Let's put the "video" back into adult video. Sure, we love all the current and recent Japanese porn stars, but let's take a trip back a few more years to remember some of the stars of yesterday, long before there was streaming or even DVDs. We previously looked at a list of AV stars from the 1990s and 2000s that Japanese men now in their forties remember fondly. Adding to this, here are seven retired porn stars that deserve to go down in history. Before the comments start filling up with anger and fury, rest assured we're not saying that these ladies are the only ex-AV idols worth ...

A recent survey published by Nikkan Spa! asked 300 Japanese men in their forties to remember the porn they consumed when younger and vote for their favorite or most memorable adult video stars. Multiple votes were allowed, which is just as well considering how stunning all these ladies are (were?). Here are the result, ranked in order of the votes they received. 1. Ai Iijima (96 votes) 2. Yuri Komuro (87 votes) 3. Nao Oikawa (86 votes) 4. Sora/Sola Aoi (80 votes) 5. Rui Sakuragi (78 votes) 6. Hitomi Kobayshi (63 votes) 7. Hitomi Shiraishi (55 votes) 8. Mihiro (51 ...