gravure idol; bikini model; pin-up girl
Colloquial abbreviation of グラビアアイドル. Refers to a (usually teenage) female model who appears in swimsuit or lingerie photo spreads, often in magazines or on DVD. The term is wasei-eigo from 'gravure idol'.
wasei-eigo (Japanese-coined English), from gravure idol
See also: グラビアアイドル
When she was young, she appeared in magazines as a gravure idol.
I hear that gravure idol's photo book is selling well.