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Hello, gang; I did a search for "SOD" and these stories came up from "The Tokyo Reporter," the English-language source with a porno fixation that apparently recycles and translates tales from the rest of the Far Eastern media. I thought I'd share a few with you; I'm putting in the keywords from each into "Search" here to avoid repeats, but in case some of the stories have already been covered at News, remember that old saying: "To Err is Boomin', To Forgive Jugulear, Divine."
Many of the articles include links and photos, most of which I will be too lazy to duplicate; please consult the provided source links for extra insights.
INDEX:
1. Tough Times for Ex-Pop Star and AV actress Mieko Arai
2. Soft On Demand Cancels Porn Debut of Music School Talent
3. Third Arrest Might Mean Prison for AV Actress Minako Komukai
4. American Hardcore: AV Actress Marica Hase Seeking Supremacy Stateside
5. Ex-AKB48 Member Eri Takamatsu to Star in Final Porn Film
Tough Times for Ex-Pop Star and AV actress Mieko Arai
By Kenji Nakano on February 5, 2013
Shukan Jitsuwa (Feb. 14) reports that entertainer Mieko Arai, 40, is facing retirement from showbiz due to her ballooning weight.
Known for her shapely form and large breasts, Arai rose to fame as a member of the pop group Giri Giri Girls in the early 1990s. After releasing a number of photo books, singles, and the 1993 album “Kiss Me” with the group, Arai, in 1994, decided to resume the gravure (pin-up) modeling career she had put on hold while pursuing pop music.
A decade later, Arai’s work got substantially more salacious. In 2005, she released “Goddess,” a nude photo book, and starred in the sequel to the 1974 SM flick “Hana to Hebi” (Flower and Snake). In the fall of the following year, she made two porn films, including “Celebrity Promiscuity,” on adult video label Soft On Demand.
“Arai retired from the porn industry in 2007 to make a comeback in standard films,” says an entertainment industry insider. “But she is still inactive, and she shows no resemblance to the star of Giri Giri Girls unit as she has bulked up. Moreover, she is dependent on medication that is making her psychologically unstable. As a result, it is difficult for her to return.”
An IT professional shares one anecdote with the magazine about her condition. “A lady with thick forearms was drinking with my buddy,” says the professional. “Others in the establishment were calling her ‘Mee-chan,’ and when I looked over later I realized that it was Mieko Arai of Giri Giri Girls. I was a fan before so seeing such a glamorous person in this state was shocking.”
Sources speculate on what led to Arai’s current state.
“She was the member of the (Giri Giri Girls) unit who had the highest desire to get married,” says the aforementioned industry insider. “With other members getting hitched, it made her mentally unstable. She supposedly deeply regrets appearing in porn.”
Another individual who is working in the AV industry says that she is becoming increasingly unsociable, having recently lost friends and a boyfriend. “Not only is she dependent on medication, but she is also into alcohol and smoking,” says the source.
Shukan Jitsuwa says that while she is chasing work, getting back into the entertainment world is highly challenging. (K.N.)
Source: “AV tenshin no bikyonyu Arai Mieko ga geki futori de ‘joyu haigyo 5 byomae,'” Shukan Jitsuwa (Feb. 14, page 55)
Tokyo Reporter Original Link
So do you know who MIeko Arai is? I sure didn't. (Not that this means anything in my case, since I retain painfully few Japanese names.) Here she is from her two 2006 pornos, Former Gravure Girl SDMS-001 and SDDM-975:
She looks wonderful. (And unlike what I wrote in the last paragraph about my opinion, this means everything, because I am obviously the "go to" guy, when it comes to sizing up women's looks.)
