The controversial adult video law, which requires productions to allow for one-month contract cooling-off periods and gives greater powers to performers to prevent releases even up to four months after completion of a shoot, was introduced in June 2022. These well-meaning measures are meant to curb coercion, which has been a rampant issue in porn, but many insiders say that the new law's restrictive conditions are too harsh and risk killing off the JAV industry. Some of the most vocal opponents of the law have been porn performers themselves. Several prominent AV stars launched a petition in ...

As always, the year saw a lot of new porn stars make their debuts in the Japanese adult video industry. Some of the most prominent ones were featured here on these digital pages, though even we struggled to keep up with the sheer number of new talent arriving on the scene. Here is a list of some of our favorites and highlights from 2022, in no particular order. Rikako Inoue (Yotsuha Kominato) (probably the biggest debut of the year in terms of buzz) Natsu Igarashi Minami Seno Hina Nitori Uta Iori Moeka Marui (featured in July) Naruha Sakai Hatsume Monika Rena ...

New Japanese porn stars make their debuts on a weekly basis. Most come out of nowhere -- at least, their names are not yet known -- while others have some background in a related industry like gravure. For new AV performer Riko Hoshino (星乃莉子), it's a bit of both. We hadn't heard of her before but apparently the Hokkaido native has already appeared in a weekly magazine as a gravure idol earlier in the summer. Before that, she was a professional patissier, which makes us wonder about all those lovely ladies in white uniforms we see inside bakeries. Hoshino's first release comes out ...