Hitomi Kobayashi
Encyclopedia
is an important early Japan
ese AV idol
. One of the founding figures of the Japanese adult video
, she has been called indispensable to any discussion of the AV. Mainichi Shimbun
calls her "one of the icons of Japanese adult cinema history." Her unprecedented popularity in the mid-1980s, the early days of the Japanese AV, earned her the title "Queen of AV." According to an adult entertainment reporter for Shukan Shincho, "She laid the foundations for the golden age of adult video."
After making her debut as a non-pornographic photobook
and "image video" model, Kobayashi entered the AV field in 1986
. Because of her rapid popularity, Nikkatsu
, Japan's leading producer of softcore pornography at the time, hired her to appear in theatrical films in 1987
. After marriage and a semi-retirement beginning in 1989
, Kobayashi fully returned to the AV industry in 1998
. She announced her retirement in 2003
with a big-budget, though controversial, two-volume farewell adult video.
on September 2, 1965. However, in an interview in the just before her retirement in 2003, she confessed to have actually been born in 1963. Her ambition since childhood was to be an actress. She attended acting school, and registered with a talent agency. Kobayashi was not particularly sexually precocious, claiming at the time of her AV debut, "I lost my virginity at 18, which is probably a bit late, and I wasn't very experienced with men."
This relative sexual conservatism extended into her AV career. The sex scenes in all but her final video were simulated. Even at the end of her AV career, Kobayashi's attitude towards sex remained modest. Interviewed at the time of her retirement, Kobayashi said, "I love sex. But, just because I'm an AV actress, it doesn't mean I'm brim-filled with experience. I've done orgy movies, and lesbian scenes and loads of abnormal stuff, but the world of videos isn't a real world. My normal life is really plain. I couldn't imagine having sex anywhere other than in bed and taking part in an orgy would be unthinkable. I'm happy enough with just the missionary position."
Kobayashi made her debut using the stage name in May 1986 in a photobook
and "image video" both titled . However, in spite of these two releases, she believed her career was going nowhere.
studio). I was told there were nude and love scenes, but nothing steamier than any ordinary movie." Shocked when she found out this was actually an adult video, she was at first reluctant. After a long discussion with her agent she finally agreed to perform in the video only if the sex was simulated. She changed her stage name to Hitomi Kobayashi for the video which was a surprise success, selling 50,000 copies. Her amazing popularity quickly made her the leading AV actress of the mid-1980s, and, not long after her debut, she had earned the title "AV Queen."
Japan's censorship laws prevent the display of the sexual organs, allowing Kobayashi to maintain her insistence on performing only simulated sex on camera throughout her AV career. Kobayashi considered her AV performances to be another form of acting and came up with various techniques for appearing to have actual sex. For example, she says, "I used to get the directors to tickle my feet and then tried not to laugh so it looked as though I was climaxing."
Her career was put in danger when an uncensored bootleg copy of one of her videos circulated. When it could be plainly seen that the "AV Queen" was not performing real sex, Kobayashi feared that her fans would abandon her. These fears proved to be groundless, however, and her popularity continued.
, which had been the leader of Japanese theatrical pornography since the inception of its Roman Porno series in 1971, was rapidly losing its audience to the AV industry. Though the studio had publicly condemned the AVs for years, in an attempt to lure some of Kobayashi's AV fans into the theater, Nikkatsu hired the AV Queen to star in her own series of films. The first of these, was released in January 1987. Thomas and Yuko Mihara Weisser, in their Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films, judge the film as "little more than a Playboy or Penthouse lingerie special."
The second, , released in March 1987, was part of Nikkatsu's new "Roman X" line, which was purportedly more "hardcore" than the standard Roman Porno. However, Japan's practice of censorship by fogging out genitals made this move into "hardcore" rather pointless, since, as Donald Richie
put it in his pioneering essay on the Pink film, "none of the working parts are ever shown." Both of these first two films were judged little more than AVs on film, and were not popular with either AV fans or the critics, who preferred Nikkatsu's older Roman Porno style.
The third in this series, (released December 19, 1987), came closest to the old Nikkatsu style, in that it had some semblance of a plot, but by now it was too late for the studio. It would cease production of Roman Porno in 1988, and declare bankruptcy in 1993.
