JAV News Roundup - May Edition - Volume 2

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

Newcomer Has Her Twitter Frozen Before Debut

Call it a distraught fate or a publicity stunt, but it seems like IdeaPocket's new debutante is stuck in a limbo when it comes to conveying messages to her fans through her SNS channel. Just recently, IdeaPocket started teasing the fresh face with god knows how many promotional tweets, with the PR team working round the clock--but it seems like all efforts went invain. Wonder why? Well, the social media platform Twitter decided to close down on & terminate the account of the upcoming AV sensation. The actress, having recently debuted on Twitter teased her way to the hearts of her beloved admirers but, from what I could figure out, the tweets she was sending out didn't settle quite well with the platforms administrators. And as was quite relevant they went ahead to strike the ban hammer on the actress's Twitter.

Since I've been following her activities online for a while now and recently wrote a full fledged investigative piece on the newcomer, I found it oddly disturbing that her Twitter had disappeared into thin air and the actress just went radio silent in the last couple days. To be honest, nothing worth exciting takes a break in this industry, especially nowadays when the AV stars are even more connected, putting moments of their life out there for the fans to discover. Though as was expected, the folks at IdeaPocket's marketing department put on the work gloves and carried on with getting the word out there that the newcomer had retrieved her account back from the dead. Later the actress went on to confirm the authenticity of the tweet with her own statement.

Particularly on May 22nd, while scouring through the studio's Twitter I came across a retweet that was good enough to give me a shy of relief. the tweet posted by Rin Hachimitsu, and read 

"Because my account has been frozen

I made a sub account 

Thank you

Even if the second photo is a crap. I'll post it as a bonus, lol"

This tweet was quick to nudge the doubt off the air. Rin reciprocated by updating her 'not so big' fanbase on the recent account freeze. Furthermore, the studio, IdeaPocket put a rest to my doubt that indeed her account suffered a ban hammer by the Twitter gods. Among all this, what was even more surprising was that this all happened while Rin awaited her debut. Even before the debut? Could you believe that?! I mean, as a JAV reporter, I'm quite accustomed to these events, that of Twitter handling of AV stars getting frozen from time to time but this was rather strange for me to digest wherein the actress was locked out of her Twitter before debut. To be fair, it's high time the platform takes a chill pill regarding these stringent laws especially now that they have a new owner on board who seems to be an advocate for 'free speech'. No concrete reason has been shared yet by the parties involved, so the actress and the studio relating to what led to the account freeze. But as far as my experience goes, while judging by past instances, this might've been a case of faulty monitoring wherein the nature of few of the contents on the newcomer's profile didn't sit quite well with the administrators over at Twitter. More so, it could be that the Japanese Twitter space isn't accustomed to a certain nature of adult content even though the countries preferences for sexual content are rather weird and at least on par with the western world. However, let me also make you aware of the fact that being a consumer of the adult content on the platform in the West, I've seen way worse. The laws are stringent unlike their western counterpart, only good at banning hate speech.

"This account may be the main account for a while. Please follow me"

Anyway, now that the newcomer has retrieved her Twitter handle, I expect quality tweets coming from her within a given guideline, not playing along the lines of censored content that might just result in another ban in the recent future. Besides this, the actress seems to be prepping up for the big day, quite occupied with launch promotion in hand. I could certainly tell, that both IdeaPocket and Rin are running on drafts of her promotional tweets, with the debut right around the corner. While you're at it, don't forget to go through the investigative piece we ran on ZENRA earlier this month, I'll plug it here. With the debut right around the corner and the teaser already revealed, I must admit, I haven't been this eager for the face reveal of a JAV newcomer for a while now. I certainly believe this is the case with a majority of our readers.

Meanwhile, you can go through a selection of AV Debuts exclusive to the IdeaPocket banner here, on R18. Readers can rent or purchase as per convenience.

