Coronavirus breaths new life into JAV

As of the time of writing this article, Japan is undergoing it's third wave of the Coronavirus outbreak. With the pandemic showing no signs of abating, the vaccines untested on a massive scale alongside logistical issues to iron out, that leaves Japan's economy still in a vulnerable state.

So how does that impact the JAV industry? Two working girls give their opinion:-

さっきの客が「今年の風俗業界は可愛い子が増えたし、新人の数も増えてる。本当コロナのおかげで僕みたいなモテない男が可愛い子をもっと抱けるようになってて、そこだけはコロナに感謝してるんだ」って言ってて、コロナは確実に体を売る決意を固めた女の子の人口を爆増させてることは確かだよね。

— AKIRA (@AkiraGd0319aym) November 20, 2020

"Corona did make a lot of girls came to a decision in selling their bodies"

AVって10代もいけるのかな。
もう何も失うものがなくなった。

— しんどみちゃん???? (@sindomichan1) November 27, 2020

"Do they take students for JAV ? I have nothing to lose now"

Given how the water trade and the JAV industry are intertwined, there's bound to be an uptick in new debutantes (and a few returnees) for the camera to work on. So this article will feature a few notable names that came to be during this wild year, perhaps quite possibly because of it too.

Now we have the Underground Idols, in which two names especially came to mind for this writer.

First is Sora Minamino which this blog has given a brief introduction earlier 

She makes her debut in mid-summer of this year, 2020. Since it's known that JAV post-production usually takes a period of 3 to 4 months, it's not hard to estimate the principal photography of her first film took place during April to May when Japan enters its pseudo lockdown.

So what made her came to that fateful decision to start an AV career? Well, given the nature of the virus and how minor idols like her normally performed for a group of people in a small enclosed space, it's not hard to imagine that her main source of income dried up during that nearly two month period from the start April to the end of May.

Next, we have the up and coming Nana Yaotome,

Who goes right into hinting her past:-

私の過去を調べるのは自由だけど

前のファンの方やグループに、迷惑かけたりするのは悲しいからやめてほしいな????????

これからの私を見てほしいです！！

— 八乙女 なな (@yaotome_nana_) November 17, 2020

"Feel free to investigate who I was. But please don't harass my previous group and their fans, that is just sad. Just focus everything on me now"

The truth is she was Sayaka Takayama belonging to a group that goes by the moniker of Girl's Horizon:-

Who announced her retirement a month before the posting of this blog entry:-

What's of note is the speed of how she made the switch from her idol identity to JAV talent, all within a fortnight. Logically that will mean that she filmed her debut title from August to September while still maintaining that idol persona. Again, it's not hard to imagine that the group's gig had exhausted by summer, along with her (perhaps only) source of income. I take it her financial situation is especially dire at current. Evident by how she starts out with a bang across four studios.

Speaking of August, that was when the second wave of the Pandemic hit and the Japanese government blamed nightspots and bars for it. Naturally, the pockets of people in the trade took a hit 

 And thus we have the first of our notable returnee, Sumire Mizukawa:-

 

 

 

 

 

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Who makes a proclamation back in May 2019 to put her acting career on a hiatus and be a DJ :-

 

 

 

 

 

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And we have Riri Nanatsumori :

who have been discovered to be employed as a hostess under the name of Hazuki Noai :-

Curious how a club was promoting her birthday only a couple of months before her identity switch.

So how about people in other lines of work that requires close contact? Of course I have some interesting examples to provide. Here's somebody who you don't normally see in the better of days. A real personal gym trainer:- 

Here is her business Twitter account dating back to 2016. 

YouTubeでも発表しましたが、11月にSOD専属女優としてデビューします????????????
自分の夢の実現のためにこれから全力で頑張っていきますので、良かったら応援お願いします！！
YouTubeに詳しく載ってますのでチェックしてみてください！https://t.co/RqXctdVCVS pic.twitter.com/rLcEWkJiut

— ちゃんよた????マッスルガールズ (@sym_yok) October 18, 2020

She seems fine before maintaining a Youtube channel prior and there's no obvious indications present in her tweets that specifically reflect her desire to take up a JAV identity as a sideline.

Finally, we have Asahi Mizuno who caused a stir with her revival:-

What the previous article publised here neglect to mention is how Mizuno worked as a beautician-manicurist after her first retirement.

As can be seen, her choice of a post-retirement career is again one of which that requires her to come into close contact with a lot of people on a daily basis as mentioned earlier.

Even as she herself state that she coming back had nothing to do with her financial situation, her tweet as follows suggest that her rebirth was rushed:-

わざわざご丁寧に『痩せなよ！』とか『復活してくるな！潔くない』とか意見くれる人いるけど、なんなの????

結局、わざわざコメント書いちゃうほど私の事気にしてるって事ーー？????
そゆことー？？w????

怒る前に察してね♡

— 水野朝陽 (@mizuno_asahi) November 25, 2020

"Enough with you guys going shaped up or shipped out and sayin' clean your act up before coming back.What is it with you people ?

If you are hatin' on me that much, why bother leaving such comments, huh? Unless you have a hard on for me in the first place,lol

Next time, think about it before opening your trap"

It's obvious that she wasn't quite happy about people saying how she should have gone on a diet and clean her appearance up before returning, but offer no reason why she had not done so. And as a beautician, one would think she should know better.

Readers should again note that all the above mentions are just what I believe to be some of the more interesting and prominent names. They can be considered to the tip of the iceberg for what I dub as the "pandemic influx" into the industry, given how the latest statistics figures even suggest that the pandemic has a net overall negative impact on the wellbeing of women more than men in Japan, financially and mentally  

Since being a JAV talent still carries a negative image, there are perhaps many others who might just choose to just moonlight as one anonymously until the pandemic burns itself and they can return to their previous life.

With infection cases ever increasing as winter approaches, it's very likely Japan could be put into another semi-lockdown as the government warned. Will COVID-19 surprise us yet again after Christmas with the coming of a new year?

But don't feel bad for those who choose to take the plunge. This is their choice. As Yaotome best puts it

世間は、AV"落ち"という。

落ちたつもりは1ミリもないのに pic.twitter.com/rdVMUqOBti

— 八乙女 なな (@yaotome_nana_) November 19, 2020

"People say you fall into JAV. I don't feel like I've dropped an inch."