At the height of her popularity, in 1987, Kobayashi married Toshifumi Yuzawa, who would later become the president of Kobayashi's talent agency. Kobayashi put her AV performances on hold for a few years beginning in 1989 to concentrate on family matters. During this period, she never officially retired, never completely ceased appearing in AVs, and worked occasionally as a stripper. In 1988 she had a major role in the mainstream . Allmovie describes the film as a "sickening but riveting slasher," and author and film critic Patrick Galloway calls the film, "...nothing short of a multicultural terror tour de force, featuring gruesome, brilliantly rendered sound and imagery that will stay with you to your last dying gasp." Written by Takashi Ishii
and directed by Toshiharu Ikeda
, the film inspired two sequels. Japan Home Video
, which financed the film, wished to showcase Kobayashi, their top AV star at the time, as the star of the film. Director Ikeda, unsure of Kobayashi's acting abilities, instead put Miyuki Ono in the lead role of Nami, and gave Kobabayashi the supporting role of Rei. The near adult-video style sex scenes that Kobayashi performs in the film have been criticized by horror film
purists as the element that prevents the film from attaining genre classic status. Galloway, however, points out that Evil Dead Trap is not pure horror, but a genre-transcending film. About the sex scenes, Galloway comments, "Ikeda handles the steamy segments like a pro, coming as he did from Nikkatsu
, where he honed his craft making the studio's signature roman porno (romantic pornography). In 1996 and 1997 Hitomi Kobayashi starred in two films for pioneering pink film director Satoru Kobayashi, director of Flesh Market (1962
) the first pink film. In 1997 she played the somewhat autobiographical role of fictional AV actress Mizuki Mahoro in the 1997 V-cinema
film . Kobayashi's official return to the AV industry was in the November 1998 video Love Bond or Immoral Bonds.
Kobayashi teamed up with Japan's first hardcore pornographic actress, Kyoko Aizome
, in the February 2001 theatrical release, . Aizome both starred in and directed the film, which was released by Nikkatsu's post-Roman porn distributor of theatrical pornography, Excess films. The same year, Kobayashi and her husband opened a nightclub in Roppongi
.
Wishing to retire on a high-note, Kobayashi and her manager/husband advertised for investors in one last, 2-volume, two-and-a-half-hour AV opus. Kobayashi sought 35 investors who would contribute 500,000 yen each, for the privilege of a dinner with Kobayashi, having their names listed in the video's credits, and an exclusive viewing of the video. The video was released in two volumes as Hitomi Kobayashi FINAL - Disc1 (December 19, 2003) and Disc2 (December 31, 2003).
Controversy followed in the wake of the release when some of the investors in the video reported they were promised dividends from their investment, but had received none. It was claimed that Kobayashi had got over 50 investors for the project, but that her husband had used the money to pay personal debt and for recreational activities unrelated to the film. Insufficient communication with the investors, the shutting down of the film's website, the company repeatedly changing its name, and changing reports on whether or not the film made a profit added to investor complaints. In 2004, Kobayashi was reported working as a hostess at her nightclub in Roppongi
.
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Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese AV idol
AV Idol
An AV idol is a Japanese idol who works in the pornographic business, often both as an actress as well as a model as the video performances have a wide range, from just the idol strolling around their house doing chores in bikinis to hardcore porn...
. One of the founding figures of the Japanese adult video
Chronology of adult videos in Japan
This is a chronological history of the AV industry in Japan. The main events relevant to the AV industry are discussed for each year, as well as notable debuts. Notable AV actress names are in bold font...
, she has been called indispensable to any discussion of the AV. Mainichi Shimbun
Mainichi Shimbun
The is one of the major newspapers in Japan, published by .-History:The history of the Mainichi Shimbun begins with founding of two papers during the Meiji period. The Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shimbun was founded first, in 1872. The Mainichi claims that it is the oldest existing Japanese daily newspaper...
calls her "one of the icons of Japanese adult cinema history." Her unprecedented popularity in the mid-1980s, the early days of the Japanese AV, earned her the title "Queen of AV." According to an adult entertainment reporter for Shukan Shincho, "She laid the foundations for the golden age of adult video."
