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Mariko Kawana
(born November 9, 1967) began the most notable phase of her life as a Japanese model and actress who has appeared in softcore pink film and V-Cinema, and who has also been a hardcore adult video (AV) performer and director. She was one of the earliest AV actresses in the "mature woman" or "madame" (jukujo) category of performers. She is now retired as an actress and has returned to her pre-acting career as a writer. Life and career Mariko Kawana was born on November 9, 1967 (although some sources give her birth date as August 23, 1967). After graduating college, she worked as a freelance writer and in a publisher's design department. AV debut In September 1999 at the age of thirty-one, Kawana entered the adult video (AV) industry with her release, ''34 Year Old Mother Mariko'' from Soft On Demand (SOD), one of the largest porn conglomerates in Japan. Her age made her one of the earliest AV actresses in the "mature woman" or "madame" (熟女 or jukujo) category of performers, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 million residents ; the city proper has a population of 13.99 million people. Located at the head of Tokyo Bay, the prefecture forms part of the Kantō region on the central coast of Honshu, Japan's largest island. Tokyo serves as Japan's economic center and is the seat of both the Japanese government and the Emperor of Japan. Originally a fishing village named Edo, the city became politically prominent in 1603, when it became the seat of the Tokugawa shogunate. By the mid-18th century, Edo was one of the most populous cities in the world with a population of over one million people. Following the Meiji Restoration of 1868, the imperial capital in Kyoto was moved to Edo, which was renamed "Tokyo" (). Tokyo was devastate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taka Kato
or Taka Katou is a Japanese male former adult video (AV) actor. Life and career Taka Kato was born in Akita on May 1, 1959. He graduated from a high school in Akita and in 1988 went to Tokyo where he worked as a photographer and adult video actor. His official profile claims performances in 5000 to 5300 videos as of 2005. At the 8th Tokyo Sports Film Awards for work in 1997, he won the AV Leading Actor Award. Kato is famous in the Japanese AV industry for his ability to induce "shiofuki" or female ejaculation. His prowess in this area has earned him the resenting title "Goldfinger", although he claims that this title is made up by others. It was reported in 2007 that Kato's AV workload had lessened because he had erectile dysfunction issues, but Kato called it "all just a vicious rumor", though admitting he may no longer have the prowess of a 20-year-old. Kato made his debut as a director with ''Superstar Loves Lolita'' (スーパースターはロリが好き) starring Yuu Ain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Futabasha
is a Japanese publishing company headquartered in Higashigokenchō, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. " Futabasha. Retrieved on January 7, 2010. "所在地 〒162-8540 東京都新宿区東五軒町3-28" GIF map of location PDF of location __TOC__ List of magazines published by Futabasha *''Bravo Ski'' *''Comic Seed!'' *''Futabasha Web Magazine'' *''Manga Action ZERO'' *''Tōji Rō'' *''Getter Robot Saga''Manga * '' |
Twitter
Twitter is an online social media and social networking service owned and operated by American company Twitter, Inc., on which users post and interact with 280-character-long messages known as "tweets". Registered users can post, like, and 'Reblogging, retweet' tweets, while unregistered users only have the ability to read public tweets. Users interact with Twitter through browser or mobile Frontend and backend, frontend software, or programmatically via its APIs. Twitter was created by Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams (Internet entrepreneur), Evan Williams in March 2006 and launched in July of that year. Twitter, Inc. is based in San Francisco, California and has more than 25 offices around the world. , more than 100 million users posted 340 million tweets a day, and the service handled an average of 1.6 billion Web search query, search queries per day. In 2013, it was one of the ten List of most popular websites, most-visited websites and has been de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Korea
North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu River, Yalu (Amnok) and Tumen River, Tumen rivers, and South Korea to the south at the Korean Demilitarized Zone. North Korea's border with South Korea is a disputed border as both countries claim the entirety of the Korean Peninsula. The country's western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eastern border is defined by the Sea of Japan. North Korea, like South Korea, its southern counterpart, claims to be the legitimate government of the entire peninsula and List of islands of North Korea, adjacent islands. Pyongyang is the capital and largest city. In 1910, Korean Empire, Korea was Korea under Japanese rule, annexed by the Empire of Japan. In 1945, after the Surrender of Japan, Japanese surrender at the End of World War II in Asia, end ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weekly Asahi Geinō
, often shortened to simply ''Asahi Geinō'' or , is a shūkanshi founded by Hirotomo Takei and published by Tokuma Shoten in Japan. It was first published under the title in January 1946, though the title and size were changed to the current one in October 1956. The longest-running manga in the world by a single author, ''Sennin Buraku'' by Kō Kojima, was published in the first issue with the new title, and ran from 1956 to 2014. The magazine tends to focus on sensationalized stories, celebrity gossip, stories about yakuza, articles with risque or erotic content or topics, and scandals. About 90% of the readership are married, male salarymen. ''Asahi Geinō'' frequently has articles related to sex, and participates in campaigns to stem the AIDS epidemic. Translations of and commentaries on articles from ''Asahi Geinō'' were common in the English language newspaper ''Mainichi Daily Newss now-discontinued column ''WaiWai''. Other articles in ''Asahi Geinō'' have covered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ganari Takahashi
