is a Japanese

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(AV) production company located in

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, Japan.

Company information

DAS is part of Japan's largest group of AV companies, the

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, located in

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. DAS specializes in simulated rape,

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, nakadashi (creampie) and humiliation videos using well-known actresses. The company was founded in 2007 and released its first four videos on April 25, 2007. These videos starred

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, Rin Suzuka, Reina Matsushima and

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, four actresses who moved to the new company from another

company,

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. DAS releases a total of about four original and compilation videos per month. The studio uses product codes beginning with "DASD" for their original videos and "DAZD" for compilation works. As of April 2014, the latest videos were DASD-250 and DAZD-057. The DMM website, the distribution arm for companies in the Hokuto Corporation, listed more than 200 DVDs under the DAS studio name in September 2011. The company also releases videos in the

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format. In March 2010 DAS announced the debut of a new label . DAS was one of the 22 companies which participated in the 2007 Vegas Night Awards sponsored by Hokuto and was also one of the 37 studios at the 2008 Moodyz Awards.

AV Grand Prix

DAS nominated works for both the 2008 and 2009

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competition. Their 2008 entry was starring

and directed by Hokusai. The 2009 submission, ''The QUEEN of DAS!'', was a compilation video of scenes of earlier works by

. The title won the Best Violence Video Award.

Actresses

Actresses who have appeared in videos for DAS include: *

* Hikari Hino *

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* Reina Matsushima * Yuka Osawa *

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* Hitomi Tanaka * Maki Tomoda

Notes

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