After making her debut as a non-pornographic photobook
Photobook
A photo-book or photobook is a book in which photographs make a significant contribution to the overall content. The most critically acclaimed photo-books celebrate the creative work of an individual photographer, but can also result from the collaboration between a photographer and a writer, an...
and "image video" model, Kobayashi entered the AV field in 1986
1986 in film
-Events:*April 12 - Actor Morgan Mason marries The Go-Go's Belinda Carlisle.*April 26 - Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger marries television journalist Maria Shriver.*May - Actress Heather Locklear marries Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee....
. Because of her rapid popularity, Nikkatsu
Nikkatsu
is a Japanese entertainment company well known for its film and television productions. It is Japan's oldest major movie studio. The name Nikkatsu is an abbreviation of Nippon Katsudō Shashin, literally "Japan Cinematograph Company".-History:...
, Japan's leading producer of softcore pornography at the time, hired her to appear in theatrical films in 1987
1987 in film
-Events:*January 31 - The Cure for Insomnia premieres at The School of the Art Institute in Chicago, Illinois, to officially become the world's longest film according to Guinness World Records....
. After marriage and a semi-retirement beginning in 1989
1989 in film
-Events:* Batman is released on June 23, and goes on to gross over $410 million worldwide.* Actress Kim Basinger and her brother Mick purchase Braselton, Georgia, for $20 million...
, Kobayashi fully returned to the AV industry in 1998
1998 in film
-Events:* February 14 - Sharon Stone marries Phil Bronstein.* Former child star Gary Coleman is charged with assaulting a young female bus driver at a California shopping mall.-Top grossing films:...
. She announced her retirement in 2003
2003 in film
The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Pokémon Heroes, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,...
with a big-budget, though controversial, two-volume farewell adult video.
Early life
According to her official profile, Hitomi Kobayashi was born in TokyoTokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
on September 2, 1965. However, in an interview in the just before her retirement in 2003, she confessed to have actually been born in 1963. Her ambition since childhood was to be an actress. She attended acting school, and registered with a talent agency. Kobayashi was not particularly sexually precocious, claiming at the time of her AV debut, "I lost my virginity at 18, which is probably a bit late, and I wasn't very experienced with men."
This relative sexual conservatism extended into her AV career. The sex scenes in all but her final video were simulated. Even at the end of her AV career, Kobayashi's attitude towards sex remained modest. Interviewed at the time of her retirement, Kobayashi said, "I love sex. But, just because I'm an AV actress, it doesn't mean I'm brim-filled with experience. I've done orgy movies, and lesbian scenes and loads of abnormal stuff, but the world of videos isn't a real world. My normal life is really plain. I couldn't imagine having sex anywhere other than in bed and taking part in an orgy would be unthinkable. I'm happy enough with just the missionary position."
Kobayashi made her debut using the stage name in May 1986 in a photobook
Photobook
A photo-book or photobook is a book in which photographs make a significant contribution to the overall content. The most critically acclaimed photo-books celebrate the creative work of an individual photographer, but can also result from the collaboration between a photographer and a writer, an...
and "image video" both titled . However, in spite of these two releases, she believed her career was going nowhere.
AV debut
Not long after her debut in the non-pornographic media, Kobayashi was presented with a new opportunity. She says, "I got this offer to do a movie called Kinjirareta Kankei (Forbidden Relationship) (for the VIPAtlas21
, formerly known as VIP, is a Japanese adult video company with headquarters in Tokyo, Japan.-VIP:The AV company was founded in June 1981 and issued its first video, titled , in December of that same year making it one of the first adult video companies to be established in Japan. The studio...
studio). I was told there were nude and love scenes, but nothing steamier than any ordinary movie." Shocked when she found out this was actually an adult video, she was at first reluctant. After a long discussion with her agent she finally agreed to perform in the video only if the sex was simulated. She changed her stage name to Hitomi Kobayashi for the video which was a surprise success, selling 50,000 copies. Her amazing popularity quickly made her the leading AV actress of the mid-1980s, and, not long after her debut, she had earned the title "AV Queen."
Japan's censorship laws prevent the display of the sexual organs, allowing Kobayashi to maintain her insistence on performing only simulated sex on camera throughout her AV career. Kobayashi considered her AV performances to be another form of acting and came up with various techniques for appearing to have actual sex. For example, she says, "I used to get the directors to tickle my feet and then tried not to laugh so it looked as though I was climaxing."