is a pornographer. He founded Soft On Demand (SOD), one of the largest porn conglomerates in Japan. Life and career Takahashi was born in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan in 1958. After graduating from high school he went to work as a driver for the Sagawa Express Co. where he made himself into the best driver in the company. In 1981 he joined the TV production company IVS where he worked for Terry Itoh ( :ja:テリー伊藤) directing shows such as ''Tensai Takeshi no Genki ga deru TV'' (Genius Takeshi's Exhilarating TV Show). He also later worked at a Chinese restaurant. SOD Takahashi used 10 million Yen (about $100,000) borrowed from Itoh to invest in two companies, one in golf-related goods and the other in the apparel business, but both failed. About that time, an AV company with about 10 employees was on the edge of bankruptcy and Takahashi with help from Itoh was able to use the company as the basis for the foundation of Soft On Demand (SOD) in 1995. Takahashi was able to gro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sora Aoi
is a Japanese former AV idol, nude model, and film and television actress. Starring in more than 600 adult films between 2002 and 2011, Aoi is widely considered one of the most famous AV idols of the 2000s, with her popularity as an adult video actress leading to celebrity status as a media personality both in Japan and abroad. Life and career Early life and AV debut Sora Aoi was born on April 26, 1981, in Kanagawa. As a student, she worked at various part-time jobs in the food-service industry, such as pizza parlors, pubs and sushi bars with the intent of becoming a pre-school teacher. While in her third year in high school, Aoi was scouted in Shibuya by a talent agency for gravure modelling. She decided to enter the adult entertainment industry with the aim of eventually working on TV and in other parts of the entertainment industry, stating that "If there was only the AV industry, I couldn't do it." When asked how her stage name was chosen, Aoi explained: "My agency asked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akiho Yoshizawa
, often known simply as Acky (あっきー), is a Japanese former adult video (AV) actress, who also appeared in pink film and mainstream (non-erotic) film, as well as television. With a career spanning over more than 15 years and over 1,000 adult film appearances, Yoshizawa was widely renowned as one of the most famous and recognizable faces in Japanese adult entertainment, with an appeal that managed to cross over into mainstream entertainment. She started her AV career in 2003 with the companies Alice Japan and Max-A, and in 2007 she transitioned to studios Maxing and S1 No. 1 Style appearing along with other famous AV actresses like Yuma Asami, Mihiro, Sola Aoi or Megu Fujiura. She was also a member of the idol group Ebisu Muscats between 2008 and 2013. Yoshizawa announced her retirement from AV in late 2018, and her final adult films were released in March 2019. Life and career AV debut—Alice Japan & Max-A Yoshizawa was born in Tokyo, Japan on March 3, 1984 and made her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Video Boy
is a Japanese monthly men's magazine which has been published since 1984. It has been called "probably the most popular AV mag in Japan" and was described by Peter Payne, proprietor of J-List as an "excellent magazine...to keep up with...AV stars". The magazine specializes in nude photos of popular Japanese AV Idols. ''Video Boy,'' and its sister publication, ''Bejean'' were published by . On 11 April 2004, the company held a 20th anniversary celebration for the magazine at a location in Tokyo's Shinjuku district. The master of ceremonies for the event was AV actress, Mariko Kawana and the guests included AV Idols, Sora Aoi, and Akiho Yoshizawa. Due to declining revenues, Eichi Publishing and its parent company closed operations in late March 2007, declaring bankruptcy with debts of 2.32 billion yen (about $20 million). Publication of Video Boy, Bejean, and other monthly magazines had been transferred from Eichi, in May 2006 and so the magazines survived the collapse of Eichi an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moodyz
, also known as Mr. President, is one of Japan's largest adult video (AV) producers, featuring an extensive catalog of video titles. Company information The Moodyz website, www.moodyz.com, went online in March 2000 and the company released its first videos in September 2000 starting with ''Costume Princess'' starring Maiko Yuki. One of the studios earliest stars was AV Idol Bunko Kanazawa who appeared in her own installment of the ''Costume Princess'' series in December 2000. In October 2002, the company's fortunes were boosted by signing An Nanba to an exclusive contract for Moodyz beginning with her debut video ''Number.1!'' To mark their fifth anniversary in September 2005, the studio released the fantasy costume drama, '' A Queendom of Eros'', directed by KINGDOM and starring Chihiro Hara, Azusa Ayano, Jun Seto, Miki Komori, Shuri Himesaki and Yuna Takizawa. The work's elaborate sets and props made it one of the most expensive adult videos produced. Moodyz is part of the lar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goro Tameike
is a Japanese adult video (AV) director who has directed more than 450 videos. He was one of the first exponents of the genre in AV. Life and career Goro Tameike was born on March 28, 1964. He graduated from the Law School of Meiji University. After working as an assistant director, he began directing adult videos from as early as 1994 for the Max-A Samansa label. Tameike has had a long association with Soft On Demand (SOD) and he directed the September 1999 SOD release ''34 Year Old Mother Mariko'', the debut video of his future wife, Mariko Kawana. Japanese AV columnist Kemuta Otsubo marks this as one of the earliest adult videos in the "mature woman" (熟女) genre although older women had previously appeared in theatrical porn films. Tameike was to take the "Beautiful Mature Woman" (美熟女) genre as his own. He has said in an interview that a Mature Woman is not the same as an "old woman", the Mature Woman has become beautiful through her life experiences. When SOD dire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
