is a former Japanese model and
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 ...
.
Life and career
Early life
Yua Aida was born in
Aichi Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Aichi Prefecture has a population of 7,552,873 () and a geographic area of with a population density of . Aichi Prefecture borders Mie Prefecture to the west, Gifu Prefectur ...
, Japan, on 12 August 1984. Aida was an active girl and involved in many sporting activities during primary and middle school. Tennis was her strongest sport throughout middle school. In high school, she changed her focus from sports to art, an interest she attributes to her mother. Aida reports that exposure to nude models while oil painting helped her to be more comfortable when she began her AV career.
After her graduation from high school, Aida began working at a part-time job. At this time she was scouted by an AV talent agency while shopping in Tokyo's
Shinjuku
is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. It is a major commercial and administrative centre, housing the northern half of the busiest railway station in the world (Shinjuku Station) and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, the administration ...
neighborhood. Aida says that she was not impressed with the talent scout, but when she met the company president, she thought, "This guy is really great. I’m gonna work here!"
AV career
Yua Aida debuted in photo layouts in 2003, and made her AV debut in the January 2004 DVD release ''Pichi Pichi'' for
Max-A
is a Japanese adult video (AV) studio which is especially known for videos made under its Samansa ("Samantha") and Calen ("Karen") labels which produced a number of innovative and quality AVs in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
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. The video was directed by Yukihiko Shimamura with whom Aida made several more videos in the following years.
Aida's second video, ''Your Yua Aida'', was released in February 2004 by the
KUKI studio. This video left the fictional narrative format to explore the documentary style common with Japanese adult videos. Over the next year, Aida made new videos about once a month alternating between Max-A and KUKI.
At the
2004 X City Grand Prix Awards, Aida received the Best New Actress Award as well as the 3rd Place Best Actress Award.
In Spring 2005, Aida joined a new studio,
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 ...
, and released her first video with them, ''Sell Debut'', directed by
Hideto Aki
is a Japanese adult video (AV) director who has directed more than 300 movies since 1998.
Life and career
Hideto Aki was born in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan in 1970. He tells how AV Idol Hitomi Kobayashi came to his neighborhood video rental ...
, in May 2005. She also acted alternately with Style Art studio, former name of
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 fi ...
studio. She became one of the most popular figures at the S1 studio – in the
DMM list of the top 100 actresses by sales, she placed No. 1 in 2005 and No. 4 in 2006. While at S1, Aida won the Best Actress Award for Excellence at the
2006 AV Actress Grand Prix. In addition, on 20 March 2006 at the 2006
Adult Broadcasting Awards
The Sky PerfecTV! Adult Broadcasting Awards are given for performances in adult video programs shown on SKY PerfecTV! satellite TV channels in Japan. The awards complement those presented by the AV Open / AV Grand Prix contests which are given fo ...
, she received the Best Actress Award for programs broadcast in 2005. Aida remained with S1 for the rest of her AV career, appearing in about one original video a month. In March 2007 she appeared in one of the "Digital Channel" series of videos for
Idea Pocket
is a Japanese company located in Tokyo which is involved in the business of planning and producing adult videos. To date, the company has produced over 3,500 titles starring some of the most prominent adult video actresses .
Company information ...
and later, in mid-2007, she also starred in four videos in the
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 fi ...
Diva series.
On 12 July 2007, Aida announced in her blog that she was retiring from appearances in AV, but planned to continue appearing in
gravure
Rotogravure (or gravure for short) is a type of intaglio printing process, which involves engraving the image onto an image carrier. In gravure printing, the image is engraved onto a cylinder because, like offset printing and flexography, it ...
and non-pornographic "Image" videos. The November 2007 gravure video ''Eternal, The Last DVD'' was announced as her final retirement work. Later in November Style Art entered her video ''Yua Aida Dance Best'' (containing dance scenes from her earlier Style Art videos) in the 2008
AV Grand Prix
AV Open is a major awards contest for the Japanese adult video industry. It went from a limited sales contest in 2006 to become, via its successor the AV GrandPrix, the major Japanese AV award with nearly 100 participating companies competing for t ...
contest. On 16 February 2008, Shinyusha published a final photobook ''Yua'' with photographs by Miseki Liu.
In 2012 the major Japanese adult video distributor
DMM held a poll of its customers to choose the 100 all-time best AV actresses to celebrate the 30th anniversary of adult videos in Japan. Aida placed number fifteen in the final count.
Personal life
Aida's sister is Towa Aino, a
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 ...
.
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1984 births
Japanese pornographic film actresses
Japanese female adult models
Japanese gravure models
Living people
Models from Aichi Prefecture
People from Toyohashi
Pink film actors