Her career was put in danger when an uncensored bootleg copy of one of her videos circulated. When it could be plainly seen that the "AV Queen" was not performing real sex, Kobayashi feared that her fans would abandon her. These fears proved to be groundless, however, and her popularity continued.
Theatrical career
By 1987, Kobayashi's popularity had already earned her the title "Queen of AV". NikkatsuNikkatsu
is a Japanese entertainment company well known for its film and television productions. It is Japan's oldest major movie studio. The name Nikkatsu is an abbreviation of Nippon Katsudō Shashin, literally "Japan Cinematograph Company".-History:...
, which had been the leader of Japanese theatrical pornography since the inception of its Roman Porno series in 1971, was rapidly losing its audience to the AV industry. Though the studio had publicly condemned the AVs for years, in an attempt to lure some of Kobayashi's AV fans into the theater, Nikkatsu hired the AV Queen to star in her own series of films. The first of these, was released in January 1987. Thomas and Yuko Mihara Weisser, in their Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films, judge the film as "little more than a Playboy or Penthouse lingerie special."
The second, , released in March 1987, was part of Nikkatsu's new "Roman X" line, which was purportedly more "hardcore" than the standard Roman Porno. However, Japan's practice of censorship by fogging out genitals made this move into "hardcore" rather pointless, since, as Donald Richie
Donald Richie
Donald Richie is an American-born author who has written about the Japanese people and Japanese cinema. Although he considers himself only a writer, Richie has directed many experimental films, the first when he was 17...
put it in his pioneering essay on the Pink film, "none of the working parts are ever shown." Both of these first two films were judged little more than AVs on film, and were not popular with either AV fans or the critics, who preferred Nikkatsu's older Roman Porno style.
The third in this series, (released December 19, 1987), came closest to the old Nikkatsu style, in that it had some semblance of a plot, but by now it was too late for the studio. It would cease production of Roman Porno in 1988, and declare bankruptcy in 1993.
At the height of her popularity, in 1987, Kobayashi married Toshifumi Yuzawa, who would later become the president of Kobayashi's talent agency. Kobayashi put her AV performances on hold for a few years beginning in 1989 to concentrate on family matters. During this period, she never officially retired, never completely ceased appearing in AVs, and worked occasionally as a stripper. In 1988 she had a major role in the mainstream . Allmovie describes the film as a "sickening but riveting slasher," and author and film critic Patrick Galloway calls the film, "...nothing short of a multicultural terror tour de force, featuring gruesome, brilliantly rendered sound and imagery that will stay with you to your last dying gasp." Written by Takashi Ishii
Takashi Ishii
is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He has directed several pinku eiga erotic films, but his most notable feature was the 1995 nihilistic crime thriller Gonin starring Takeshi Kitano.-Director: is a Japanese film director and screenwriter...
and directed by Toshiharu Ikeda
Toshiharu Ikeda
was a Japanese film director and screenwriter who worked in pink film and mainstream cinema. He won the award for Best Director at the 6th Yokohama Film Festival for Mermaid Legend.-Early career - Nikkatsu:...
, the film inspired two sequels. Japan Home Video
Japan Home Video
is a Japanese media corporation which produces and distributes film and video products and is also involved in TV programming and game software. It uses the label for its adult video production.-Company history and finances:...
, which financed the film, wished to showcase Kobayashi, their top AV star at the time, as the star of the film. Director Ikeda, unsure of Kobayashi's acting abilities, instead put Miyuki Ono in the lead role of Nami, and gave Kobabayashi the supporting role of Rei. The near adult-video style sex scenes that Kobayashi performs in the film have been criticized by horror film
Horror film
Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...
purists as the element that prevents the film from attaining genre classic status. Galloway, however, points out that Evil Dead Trap is not pure horror, but a genre-transcending film. About the sex scenes, Galloway comments, "Ikeda handles the steamy segments like a pro, coming as he did from Nikkatsu
Nikkatsu
is a Japanese entertainment company well known for its film and television productions. It is Japan's oldest major movie studio. The name Nikkatsu is an abbreviation of Nippon Katsudō Shashin, literally "Japan Cinematograph Company".-History:...
