JAV News Roundup - August Edition - Volume 4

Trapstar here, reporting live from ZENRA headquarters. Bringing you the latest buzz in the Twitter JAV space in recent days

Sakura Tsukishima Finds A New Office

I'm glad that the flag bearer for the adult fraternity against the controversial AV law has ended her search for finding herself a new office, one that has a long-standing reputation for managing renowned talents in the business like Reiko Kobayakawa, Kiriko Imafuji, and the list goes on. Although the 29-year-old's intentions are 't public yet and we have yet to find out her motives behind opting for Capsule as an agency, my theory is that Sakura was convinced enough to pen down a contract with the intent of the office, to revive her stalled career. Literally, three months have gone by before writing this column and Sakura hasn't filmed a JAV to this day, not to our notice. In hindsight, the last JAV she featured in was a multi-starrer, produced by studio LEO. The 29-year-old is expected to find a cordial atmosphere in her new office given the few industry pals she has familiarity with in regards to having campaigned together in an attempt to overturn the new AV law. With the likes of Miyu Inamori, she'll settle rather quickly at her new workplace

"I had a meeting with someone from the office."

Because her agency is a hotbed of veteran stars who have garnered years of experience in the adult business might just prove a turning point in the actress's career, to quote, "one can only be a sum average of the people they hang out with" and in Sakura's case the company is undoubtedly the best an actress could get in the early years of her career. Does this give us hope that we'll get to see her feature alongside generational talents like Reiko Kobayakawa who has scintillated us with her evergreen charm throughout these years? I believe an onscreen pairing of Capsule's recruit with any of their veteran talents would undoubtedly be a steamy affair on screen and I can't resist for that to happen. If the PR guys from the agency are reading this, hope they make our wish come true. Concurrently, however, not much details have been spilled linked to her contract besides the usual announcement that studios make on Twitter. Assumptions are ripe that she might've been secured by the agency for a hefty paycheck because Sakura has been AV's hot topic, lately with all the limelight focused on her significantly having a positive effect on her valuation and star power in the business.

Given how she has come out as the face of it, amongst the whole chaos and is highly appreciated and covered by the world media, especially the western media. Any talent agency hesitant to associate itself with the 'Sakura Tsukishima' brand is letting go of the star factor that comes with the actress. What she has done for the industry in such a short while is commendable and deserves fair recognition and higher valuation in terms of sales. I'm pretty sure Sakura realizes this because she chose to debut with an agency that promotes itself to the western media, having the influence of English, majorly in their tweets. Sakura has kept that avenue open while it's only a matter of time before one finds her transition into western pornography, as there have been instances earlier, it sure feels like a no-brainer thing to do. But one should also bear the fact that a majority of these actresses couldn't sustain a stint in the wild wild west for far too long.

Sakura Tsukishima's FANZA, Twitter & Capsule page

AIKA Accomplishes A Rare Milestone 

Readers turning impatient lately with AIKA's delayed absence from social platforms are in for good news.  The powers talent, recently through a cryptic post made amends of an SNS revival of some sort before having made a big reveal for her followers on Instagram.

AIKA posted a cryptic SNS REVIVAL post

AV's most sought out gyaru idol had a little something to offer her loyal fans as she dropped a bombed pertaining to a new venture in her 11th anniversary post. AIKA san who shares a distinct background in the grooming industry and having had earlier learnt the craft as a beauty esthetician, made a big reveal on her upcoming salon venture and quite frankly it seemed favorable for the 31 year old actress to maneuver into a career of such sort, taking into consideration, that her JAV releases have significantly narrowed down in the last couple of years and are supposed to take a hit, in the foreseeable future. It only seems legit for AIKA to pack her stuff and transition smoothly into a brick and mortar boss lady role to support her ever growing fam, post quitting AV.

Having debuted a decade ago in 2011, the former R18 award recipient has had a commendable stint in these few years although she has majorly cut down on  filming AV. The fact that she has managed to stick around in a profession wherein idols retire early is something worth appreciating. The 31 year old is among those rare breed of talent who has owned her setbacks like a boss while most of her close affiliates, Ai Uehara as such have since quit the industry for good.  AIKA too, is destined for a similar fate, and its only fair for the fans to cherish her existence in the industry as long as she lasts.

Chiki Chiki Comer, the event organizers garnered quite the limelight from both industry and fanbases alike for throwing some wild parties in the past, finds itself in the headlines after a streak of two years. This time around the guys at the place decided to collaborate with AIKA to celebrate her birthday. The location being discreet will be made accessible to fifteen lucky fans who manage to land a spot on the guest list by expending 28,000 yen upfront to have a gala of a time with the birthday girl in an event which the organizers describe as;

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to ★Chikiriba★

Chikiriba is a fun playground for models and customers There are also funny staff full of personality It's super fun to play while drinking alcohol and juice. Even if it's your first time, don't worry, the speed at which you get to know each other so much that you don't have time to be alone is a Guinness-class gathering. This time the guest is the second appearance of the Chikiriba event The industry's top class beauty GAL. It's AIKA!"