These two were her only stabs at porn, evidently, until she staged a comeback last year. The last three titles on this page are her latest ones, the one from below her next-to-last:
She may no longer be a "Giri Giri Girl,' but as a Giri Giri Grown-up, she still ain't bad, I'd say. (Can't even tell if any sex is going on, from the back cover photos of these titles.) Two of her fans from DMM gave her five stars for the appearance pictured above. (Wet Petals, KIDM-495B)
Soft On Demand Cancels Porn Debut of Music School Talent
By Tokyo Reporter on December
TOKYO (TR) – Adult video (AV) producer Soft On Demand (SOD) has cancelled the debut release of a graduate of a music school, the company said on Monday.
‘Rena Takatsuka: AV Debut’
On December 2, SOD originally announced the release of “Rena Takatsuka: AV Debut,” starring a 21-year-old with a shapely figure who stands at 176 centimeters with long black hair and a G-cup bust. Following graduation at a “popular music school,” she decided to change career paths, the company said.
Weekly tabloid Josei Seven (Dec. 19) quoted a writer covering the AV business who said the institution in question is none other than the Takarazuka Music School, located in Hyogo Prefecture.
In the original promotional material for “Rena Takatsuka: AV Debut,” SOD did not provide the real name of the actress or identify the school.
As to a reason for the cancellation, SOD only said that a “variety of circumstances” led to the decision.
The company apologized for any inconvenience the cancellation may cause to its customers.
Tokyo Reporter Original Link
I'm impressed with this one. Granted, keeping in mind two comments forming part of the page:
"Wow, so SOD actually respected her choice and cancelled the film so she wouldn’t by any chance be recognized in her future job.. That’s actually respectful. (well if they didn’t, she’d probably sue them…)"
Tokyo Reporter (this was an original article from them... so they don't always recycle) replied: "It is not clear why it was cancelled."
The way it works, common sensibly, is that a production company is not going to go through the trouble and expense of completing a movie (assuming this one was shot and completed; it may never have gone as far as that, although probably it did. They usually don't shoot the promo material, in this case a nude photo of the girl giving evidence, until the day of the shoot) unless the releases are in order. So unlike what the first reader wrote above, there would have been no grounds for a lawsuit.
Although the response from Tokyo Reporter may be a fact, and there could be other reasons for the cancellation, the only reason that comes to my mind is that the lady had a change-of-heart, and the company went along. I remember there was a heartbreaking Bangbus story where the girl realized the ramifications on her life, asked for her video to be pulled, and the BANG BROS. firm said, sure; if you pay us $50,000, or a similar amount. (We don't know if SOD did not make a similar demand, naturally, but I have a feeling not. After all, are they not "Soft on Demand"?)
Third Arrest Might Mean Prison for AV Actress Minako Komukai
By Kenji Nakano on February 19, 2015
On February 6, officers from the narcotics drugs control division of the Kanto-Shinetsu Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare arrested adult video actress (AV) Minako Komukai after finding 0.1 grams of stimulant drugs in her apartment in Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward.
The actress, 29, was reportedly uneasy on her feet when she was taken into custody. She has reportedly admitted to the allegations.
This is Komukai’s third arrest on drug charges over the past six years. Thus far, she has avoided prison, but, according to weekly Shukan Shincho (Feb. 19), it may be different this time.
“Since (her previous) suspended sentence has lapsed, there is a small chance that she will be sentenced to prison for possession of 0.1 grams of stimulant drugs,” Masaru Wakasa, a former deputy director of special investigations at the Tokyo District Court, tells the magazine. “However, if a subsequent urine analysis reveals usage of stimulant drugs or she is charged with possession of other illegal substances the chances will increase.”
In 2009, the Tokyo District Court handed Komukai a guilty verdict and prison sentence of 18 months, suspended for three years. After her arrest two years later, she was not prosecuted due to a lack of evidence.
Not long after her second arrest, Komukai made her AV debut for label Alice Japan.
Shukan Shincho wonders what kind of prison treatment awaits the AV actress.
“For use by women only, there are seven penitentiaries nationwide,” says Toshio Matsumoto, a former prison guard and author of a number of books on the death penalty and prison life. “Whether one is sentenced to three months or life in prison, the facilities are the same. With her arrest being in Tokyo, it is likely that Komukai would be sent to the Tochigi Penitentiary.”