, where he honed his craft making the studio's signature roman porno (romantic pornography). In 1996 and 1997 Hitomi Kobayashi starred in two films for pioneering pink film director Satoru Kobayashi, director of Flesh Market (1962
1962 in film
The year 1962 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*May - The Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards are officially founded by the Taiwanese government....
) the first pink film. In 1997 she played the somewhat autobiographical role of fictional AV actress Mizuki Mahoro in the 1997 V-cinema
V-Cinema
Japanese is the direct-to-video industry that appeared in Japan in the 1980s. The term is a trademark of Toei Company but is widely used in the West to describe any Japanese direct-to-video release. In Japan the term used is...
film . Kobayashi's official return to the AV industry was in the November 1998 video Love Bond or Immoral Bonds.
Later career
Over ten years after her debut, Kobayashi was by now a "mature woman" model, and her videos began to reflect the new niche for mature models in AVs which began to appear in the mid-1990s.Kobayashi teamed up with Japan's first hardcore pornographic actress, Kyoko Aizome
Kyoko Aizome
is a Japanese erotic actress, singer, AV director, and writer who has been called, "the first hard-core porn actress in Japan."-Early life:Kyōko Aizome was born on February 9, 1958 in Noda Chiba Prefecture. Aizome grew up in a troubled household. Her father was a police officer who beat his wife,...
, in the February 2001 theatrical release, . Aizome both starred in and directed the film, which was released by Nikkatsu's post-Roman porn distributor of theatrical pornography, Excess films. The same year, Kobayashi and her husband opened a nightclub in Roppongi
Roppongi
is a district of Minato, Tokyo, Japan, famous as home to the rich Roppongi Hills area and an active night club scene. Many foreign embassies are located in Roppongi, and the night life is popular with locals and foreigners alike...
.
Hitomi Kobayashi FINAL
In an industry in which the average career spans only a year and produces five to ten videos, by 2003, Kobayashi had worked in the AV field for over a decade and a half and appeared in about 70 films. The 39 AVs in which she had starred had sold over 600,000 copies, earning about 6 billion yen. Reflecting on her Adult Video career at this time, Kobayashi commented, "I'm delighted to have led a career where I would be elevated to being called 'AV Queen,' as well as to have lasted in the business until I turned 40."Wishing to retire on a high-note, Kobayashi and her manager/husband advertised for investors in one last, 2-volume, two-and-a-half-hour AV opus. Kobayashi sought 35 investors who would contribute 500,000 yen each, for the privilege of a dinner with Kobayashi, having their names listed in the video's credits, and an exclusive viewing of the video. The video was released in two volumes as Hitomi Kobayashi FINAL - Disc1 (December 19, 2003) and Disc2 (December 31, 2003).
Controversy followed in the wake of the release when some of the investors in the video reported they were promised dividends from their investment, but had received none. It was claimed that Kobayashi had got over 50 investors for the project, but that her husband had used the money to pay personal debt and for recreational activities unrelated to the film. Insufficient communication with the investors, the shutting down of the film's website, the company repeatedly changing its name, and changing reports on whether or not the film made a profit added to investor complaints. In 2004, Kobayashi was reported working as a hostess at her nightclub in Roppongi
Roppongi
is a district of Minato, Tokyo, Japan, famous as home to the rich Roppongi Hills area and an active night club scene. Many foreign embassies are located in Roppongi, and the night life is popular with locals and foreigners alike...
.
