is a Japanese

gravure idol A model is a person with a role either to promote, display or advertise commercial products (notably fashion clothing in fashion shows) or to serve as a visual aid for people who are creating works of art or to pose for photography. Though mo ...

, actress, television personality,

AV idol An or is a type of pornographic film actress in Japan. It is a sub-category of the idol culture in Japanese pop entertainment. AV idols work in the pornographic business, often both as an actress as well as a model as the video performances ...

, and idol singer. Considered one of the most popular AV idols of her generation, Aoi has starred in over 700 adult films since the start of her career from 2010. Once a leading actress for the AV studio

Alice Japan was established on April 5, 1986, as the adult video (AV) label for Japan Home Video (JHV). Company information The early AVs produced by JHV went under the Penguin (ぺんぎん) label, the first title being the 30-minute-long softcore ''Asobin ...

, Aoi now exclusively performs for

S1 No. 1 Style or just S1 (エスワン) is a Japanese producer of adult videos (AV) which has its offices in Tokyo's Meguro Ward. The company is best known for retailing its adult videos under the Fanza brand, an affiliate of DMM. In the past 15 years since ...

. She was also a former member of the idol group Ebisu Muscats between 2015 and 2018.

Life and career

Early modelling and TV career

Born in

Osaka is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of 2. ...

, Tsukasa Aoi debuted as a uniform gravure model in the October 2008 issue of the magazine ''

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''. In June 2009 she was cast as a regular in the

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variety show '' Gung Gung Bone!'', which was cancelled shortly later. The same year, she made regular appearances on San-TV talk show ''Onagokoro'' and featured the segment "Tsukasa Aoi's Aim for the Top" in the

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variety show ''Idol Sniper 2''. In December 2009, she starred in ''Aoi Shōjo'', her first gravure video, and a second gradure video was released in August 2010. In March 2014, Aoi featured as a Sailor Moon AV model in the film "

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" In September 2014, she starred in the film '' A Record Of Sweet Murder''. On 26 September 2015, she was announced as a second generation member of the Ebisu Muscats. She graduated from the group on June, 2018.

AV career

Since her debut in 2010, Aoi has starred in over 700 adult videos in Japan, making her one of the most famous AV actresses of all time. In August 2010, Aoi appeared nude for the first time in a photo set published by the magazine ''Bejean''; in September it was formally announced her debut into the adult industry. Her AV debut film, "Absolute Girl Aoi Tsukasa", was released on 8 October 2010. She became an exclusive actress for the noted AV studio

between 2010 and 2015. In February 2011, she appeared on the cover of the magazine ''Saizo'', being the first active AV actress to be chosen as cover girl. In February 2012, she won the FLASH Award at the

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. The same year, she debuted in a leading role in a mainstream film, starring in the Ken'ichi Fujiwara's prison drama ''Female Prisoner No. 701 – Sasori'', a remake of

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's '' Female Convict 701: Scorpion'' (1972). In 2013, she guest starred an episode of the

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comedy series ''True Love 365'', being the first adult actress to appear in a Taiwanese

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. In 2015 she transferred from Alice Japan to

. Her last film with Alice Japan ''Final Continuous Climatic Cumming Tsukasa Aoi'', directed by Yuji Sakamoto was released on May 22, 2015. In 2016, she received the Special Presenter Award from DMM Adult Award. In 2019 she was nominated for the Best Actress Award at the 2019 Fanza Adult Awards. In the same year, there were rumours that Aoi was romantically involved with Arashi's popular boyband singer, Matsumoto Jun.

References

External links

Official Profile
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Official Profile
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