Considering the outrageous price tag, one would assume it to be a bang for buck kinda event. For readers who wish to express interest, the event could be the ultimate of the actress's career. Following her comeback in the public eye, the TPower's veteran has at times been spotted hanging out with colleagues from her office, Yui Hatano and Hibiki Otsuki specifically.

"It was fun to shoot. Today is an off day"

The girls are spending some pristine time together as is certain from the pictures. Is AIKA dropping hints on a possible collaboration brewing amongst the trio? If that seems to be the case, I'd certainly fall off my couch considering it would be the collaboration of the decade. Here's hoping something fruitful comes out of AIKA's newfound friendship. To put rumours to rest with the fan concerns of AIKA's brief exile, well to be honest the 31 year old has been too caught up catering to her soapland clients at Tora-Ana's multiple locations but with the recent breakthrough announcement pertaining to her salon venture, it's likely to go out of sight.

AIKA's FANZA, Twitter, Instagram, Tiktok & 17LIVE

Remu Concludes Her First Photo Exhibition 

I didn't want to clog the previous news roundup with 'too many photo exhibitions' literally to an 'in your face' extent on the readers so I had to manage with saving this for later. Bear with me as I'm about to shove just another 'photo exhibition' news down your throat, lol. Well, recently TPowers lightskin idol Remu, on whom I've developed quite a huge crush on, lately and almost makes me go gaga every time she pops up on my phone screen. I mean who would deny liking such a baby face? The 24 year old just recently concluded her week-long photo exhibition in the heart of Tokyo's Shibuya prefecture and it was quite the star studded affair, considering this was the first exhibition of her career.

"My first solo exhibition "Remon" will be held at Gallery Le Deco 5F from 8/9 (Tue.) to 8/14 (Sun.) We will be in the gallery from 11 (Thu) to 14 (Sun)! On the last day, 14th (Sun), there is a purchaser benefit. If you have time, I would be happy if you could come and see it"

LeDeco art gallery, the venue she chose to portray the various shades of REMON was host to high profile stars from the industry in the past couple of weeks. Remu, an ex nurse turned adult performer had a lineup of portraits shot in collaboration with photographer Isamo Ueno, displayed over the periphery of the venue. Touted REMON, the exhibition is a part of a photo series shot over a significant period over the past that captures the TPower's idol posing near certain backgrounds portraying distinct shades of her personality as if the portraits in themselves are an extension of the AV star. Photographer Isamo Ueno has done an overwhelming job of personifying the AV actress in the portraits. A personal favorite of mine is the particular one embedded below. As Remu exudes grace and charm in this portrait, looking jaw dropping gorgeous donning that red dress surrounded by swathes of grassland as she completely immerses herself in the moment with not a care in the world.

"Today, I visited Remu Suzumori's photo exhibition!  She's always been cute even before her debut~!  It was a happy day because I was able to meet Remu-chan, who I thought was. Her face is small and everything is in order, so I became an otaku who can only say she's cute. Thank you very much"

I majorly regret missing out this time, given I was certain to have had a good time engrossed in her portraits. Multiple renowned faces from the industry attended the photo exhibition at Shibuya's LeDeco gallery, notably among those were Remu's office compatriots Tsubasa and Kiho.

"Yesterday, I visited the reception for the photo exhibition of #Remu Suzumori x #Isamu Ueno. Remu-san with various expressions is really nice and heart-pounding. I was able to talk with amazing people and got a lot of stimulation!  Thank you very much for talking to us. Open to the public from today.  There are only wonderful photos, so please come by everyone."

As per the tweets, they both had a good time at the event. Now we certainly know Remu-chan's favorite photo from the collection. Prior to the event concluded, the actress had offered up several collection worthy artworks from the exhibition, up for auction. Although the actress didn't spill much beans on the net revenue she garnered, we assume that she donated a quarter of the revenue to a charity of her choice, as it speaks volumes about good deeds. Photographer Isaki Uemo left an easter egg on Remu's handle, confirming a sequel is scheduled for Osaka. While the dates haven't been revealed yet, we certainly hope they reveal it by the year end so that our folks over at Osaka could mark their presence. The 24 year old actress expressed gratitude to her 670k strong fanbase on Twitter with a heartfelt message, oozing overwhelming cuteness as usual.

"Photo Exhibition finished. I'm very many people came. Thank you very much!"

Remu's FANZA, Twitter & Instagram 

IdeaPocket Teases Upcoming L-cup Goddess

With makers such as Madonna and DAHLIA busy raking in actresses that look the part, in contrast IdeaPocket is aiming a whole other playing field in an attempt to its market expansion with the minimum criteria to recruit an actress being, one should house some headline worthy bosoms. Not saying that they haven't followed suit by recruiting actresses earlier, not particularly fitting the mould but the running trend seems to be almost that. Having raked in C cup goddess, Rin Hachimitsu just months back, the makers are assumed to have broken it's previous long standing record casting an identical actress in and skip to the current day, with Himeka Iori, Ideapocket has made their stance to resume the trajectory of raking in newbies with big bazookas, quite clear. Previously, while Rin Hachimitsu (who we covered earlier) sported ample C cup breasts, with Himeka particularly, the sky blue label plots to take the cup size debate to a whole other level. The Marina Shirasi lookalike steps foot into the game with an all natural L cup, as is certainly evident from the IPX-942 cover that describes an outrageous 100cm in bold font. With the ongoing signings, I might have managed to catch a pattern and I duly wish that in its continued attempt to rake in busty goddesses every other month, the makers don't end up shoving silicone bimbos on the face of their fans.

