservice Model that became a wrestler for Wrestling/{{WWE}} brands, and Reby Sky, a glamour model who entered into feuds with body builder Jayme Jameson and WrestlingMonster Jessicka Havok, the latter of whom believed Sky's "smut" [[WellIntentionedExtremist was a hindrance to a promotion Havok actually cared about]].

** Anime/SuperSonico, Creator/NitroPlus's {{Mascot}}, between the many things she does, is also a gravure idol, possibly the [[ThanksForTheMammary main reason]] of her success between JapaneseMedia fans.

* A RareMaleExample of pornstars making BleachedUnderpants photosessions is [[MusclesAreMeaningful Shimiken]], a male AV idol considered to be "[[RedBaron The King of Porn]]" in his native Japan. Apart from making XXX movies, he also makes fashion photosessions and was even part of a live-action webseries (Dorama) of a BoyBand directed towards the female public.

* This the point of Las Reinas/Diosa/etc del Ring in Wrestling/{{CMLL}}, the Wrestling/{{WCW}} Nitro Girls, the Wrestling/{{n|ewWorldorder}}Wo Girls and all similar groups. Their purpose was entertain audiences between falls, or commercial breaks as two out of three falls became less popular in all regions not following Mexico's lead. This type of group was almost killed off in the US when Wrestling/VinceRusso got the idea to put the models into WCW's wrestling ring, to predictably subpar results(a couple good wrestlers for a lot of women just fine not wrestling stinking up the ring or ending up out of work with medical bills to pay), but mixed martial arts companies such as UCF kept the "sign girl" and "two piece dancer" tropes alive.

* Most women in Wrestling/{{ECW}} were valets who doubled as fan service models. The most obvious exceptions were Wrestling/LunaVachon, The Prodigette and [[Wrestling/CarleneMoore Jazz]], while the most triumphant straight examples were Jasmin St. Claire, Kimona Wanalaya(who actually took a break from pro wrestling after being booed for refusing to "[[CrowdChant show her tits]]" to a crowd with children in it), Wrestling/BeulahMcGillicutty, Wrestling/{{Francine}}, Wrestling/DawnMarie and Wrestling/TammyLynnSytch([[StayInTheKitchen who thought women shouldn't be wrestlers]]). As a rule most didn't wrestle, but every once and while there would be a {{CAT FIGHT}}!
* Almost all (if not all) female wrestlers in WWF/WWE history, as well from other federations like Wrestling/{{WCW}}, made some fanservice sessions. The most [[UpToEleven escalated]] example is Wrestling/{{Chyna}}, who after retiring from wrestling, entered the XXX world as a pornstar. But she wasn't the only one or even the first: Tylene Buck (aka Major Gunns) preceded here, Wrestling/CandiceMichelle proceeded her, Lizzy Border was already involved with the porn industry when she tried her hand at pro wrestling. All of them also started with fanservice photosessions before their jump to porn.
* Promoting Jaguar Yokota after she became too old for All Japan Women's 'retire at 25' policy was the main reason Yoshimoto Pro Wrestling j'd/JD STAR even existed as a promotion. So when she opted to rely less on the company and do more freelance work the remaining staff were at a loss for what do and decided training girls with model type good looks, and getting them acting jobs for mainstream crossover publicity was the way to go. This was dubbed "The athress" program, and wasn't enough to save JD. It did inspire World Wonder Ring STARDOM to train established models though.

* La Morena had PlayboyBunny gimmick, but since WWC, IW PR and The World Wrestling League weren't willing to go ''that'' far, most of her non wrestling work was merely suggestive, making her qualify for this trope.
* Despite the criticism she had in her time, gravure idol Yuzuki Aikawa became a wrestler in World Wonder Ring STARDOM, thus [[InvertedTrope inverting]] the trope. Aikawa's heat, and success despite it, allowed many other models to slip into STARDOM virtually undetected, and although only Mayu Iwatani was even close to being as successful in the ring as Aikawa. Undaunted, STARDOM opted to just have the more traditional athletes pose for photos with Aikawa and Iwatani anyway. Contemporary Western examples are Wrestling/KellyKelly, also a Fanservice Model that became a wrestler for Wrestling/{{WWE}} brands, and Reby Sky, a glamour model who entered into feuds with body builder Jayme Jameson and WrestlingMonster Jessicka Havok, the latter of whom believed Sky's "smut" [[WellIntentionedExtremist was a hindrance to a promotion Havok actually cared about]].

* Model Kelly Brook started acquiring a fan club when she was relatively unknown, doing otherwise anonymous shoots for clothing and underwear -- especially underwear -- directed at more ''mature'' ladies. This interest from a PeripheryDemographic which was definitely not the one the advertisers had in mind, which was highly unlikely to buy the product, was what propelled Kelly into the new arena of being not only a model but also an occassional actress and TV presenter.

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* Model Kelly Brook started acquiring a fan club when she was relatively unknown, doing otherwise anonymous shoots for clothing and underwear - especially underwear - directed at more ''mature'' ladies. This interest from a PeripheryDemographic which was definitely not the one the advertisers had in mind, which was highly unlikely to buy the product, was what propelled Kelly into the new arena of being not only a model but also an occassional actress and TV presenter.
* Crowdfunding website [[http://www.patreon.com Patreon]] is a place in which artists can post some of their art and with a monthly pay, they can make works exclusive to those who have funded them. Over time, the website has also slowly become a platform for girls (mostly cosplayers) to show their works, as well more fanservice-y/erotic photoshoots (with a few revealing cosplays as well with lingerie), bordering on softcore porn.
** Actually other funding sites like [[https://ko-fi.com/ Ko-fi]] also works for fanservice models as an alternative to Patreon.

