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Ishihara Nozomi is now a Moodyz exclusive (first video on Nov 13th), so there's only going to be 1 video this month. We know the disk market is very front-loaded and (in FANZA) driven by pre-release sales (that is, next's month disk releases), so the moment an actress lowers the pace her ranking will drop steeply.Kogawa Iori has been releasing 1 video every other month for a while, so it's normal for her to drop or disappear altogether from the physical sales ranking when there's no video next month. Also, as you said, "extra" releases (like an image video, or a VR for digital sales) can boost the ranking of exclusive (or barely active kikatan) actresses.IIRC there was a 50% sale on Yamagishi Aika's 12H masturbation video, which would explain its above-average performance (also the eye-popping length and the thought that you therefore get more value for your money).

ahem "mei ikanaide, modotte kite yo" "Mei, don't leave, please come back!"

They just poached Moodyz' Shirasaka Yui too (it was announced yesterday).

In response to whats kikadan's comment

It's "kikatan", and refers to non-exclusive solo actresses: they shoot for multiple studios, are credited and often featured alone in movies ("project/planning actresses" OTOH are uncredited and featured as extras or unnamed "amateurs"). They are a step below exclusive actresses in the hierarchy, and are paid substantially less per movie, but can potentially make much more if they shoot non-stop for lots of studios. Uehara Ai, Hatano Yui or Kimijima Mio are prominent examples of kikatan actresses that shot over 20 movies a month in the apogee of their careers.

In response to Taku's comment

These NGs are for the most part secret, and theoretically the NGed person doesn't know it (he can have strong suspicions when he suddenly stops shooting with some actress, esp. if there was some incident or something felt wrong in the last interaction; also people talk and he'll probably find out if he's got enough acquaintances in the industry). The public only knows for sure in the rare instances where the actor blurts it out (like Shimiken & Taku wrt. Acky), and everything else is just conjecture.

One example of the latter is the belief held by many (me included) that Takahashi Shouko refuses to shoot with Yoshimura Taku. It's not a rare occurrence to see ppl on Japanese blogs demanding that she shoot with Taku at long last, and questioning her professionalism, especially when compared to Mikami Yua, who held a similar position as a former celebrity but is undeniably fully committed to her AV career and makes great scenes with Taku.

At this point, it's no longer a matter of career management (building anticipation for the "Taku ban lift"): she's shot with Sugiura and Imai Yuuta, she's changed her face altogether... there's nothing left of the original "gravure idol Takashou", so there's no sense of purity or whatever to preserve, and if anything not shooting with Taku hurts her career. So it looks like it's a deliberate refusal.