At the AV Open 2014 award ceremonies last year, Komukai took the Grand Prix award for her appearance in a release by label Moodyz, an installment in an ongoing series in which she seemingly worked her tail off, as the title reveals.
If a prison stint is in the cards for Komukai, she will also have an opportunity to work, albeit in a far different trade.
“She’ll wake at 6:40 a.m.,” says Matsumoto. “Then, from 7:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m., she’ll earn between five and 80 yen per hour at a factory making dresses.”
Matsumoto says that a leisure period exists between 7:00 and 9:00 p.m., during which time the inmates often openly chat among themselves.
“Inmates doing time for the same crime tend to congregate together,” says the writer. “Those convicted of stimulant drug charges will then talk about using. Once per month they’ll watch a video on quitting stimulant drugs, but the results of that are usually nil.”
Many of the inmates incarcerated for drugs — who comprise 40 percent of the female prison population — suffer from withdrawal symptoms and experience hallucinations. But the magazine is more interested in the possibility of lesbian liaisons.
“There are a lot of love triangles that turn into nasty brawls in which a pair of scissors is used to stab one of the three women,” says Matsuoto.
Receiving emotional consolation is generally limited, but, the writer says, guards will often overlook male visitors holding hands with female inmates during visitations.
“In the evening, those inmates look especially happy,” says Matsumoto.
Last Friday, Moodyz released Komukai’s latest film. Shukan Shincho wonders how a prison stint may influence any future performances by the actress. (K.N.)
Source: “Mata yakubutsu taiho! ‘Komukai Minako’ wo machiukeru joshi keimusho no 24-jikan,” Friday (Feb. 19)
Tokyo Reporter Original Link
Perhaps the actress' luck has run out, and she will be facing prison time. I see an article regarding her brushes with the law has been seen here on News before: Fugitive Japanese Porn Actress Is in Manila, from 2011.
(Isn't that nice for the guards to allow human contact between the inmates and the visitors, possibly even to an intimate degree. Wonder how that would compare with prison policy in the USA.)
Above, Minako Komukai from Attackers Complete Edition Fucked In Front Of Her Husband - The Couple Burdened By Sorrow [MIGD 635]; her filmographies, per Asian Screens and R18. (Looks like she has been in the game since 2010.)
American Hardcore: AV Actress Marica Hase Seeking Salacious Supremacy Stateside
By Kenji Nakano on July 4, 2014
Over the past few years, Japan’s adult video (AV) actresses have been garnering immense popularity in Korea and China.
Perhaps in a bid to offer regional balance, Shukan Post (July 11) would like its readership to meet Marica Hase, a Japanese AV actress striving to be the best in the United States.
When reached by phone in Los Angeles, the 29-year-old tells the magazine that learning the ins and outs of the porn biz in the U.S. has been no picnic. “In Japan, we have hair and make-up stylists, and that makes a difference,” she says. “It’s difficult to do everything myself. I wander from job to job dragging a suitcase packed with set props, such as sex toys and costumes.”
Born in Tokyo in 1981, Hase debuted (under her first name Marika) as an erotic gravure idol in 2007. Her output became more illicit the following year, when she released her first nude photo collection.
In September of 2010, Hase was a finalist in AV label Soft On Demand’s “First SOD Star Cinderella Audition” contest. This selection led to the release of “Active Gravure Idol Marika: AV Debut” three months later.
Until March of 2012, when she announced her intentions to move to Los Angeles, the actress starred in dozens of films with Japanese labels in such genres as gang r***, SM and molestation.
Hase tells Shukan Post that initially she didn’t have strong convictions about going to America; rather, it was through the urging of a mentor.
“After completing an AV film in which I’d felt 100 percent satisfaction for the first time,” she remembers, “my director said to me, ‘I’ve created an unbelievable actress. There’s nothing for you now in Japan. Go to America!'”