IPX-942 cover

Both the office, LifePro and Ideapocket teased the L cup goddess in a similar fashion to Rin Hachimitsu, earlier this month. Making clear that the breasts remain the focal point of promotion, largely blurring the face to build hype. Meanwhile, her new found fans felt desperate with each new tweet until they were finally treated to a face reveal.

"Nice to meet you again! I finally made an appearance. I will do my best from now on, so please support me."

Marina's twin in an Ideapocket bathing suit looks unapologetically scrumptious. All thanks to her star power or rather it seems appropriate to say, her bazooka power, Himeka attracted a 50k large fanbase over a matter of weeks. That's quite an extraordinary feat to digest considering a previous idol I covered, Ruru Mishiro had just managed to run it up to 2k on a similar timeframe. The hype is definitely real with this particular Ideapocket newbie and I can't wait to see whether she lives up to it post making debut next month or her fate entails that of a clueless bimbo, hopping from office to office as long as she lasts.

IPX-942 | L-cup Rookie Debut

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Well, it seems too early to pass a judgement, her studio subsequently released a half a minute long trailer they described as a peek into Himeka's daily life, while I personally didn't manage to witness any such 'peek into her daily life' moment besides a few glimpses of usual coitus, it's through and through bland with the only highlight being her out of the world bosoms. Also, in my opinion the rookie doesn't seem to have a knack to act on screen. Considering this, I hope they put those bazookas to good use in future by casting her more in breast centric JAV's rather than plots that demand a fair bit of drama because I don't want her fans to feel miserable sitting along to an hour long JAV and not be particularly aroused.

"Less than a week after the information was lifted, an unexpected spoofing occurred. Please do not follow."

Within weeks of her debut announcement, a tweet was brought to my notice via her office LifePro's official handle that an account claiming to be of Himeka was floating around on the internet. While it's certain that it must've been a trick of some extremely obsessed fans, the fact that it happened in the first place is quite funny. Just goes on to benefit my point that Ideapocket has left no stones unturned to build the hype in an attempt to drive sales but there persists a hurdle that it needs to pass i.e. with her debut scheduled next month, it's only a matter of time when one realises that the L-cup is a huge box office success or remains a myth confined to the walls of some beat adult board.

Himeka's FANZA & Twitter 

Sakura Miyuki Announces AV Retirement 

Osaka based soapland talent and part time AV darling Sakura Miyuki has decided to pull the curtains on her AV career, after much speculation in her fanbase surrounding the 30 year old's retirement. Sakura managed to break into the AV scene at its very peak under AV studio Honnaka earlier in 2016 when the industry wasn't plagued by a treacherous law, had a ban revoked on her account earlier this month. Assuming that she had voluntarily left the adult business back in January, the jav code star, as formality, made her fans aware about her decision to quit AV entirely, more so keeping her focus solely on the soapland business for the time being.

"It has been a while!
In fact, GG (former Prime Agency), who was indebted to me, has also retired, and the AV has also retired. I apologize for the delay in reporting. Currently, I'm working as "Anna" at Gohobi SPA Gotanda, the head of the erotic esthetic salon, so please come and meet me."

Forsaking her contract with GG earlier, Sakura reminisces one of an identical move back in 2017, having made her fans wary of the consecutive retirement. It's hard to get your hands on a JAV she has featured recently, the very recent being that over a year with KSB in July last year. Apparently she bid her farewell to the business long before her fans could even grasp hold of it. Though, I'd mention that she clarified her stance on pursuing a career in soapland for the fans stuck in a limbo, considering the higher wages she'd make there it only makes sense. In her six years of stint in the adult business, Sakura turned quite a few heads with her frequent transfers in the business. Having made her debut with Honnaka in 2016, the bubbly idol had a short stint with the office before pulling off the curtains to her showbiz life. Over the year, the 30 year old actress had a change of mind and reconsidered the priority to join TPower's under a new alias Miyuki Nanako but just within a year, Sakura revoked the contract with the talent agency and moved her portfolio to the nearest block, having found herself a new office in LIGHT. It is assumed that she went back to her roots and reappeared in AV under her previous alias Sakura Miyuki. With the particular office she had a significant stint as an independent performer for over two years. Prior to the retirement news that awaited her followers this year, the actress was pursued by the production house GG. Sakura cherished her time under the makers, having rolled out some significant hits in the later half of 2020 before she voluntarily decided to put an end to it. Rumors were ripe pertaining her retirement in adult boards but the actress barely disclosed her intentions behind the move. As per her Twitter, neither Sakura nor her agency have put forth any announcement regarding an offline party to commemorate her retirement so I guess most fans will have to do with booking an appointment at her Gatonda spa. Although I don't take much interest, I sense that it's gonna be one hell of a rendezvous!

Sakura's FANZA & Twitter

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