Ayame Nogi Debuts With SOD

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In the latest episode of 'JAV actress transitions from one studio to another', Prestige AV's homegrown star Ayame Nogi has called it a day on her career with the same studio she debuted, not even under a year ago. Just last week, the 21 year old actress via Twitter put the word out regarding her decision to transition from Prestige AV to the industry stalwart SOD alias for SOFT ON DEMAND. This seems like quite the ongoing fad with big players like SOD raking in almost a handful of budding stars in recent times to capitalize and expand on untapped markets and build on its plan for overall industry domination. While back here at ZENRA, we're scratching our heads on juicing out the inside scoop on the transfer but seems like nothing worthy has come our way yet. But judging from the tweet put up by the actress, it seems as all is good between the star and her former studio, as of now. Furthermore, the actress even expressed gratitude for the whole team back at Prestige on her graduation post.

"This is a report 

Lastly, "Nama Nakadashi" released this month

From Prestige to SOD. Become an exclusive actress 

I have been indebted [to the studio] for 10 months since my debut. The directors and on-site staff were really warm and enjoyable working, and I experienced a lot of things"

While the reason behind the transfer is quite under the wraps for now, considering it hasn't been a year since Ayame's debut in the adult industry, a move like this makes it even more speculative. But as is certain, a little exploring on her Twitter reveals that the contract was penned down and personal terms were met with her current studio SOD even before the announcement was established. Since it is quite evident from her Twitter, a couple of days ensuing the actress's announcement on the platform, the studio went with updating their Twitter handle regarding some exclusive AV announcements for their latest acquisition. It wasn't quite later that Ayame confirmed the move by retweeting the tweet on her official Twitter handle.

SDDE-676 | Remodeling The Lock Of Your Heart

The upcoming exclusive by SOD, scheduled to release on 23rd of next month follows a rather interesting plot as seen on the trailer. SDDE-676 grabs instances from those several niche JAV's competing in an already overcrowded market of its own. The concept seems pretty worn out as of 2022 but I still believe there's room for improvement with these niche-based JAV's. Especially, if the execution is done right with the new actress on board. Frankly judging by the stills put up on the movie's page, they seem rather tempting to be obvious. As for Ayame, I could only hope this title doesn't disappoint her staunch admirers. Even if it is the case, the fact that she is still quite new to the industry justifies if this work fails. Furthermore, she can have a remarkable future with SOD if she decides to stay in the game for a long term. While in contrary to popular belief most actresses dont, and as can be observed their careers are shortlived.

Most of these AV stars go through a planned process while transitioning over studios, part of which is that they debut under different names or alias but with Ayame this doesn't seem to be quite the case. The actress confirmed in a later tweet that she'd carry on pursuing AV with her existing namesake while also clearing the doubts of her fans regarding the identity.

"I think there are various people who knew it because they were in Prestige, and fans who liked it.

I will continue to be Aya Nogi, so please make friends with me wherever I go."

Even worthy of noting is that it hasn't even been a year since the actress set foot in the industry and already has a handful of quality JAV's in her portfolio, to boast about. Debuting under the PRESTIGE banner with BGN-066 in July of last year, the actress has covered quite the path. Experimenting with new roles and adapting to plot requirements. Her recent work ABW-229 released under the PRESTIGE banner last month followed a nakadashi theme and had a handful of creampie scenes packed in the plot. The movie might have been Ayame's last work under the banner prior to her debut with SOD this coming month, though not many details were spilled regarding the actress's sudden resignation, I have a wild theory that the actress's wage demands were probably not met. By the way, if you have made it this far, don't forget to browse through a library of AV's she has featured in the past under PRESTIGE while also subscribing to her official Twitter for keeping up with updates regarding her future moves.

ABW-229 is on sale on MGSTAGE. Readers can rent or purchase as per convenience.