Marika debuted as a bikini model before turning to AV
Hase has since steadily made inroads stateside, performing in a number of releases, many of which include themes focusing on her Asian heritage, with her appearances in the “Cumikaze” and “Fresh Off The Boat” franchises being two examples.
The style to the films takes some getting used to, she says, with masturbation, lesbian and double-partner scenes being common. “In my first job, a black actor entered me from the rear,” she giggles.
For January 2013, Hase was named Penthouse magazine’s “Penthouse Pet of the Month,” becoming the first Japanese woman to attain such a distinction. One year later, she was nominated in a category at the AVN Adult Movie Awards.
“It was unfortunate that I didn’t win,” she says. “But just to be nominated increased my film fee, and that makes me happy. When I first arrived, my fee was one-fifth that of Japan. Now, it is one third.”
However, Hase, whose work visa allows her to stay in the U.S. for two and half more years, is not focusing on money or hobnobbing with celebrities.
“My top goal is to become more famous,” she says, “to contribute to the empowerment of AV actresses from Japan.” (K.N.)
Source: “Nihonjin ‘mushusei poruno’ ga sugoi!” Shukan Post (July 1, pages 150-152)
Tokyo Reporter Original Link
It was amusing to read the contrast with which porn actresses are treated in Japan, versus the "do-it-yourself" philosophy in America.
I don't think I have a single JAV with this actress; I know her from her American work, particularly from the KINK studio.
Marica Hase in "Massage Parlor," playing a prostitute busted by an undercover cop
It's kind of nice that she has chosen her path for "patriotic" reasons. (Although it's not like she needs to empower AV actresses from Japan with JAV lovers, many of whom are situated in the USA.)
Ex-AKB48 Member Eri Takamatsu to Star in Final Porn Film
By Tokyo Reporter on July 22, 2013
TOKYO (TR) – Soft On Demand will release the final adult video (AV) of former AKB48 member Eri Takamatsu next month, reports Tokyo Sports (July 20).
In July, the label had planned to issue the sixth film starring the 20-year-old Takamatsu, who performs under the name Risa Tachibana, but cancelled the release due to difficulties that were not elaborated upon. In its place, “Risa Tachibana: Retirement” will hit store shelves on August 22.
Takamatsu resigned from AKB48 in 2010 while at the trainee level. She began her AV career in February with “Risa Tachibana: AV Debut.”
Tokyo Sports says that her popularity soared due to the innocent, inexperienced image of her that came across on the screen.
Speaking as Tachibana in an interview on her debut disc, she explains that she entered the AV business due to a lack of positive memories regarding sex and men. These negative views go back to her first intimate encounter. At the age of 17, a course of events led her to be taken to a love hotel by an older acquaintance she really did not know or care for. “He forced himself on me violently,” she says.
Takamatsu starred in four subsequent films, including a release in May in which she portrays a female employee at a high-end soapland erotic bathhouse.
“Retirement,” which runs for 415 minutes, includes bonus material from her other starring roles and the entire film scheduled to be released this month.
Tokyo Reporter Original Link
I don't have anything with Risa Tachibana, I don't know what "AKB48" is (isn't that a machine gun?) ... all that impressed me was this beautiful face, from the cover of her swan song, STAR-467:
Mention of the actress was made here on News two years ago: Porn Debut by Ex-AKB48 Member Eri Takamatsu Not as Scandalous as Sex in Showbiz. (So she got into the biz for therapeutic reasons. Never came across that one before.) Her R18 filmography; looks like she was only in it for a year (must have got her sexual education, and then blew town).
EDIT: Thank you, EroMura777, for your explanation (below) of AKB48... of course,, once you read these stories, it is easy to get the gist... but upon first contact, it's not like these peculiar acronyms will be common knowledge, to those of us living elsewhere in the world. So the idea behind this band is that members get replaced when they are over-the-hill, huh? Like "Menudo."Must not be good for a singer's ego, to know that there is an expiration date.
