MYLORD was one of the iconic parts of the Shinjuku retail landscape from 1984 to 2025. The somewhat dubiously named mall mostly housed apparel shops, frequented by young women and staffed by the same demographic.
After MYLORD closed, many lamented what would replace it -- and it seems that some of the women who worked there have moved into a very different industry. Or at least one has.
Hinako Tomine (東峯日奈子) is a new Japanese adult video star who makes her porn debut with a release from E-Body that came out June 26. The 148-minute release (OFES-032) emphasizes Tomine's H-cup ...
A few years ago, what seemed to be a sexual assault openly taking place on the streets of Shibuya during the Halloween cosplay party turned out to be an adult video production being film guerrilla-style among the actual crowds of bystanders.
Ah, those were the glory days before the pandemic and a crackdown destroyed Halloween in Shibuya, and before new porn legislation imposed stricter rules that have greatly increased production schedules.
Nonetheless, some bold types working in JAV still try their luck with seat-of-the-pants productions and edgy stunts, but the consequences are sometimes ...
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 ...
Last week, we reported on the arrest and deportation from Taiwan of porn star Mai Fujisaki, who had allegedly traveled there to engage in sex work.
Such cases are increasing (due to debts, the weak yen, and limited economic prospects in Japan), so much so that it is having serious repercussions for solo female travelers from East Asia, even if they are traveling for purely innocent purposes. Another story from last week was about porn star Yua Fukuda, who was detained at an airport in New Zealand, held for six hours, and then deported.
On June 12, Fukuda revealed on X how she was escorted ...
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 ...
The Japanese adult video performer An Sasakura recently sat down for an interview with Nikkan Spa!, joined by her none other than her mother.
Sasakura is a 39-year-old industry veteran who debuted in February 2016 and has since appeared in over 500 releases. She left her agency last year and is currently working as a freelancer.
She has openly talked of her strict upbringing with a father who is an executive at a major corporation, and her business owner grandfather.
The interview with Sasakura and her mother was proposed by the actress herself, and her mother agreed.
We have translated ...
On the evening of June 7, adult video actress Mai Fujisaki issued an apology on social media apologizing "for the worry and trouble caused by some media reports."
This refers to reports in Taiwanese media outlet on June 3 and later picked up by Japanese media that Fujisaki had entered Taiwan on a tourist visa and illegally engaged in prostitution, leading to her arrest in a hotel in Tianmu, a high-end residential area of Taipei, and subsequently deportation.
Fujisaki acknowledged the reports. "The incident in question occurred about six months ago." She then expressed deep remorse, ...
A few weeks ago, controversy erupted over a Japanese man's posts on social media boasting about paying for sex from underage sex workers in Indonesia.
In posts going back to at least 2024, he brazenly wrote about how he was looking forward to having sex with these "living onaholes" aged 16 or 17, and was going to "creampie" them.
It inevitably led to outrage online last month. Angry Indonesians found further examples of other Japanese men boasting about their supposed exploits. Warnings were issued by the Japanese embassy and government that child prostitution is illegal. Police in ...
The Japanese porn star Yui Hatano celebrated her 18th anniversary in the industry this week.
In that time, countless other performers have fallen by the wayside and most have been forgotten, Hatano has not only retained her popularity, but kept up an enviable rate of releases and also seemingly not grown jaded as she got older.
It is estimated that the award-winning performer, known affectionately to fans as Hata-chan or Yui-chan, has appeared in more than 3,000 porn titles since her debut way back in 2008.
Of course, such a long career has a downside. You feel old compared to your ...
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 ...
