It's not easy being a Japanese male porn start.
They are literally just a handful of bonefide stars (and thousands of anonymous performers) in an industry dominated by the girls. To make ends meet they might perform in up to six films a week!
With men so dispensable, it's time to stop screwing around, as they say.
On April 1st, the Japan Porn Actors Association (JPAA) will come into existence. But this is no April's Fool Day stunt.
Inspired by the problems with HIV and STDs that paralyzed the American porn industry last year, the JPAA has been created by veteran actor Genji ...
"A hard day’s grind for porn’s professionals," as the newspaper has it. The Japan Times has posted a nice, long article about shooting a Japanese porn film.
As bloggers who have experienced some Japanese porn shoots ourselves, we were particularly interested in the article.
It starts with a factoid we have long boasted of...
Japan comes in a distant second in per-capita spending ($157 in 2011) on pornography after voracious South Korea ($527), but when it comes to comparing the sizes of the countries’ homegrown porn industries, there’s no contest. So prominent is Japanese ...
He is famed as the man with the midas touch, who can make a woman orgasm just by a few expert twists of his fingers. He is Taka Kato, the biggest man in Japanese porn.
And he is throwing in the towel.
After 8,000 women and 10,000 titles to his credit (talk about notches on the bed post!), the sprightly 54-year-old is retiring from Japan's most productive industry.
Along the way he has starred in a documentary about Japanese male porn stars and produced his own finger vibrator attachment, in a dog-eat-dog competitive industry dominated by the girls -- literally, there are said to ...
Soft on Demand has canceled the release of a porn film featuring the debut of a 21-year-old former actress who graduated from a "noted musical school." No names were specified but it is an open secret that the school was Takarazuka, who have brought out the legal guns to stop their name being "tarnished."
Takarazuka is of course the all-female cabaret theatre troupe based in the Osaka area that inspires a devout following among fans, who travel from all over the country to see the women play either the male or female roles in kitschy musicals at theaters in Osaka, Tokyo or other major ...
We blogged a few days back about the fascinating story of the double life of elementary school teacher Hitomi Sugawara, part Setagaya ward music pedagogue and part minor porn star.
All good things have to come to an end, and in her case it because she was involved with uncensored porn. Having no pixelation was the issue here, not that she was a teacher during the week.
We were all speculating about what she looked like. A small image of her online was swiftly removed by her school when she got snagged by the cops.
Now proper pictures have now emerged so we can finally see what she ...
Our friends at Japan Trend Shop (yes, we have friends in the non-adult world too!) are selling a fascinating, only-in-Japan kind of product that we reckon has a secret usage.
Here's how they put it:
Do you live in a small apartment but really want to make some noise? Can't resist the urge to shout at your computer when you work? Or do you just really love karaoke? Well, in Japan, small apartments and thin walls can be a real issue, so that's why there's the need for a product like the Danbocchi, a personal soundproof cardboard studio so you can make all the noise you want!
The official ...
We all have fantasies about sexy teachers. Some of us early adopters were even indulging in these as young as elementary school age.
Well, those fantasies exist for a reason. Because there are women like Hitomi Sugawara (27), an elementary school teacher from Yokohama who "assisted" in a porn shoot as an actress.
Hitomi was a music teacher but got involved with men making porn. The fruits of their labors was then streamed online for a fee. This plucky lass was trying to make a buck in the brave new world of internet porn. But in Japan, you cannot circumvent the big boys in the industry ...
This week we are taking a slight break from Gravure idols to showcase a lovely lady from the world of Japanese porn.
Nozomi Aso (麻生希) was born in 1988 and has a lovely E-cup pair of assets.
She made her adult video debut in 2012 with Soft on Demand, and since then has quickly achieved star-level status.
It's easy to see why.
She has that rare thing -- purity, combined with genuine sexiness.
Like her recently-turned-30 fellow JAV star Sola Aoi, Nozomi is also very popular in China and ...
Japanese porn shoots are very professional things. We have personal experience (not of appearing in them, we might add!) and can tell you that the major production companies run very slick operations. They come in and shoot their stuff very efficiently, and leave without any trace. They are meticulous about garbage and know exactly what they are doing, because they are literally making a new movie every day.
And then there are the more amateurish efforts. The results still have some value and charm. But the shoot itself won't be as well done.
Was this one of those?
Police have arrested ...
No, of course not.
But this is too tempting.
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu may well have a reputation for wacky Harajuku fashions but is she also moonlighting as an JAV star?
Sora Harumiya is a brand new starlet who looks set for fame primarily for her looks partially similar to the pop and fashion icon. A mere 19 years old, she no doubt has a long career ahead of her.
What do you think? Is Sora similar? And anyway, are you interested in a kawaii porn star?
There are actually several JAV actresses whose career has risen due to their resemblance to an idol.
For example, ...