Videos
| Video title | Company | Director | Release date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pounding: 19-year-old Kaori Tokimeki: Kaori Jukyusai debut video (non-pornographic) |
Docks |
May 1986 | |
| Prohibited Relations Kinjirareta Kankei debut adult video |
VIP Atlas21 , formerly known as VIP, is a Japanese adult video company with headquarters in Tokyo, Japan.-VIP:The AV company was founded in June 1981 and issued its first video, titled , in December of that same year making it one of the first adult video companies to be established in Japan. The studio... 2C-029 |
May 15, 1986 | |
| VIP Atlas21 , formerly known as VIP, is a Japanese adult video company with headquarters in Tokyo, Japan.-VIP:The AV company was founded in June 1981 and issued its first video, titled , in December of that same year making it one of the first adult video companies to be established in Japan. The studio... |
July 5, 1986 | ||
| Nikkatsu Nikkatsu is a Japanese entertainment company well known for its film and television productions. It is Japan's oldest major movie studio. The name Nikkatsu is an abbreviation of Nippon Katsudō Shashin, literally "Japan Cinematograph Company".-History:... |
July, 1986 | ||
| Please Come In My Mouth |
Shintoho Shintoho was a Japanese movie studio. It was one of the big-6 film studios during the Golden Age of Japanese cinema. It was founded by defectors from the original Tōhō Company... STP-27 |
August 5, 1986 | |
| Blinded Love |
VIP Atlas21 , formerly known as VIP, is a Japanese adult video company with headquarters in Tokyo, Japan.-VIP:The AV company was founded in June 1981 and issued its first video, titled , in December of that same year making it one of the first adult video companies to be established in Japan. The studio... 2C-052 |
September 5, 1986 | |
| We Would Like You To See Hitomi Kabayashi |
Swan Video SH-437 |
Ichiro Mikage | October 10, 1986 |
| Angel's Lips Tenshi no Kuchibiru |
Shintoho STY-01 |
October 15, 1986 | |
| Milky Devil |
Alice Japan Alice Japan was established on April 4, 1986 as the adult video label for Japan Home Video .-Company information:The early AVs produced by JHV went under the Penguin label, the first title being the 30 minute long softcore Asobinasareya, Tadakurue starring Hidemi Nakajima released May 21, 1984 with... KA-1070 |
Hisashi Sasaki | October 15, 1986 |
| Over Heat (Do It Until I Get Finished) |
VIP Atlas21 , formerly known as VIP, is a Japanese adult video company with headquarters in Tokyo, Japan.-VIP:The AV company was founded in June 1981 and issued its first video, titled , in December of that same year making it one of the first adult video companies to be established in Japan. The studio... 2B-063 |
November 15, 1986 | |
| SHOWA | November 15, 1986 | ||
| December 1, 1986 | |||
| December 10, 1986 | |||
| Shintoho | December 21, 1986 | ||
| Unknown |
AV Japan / Five Star FV-8587 |
Masaru Watanabe | January 1987 |
| Phoenix | January 10, 1987 | ||
| Sex Triangle With Kumi Sawaguchi & Rei Takasugi |
Alice Japan Alice Japan was established on April 4, 1986 as the adult video label for Japan Home Video .-Company information:The early AVs produced by JHV went under the Penguin label, the first title being the 30 minute long softcore Asobinasareya, Tadakurue starring Hidemi Nakajima released May 21, 1984 with... KA-1087 |
February 10, 1987 | |
| JVD | February 15, 1987 | ||
| Akujo |
Shintoho STU-01 |
February 15, 1987 | |
| March 1, 1987 | |||
| Sexy Violence |
Alice Japan KA-1092 |
Dori Daimon | March 10, 1987 |
| SHOWA | 1987 | ||
| Nikkatsu | April 1, 1987 | ||
| Mashou |
