It's sometimes easy to forget the Japanese porn stars are real people and that they work in a difficult environment.
The adult video star Riko Hoshino announced on June 17 that she has been diagnosed with adjustment disorder and is undergoing treatment.
The 27-year-old Hoshino had planned a release event for her fifth print photo book, To Leo, at two bookstores in Tokyo on the June 6, but these events were postponed due to poor health, and later canceled.
On her X account, she apologized and explained to fans the situation. "I'm so sorry, I'm really sorry. I'm afraid to appear in public ...
The Japanese porn star Minamo has announced her retirement.
The wildly popular adult video performer put out a statement on June 14 on her social media channels announcing her forthcoming retirement in December, while Soft on Demand released a special page on its website. It brings to an end a five-year career that has seen the 26-year-old mononymous star rise to the top of the industry.
In that time, Minamo (usually written in uppercase roman letters in Japanese) has achieved significant mainstream recognition alongside her dozens of adult video releases, photo books, and calendars.
The ...
Retired porn stars tend to disappear into the oblivion of regular employment after retirement, with only a few seeking out the limelight by launching other public-facing careers. But this is the first time that we have heard of a porn star switching gears into charity work.
Eimi Fukada was one of the biggest names in the Japanese adult video industry but she seemed to quietly retire last year. As far as we know, she didn't realize any new productions and, while we didn't seem a formal announcement, she is now described in the media as a "former" porn star (or, as the Japanese media always ...
Joshi Spa! recently interviewed the adult video performer Mana Sakura as she reaches a milestone.
In addition to being a porn star, Mana Sakura is a novelist, most famously writing stories based in her experiences in the industry. Her latest novel, Child Substitute, came out in February and is about pregnancy and childbirth. It marks a decade since her literary debut.
Though her porn output has heavily decreased (even if she does have a new SOD Star release out later this month), the 33-year-old Sakura has not officially retired, and has now been a firm part of the industry for an ...
While Japanese porn stars are often described euphemistically in the mainstream media as "sexy actresses," major apparel brands think nothing of hiring adult video performers to front campaigns for them (though this is not without some controversy).
And so we have Minamo modeling for top lingerie brand Ravijour.
This is not a new campaign per se. The 25-year-old JAV superstar has been modeling for Ravijour since at least 2023, as we gleefully reported at the time.
Originally a gravure star who worked under the name Shizuku Taiyo, the mononymous stunner made her porn debut in 2021 and ...
Rarely have we seen a debut like it. In early 2025, Kanna Seto burst onto the Japanese adult video industry scene and immediately made her mark with those huge breasts, girl-next-door looks, pale skin, and slim body.
Fans instantly hailed her incredible combination of come-hither sexual allure and sweet, natural beauty, to say nothing of her J-cup breasts.
Incredibly, the Kanagawa native is still just 21 years old. She made her gravure debut in autumn 2024 with a swimwear shoot for Weekly Post, quickly followed by her first AV in January 2025.
She has already released two print photo ...
The Japanese porn star Rina Kago (雅子りな) has stoked controversy by going off on an online rant about her dislike of Taiwanese people.
The 24-year-old adult video performer released a bizarre flurry of tweets on March 9 with a series of stark pronouncements that all Taiwanese people are trash, and that she doesn't want them to watch her AV releases.
"Taiwanese men make my skin crawl," she declared on X, apropos of nothing. She described Taiwanese food as smelling like piss and their language as unpleasant, and that she would "kill the dirty Taiwanese trying to enter Japan."
She ...
The Japanese porn star Satsuki Toyooka has announced on social media is suffering from a rare illness.
On February 12, Toyooka announced on X that she was undergoing chemotherapy.
Satsuki Toyooka worked under the stage name Alice Toyonaka until 2023. She made her adult video debut in 2017 and established a following among fans with her E-cup breasts and peach butt.
In a post on January 30, the 28-year-old already warned fans that she was facing a very serious medical issue: "I'm sorry. I, Satsuki Toyooka, have been diagnosed with a rare illness. I may die. I may no longer be able to see ...
Japanese porn star Natsu Hinata has found herself at the center of a social media storm after she uploaded pictures of herself climbing and then lying on top of the metal overhead rack of a train carriage.
She posted the photos on January 17 and 18 on her X account. In the images, she is smiling and enjoying herself while dressed in a schoolgirl costume. The train carriage is empty.
Careful observers will note that the carriage interior seems strangely subdued for a Japanese train, plus the windows are covered in sheeting so you can't see outside. There are very few ads on the walls and, ...
The days are chilly, the nights are long. We need something -- or someone -- to cheer up our lives. And that someone might just be Mei Hayashi.
The slender beauty has made her adult video debut in a 147-minute release from Ideapocket. First Impression 190: A Mysterious Beautiful Girl Seemingly out of a Fairy Tale (IPZZ780) came out January 9.
Mei is a tender 161 centimeters (5.3 feet) and 40 kilograms (88 pounds), making her a perfect choice of porn performer for guys who like petite Japanese or fun-sized Asians. Her very pale skin and body further accentuates her alluring charm. She ...