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Hello, gang; I did a search for "SOD" and these stories came up from "The Tokyo Reporter," the English-language source with a porno fixation that apparently recycles and translates tales from the rest of the Far Eastern media. I thought I'd share a few with you; I'm putting in the keywords from each into "Search" here to avoid repeats, but in case some of the stories have already been covered at News, remember that old saying: "To Err is Boomin', To Forgive Jugulear, Divine."
Many of the articles include links and photos, most of which I will be too lazy to duplicate; please consult the provided source links for extra insights.
INDEX:
1. Tough Times for Ex-Pop Star and AV actress Mieko Arai
2. Soft On Demand Cancels Porn Debut of Music School Talent
3. Third Arrest Might Mean Prison for AV Actress Minako Komukai
4. American Hardcore: AV Actress Marica Hase Seeking Supremacy Stateside
5. Ex-AKB48 Member Eri Takamatsu to Star in Final Porn Film
Tough Times for Ex-Pop Star and AV actress Mieko Arai
By Kenji Nakano on February 5, 2013
Shukan Jitsuwa (Feb. 14) reports that entertainer Mieko Arai, 40, is facing retirement from showbiz due to her ballooning weight.
Known for her shapely form and large breasts, Arai rose to fame as a member of the pop group Giri Giri Girls in the early 1990s. After releasing a number of photo books, singles, and the 1993 album “Kiss Me” with the group, Arai, in 1994, decided to resume the gravure (pin-up) modeling career she had put on hold while pursuing pop music.
A decade later, Arai’s work got substantially more salacious. In 2005, she released “Goddess,” a nude photo book, and starred in the sequel to the 1974 SM flick “Hana to Hebi” (Flower and Snake). In the fall of the following year, she made two porn films, including “Celebrity Promiscuity,” on adult video label Soft On Demand.
“Arai retired from the porn industry in 2007 to make a comeback in standard films,” says an entertainment industry insider. “But she is still inactive, and she shows no resemblance to the star of Giri Giri Girls unit as she has bulked up. Moreover, she is dependent on medication that is making her psychologically unstable. As a result, it is difficult for her to return.”
An IT professional shares one anecdote with the magazine about her condition. “A lady with thick forearms was drinking with my buddy,” says the professional. “Others in the establishment were calling her ‘Mee-chan,’ and when I looked over later I realized that it was Mieko Arai of Giri Giri Girls. I was a fan before so seeing such a glamorous person in this state was shocking.”
Sources speculate on what led to Arai’s current state.
“She was the member of the (Giri Giri Girls) unit who had the highest desire to get married,” says the aforementioned industry insider. “With other members getting hitched, it made her mentally unstable. She supposedly deeply regrets appearing in porn.”
Another individual who is working in the AV industry says that she is becoming increasingly unsociable, having recently lost friends and a boyfriend. “Not only is she dependent on medication, but she is also into alcohol and smoking,” says the source.
Shukan Jitsuwa says that while she is chasing work, getting back into the entertainment world is highly challenging. (K.N.)
Source: “AV tenshin no bikyonyu Arai Mieko ga geki futori de ‘joyu haigyo 5 byomae,'” Shukan Jitsuwa (Feb. 14, page 55)
Tokyo Reporter Original Link
So do you know who MIeko Arai is? I sure didn't. (Not that this means anything in my case, since I retain painfully few Japanese names.) Here she is from her two 2006 pornos, Former Gravure Girl SDMS-001 and SDDM-975:
She looks wonderful. (And unlike what I wrote in the last paragraph about my opinion, this means everything, because I am obviously the "go to" guy, when it comes to sizing up women's looks.)
