so this how they promote SDN48?
Come on!

Well, since SDN is the mature version of AKB i’m okai with it :P

Abreast of the situation. Hahaha.

Now they’re my favorite Japanese idol group.

cheap popularity

More idol groups should do this except remove the hands from the goods.

I’d be happy if their assets are bigger. *Where is Photoshop when you need it the most??!!*

i just came

so they finally stoop this low? i was waiting for this moment <3

Oh CM, “abreast of the situation.” lol

Female bands in Japan are treated like playthings, so is this to get more males to buy their music or something?

Japan, so preverted yet so awesome.

Well at least their over 20 years old.

.. UPDATE… OJS48 has decided to do the same thing.

They’re over 20 y o but they’re idols not sexdols! If I was one of them, I would have refused, but I think they’ve no choice !

It’s all about the money.

It’s SDN48~~ come on…..they’re the mature version of AKB and they’re over 20 so you expect these kind of things….whatever~ i like AKB more anyway

AKB48 also rise up bcoz of sumthin like these…provocative PVs and fan services …i dun even know diff between singers,idols and nudity anymore…

OMG <33 beautiful!

*nosebleed* NO HOMO

@17
LOL if you think AKB48 did something like that you should watch their PV for Aikatata, 10 nen no zakura, Namida Surprise, River, Oogoe diamond, or Beginner. Those are the kind of stuffs that build up AKB48 popularity in the first place. Don’t judge them just cuz of Heavy Rotation, that’s the first time they really did something that provocative.

I can’t say a thing! O_O

They are all over 13, so it’s all good in Japan right? So why should i care :-D i wouldn’t wear clothes either, if i had that kind of body o_o <3

i wish they went about a different way to promote them. they are new group. why not showcase their talent instead.

I know they’re more mature than AKB, but is this really the right thing to do before jumping into the Korean market?

@24
Korean netizens and fans alike already called them sluts and stuffs from just the Gagaga PV….so it doesn’t really matter~~

Noice~ Now I wanna see them at the next level. :)

Doesn’t really surprise me that they decided to do this. SDN48 is like the more mature, sexy version of all the rest of the 48 teams

I know their over the age of 20 but their idol groups!!! I hope they dont try to go to Korea and promote!!Cause they wont like this!! I havent seen one Korean idol group pose nude!! But their pretty!! But Japan has a lot of stuff like this so I dont care!

Beautiful.

i know sexy sells but cant idols choose another option rather than nudity

This is exactly what I’ve expected from them .. SDN48 is the only group that can pull this things off.
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I love them even more ..
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What Korea market?

@ K-Pop_is_Awesum well, didn’t shinhwa do something like this for an-an back in the day?

and honestly, since this is japan, it doesn’t really surprise me.

Hot. They’re 20 so its ok.

You guys have such double standards. A Johnny’s guy poses nude in AnAn and people are all ‘OMG SO HOT. UNFFF’, but when girls like them, who are all over 20 btw, do this, it’s slutty and ‘OMG THEY’RE IDOLS NOT SEXDOLLS!!!1!’ Really people. I don’t even care about these girls, but really people. You are making yourselves sound ridiculous.

We all know that we secretly wish our Korean idols to do something like this too. Not extreme stuffs but ain’t this eye candies;)

yeah well. that’s alright. that’s Japan. What do you expect? Awesome, really. XD I just know the Kpop addicts here would react… differently. LOL.

I don’t care about this group or any other group, but this is still very lame. They could at least try to pretend they’re real artists.

:/ they already had a good song though…

SO they came down to this? This isn’t what I want to see from a girl group. Can’t they sell without selling their bodies?

they are pretty but seriously??this type of promotion??? i know they are over 20 pat the girl in the middle and the girl behind her??? what they’re doing gives people the wrong idea. i mean when sooyeon and taeyeon “kissed” for the hoot promotion, it was a bit weird but they never TOUCHED….

YUCK

Approved by Yamaguchi Riko

I don’t see at all how they are “selling their bodies”. IT’S A PHOTOSHOOT. Some of you people are taking this too seriously… And you guys are making Japan out to be more preverted than it is. Just saying.

That 2nd pic gave me a well deserved crack in the neck

ya’ll forget that sdn48 is supposed to be sexy in the beginning, and you should know by now that most groups promote their image any way they can. sdn48 is supposed to be towards 18+ people, so i dont see anything wrong with it i’m a girl and i’m 19. big woop. i know the music industry has it’s flaws, but it will take awhile to fix. besides, for the girl that mentioned snsd, this aint korea. korea is so much more conservative than japan. japan doesn’t really mind this kind of stuff, but japan values respect. if any one of them had a problem against doing this, their company wouldnt say anything about it. theirs playboy artists in america, you just know that if their older they are meant for an older audience. get over it move on, if you dont like it tough luck.

