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Tadanori Usami
is a Japanese adult video (AV) director. He is credited with directing more than 450 videos in a career spanning over twenty years. Life and career Usami started working as a director in the adult video industry as early as May 1993 with the video ''After School Love'' for the VIP studio. In the mid and late-1990s, he directed a number of videos for HRC and Alice Japan. By May 2003, he was directing regularly for the Moodyz studio, part of the large Japanese porn conglomerate, the Hokuto Corporation. Over the next several years with Moodyz, Usami won a number of awards at the annual year-end Moodyz Awards ceremonies for Hokuto Corporation companies. At the 2004 Moodyz Awards, his video ''Digital Mosaic Vol. 37'' won the top Moodyz Award, and Usami took one of the Director Awards. In 2005 he won the IdeaPocket Award for his video ''First Impression Rena Nagai'' with that company, while in 2006 he took the 2nd Place Best Director Award and won one of the Best Title Awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea in the south. The Japanese archipelago consists of four major islands—Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu—and List of islands of Japan, thousands of smaller islands, covering . Japan has a population of over 123 million as of 2025, making it the List of countries and dependencies by population, eleventh-most populous country. The capital of Japan and List of cities in Japan, its largest city is Tokyo; the Greater Tokyo Area is the List of largest cities, largest metropolitan area in the world, with more than 37 million inhabitants as of 2024. Japan is divided into 47 Prefectures of Japan, administrative prefectures and List of regions of Japan, eight traditional regions. About three-quarters of Geography of Japan, the countr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weekly Playboy
, also known as or ''WPB'', is a Japanese weekly magazine published by Shueisha since 1966. Although the magazine publishes a variety of news and special interest articles, columns, celebrity interviews, and manga, it is considered an adult magazine. The target demographic is men, and each issue features several partially nude pictorials of female models. This magazine is not a regional edition of the American '' Playboy'' magazine; the Japanese edition of that magazine was published as '' Monthly Playboy'' (''MPB'') by Shueisha until its cancellation in January 2009. Manga in ''WPB'' * '' Circuit no Ōkami II: Modena no Tsurugi'' by Satoshi Ikezawa * '' Lady Snowblood'' (修羅雪姫) by Kazuo Koike and Kazuo Kamimura * ''Modena no Ken'' (モデナの剣) by Satoshi Ikezawa * '' My Favorite Carrera'' (彼女のカレラ) by Kia Asamiya * ''Ore no Sora'' (俺の空) by Hiroshi Motomiya * ''Polo Shirt and Upper Cut'' by Norifusa Mita * '' The First President of Japan'' by Yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Pornographic Film Directors
Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspora, Japanese emigrants and their descendants around the world * Japanese citizens, nationals of Japan under Japanese nationality law ** Foreign-born Japanese A foreign-born Japanese is a Japanese person of foreign descent or heritage, who was born outside Japan and later acquired Japanese citizenship. This category encompasses persons of both Japanese and non-Japanese descent. The former subcategory i ..., naturalized citizens of Japan * Japanese writing system, consisting of kanji and kana * Japanese cuisine, the food and food culture of Japan See also * List of Japanese people * * Japonica (other) * Japanese studies {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aino Kishi
is a Japanese actress, singer and former AV idol. Starting her career in 2008, Kishi starred in over 400 adult films and was named among the most popular adult film actresses of her generation, with her popularity crossing into mainstream acting appearances as well. She was also a member of the first generation of the idol group Ebisu Muscats between 2008 and 2013. Kishi retired from the adult film scene in December 2015 and returned into civil life. Life and career Early life and AV career Kishi was born on 1 February 1988 in Hokkaido, Japan. In an interview, she recalled that her first exposure to adult films was watching the popular AV idol Tina Yuzuki (Rio) at a hotel room, being stunned by her beauty and becoming fascinated with the idea of becoming an adult film actress. Kishi debuted in AV at the age of 20 on February 22, 2008, with the famed AV studio Alice Japan. Kishi's first two years as an AV actress was under an exclusive double contract under the Alice Japan and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azumi Uehara
is a former Japanese Porn actress and Japanese pop singer. Life and career Uehara debuted in 2001 with the song which was featured on the anime ''Detective Conan ''Case Closed'', also known as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' since January 1994; its chapters are collected in 107 ...'' as its 13th ending song. Both the song and the subsequent album were highly successful. Signed up to Giza Studio, after several minor hits she was fired by her agency in 2007 as she was involved in a fraud scandal, and this was considered "a serious breach of contract". After a long hiatus, she resurfaced in 2012, appearing in an uncensored porn with the stage name of and then making the debut in the main porn circuit with the label Muteki and using just her first name, Azumi. She left the label in 2014. Discography Albums Singles Other appearances Filmogr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akiho Yoshizawa
