Misato Morita was the breakout star of the first series of Netflix's porn-themed Japanese drama The Naked Director, in which she plays legendary adult video performer Kaoru Kuroki. In the second season, she's still in the cast but the narrative finds her at a more established point in her career. This means somewhat less screen time and less nudity while the storyline focuses on other events and women making their way in the industry. But there is still a relatively conventional sex scene between her and the series protagonist, porn director and producer Toru Muranishi, in which she rides ...

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She promised. She delivered. Formerly of AKB48, Yuka Masuda left the group in 2012 over a sex scandal. She then tried to make a gravure comeback with limited impact but has continued to work as an actor and a singer. This time, she has definitely made a lasting impression. In the second episode of the new season of Netflix drama The Naked Director, which explores the Japanese porn industry in the 1980s through the story of legendary producer Toru Muranishi, 29-year-old Masuda does some great sex scenes with nudity. (If you're pressed for time, skip to the 8-minute and 20-minute marks of ...

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The prestigious Meiji University has made a complaint about a porno video that was shot on its campus in Tokyo. As widely reported in the mainstream media this week, Meiji University's gripe involves an adult video release that features a short "insert" scene with the star. But keen observers were able to identify the campus shown in the background. We wonder how this came to the attention of administrators. Were they just searching for people talking about the college on social media? Or were they too watching the latest porn releases for, ahem, professional reasons? The premise of the ...

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Retired adult video star Kirara Asuka is hoping to build a second career for herself (beyond her successful YouTube channel and apparel line, CPITO) with a new venture. She is "producing" a hostess club, which is set to open on August 2 in Ginza, the district of central Tokyo known for its luxury boutiques, restaurants, and, yes, hostess bars. The club, J-Vogue, is now recruiting its "cast" of hostesses, offering hourly (yes, hourly!) wages of up to ¥30,000. Asuka, who retired from the JAV industry in 2020, made the announcement on her official social media accounts on Monday, and it was ...

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Minamo is moving fast to capitalize on the big splash she made with her recent porn debut. After switching from gravure, where she was known as Shizuku Taiyo, the angel-faced beauty has rapidly attracted a following with her well-publicized first release for Soft on Demand. As often the case, another video was quickly shot -- she was probably contracted from the start to make at least a couple of productions -- and put on the release slate. While no full preview images are available yet, the aptly titled "Ecstasy" (1stars386) comes out from SOD Create on July 8 and the cover alone is ...

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Another week, another adult video debut. Another month, another gravure or music idol quietly switches to porn. Recently we had Rin Arai (Rin Asahi), Shizuku Taiyo (Minamo), and Ruu Yumemi. Here's the latest. The 25-year-old, angel-faced Moko Nakagawa (那珂川もこ) launched her career as a gradol in 2018 but the G-cup minor star seemed to vanish in April. Then came the reason: she had joined the T-Powers agency and was relaunching her career as a porn star, now called Kanan Amamiya (天宮花南). She celebrated with a nine-page hair nude (full-frontal) spread for the weekly magazine ...

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Things don't happen in a vacuum: even if the new porn star isn't already famous and making a switch from gravure modeling or another career to JAV (e.g., Ruu Yumemi or Shizuku Taiyo), the chances are she was doing something beforehand. And being an underground (chika) idol is one. These young women inhabit the groups that etch out a precarious living doing small gigs and events, attended by a modest but devoted following of fans. The chika idol group Miramajo (みらまじょ) made a sudden decision to disband in January of this year, giving no formal reason -- meaning it was probably ...

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The Japanese porn performer Eimi Fukada has announced on her YouTube channel that she is moving homes after her address was identified. The 23-year-old, whose adult toys are also immensely popular, was rumbled by college students near where she lives in Shinjuku and by others when she was spotted at a local convenience store. While they are not as accepted in the mainstream entertainment world as regular models and celebrities -- and always euphemistically called "sexy actresses" by the media -- top AV stars have thousands of fans, almost all men -- and willing to go to great lengths to ...

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It's one of the most hotly anticipated porn debuts of the year -- and now we have some more preview images to pour over until the video comes out. First she appeared, then disappeared, then reappeared. Shizuku Taiyo burst onto the scene as a gravure idol in late 2019, only to promptly vanish. Thank the Shinto gods that they saw fit to guide her nascent career in a new direction. She has relaunched herself as an adult video star now called Minamo. As we reported last week, her debut comes out on June 10 from Soft on Demand. The release (1stars371) is a three-hour epic and we can now share ...

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A debut and a disappearance. This is a curious tale. The beautiful gravure idol Shizuku Taiyo (太陽しずく), whose name literally means "drop sun" or "trickle sun," broke into the mainstream with her industry debut in autumn 2019. She graced the covers of Young King magazine for the September 24 and October 28 editions, and a 15-page spread in the latter. But then the 19-year-old basically vanished. While it is customary for models and idols to change their professional names (especially ahead of a porn debut) and, in the process, for previous social media channels to be deleted, why ...

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