Ann Sasakura Debuts As Haru Ogawa

The AV industry is a world of its own and, unlike some other movie industries, it's fast-transitioning with a plethora of actresses debuting under multiple banners and 'calling it quits' every single day. It gets even harder to track their moves or consider where they would be next. In a similar event, the ever so popular Ann Sasakura (as she was formerly known) rechristened herself to 'Haru Ogawa' for the purpose of transferring to a new agency, namely Lister Pro. The 35 year old AV star revealed via Twitter the latest scoop surrounding her alias.

Last week, while tweeting about the same, the Lister Pro recruit seemed to be quite casual with the name change, as was noticed with the framing of words in the tweet. Quite specifically, the underlying sentence.

"It doesn't mean as deep as snooping on a name change.  

Ann Sasakura and Haru Ogawa are me! While she put pressure upon the former name still being prevalent 

Only the name that appears on the work changes, well that is quite evident from what we've witnessed in the past."

On May 20th the actress teased her fans regarding an exclusive video delivery on video sharing platform Youtube collaboration with AV insider Riki Shiramizu on a joint basis. Furthermore, to add a flair of suspense to the announcement, the actress decided to keep the news under wraps for a time being but as is the case with a few of her admirers, they couldn't resist the curiosity surrounding the announcement that Ann was about to share. 

"DEAR Anzu

Ann Sasakura 

From the middle ... I was allowed to watch the live delivery while commenting!

A serious announcement: It was a surprise delivery!" a fan commented

In over an hour long livestream on Youtube which could be deemed more as a press release, Ann - along with Riki - interacted with her fans on the livestream, pulling the curtains off of the name change decision while simultaneously treating the fans to some inside scoop regarding her recent works and furthermore what's planned with the studio, Lister Pro. The livestream on Youtube, which attracted over a thousand views at the time this article was written, garnered a plethora of responses from the fans over on Twitter.

Ann shared the livestream along with some juicy scoops for her fans to devour while consequently forwarding gratitude for the endless support, all this while. The 35 year old AV sensation spilled quite the nitty gritty details regarding the agency change.

"The report

 Renamed.

 Haru Ogawa (formerly Ann Sasakura)

 Nickname: Oharu

 She is real age.

 April 1, 1987 35 years old

 I transferred to the office.

 Lister Pro

Even if I change the name, An Sasakura is me.

 She feels like the product name changes

 Thank you in the future"

Ann Sasakura's transfer comes at a time while one of her much younger industry colleague is also on a move to SOD, the 21 year old AV star mentioned on our report above isn't alien to these industry transfers either. Notably, with a multitude of actresses flipping agencies & studios in the recent past got me wondering what might really be the underlying issue. Well, that's for another day, as it's a part of a bigger investigation but for now from what it seems, the domestic fans have welcomed the actress's move with open arms and even Ann seems to cherish the affection coming her way. 

Oh by the way did we mention the 35 year old AV star had a special request for her fans regarding the nickname?

"You can call it Kyou-chan if it's easy!

Oharu-chan, you can say Harusama! Feel free to call me by my name

Expecting that the staff at the site will call Kyou-chan all the time"

I have got to admit that those are some adorable nicknames. Following the announcement, Ann tweeted that she had to tweak her username as she could no longer go with the former, for those wondering.

"At the age of 35 and 36 years old, I did my best on a diet, and I didn't have stretch marks, so I didn't feel down. !! Oharu-chan will not lose to the Heisei kid!"

Well, to be honest, this might not just go down well with some millenial AV stars but I gotta admit even on 35, Haru Ogawa is riding the AV wagon quite well. The actress recently wrapped up on shooting for a gravure photobook, which she shared on Twitter, she also has quite a few works lined up.

I guess with the recent agency change, Ann must have a lot in store for her fans, as we've seen in some instances in the past with careers skyrocketing after an agency change. For the readers, not willing to miss out on the actress's latest move, I've pinned all her socials below in the article. While you'd love to scour through her Twitter I can't ignore the fact that Ann often livestreams on Mirrativ, you don't wanna miss this out either! 

