It’s been awhile since American audiences caught an eyeful of Japanese starlet Rinko Kikuchi. But, that’s all about to change. Along with upcoming roles in the Keanu Reeves samurai-actioner 47 Ronin and Guillermo del Toro’s mecha-influenced Pacific Rim, Kikuchi has gone nude for the Pirelli 2012 calender.

The calender, which features actresses and models in various stages of undress, is not available for purchase and is only sent by the Pirelli tire company to auto industry big-wigs and customers. I ride a bicycle so I had to go here to get a glimpse at Kikuchi’s kikuchi. The calender also includes full-frontal nudes of Resident Evil star Milla Jovovich.

Kikuchi is best known for her Oscar nominated performance as a nude troubled teen in Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s Babel.