These two were her only stabs at porn, evidently, until she staged a comeback last year. The last three titles on this page are her latest ones, the one from below her next-to-last:
She may no longer be a "Giri Giri Girl,' but as a Giri Giri Grown-up, she still ain't bad, I'd say. (Can't even tell if any sex is going on, from the back cover photos of these titles.) Two of her fans from DMM gave her five stars for the appearance pictured above. (Wet Petals, KIDM-495B)
Soft On Demand Cancels Porn Debut of Music School Talent
By Tokyo Reporter on December
TOKYO (TR) – Adult video (AV) producer Soft On Demand (SOD) has cancelled the debut release of a graduate of a music school, the company said on Monday.
‘Rena Takatsuka: AV Debut’
On December 2, SOD originally announced the release of “Rena Takatsuka: AV Debut,” starring a 21-year-old with a shapely figure who stands at 176 centimeters with long black hair and a G-cup bust. Following graduation at a “popular music school,” she decided to change career paths, the company said.
Weekly tabloid Josei Seven (Dec. 19) quoted a writer covering the AV business who said the institution in question is none other than the Takarazuka Music School, located in Hyogo Prefecture.
In the original promotional material for “Rena Takatsuka: AV Debut,” SOD did not provide the real name of the actress or identify the school.
As to a reason for the cancellation, SOD only said that a “variety of circumstances” led to the decision.
The company apologized for any inconvenience the cancellation may cause to its customers.
Tokyo Reporter Original Link
I'm impressed with this one. Granted, keeping in mind two comments forming part of the page:
"Wow, so SOD actually respected her choice and cancelled the film so she wouldn’t by any chance be recognized in her future job.. That’s actually respectful. (well if they didn’t, she’d probably sue them…)"
Tokyo Reporter (this was an original article from them... so they don't always recycle) replied: "It is not clear why it was cancelled."
The way it works, common sensibly, is that a production company is not going to go through the trouble and expense of completing a movie (assuming this one was shot and completed; it may never have gone as far as that, although probably it did. They usually don't shoot the promo material, in this case a nude photo of the girl giving evidence, until the day of the shoot) unless the releases are in order. So unlike what the first reader wrote above, there would have been no grounds for a lawsuit.
Although the response from Tokyo Reporter may be a fact, and there could be other reasons for the cancellation, the only reason that comes to my mind is that the lady had a change-of-heart, and the company went along. I remember there was a heartbreaking Bangbus story where the girl realized the ramifications on her life, asked for her video to be pulled, and the BANG BROS. firm said, sure; if you pay us $50,000, or a similar amount. (We don't know if SOD did not make a similar demand, naturally, but I have a feeling not. After all, are they not "Soft on Demand"?)
Third Arrest Might Mean Prison for AV Actress Minako Komukai
By Kenji Nakano on February 19, 2015
On February 6, officers from the narcotics drugs control division of the Kanto-Shinetsu Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare arrested adult video actress (AV) Minako Komukai after finding 0.1 grams of stimulant drugs in her apartment in Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward.
The actress, 29, was reportedly uneasy on her feet when she was taken into custody. She has reportedly admitted to the allegations.
This is Komukai’s third arrest on drug charges over the past six years. Thus far, she has avoided prison, but, according to weekly Shukan Shincho (Feb. 19), it may be different this time.
“Since (her previous) suspended sentence has lapsed, there is a small chance that she will be sentenced to prison for possession of 0.1 grams of stimulant drugs,” Masaru Wakasa, a former deputy director of special investigations at the Tokyo District Court, tells the magazine. “However, if a subsequent urine analysis reveals usage of stimulant drugs or she is charged with possession of other illegal substances the chances will increase.”
In 2009, the Tokyo District Court handed Komukai a guilty verdict and prison sentence of 18 months, suspended for three years. After her arrest two years later, she was not prosecuted due to a lack of evidence.
Not long after her second arrest, Komukai made her AV debut for label Alice Japan.
Shukan Shincho wonders what kind of prison treatment awaits the AV actress.
“For use by women only, there are seven penitentiaries nationwide,” says Toshio Matsumoto, a former prison guard and author of a number of books on the death penalty and prison life. “Whether one is sentenced to three months or life in prison, the facilities are the same. With her arrest being in Tokyo, it is likely that Komukai would be sent to the Tochigi Penitentiary.”