Shintoho STQ-33 |
April 25, 1987 | |
| Midnight Call With Rei Takasugi |
Nikkatsu / Shocking Pink GP-014 |
May 25, 1987 | |
| May, 1987 | |||
| Provocative 2 2 |
AV Japan / Five Star FV-8608 |
Masaru Watanabe | June, 1987 |
| Zoom Up Special With Yuuko Maehara |
Alice Japan KA-1126 |
Kazuhito Kuramoto | September 25, 1987 |
| The Bible |
Alice Japan KA-1136 |
Kazuhito Kuramoto | November 15, 1987 |
| Bangkok Story With Miku Watase |
AV Japan / Five Star FV-8722 |
Tetsuya Uno | 1988 |
| Sex Triangle vol.2 2 With Maya Asabuki & Youko Takagi |
Alice Japan KA-1175 |
Hisashi Sasaki | May 15, 1988 |
| 2 | AV Japan / Five Star FV-8748 |
1989 | |
| Zoom Up All Stars ZOOM UP Compilation with Nao Saejima Nao Saejima is a Japanese AV idol and model of the 1980s and 1990s who also starred in photobooks, V-Cinema, and feature films, including Nikkatsu's Roman Porno series.-AV career:... , Yuka Tachihara, Yuuko Maehara and others |
Alice Japan KA-1196 |
Kazuhito Kuramoto | September 25, 1988 |
| Topaz |
Velvet Blue VB01 |
Jin Yuho | July 31, 1993 |
| Black Pearl |
Velvet Blue VB02 |
Jin Yuho | August 31, 1993 |
| Sucking Lady |
Alice Japan KA-1595 |
Jin Yuho | October 15, 1993 |
| Cock Sucking Lady |
Alice Japan KA-1617 |
Jin Yuho | December 24, 1993 |
| Alice Memories Vol. 1 Vol.1 Compilation with Yukari Takeshita, Eriko Nakagawa, Toyomaru & Nao Saejima Nao Saejima is a Japanese AV idol and model of the 1980s and 1990s who also starred in photobooks, V-Cinema, and feature films, including Nikkatsu's Roman Porno series.-AV career:... |
Alice Japan DC-003 (VCD) |
March 7, 1997 | |
| Immoral Bonds |
KUKI Vinl JF-511 |
November 26, 1996 | |
| Topaz Compilation DVD containg Topaz and Black Pearl from Velvet Blue |
KUKI KDV-024 |
November 27, 1998 | |
| Video CD Special Vol 15 15 Compilation with several other actresses |
KUKI KRM-038 |
February 27, 1999 | |
| Immoral Baptism Haitoku no Senrei |
KUKI Tank KT-360 |
Shusaku Mizutani | March 23, 1999 |
| Immoral Bonds Compilation DVD containing Love Bond and Immoral Baptism |
KUKI KDV-060 |
Shusaku Mizutani | May 21, 1999 |
| Madame Throat Deep Spot |
KUKI Tank KT-380 (VHS) VKD-111 (VCD) (as Madame Throat) |
Gasbel | VHS:June 28, 1999 VCD:September 10, 1999 |
| Neo Video CD Special Vol.1 NEO01 Compilation with other actresses |
KUKI KRM-043 |
July 20, 1999 | |
| Big Tits Tank Angels 6 6 With Yuri Komuro Yuri Komuro is a Japanese AV idol, actress, and author. She was one of the top actresses in the AV field during the late 1990s.-Early life and AV career:Yuri Komuro was born in Japan's Kanagawa Prefecture on July 28, 1976,... , Manami Suzuki, Naomi Yamaguchi, Momo Sugano, Risa Matsumoto & others |
KUKI Tank KT-388 |
Gregoru Shimizu | August 18, 1999 |
| Molesting Sexy Teachers With Minoki Aoyama, Yumi Sato & Kuniyo Nakamura |
ENGEL ENG-0007 |
Makoto Taiga | September 22, 1999 |
| Extreme Privacy |
KUKI Tank KT-397 (VHS) VKD-140 (VCD) |
Gasbel | VHS:September 25, 1999 VCD:March 10, 2000 |
| Neo Video CD Special Vol.5 NEO05 With other actresses |
KUKI KRM-047 |
November 20, 1999 | |
| KUKI Best Actresses Vol. 11 KUKIBEST VOL.11 With Sayuri Honjo |
KUKI QX-710 |
Toru Daikanyama | December 10, 1999 |
| Nasty Female Teacher |
KUKI Tank KT-413 |
Hanzo Hatori | December 20, 1999 |
| Big Tits Tank Angels 7 7 With 7 other actresses including Sayuri Honjo |
KUKI Tank KT-424 |
JANGO | February 18, 2000 |
| KUKI DVD Buyer Boy 01 KUKI DVD 01 With 5 other actresses including Sayuri Honjo and Fuuka Sakurai |
KUKI KRM-050 |
March 4, 2000 | |
| Stimulant: Doctor Hitomi Kobayashi |
KUKI Tank KT-431 (VHS) KDV-101 (DVD) |
Gasbel | VHS:March 22, 2000 DVD:May 26, 2000 |
