Gendai Business recently published a two-part in-depth interview with three Japanese adult video stars: Riho Shishido, Rena Momozono, and Uta Miyoshi. We have translated and edited some highlights from the interview. The article focuses on these three porn stars as examples of young women who went to prestigious universities (of which there are quite a few) but chose to embark upon a different career path to their paths. Instead of a bank or trading company, they elected to enter the competitive and grueling AV industry. Shishido (24) and Momozono (29) are already veterans, but Miyoshi ...

Beloved for her slinky body, boyish looks, and short hair, the Japanese porn star Riasu Mizutani has announced her pregnancy on social media. We had noted Mizutani's recent social media absence and lack of releases, after making a bit of a splash with her debut in 2023. She broke her silence on March 1 with the announcement, accompanied by a picture of her cradling her pregnant belly. Mizutani has carved out a very unusual presence in the adult video industry, mainly because she is a highly educated young woman who also works an English-Japanese translator. Since emerging on the scene, ...

In a recent interview on a late-night TV Tokyo show, adult video actress Rena Momozono (桃園怜奈) shared some of her early experiences of trying to balance a secret porn career with a "normal" life. The 25-year-old I-cup beauty from Hyogo made her debut anonymously in the industry in 2015 while a student at a prestigious college. In the space of just a month she was identified. She released only three titles with Fitch before retiring in 2016. She originally wanted to become a gravure idol and went to meet an agency in Tokyo, only to be told that she could only do AV. The 19-year-old ...