At the AV Open 2014 award ceremonies last year, Komukai took the Grand Prix award for her appearance in a release by label Moodyz, an installment in an ongoing series in which she seemingly worked her tail off, as the title reveals.
If a prison stint is in the cards for Komukai, she will also have an opportunity to work, albeit in a far different trade.
“She’ll wake at 6:40 a.m.,” says Matsumoto. “Then, from 7:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m., she’ll earn between five and 80 yen per hour at a factory making dresses.”
Matsumoto says that a leisure period exists between 7:00 and 9:00 p.m., during which time the inmates often openly chat among themselves.
“Inmates doing time for the same crime tend to congregate together,” says the writer. “Those convicted of stimulant drug charges will then talk about using. Once per month they’ll watch a video on quitting stimulant drugs, but the results of that are usually nil.”
Many of the inmates incarcerated for drugs — who comprise 40 percent of the female prison population — suffer from withdrawal symptoms and experience hallucinations. But the magazine is more interested in the possibility of lesbian liaisons.
“There are a lot of love triangles that turn into nasty brawls in which a pair of scissors is used to stab one of the three women,” says Matsuoto.
Receiving emotional consolation is generally limited, but, the writer says, guards will often overlook male visitors holding hands with female inmates during visitations.
“In the evening, those inmates look especially happy,” says Matsumoto.
Last Friday, Moodyz released Komukai’s latest film. Shukan Shincho wonders how a prison stint may influence any future performances by the actress. (K.N.)
Source: “Mata yakubutsu taiho! ‘Komukai Minako’ wo machiukeru joshi keimusho no 24-jikan,” Friday (Feb. 19)
Tokyo Reporter Original Link
Perhaps the actress' luck has run out, and she will be facing prison time. I see an article regarding her brushes with the law has been seen here on News before: Fugitive Japanese Porn Actress Is in Manila, from 2011.
(Isn't that nice for the guards to allow human contact between the inmates and the visitors, possibly even to an intimate degree. Wonder how that would compare with prison policy in the USA.)
Above, Minako Komukai from Attackers Complete Edition Fucked In Front Of Her Husband - The Couple Burdened By Sorrow [MIGD 635]; her filmographies, per Asian Screens and R18. (Looks like she has been in the game since 2010.)
American Hardcore: AV Actress Marica Hase Seeking Salacious Supremacy Stateside
By Kenji Nakano on July 4, 2014
Over the past few years, Japan’s adult video (AV) actresses have been garnering immense popularity in Korea and China.
Perhaps in a bid to offer regional balance, Shukan Post (July 11) would like its readership to meet Marica Hase, a Japanese AV actress striving to be the best in the United States.
When reached by phone in Los Angeles, the 29-year-old tells the magazine that learning the ins and outs of the porn biz in the U.S. has been no picnic. “In Japan, we have hair and make-up stylists, and that makes a difference,” she says. “It’s difficult to do everything myself. I wander from job to job dragging a suitcase packed with set props, such as sex toys and costumes.”
Born in Tokyo in 1981, Hase debuted (under her first name Marika) as an erotic gravure idol in 2007. Her output became more illicit the following year, when she released her first nude photo collection.
In September of 2010, Hase was a finalist in AV label Soft On Demand’s “First SOD Star Cinderella Audition” contest. This selection led to the release of “Active Gravure Idol Marika: AV Debut” three months later.
Until March of 2012, when she announced her intentions to move to Los Angeles, the actress starred in dozens of films with Japanese labels in such genres as gang r***, SM and molestation.
Hase tells Shukan Post that initially she didn’t have strong convictions about going to America; rather, it was through the urging of a mentor.
“After completing an AV film in which I’d felt 100 percent satisfaction for the first time,” she remembers, “my director said to me, ‘I’ve created an unbelievable actress. There’s nothing for you now in Japan. Go to America!'”