Yui Hatano Turns A Year Older

Besides tweeting some sultry photos while maintaining a daily streak of sneak peeks from her life ranging from pets, events, touring places, Yui Hatano doesn't really seem to be a fan of interacting with her fans via the digital medium, moreover the actress doesn't take keen interest with Twitter. However, considering how Twitter accounts of the rest of the AV idols are a complete mess. In contrast, due to the upside of her posting the bare minimum, Yui-san's Twitter feed looks quite neat and thanks to her habit of maintaining a streak I might have gone down the rabbit hole digging up something to feed our readers but glad I didn't, rather I bumped on this tweet

Even though, I know most of our readers can't digest the fact that she maintains to look that impeccable in her mid 30s, but what's even more surprising is that Yui just recently achieved a milestone by turning a year older later this month. On May 23d, The AV veteran took to Twitter to break the news on her completing just another revolution around the sun.

"Hatano is 34 years old!
Thank you for your continued support"
Yui captioned the tweet.

The tweet has over 8k likes and close to 500 comments at the time of writing this piece, that in itself is quite a mind-blowing stat. As was the case, the 34 year old actress's admirers were quick to flock the tweet with their wishes, with a swarm of industry peers and admirers in the mix congratulating Yui on her special day.

"Congratulations
The other day, I got one year old again
Same Gemini youngest B type." this fan in particular seemed to share his birthday with the AV actress, consider that to be a blessing much?

Yuriko Mizu, a long time industry peer had this to stay for the birthday girl,

"Congratulations 
Please be more and more wonderful Ms. Hatano"

The AV star seemed to like most of the wishes while this one in particular didn't slip under my detective eyes,

"Happy Birthday.  I'm looking forward to more and more activities. This is my treasure, which was taken at the Shosen event before!"

Isn't that adorable? The fact that he cherished the souvenir from the event. Going through these tweets makes me admit how adored these Japanese AV stars are compared to their western counterparts who in literal terms are nothing less than pixels to fap to for their fans. On the other hand JAV fans have a really healthy relationship with their favorite AV idols, the admiration is genuine with so many of these fans getting a chance to relate to these idols whether it be through digital mediums or getting to communicate with them face to face in these meet n greet events, which quite frankly in my opinion just breaks the digital barrier and adds that much needed physical touch to the interaction.

On the work front, the 34 year old AV star looks quite occupied with her work schedule. While at this particular phase of her career, where there is a plethora of roles to choose from, I wonder if she'd gradually transition into taking up more roles fitting her age like those of a milf or a mature housewife JAV or she intends to carry on playing that bubbly pale skinned Japanese heartthrob that she has been pulling off quite good throughout the years, even to this day. With the actress stepping foot in her mid 30s, only time will tell. For now you could just drop by her Twitter and browse through a library of JAV's she has featured in the past with some astronomically good titles in the mix.

Riho Fujimori Debuts SOD Exclusive

Like I mentioned earlier in the article, SOD has a track record of raking in all the big name players in the AV industry and it doesn't seem like they are slowing down anytime soon, having recently teased their latest acquisition. For the most part, I should've guessed it already with the frequency at which Riho-san was liking all those SOD tweets. The news obviously comes as a no brainer, as the studio grabbed the opportunity to sweeten the deal with the AV star. While not much is known of the deal, from what I could make of the report, the contract binds Riho to a part AV and part gravure proposition.

The final week of April was just start of the saga, as the AllPro actress teased a tweet for her curious fans to contemplate upon.

"I have a report for everyone who always supports me. Please gather on Twitter of Riho Fujimori around 12:00 on May 2nd. Waiting, Please spread!"

The wait didn't sustain for quite long as just within a week the actress dropped some juicy gossip regarding her latest move this month. The news comes as a shock for the admirers of the actress after her absence from the AV scene for almost a month. While we can't comment on her whereabouts during the abstinence, let us assume that Riho-san was out there taking detour in an onsen among the mountains, contemplating her future in the industry. And, judging by her latest decision, the folks here at ZENRA will agree that she landed a golden goose of a deal signing with one of the industry stalwart, SOD. 