** In their beginnings, the Magazine/{{Playboy}} magazine was like this, and over time, going UpToEleven in terms of mature content. It is considered a straight-up {{UsefulNotes/Porn|ographic}} version of lads' magazines.

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A FashionModel wears clothes of every kind, from some showing barely any skin, to others with nothing more than a bikini or a lingerie. ''This'' kind of model specializes in the latter, being BestKnownForTheFanservice. The Fanservice Model wears [[WalkingSwimsuitScene swimsuits]], {{lingerie|Scene}} and also goes for the {{fetish}} crowd with [[FanserviceCostumes fanservice-laiden costumes]]. Also can apply to those going nude, but not necessarily the FullFrontalAssault. This could be in the form of BodyPaint without wearing anything, or being covered just with GodivaHair or HandOrObjectUnderwear sessions. This is an almost AlwaysFemale trope, but there are also examples of male[[MrFanservice Fanservice Models]], mostly [[MusclesAreMeaningful with well-marked shapes]] for women's (and [[CampGay some men's]]) magazines.

* Pictured above: In ''Manga/{{Is}}'', there's Iori Yoshizuki, a highschooler in the drama club that has found a sudden increase in popularity after posing in a swimsuit for a magazine spread. Also she's the LoveInterest of [[UnluckyEverydude Ichitaka Seto]], {{the protagonist}} of the series.

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** Also, for male counterparts, there're cosplayers like Leon Chiro and Elffi who also performed fanservice photosessions as well.
** A notable case in Japan is Miss Hannah Minx, an American Website/YouTube personality that lived in Japan and taught Japanese as well as showed things from Japan, [[DistractedByTheSexy but that didn't matter because]] [[ThanksForTheMammary male fans often saw another "pair" of things]]. She was also known for being a strange case of gravure idol, having her own Cosplay session [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2JDrdNkCrA even recorded in video]].

* A RareMaleExample of pornstars making BleachedUnderpants photosessions is [[MusclesAreMeaningful Shimiken]], a male AV idol considered to be "The King of Porn" in his native Japan. Apart from making XXX movies, he also makes fashion photosessions and was even part of a live-action webseries (Dorama) of a BoyBand directed towards the female public.

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[[caption-width-right:350:''[[LoveInterest Iori-chan]]... It feels so weird... seeing someone of my class do a photo profile in a magazine...'']]

A FashionModel wears clothes of every kind, from some showing barely any skin, to others with nothing more than a bikini or a lingerie. ''This'' kind of model specializes in the latter, being BestKnownForTheFanservice. The Fanservice Model wears [[WalkingSwimsuitScene swimsuits]], [[LingerieScene lingerie]] and also goes for the {{fetish}} crowd with [[FanserviceCostumes fanservice-laiden costumes]]. Also can apply to those going nude, but not necessarily the FullFrontalAssault. This could be in the form of BodyPaint without wearing anything, or being covered just with GodivaHair or HandOrObjectUnderwear sessions. This is an almost AlwaysFemale trope, but there are also examples of male[[MrFanservice Fanservice Models]], mostly [[MusclesAreMeaningful with well-marked shapes]] for women's (and [[CampGay some men's]]) magazines.

But, something that should be made clear: the Fanservice Model just makes provocative (or sometimes nude) photos but doesn't necessarily cross the line of Sex or {{UsefulNotes/Porn|ography}}. However, as with everything, there are some exceptions, in which models started this way and later converted into pornstars, as well as pornstars that made BleachedUnderpants sessions for some magazines during their porn careers or after retiring from them. Also some stars from various media (TV, movies, music, etc) made some casual sessions as Fanservice Models for some male (as well as female) magazines.

* Wrestling/KanakoUrai, most known as ''[[Wrestling/ProWrestlingZERO1 Kana]]'' and ''[[Wrestling/WorldWrestlingEntertainment Asuka]]''. Apart from being a professional wrestler, she's also a gravure idol [[JackOfAllTrades among other things]]. She's released a series of photo sets with her Triple Tails cohorts Mio and Io Shirai, [[EvilCounterpart a "sexier" alternative]] to Apple Tale of ArchNemesis Shuri Kondo, who did music albums and concerts instead.

* Early Wrestling/{{TNA}} had rookie wrestler Lollipop and valet April Pennington as dancers in cages. Being a Russo booked company, they soon ended up in an in ring feud with Bitch Slap, a stable made of more experienced wrestlers, and everyone involved ended up going nowhere before being released from the company as TNA went PG on Fox Sports Net. Bitch slap member Traci Brooks did ironically stick around long enough for TNA to promote her in a playboy magazine photo shoot, but Brooks got knocked off for cartoon character [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Marge Simpson]]. The company's most successful example was Wrestling/GailKim, most likely because she did her best known photo poses independent of TNA, so no one associated with it could screw things up.

* Wrestling/JimRoss, drawing on his WWF/E work for relevance to this trope, is well known for his preference for collegian athletes when scouting for pro wrestlers, unless it's women wrestlers, which causes him to look for fitness models. When Ross lost his job as head of talent relations, the fitness part was dropped from company recruitment, leading to a lot of underwear models being instructed at OVW, Deep South and the FCW {{revival}}. The glut of underwear models WWE clearly cared most about the looks of actually lead to WWE dropping its women's wrestling division for the better part of a year rather than subject its fans to bad matches, but WWE discovered an initial ratings bolster when they put all the pretty women in a reality show style fan service segment called "the diva search"(key word being "initial", which is ''why'' they settled on bad matches later on, and eventually went back to scouting wrestlers and athletes).