Marika debuted as a bikini model before turning to AV
Hase has since steadily made inroads stateside, performing in a number of releases, many of which include themes focusing on her Asian heritage, with her appearances in the “Cumikaze” and “Fresh Off The Boat” franchises being two examples.
The style to the films takes some getting used to, she says, with masturbation, lesbian and double-partner scenes being common. “In my first job, a black actor entered me from the rear,” she giggles.
For January 2013, Hase was named Penthouse magazine’s “Penthouse Pet of the Month,” becoming the first Japanese woman to attain such a distinction. One year later, she was nominated in a category at the AVN Adult Movie Awards.
“It was unfortunate that I didn’t win,” she says. “But just to be nominated increased my film fee, and that makes me happy. When I first arrived, my fee was one-fifth that of Japan. Now, it is one third.”
However, Hase, whose work visa allows her to stay in the U.S. for two and half more years, is not focusing on money or hobnobbing with celebrities.
“My top goal is to become more famous,” she says, “to contribute to the empowerment of AV actresses from Japan.” (K.N.)
Source: “Nihonjin ‘mushusei poruno’ ga sugoi!” Shukan Post (July 1, pages 150-152)
Tokyo Reporter Original Link
It was amusing to read the contrast with which porn actresses are treated in Japan, versus the "do-it-yourself" philosophy in America.
I don't think I have a single JAV with this actress; I know her from her American work, particularly from the KINK studio.
Marica Hase in "Massage Parlor," playing a prostitute busted by an undercover cop
It's kind of nice that she has chosen her path for "patriotic" reasons. (Although it's not like she needs to empower AV actresses from Japan with JAV lovers, many of whom are situated in the USA.)
Ex-AKB48 Member Eri Takamatsu to Star in Final Porn Film
By Tokyo Reporter on July 22, 2013
TOKYO (TR) – Soft On Demand will release the final adult video (AV) of former AKB48 member Eri Takamatsu next month, reports Tokyo Sports (July 20).
In July, the label had planned to issue the sixth film starring the 20-year-old Takamatsu, who performs under the name Risa Tachibana, but cancelled the release due to difficulties that were not elaborated upon. In its place, “Risa Tachibana: Retirement” will hit store shelves on August 22.
Takamatsu resigned from AKB48 in 2010 while at the trainee level. She began her AV career in February with “Risa Tachibana: AV Debut.”
Tokyo Sports says that her popularity soared due to the innocent, inexperienced image of her that came across on the screen.
Speaking as Tachibana in an interview on her debut disc, she explains that she entered the AV business due to a lack of positive memories regarding sex and men. These negative views go back to her first intimate encounter. At the age of 17, a course of events led her to be taken to a love hotel by an older acquaintance she really did not know or care for. “He forced himself on me violently,” she says.
Takamatsu starred in four subsequent films, including a release in May in which she portrays a female employee at a high-end soapland erotic bathhouse.
“Retirement,” which runs for 415 minutes, includes bonus material from her other starring roles and the entire film scheduled to be released this month.
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I don't have anything with Risa Tachibana, I don't know what "AKB48" is (isn't that a machine gun?) ... all that impressed me was this beautiful face, from the cover of her swan song, STAR-467:
Mention of the actress was made here on News two years ago: Porn Debut by Ex-AKB48 Member Eri Takamatsu Not as Scandalous as Sex in Showbiz. (So she got into the biz for therapeutic reasons. Never came across that one before.) Her R18 filmography; looks like she was only in it for a year (must have got her sexual education, and then blew town).
EDIT: Thank you, EroMura777, for your explanation (below) of AKB48... of course,, once you read these stories, it is easy to get the gist... but upon first contact, it's not like these peculiar acronyms will be common knowledge, to those of us living elsewhere in the world. So the idea behind this band is that members get replaced when they are over-the-hill, huh? Like "Menudo."Must not be good for a singer's ego, to know that there is an expiration date.
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