As mentioned earlier, with the deal Riho is not just bound to AV but will also be a part of the studio's plans for expanding into the gravure market, with an upcoming photobook already in the works. According to the announcements made on the livestream regarding the exclusive debut, a summarized report of what's been included and what not under the contract has been pinned down below.

During yesterday's live delivery, I announced various information from now on, so I will leave it in the tweet

  Works

 ◎ May 9 DVD reservation start

 ◎ June 9 DVD release start

 Magazine

 ◎ June 3rd Monthly SOD July issue cover release

 Event

 ◎ June 10 Moulin Akiba

 ◎ June 26 Epicaria Kiba

It is quite obvious that SOD is leaving no stones unturned with the promotions of their latest acquisition in the form of Riho Fujimori. As is the case with the report posted above exclusively for our readers, the debut work will not just be limited to a studio exclusive av but will also see the actress featured in gravure photobook published as early as first week of June, specifically June 3rd, which leaves the fans with a week prior to the exclusive AV launch. SOD seems to heavily promote this debut with multiple promotional events scheduled with DVD stores like Moulin Akiba on June 10th followed by Epicaria Akiba on June 26th.

For the readers, here's a gem we found while digging through her Twitter. Even though the tweet seems to be now deleted, we've an archived version from the tweet that we quoted below.

"I lost 8 kilos in 3 months from the decision of SOD's exclusive use to shooting, and I was tired and tattered every day before, and since I have only one exclusive month, my skin, hair, nails and everything are in good condition. That's why. I don't want you to get rid of it with unfounded allegations that you have shaped people's efforts. Oh, I'm not angry! I'm fanning! Smile"

Translating the tweet, it seems the AllStar actress has had to lose a significant body mass over a couple of months, to put it statistically, around 8 kilos in the 3 months time period, that's s quite commendable given she only had a couple of months before she started planning for her debut. while preparing for the launch is in itself a gruelling task it gets even more rigorous when these actresses soak foot in the game and have to shoot multiple AV's on a weekly basis, as one fan noted.

"I always respect the attitude towards the job. If the work is released every week, it will be difficult to manage your physical condition"

By the way for those hardcore admirers of Riho waiting on the launch event, the actress raised the curtain on the details. The bookings for the event will start on June 8th with a limit of just 50 heads per store. For in depth details check the tweet below.

"【Event Information】

 ◎ Ticketing date June 8th (Wednesday) 10: 00 ~

 → Limited to 50 people at each store

 ◎ Date June 10th (Friday) 17: 00-

 → Store: Buy and sell market Moulin Akiba

 ◎ Date June 26th (Sun) 12: 00 ~

 → Store: Lammtarra Epicaria Kiba

 【Next time preview】

 July Kansai event scheduled"

KIRE-074 | Sexual Release After 64 Days

The trailer looks as if SOD try to make a documentary on Riho's life, there are visuals that quite literally look straight out of a music video. Putting the banter aside, Riho-san's overall performance looks to be in a conundrum. While the sex with all the teasing, squirting and threesome is quite up there in terms of an exclusive debut title. However, I believe she downplays the overall performance with her overacting in most of the scenes. I have got to admit that even though she caught me off guard with the sex, the acting was a big turn off personally. Though I have a strong gut feeling that besides a minority of folks like me there is quite a good population of fans who would actually dig this exclusive release.

If you seem to be one of them, don't forget to add this JAV in your cart when it releases this June. In terms of career growth, Riho seems to be doing quite good by switching to being an exclusive SOD model. Her trump card move really seems to work now that she has two upcoming exclusives in the work, a gravure photobook and an AV. Will a collaboration with SOD prove to be real blunder in her career or take Riho to newer heights? Only time will tell but for now while you're here, grab the photobook and don't forget to follow the actress on these digital mediums. To make the readers aware Twitter is also the only place where you could stay updated with her upcoming SOD release.

KIRE-074 is scheduled to release on R18. Don't forget to grab it when it's out!