Why Former Idol Karen Ishida, a Member of a Popular Terrestrial TV Group, Changed Her Mind and Showed Her Nudity

I decided to take on this challenge because I thought it was a chance to change myself.

–The former idol who seriously went through everything up to her graduation event at the Nippon Budokan is publishing a nude photo book. When we asked her how she was feeling after her first nude photogravure shoot, she answered a little shyly, “I’m a little embarrassed,” she said in the interview.

I was nervous the whole time, but when it started, my mind shifted to how I could have my picture taken beautifully. The peak of my nervousness was when we took the first cut. In other shoots, I never took everything off, so I felt that the world was so different with or without one pair of shorts.

When I was an idol, I used to make a lot of kime during shoots, but for this shoot, I felt fresh and liberated because I was left in my natural state and the shots flowed to the sound of the camera’s shutter. There are stylish poses unique to nude shoots, and the sexy outfits and hairstyles, it was all a new world for me.”

–When asked about her time as an idol, she responded with some surprising words.

When I decided to become an idol, I was not good at group activities, so I was full of anxiety, thinking, ‘What am I going to do?’ But I thought it was a chance to change myself, so I took on the challenge, and that was the beginning. Originally, I had less of a desire to ‘be somebody’ than others, so I was able to stand in front of others thanks to the people around me assisting me. At the end, we performed a graduation live at the Nippon Budokan. At that time, I wanted to give everything I had to my fans, rather than just saying where I was going or that it would be my last time. I still vividly remember the view of the penlights at the end, and I think it was a very special time.

I want to come out of my shell and pursue my sexuality.

-As for love, she responds about her experience as a woman.

I don’t think I am a romantic type, because I don’t fall in love easily. I am the type of person who is satisfied with romantic dramas. When I was an idol, I wasn’t told that I wasn’t allowed to be in love, but I thought it was forbidden, so I refused invitations, saying, ‘I’m an idol, so I can’t go out with you. This was not a way to hurt the other person, so it was very easy for me to say. After I graduated, I experienced dating and had a boyfriend.”

–Why did you decide to become a sexy actress?

I was never really interested in sex. My idol image was “neat and tidy,” but I thought sex was for men, and that the feeling of sex was secondary. I thought that a woman who had sex for the sake of having children was “neat and tidy. After I quit being an idol, I had a chance to think about it again, and I began to think, ‘That’s not true. One day, I saw a quote that said, ‘The pain of a woman giving birth to a child is the price she pays for having a body that gives her pleasure from God.’ I learned that feeling ecstasy is not a sin, and I decided to break out of my shell and become a sexy actress to pursue my sexuality. From now on, I would like to pursue sexual liberation and the liberation of my mind. I also want to get rid of the stereotypes I have held up to now and open up about the part of my sexuality that I have been hiding the most.

I want to live my life on my own axis, not on someone else’s.

–She has decided to take a path that seems to be the complete opposite of the one she has taken so far.

I had been active in the modeling, idol, and entertainment industry for so long that my personal life had become soaked in it, and I think that my life had been a life without two sides to it. When I decided to become an idol, I started my career because I wanted to live my life on my own axis, not on someone else’s, so deciding to become a sexy actress was also a decision to live honestly. My current values are that I want to lead my own life. My resolution when I was an idol was to always finish what I decided to do, no matter what was said, so I have no regrets.

–Lastly, I asked her about the future of “Karen Ishida.

I usually like to think about things, and I realized that the character for “human being” is written “between” the characters for “person” and “human being. In order to face my inner self, I need to face other people as well. Now that I am free, I want to face myself and think about everything in a positive way. As for the future, once I set a goal, I tend to follow it, so I hope to live my life to the fullest now and connect it to the future.

Kaaren Ishida’s first nude photo book “Title Undecided” will be released from Kodansha on November 26.

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Karen Ishida
Born in Tokyo in 1996. Born in Tokyo. She was a member of a popular idol group from Odaiba for about three and a half years. She debuted from MUTEKI on September 3. Check her X (@ishida_karen_) for the latest information!