Since September I have been super busy, so there's a big pile of backlog news/gossips. Honestly I am not sure if it’s worthwhile to make up for it. Some of the following bits and bytes are a little stale. if you follow JAV industry closely. But are there some readers out there who find these slightly stale news still interesting? If you feel I should catch up with them even if I were unable to report them in real time, do let me know. Otherwise, I’d just let them slip, you know, life must go on. Since these are not real time updates, I’d just do short summaries/headlines, not the full write-ups and I won't research all the sources and credible links. If you would do fact checking, fine.  Otherwise, treat all the followings as purely unsubstantiated rumors/gossips.  

Natsuko Mishima 三島奈津子 retired

Having become a successful Youtuber, Natsuko Mishima 三島奈津子 decided to call it quits. On Sept 19 she announced her retirement from JAV in a Youtube video, citing reason of exhaustion.  Her last solo title before retirement dates back to June in:

Asahi Mizuno 水野朝陽 new title released but did not un-retire

On Sept 26, minor studio Boston Club ボストンクラブ released a video BSTC-047 starring a “F-cup university student Asahi あさひ” who look exactly like Asahi Mizuno. The fandom had an instant reaction. The girl indeed was Asahi Mizuno herself, but NO, she did not un-retire back to JAV nor is it a one-off revival for a quick payday. It was shot some years before her retirement (in fact inspecting the video would show that she looks significantly younger than how she looked when she retired. No more details have been revealed such as the precise date (year) when it was shot, was it shot by Boston Club or by someone else and sold to Boston Club, or why it was sitting in limbo all these years until now.  

Rin Azuma 東凛 transplanted to VENUS but no surgery

Rin Azuma 東凛 transplanted to VENUS from Madonna. Before that, she debuted in 2014 with Goro Tameike. More than the transfer itself, her first DVD cover with the new studio caused some confusion and uproar with her fanbase. It hardly looks like herself! There were speculation that she had major plastic surgery done. It turned out that she only suffered from a case of radical Photoshoptitis.

Hina Nanami 七海ひな quit second agency in a row

Honnaka invented a rather crazy “plan” 企画 for the new release HND-905 for Hina Nanami 七海ひな (formerly 七瀬ひな) (technically this is not career movement, but it’s too funny). She would have sex with the studs, be filmed to make a DVD and get paid, right, standard operating procedure.  But this time the stud would only insert his penis three inches into her pussy. If she wants more penetration she will be charged a fee of 10,000 yen for each full insertion fuck. When the filming is done, Hina find herself not only losing her entire pay, she owes more than 25 million yen (240 thousand US dollars) for all her effort! Once you pop, you can’t stop! Of course it’s just a gimmick, remembering Honnaka doesn’t equate Honest porn.

Anyway the actual piece of gossip that landed her in this round-up is that at the beginning of September she scheduled a paid online fan event in which she would perform masturbation for September 23, but at the last minute, the organization suddenly announced the event was canceled. A few days later her agency announced Hina Nanami has quit the agency. But one day before that, she already made some strange comments on her twitter that she’s still “OK” and "not yet dead", giving little assurance to fans and industry watchers.  It’s the second agency she quit in a row.

葵律 became Haruka Nogi 乃木はるか

葵律 (formerly known as Harua Narumiya 成宮はるあ) becomes Haruka Nogi 乃木はるか.  The first title under her new name is JUL-355 Personal Gym NTR This Horny Wife Gave In To The Powerful Advances of Her Personal Trainer.

Akari Neo 根尾あかり signed exclusive contract with WANZ, makes four

With the release of WAAA-008 on Nov 1, Akari Neo 根尾あかり had quietly becomes exclusive contract idol with WANZ.

According to her tweet, she will have four concurrent exclusive contracts with major studios: Moodyz, Attackers, Fitch and WANZ factory.  Four at the same time!!! That gotta break some kind of record, right?

Fumika Nakayama 中山 ふみか quietly returned to JAV

Back in April, Moodyz exclusive busty idol disappeared without any announcement and news, 7 months later, she returns to Moodyz in MIDE-839 My Girlfriend's Stepsister Secretly Seduced Me With Her Braless Big Tits. Just like her disappearance, there isn't any announcement or explanation. As if, for her, these past 7 months was just a Sunday afternoon nap.