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production company with headquarters in the Shinjuku Building,
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.


Company information

Waap Entertainment was founded in 1998 and released its first videos in December of that year. The company specializes in single actress videos and is best known for its series which premiered on December 17, 1998 with ''Dream Shower No.1'' starring Izumi Maki and directed by Alala Kurosawa. The series is part
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and part gangbang and has appeared in more than sixty installments on the company's Beauty label. The studio is also recognized for having developed several prominent modern AV directors including Alala Kurosawa, otyle,
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and KINGDOM. When S1 No. 1 Style introduced the new less concealing digital mosaic style of censorship in late 2004, Waap followed soon afterward with their own videos. Waap Entertainment produces about 10 new videos per month and the
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's AV retailer DMM listed more than 1500 DVD titles available under the Waap Entertainment name as of September 2011. The company's reputation has extended to the
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where columnist Johnny Maldoro named Waap's video ''Semen Club 2'' () starring Yui Kayama as the Bukkake Best of 2003. Waap has also expanded into another area of entertainment with game, puzzle and photo collection apps for the iPhone featuring some of the studio's top models.


Labels

Waap has used a number of different labels for its videos since 1998: * Beauty * Boin Club * Cobra * Dragons Gate * Encore * Fearless * Foxy * Gone * Jelly * Kohshiro * Milk * Select * Shoot * So * Star Box * un/limited * Washing Machine


Directors

Prominent directors at Waap Entertainment include: * otyle * Goemon * KINGDOM * Koushirou * Alala Kurosawa *
K*WEST K*West or K*WEST is a Japanese adult video (AV) director who had directed more than 150 DVD productions as of September 2011. Life and career K*WEST, along with several other directors, including Alala Kurosawa, otyle and KINGDOM, got his s ...


Actresses

Popular
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s who have appeared in Waap Entertainment videos include: *
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* Kirari Koizumi * Marin * Aika Miura * Momoka Nishina *
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*
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* Asuka Sakamaki * Riko Tachibana * Tsubomi * Akira Watase *
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Series

Some popular Waap series: * Dream Shower () * Slut Actress () * Your Masturbation Will Help You ()


AV Open / AV Grand Prix

For the 2006
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competition, Waap entered both the Main Stage and the Challenge stage. Their Main Stage entry was ''Only One - Miracle Woman'' (), video OPEN-0616, featuring several amateur actresses. In the Challenge Stage, the company nominated ''Divide My Pleasure'' () directed by Kirin, starring Ren Hitomi and Yuri Ueno, and labelled OPEN-0652. Waap Entertainment was also one of the 19 companies which submitted entries for the 2007
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contest. Their entry ''Deep Lesbian & Hot Semen & Black Fuck'' (), labelled OPEN-0717, was an interracial video starring Marin and Shiho, and directed by
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. which finished in 8th place overall and won a Lily Franky Honorary President Prize. The company was also one of the participants in the
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sponsored 2008
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with their entry ''Shall We Fuck x10'' (), AVGP-042, starring Lemon Tachibana and directed by
K*WEST K*West or K*WEST is a Japanese adult video (AV) director who had directed more than 150 DVD productions as of September 2011. Life and career K*WEST, along with several other directors, including Alala Kurosawa, otyle and KINGDOM, got his s ...
and Goemon. In the 2009 AV Grand Prix, Waap took one of the Special Awards Fetish Video for ''Tsubomi - Semen Club'' (), AVGP-148, with Tsubomi, directed by Takuan.


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