It is the height of the Japanese summer, a season typically spent at firework displays, local festivals, and at sport venues. This year, of course, is a bit different and many things are canceled or scaled down (again!) due to the ongoing pandemic.
And so we are thinking back to happier times when we would roam baseball stadiums, admiring both the games and the lovely "beer girls" (uriko) who sell the drinks.
Like booth companions ubiquitous at conventions, these girls have attracted their own fandom. After all, what better way to sell drinks than getting hot young women to walk around ...
There are several ways to tell that you have "made it" as a porn star in Japan.
Probably the first and most obvious is when you are cast as a tantai joyu (単体女優) -- an actor who carries a whole release by herself and is given a lead credit (as opposed to the thousands of performers who are uncredited). Only this kind of role ultimately pays enough to make porn a full-time career.
Another is perhaps when you release a photo book or get offers to do various fan events.
But a really big sign is when you get your first spin-off adult toy.
Sendai native Ichika Matsumoto debuted in 2019 ...
The former porn star and now manga artist Nayuka Mine has interviewed Nanami Kawakami, the actor who this year set up her own agency and announced her upcoming retirement from adult video.
In the article published in Spa!, the two share stories about how they got into porn, both coming from rural parts of Japan and going to not especially reputable high schools before they were scouted. Inevitably, as provincials, they were awed by the idea of moving to be the big city and earning big bucks as porn stars.
In Kawakami's case, it was in Fukui Prefecture. Though she says her first release ...
As we continue to watch the new season of the Netflix show The Naked Director and its galvanic portrayal of the 1980s and 1990s Japanese adult video industry, porn shoots have been on our mind even more than usual.
In behind-the-scenes photos of porn shoots, we are amazed by so many things.
How many staff are involved and how, if you'll excuse the pun, hard the work it is, getting the right angles and lighting. In these corona times, as two pictures recently shared by the AV director Daiki Kato (Samoari) demonstrate, they also have to wear masks (except the ...
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 ...
We have heard various reports of gravure models, singers, and actresses in Japan getting the coronavirus over the past few months, but what about AV idols? Inevitably, they are also at risk and one example is Japanese porn star Mikako Abe, who contracted the coronavirus last month.
Her agency, ARCHE Production, announced the news on April 27 and Abe was since then recuperating and quarantining at home. This period officially ended yesterday, May 6, and she has apparently now recovered and can get back to work soon after a few more days of rest.
Making her debut in 2012 and known for her ...
Yua Mikami, one of the top porn stars, has launched her own apparel brand.
Though there are a few notable cases of porn stars forging interesting second careers after they leave the adult industry, it is relatively rare for actresses to maintain a successful second job while still acting in porn releases (though many porn stars do make occasional appearances in movies and TV series, almost always in "sexy" roles).
Mikami is one of the most prominent examples of an idol switching from a more mainstream area (in her case, as a music idol with SKE48) to porn, and not losing steam after just a ...
Become a top comedian in Japan and get to fuck a porn star.
That seems to be the precedent set by Sanma, who has apparently dated not just one but two porn stars -- both many decades his junior.
Now comes another enviable example.
Hamayanen of the popular comedy duo 8.6Sec BAZOOKAA was recently spotted coming out of a hotel in the exclusive Tokyo district of Nishi-Azabu. The 29-year-old was with a woman dressed in expensive "wild fashion." They then headed to Roppongi Station and went for a date eating Korean BBQ.
As first reported by the tabloid Weekly Friday, the 30-year-old lover of ...
People sometimes make outrageous claims on social media, and don't always follow through.
But This Japanese lady apparently wasn't lying.
The nurse and purported influencer claimed that she would make her adult video debut if she got over 10,000 followers.
Mikako Horiuchi (堀内未果子) went by the name Onikonbu (卍鬼昆布ちゃん卍) for her then-little-known Twitter account, which she had used since May 2012.
Well, the F-cup beauty soon did accrue that number of followers -- and more. She was as good as her word and promptly shot her first porn release (IPIT00015), which came out ...
These days, we aren't going out much, but we might be persuaded to make an exception here.
Tokyo Weekender published a photo report on the recently opened SOD Land, which is publicized as a porn theme park.
As previously reported, the complex opened in the Kabukicho area of Shinjuku in central Tokyo back in October, and features five floors devoted to adult video.
Tokyo Weekender's report emphasizes the "safety" aspect of the visit, in how the site has adapted to the risk of the coronavirus through face masks, disinfecting visitors from head to foot, and a special UV filter in the ...