Hate to break it to you folks that are against this photo shoot, but this is supposed to be the concept of SDN48. Like many have said on here, they are supposed to be mature, sexy women and they’re supposed to showcase their sex appeal. SDN stands for *S*atur*D*ay *N*ight and their name is supposed to imply what many (im)mature adults do on Saturday nights – yes, be sexy. XD I’ve been a fan of AKB48 since 2008, and so I’ve been around since the beginning of SDN. I’ve even been lucky enough to watch 4 SDN shows at the theater. Akimoto Yasushi stated that SDN is different from an idol group because these women are allowed to do whatever they want – and that includes drinking, smoking, openly DATE, or even get MARRIED. I believe there are a couple of them that are in fact married. So they aren’t supposed to have the usual innocent, Japanese idol image and they are showing that in this Weekly Playboy shoot.

these flawfless women are not for you immature teen fangirls, ok? Go back to your oppas unnies!!!

O.k. I am an 18 girl who dons’t like boy bands (they just don’t appeal to me for some reason. I like the girl groups more, because maybe they have better music? Goes fro both Jpop and Kpop) so don’t say that I’m a jelous boy group fangirl because I’m not. Yes this group is suppose to be sexy, but one can be sexy without shedding all of the clothes. That sexy can only be sexy for so long. What’s going to happen in the next 10 years?

Hey if the girls wanted to do this then by all means its ok—i mean they are not targeted towards children or preteens, these women are supposed to be sexy, and mature, and honestly i’m not surprised, in fact i was surprised at how tame gagaga was LOL…i was expecting worse!

so my question is…why does this group exist?

I personally would prefer if they didn’t do this … play boy nude thing D:
But it can’t be helped – thats the style of their group.

This is supposed to be the image of their group.

THIS ISN’T PROMOTION GUYS.
This is the theme of their group “sexy mature women”

Im agreeing with Fstar and DeeDarling.

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Not gonna lie, whats the point of this group? Their company is only milking the success of the _ _ _48 fad. AKB and SDN and whatever others are so generic, it’s killing me.

But hey, at least they’re hot. Coming from a girl, btw.

@ #47 “Yes this group is suppose to be sexy, but one can be sexy without shedding all of the clothes.”

That’s true, you can be sexy without being nude, but this is just another level of being sexy – a level most Asian girl bands wouldn’t dare to step up to. Besides, they are lucky they don’t actually have to show anything. All the important parts are covered up. I would be shocked if they actually showed it all – it’s not uncommon at all in Weekly Playboy. EVERYTHING is exposed.

“That sexy can only be sexy for so long. What’s going to happen in the next 10 years?”

It’s the xx48 brand. AkiP (Akimoto Yasushi) has plenty of girls. It’s sad to say, but members are in and out at a drop of a hat and are quickly replaced w/a newer, younger generation. In 10 years time most of these girls will be long gone and newer girls will just take their place. But who knows, there are a couple in SDN that are already in their early to mid 30s that aren’t featured in this single – maybe they’ll be featured in something like this next.

@Fstar, aww, I sort of figured that they would just be replaced. But I feel so sorry for the girls. I’m coming around to liking the __48 groups (I use to dislike them but now I’m sort of liking them) but it just breaks my heart that these girls have to fight for attension and when they finally get to where they need to be, they have to fight to stay there until they are deemed as old and then are moved or graduate. :(

AGREED WITH Aitoruri!~
___48 is really pointless. Short skirts; highschools, swimwear. Now, nude photos. And people say korean idols are slutty ==”

You guys are acting as if this is some sort of convent. Go untangle your underwear, if it were guys you would be cheering. You have all most likely seen worse than this online.

aki p brain

nude = high sales
no nude = poor sales

Well,is this targeted for the Japanese audience? If the Japanese is ok with this, it’s ok..afterall, the ***48 ARE JAPANESE, so their music scene is INITIALLY TARGETED FOR THE JAPANESE..so some NON-JAPANESE who doesn’t/don’t like their style could just go and enjoy K-Pop or other music scenes. If you think the music scene from your country is oh-so-good,then stick to it.

Wow, the company even make this kind of trick to increase sales?
Basically, I still prefer Morning Musume or Hello!Project members & productions more than __48 or even SDN__.
Being an artist is all about their talent to perform! As in the talent of singing and dancing, or even perfect vocals or choreography !
But looking at this sorta disappoint me in many ways…
They’re still young people…
Hope Momusu can beat them one day….(just my opinion okay)

@usagipeace
“Hope Momusu can beat them one day”
u kidding me? they beat them every day… :D

“57 people like this. Be the first of your friends.” -> Not going to click the LIKE button ._.