, often known simply as Acky (あっきー), is a Japanese actress and 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, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bunko Kanazawa
is a Japanese adult film actress, who was mostly active in the late 1990s and early 2000s. She has been called "one of the biggest AV idols in Japan". Life and career Debut—Cosmos Plan Bunko Kanazawa was born April 4, 1979, in Kanagawa prefecture. She reports that as a child she was good at mathematics and science, but horrible in Japanese and English language studies. Her hobbies as an adult include cooking, snowboarding, and karaoke. Kanazawa was introduced to the AV industry by a friend. Her stage name, given to her by her agency, is taken from Kanazawa Bunko, a train station, museum, and historic library in Kanagawa Prefecture, where she lived at the start of her career. Her stage name is sometimes shortened to "Kanabun", a nickname that she dislikes. Kanazawa made her AV (adult video) debut with the Media Station Cosmos Plan label in the August 1997 release ''18 Years Old''. Kanazawa's second video, ''Tough Adolescence'', was a science-fiction sex drama released by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yua Aida
is a former Japanese model and AV idol. Life and career Early life Yua Aida was born in Aichi Prefecture, 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 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. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Nanba
also known as Ann Nanba is a former Japanese adult video (AV) actress who had a long and prolific career in the adult entertainment industry. At the beginning of 2009, the DMM and Amazon sites both listed more than 250 DVDs available under her name. She retired from AV work in 2008. Life and career AV debut and Moodyz An Nanba was born in Tokyo on March 7, 1984. She says she was very outgoing as a high-school student and looked much older than her age. She had met scouts from the AV industry often but only decided to begin an AV career after she was robbed and needed the money. She had done some gravure model work for Bejean a few months before and she thought she was again doing photographs for a magazine and was shocked when she realized it was a video shoot. The title of her debut video, ''Number.1!'', released in October 2002 by Moodyz when she was 18, is a play on her name (in Japanese name order, Nanba An sounds close to English "Number One"). Her contract with Mood ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sora Aoi
is a Japanese former AV idol, nude model, and actress. Starring in more than 600 adult films between 2002 and 2011, Aoi is widely considered to be one of the most popular adult video idols of the 2000s. Her popularity as a porn actress alone has led to celebrity status as a media personality both in Japan and internationally. 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 aske ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tina Yuzuki
, also known as Rio, is a Japanese actress, singer and former pornographic actress who debuted in pornography in 2005, appearing in videos produced by the Max-A and S1 studios. After starring in AVs in various genres during her first year in the industry, she won an industry award as Best New Actress for 2006. Since late 2007, she has used the stage name of Rio. In 2009, she transferred to IdeaPocket and became one of the studio's most prominent actresses. After a career that spanned over a decade and nearly 500 adult films, she retired in January 2016. Life and career AV debut and Max-A (2005–07) Tina Yuzuki was born in Tokyo on October 29, 1986. Her mother is Portuguese and her father is Japanese. She learned to speak Portuguese from her mother. Yuzuki made her adult video (AV) debut at age nineteen in the November 2005 release for Max-A's Calen label, ''Hot Wind'', The director of Yuzuki's premier video uses the name 'Toshio' and he continued to work with the actress i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AV GrandPrix
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 the 2009 awards. The AV GrandPrix awards were not extended beyond 2009 but after a hiatus of seven years, the AV Open award competition was resurrected in 2014. The 2014 AV Open contest ran from 2014 until 2018, when it was once again not extended. No explanation was given for this decision. AV Open Origins The AV Open awards for Japanese adult video (AV) companies were conceived as a means to improve public relations and provide a measure of quality for adult videos on a par with the AVN Awards for the US porn industry. It was the result of a collaboration between Tokyo Sports, a leading Japanese tabloid paper, and the large Japanese porn conglomerate Soft On Demand (SOD). Adult video production companies were invited to enter a candidat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