The problem is not the girls, but their labels for using them that way.
But hey, if they have no qualms about it then I’ll just be supportive. I know that sounds hard for quite a few ppl here. You know who you are.

Mmm, i guess :\

They posed for PLAYBOY? Wow..so what is this group for? For guys(mostly) in their late 30-50s? I am still under 20 and I just started liking this group but after seeing them pose like this I dunno if I should like them anymore since their ‘real’ target audience are in fact older Japanese men by the looks of it.
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Why couldn’t they just be sexy without acting and being naked? Why can’t they be like those groups out there!?
Are they even an IDOL group?

I feel bad for these girls. I guess it’s alright in japan for them to do this since this is their p.o.v. of a ’sexy, mature’ style, but isn’t this the girl group that’s suppose to debut in S.Korea? ): They’re gonna go through hell if they go there. Some K-netizens will eat them alive. There’s other ways to promote a ’sexy / mature’ style. If they go to S.Korea, they’ll just be labeled ‘Sluts’ / ‘Whores’ </3 ): I'll pray for this group, and their safe debut. Who knows what they'll go through.

WOWWWWWWWWWW.. im sure SND48 gonna get high sales. nice catchy song & awesome sexy body! deadly match!!! watch out AKB48!!!

ut Maki Goto, Aya Matsuura & Idolling!!! Still the best even without naked…they have great song & image!

idk… im not that big of a fan of it :P at least the girls are 20 and older.. i was about to freak out if i found out that girls that were below 20 was doing this… :P

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I can’t believe this. I expected them to be different from AKB, cute type, from the very beginning. But I didn’t expect them to promote them this way. This is not sexy at all. Maybe because I am a girl?

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Members of SDN48 = SLUTTY

sucks~~ ~!

Well, I just feel bad for those girls. I don’t think they wanna posed naked like this, they’re girls after all. If my dear Momusu had to do this kind of stuff, I feel like I can kill the staff. Luckily they never.

God if I wanted naked girls I’d just watch some Japanese porn. JAV is absolutely not lacking hot girls.

whoa.. these are disturbing to some of us but the guys who are reading playboy are gonna love this, anyway I’ve always felt SDN48 had this sexy vibe *although I find none of them are actually sexy they have simple school girl faces and their body line is meh*

lmao one of the girls doesn’t even need to cover her boobs *or need another member to do it* her hair is already doing the job XDDD

eeewwww .. too SLUT

haha… I’m sure lot of men love this article.

are you kidding me ?
japan can be so missed up sometimes fully nude pictures and fan services

@55 not really there’s a difference between a guy taking his shirt off (wich i don’t like either) and a girl fully naked with someone holding her breasts , also when yamapi did the nude photos i was no longer a fan so next time speak for yourself .

This is one of the reasong I’m not following this group.

I prefer SKE48 & NMB48.

This is just…. ._.
I know Akimoto might just want to earn profit through this and maybe the girls were fine with it but this is just … crossing the line for me, them being idols and all..
There is a difference between taking classy and sophisticated nude photos for Vogue, ANAN, Elle etc. but there is nothing classy about posing nude for playboy :/ They could have shown their sexy side in so many other ways …
And yes, there is a difference between a half naked guy and a half naked girl O.o Common sense… do u see any half naked girls during summer on the streets? Or do u see shirtless guys? Hope it’s the latter :b

I’m pretty sure some of the reader here don’t know the difference between Hugh Hefner’s Playboy with this Japan Weekly Playboy. Silly ..

I don’t like whatever AKB/SDN ish from the beginning.A bunch of attention seekers…(=_=)”" trying to act cute when they’re not.

Why don’t the group called SDN the porn instead.*facepalm*

I’m guessing that, this is Japan’s way of being “sexy”. *shrugs* And yet, ppl goes around calling kpop girls sluts and whores for wearing shorts and showing off their belly buttons. What’s up with the world these days?

Man~ so many judgmental people LOL…..

Oh, some of you are f*cking idiots.
All the SDN girls are over 21, the group’s target has ALWAYS been mature stuff and their audience has always been adults (no one under 20 could attend their shows)
Like kashiko said “these flawfless women are not for you immature teen fangirls, ok? Go back to your oppas unnies!”

@firefye no don’t get all huffy. not all of us are crazed boy group fan girls. I just feel bad for the girls that they have to be mature in this way. I hate seeing it in America and I hate seeing it other places

@ SunmiLover Because YOU hate it does it give you the right to judge who does it and who likes it? And you don’t need to ‘feel bad for the girls’; they knew what the group was all about.

@64
LOL if you like them you like them. Who care if the intended target audience is? Yeah btw~ I’m pretty sure most of girl groups are targeted at males at some part. A director of a big company actually came out and said a certain popular kpop group image is targeted at 30’s year old because they are the main “cultural consumers in korea.” That doesn’t stop them from gaining females and young male fans. Don’t change your decision about them just cuz of something so trivial as demographic…if you like them you like them, who care what age group they target? Jeez~~

I just don’t think being “mature” means posing nude for playboy and I think people people who aren’t fond of this doesn’t mean they’re immature teens either. Not big on that mindset and thinking. (it’s like how some people thing that you’re not an “adult” if you don’t have sex) But if this is what these girls wanna do then whatever but mature has so many different meanings and interpretations so yeah

they are surprisingly….unattractive. haha. sorry _ _ _48 fans. the poses, are somewhat awkward. n oh come on…do you really need to be naked to be sexy?

dnw. haha i don’t understand why there is 48 members. anyone who can remember all their names is creepy. also, their music is not even worth listening to. the only reason people give them the time of day is because apparently they’re ~sexy~. which i don’t see in most of them. morning musume, or perfume is a LOT better than them. they have more talent. also, japanese men have been starting to give snsd and kara more attention, cuz they know where the real good looking woman are. LOL. i love japanese music, just not akb48… don’t see any talent in the majority of the members.

@90: So now you’re not only insulting SDN but AKB and the other groups since you mentioned 48. Go do your research before coming here. MM and Perfume have more talent than two groups you mentioned if you want to go there. Now go back to your AllKpop.

@90: you are the reason why people are disliking kpop fan more and more, shut up and learn before you give your opinion on anything. you just look like a dumbass.

:D Thank you for your kind words #92.

i will buy this

If the photographer is a man, then I have to say NO! for this group. No matter how good their songs.

@80 I agree, I AM sure people don’t know the difference with US playboy and the weekly playboy.
Haters gonna hate regardless even if this photoshoot didn’t exist. Also anyone who didn’t even listen to the b-sides of their single don’t know crap because its awesome and I’m a girl.

I think the most of you new in Jpop or not even know what is Jpop world and japan culture..
just enjoy what you like and ignore what you don’t like guys..
don’t comment bad things respect yourself!

Well they ARE adult based idols, so it doesnt actually surprise me that they did this.

They are gonna promote in Korea??! OMG!! Bad move. Korea Youth Council even banded singers/idols to wear shorts on stage (except SNSD =”=) The company should at least research and understand what in Japan doesn’t stay in Japan.

And somehow I found this unattractive. They are promoted to be sexy and aimed for older group. Okay, point taken.But these pictures somehow make me feel like the group itself isn’t ready for this. The pose is low level, awkward and not sophisticate. I meant I love beauties. Who doesn’t love beauties? And nude is an art. So yeah, if they nude beautifully, why the hell do oppose it? XD

PS: Sorry but I think the company sell the girls body rather than talent.

OMG … this is why i like AKB more … anyway, posing nude is one thing, holding each other’s nude body is another …

okay I’m sick of reading the comments that say “They are Japanese and directed towards a Japanese audience so obviously the Japanese like this.” NOT true! My friends Shunya and Yui don’t even like these photos. my friend shunya hates these groups because even he says they look like sluts. There is nothing classy about these nude photos at all. The only one with a decent pose is the girl on the far bottom left corner. The others look like girls on the cover of a porno dvd. the poses look trashy. come one, covering the other girls boobs!? this is gonna mess up their image entirely. it doesn’t matter if their target audience is older men. people in the society as a whole will see this and pass their judgement on this group based on it.

also, I love how they pose like they have boobs XD. in one picture some of them have theur hands one their breast like there is something to cover. I was thinking “There is nothing there to push up together lol

yeap, look really really cheap!
they are not sexy & charming enough to pose like this. I got annoy when saw these pics

what are they thinking? i mean the directors? their managers? or the girl’s group? do they think that by posing nude photo willl greatly attract audiences? oh. maybe its true but in a negative way. for me, they look so disgusting. if they really want to be famous, please dont try this “CHEAP” TRICK. USE YOUR BRAINSSS AND SKILLSSS PLEASE. -.-

no offence though, they can continue on what they are doing and what they are going to do. not interested. LOL.

how old are they?

@106: They are 20 and up.