| KUKI Best Collection Vol.4 With Naomi Yamaguchi, Momo Sugano, Yuka Matsuda & Kaori Shimizu |
KUKI KDV-089 (DVD) |
April 14, 2000 | |
| Mrs. Lawyer Hitomi Kobayashi: Theft of Love Passion |
V&R Planning V&R Planning is a Japanese film production and distribution company based in Tokyo which specializes in adult videos .-Company information:V&R Planning was founded in April 1986 by Kaoru Adachi who had previously worked in TV, mostly as an import agent. The V&R stands for "Visual and Retail"... / Ume Gold UG-001 |
Eitaro Haga | April 15, 2000 |
| Mrs. Lawyer Hitomi Kobayashi: Infernal Loan of Sexual Desires |
V&R Planning / Ume Gold UG-002 |
Eitaro Haga | April 15, 2000 |
| Mrs. Lawyer Hitomi Kobayashi: Medical Miss of Abstinence |
V&R Planning / Ume Gold UG-003 |
Eitaro Haga | April 15, 2000 |
| KUKI DVD Buyer Boy 03 KUKI DVD 03 With 4 other actresses |
KUKI KRM-052 |
May 2, 2000 | |
| Perfect Sniper |
KUKI Tank KT-453 (VHS) KDV-102 (DVD) |
Gasbel | VHS:June 29, 2000 DVD:July 21, 2000 |
| CRUSH | KUKI Tank KT-461 (VHS) KDV-114 (DVD) |
Gasbel | VHS:September 29, 2000 DVD:September 29, 2000 |
| ATLAS MEGA-MIX vol.#2 MEGA-MIX II Compilation DVD with 17 other actresses |
Atlas21 Atlas21 , formerly known as VIP, is a Japanese adult video company with headquarters in Tokyo, Japan.-VIP:The AV company was founded in June 1981 and issued its first video, titled , in December of that same year making it one of the first adult video companies to be established in Japan. The studio... AVD-041 |
November 17, 2000 | |
| Immoral Bonds |
KUKI KDH-043 (DVD) |
November 17, 2000 | |
| Hitomi Kobayashi Special: '98-'00 Complete Work Compilation |
KUKI Tank KT-478 (VHS) |
JANGO | VHS:November 17, 2000 |
| Big Tits Tank Angels 8 8 With 11 other actresses including Akira Watase Akira Watase was a popular and prolific Japanese AV idol who retired from the adult video industry in 2005.-Life and career:Akira Watase was born July 2, 1980 in Tokyo, Japan.). Her AV debut was in the May 2000 Media Station Cosmos Plan release, Venus.... |
KUKI Tank KT-490 |
JANGO | January 18, 2001 |
| Costume Play Royale With Aika Miura Aika Miura is a popular and award-winning Japanese AV idol who made a clear mark on the AV industry. In a remarkably long and prolific career for an AV actress, she released an average of one film a month over a seven year period—excepting 1998—before she retired in 2002.... , Kaori Houjou, Kyoko Ono Natsumi Kawahama and 9 others |
KUKI Tank KT-496 |
JANGO | February 16, 2001 |
| Hitomi Kobayashi Special Compilation DVD containing Siamese Cat and Sexy Violence |
KUKI DV-052 |
February 23, 2001 | |
| KUKI Best Collection VOL.4 KUKI Best COLLECTIONS VOL.4 Compilation with Naomi Yamaguchi, Momo Sugano, Yuka Matsuda & Kaori Shimizu |
KUKI KDH-086 (DVD) |
February 23, 2001 | |
| Lesbian Wives Co-starring Kyoko Aizome Kyoko Aizome is a Japanese erotic actress, singer, AV director, and writer who has been called, "the first hard-core porn actress in Japan."-Early life:Kyōko Aizome was born on February 9, 1958 in Noda Chiba Prefecture. Aizome grew up in a troubled household. Her father was a police officer who beat his wife,... |
Alice Japan Babylon KR-9144 (VHS) DV-086 (DVD) |
Kyoko Aizome Kyoko Aizome is a Japanese erotic actress, singer, AV director, and writer who has been called, "the first hard-core porn actress in Japan."-Early life:Kyōko Aizome was born on February 9, 1958 in Noda Chiba Prefecture. Aizome grew up in a troubled household. Her father was a police officer who beat his wife,... |
VHS:March 16, 2001 DVD:September 21, 2001 |
| Lesbian Love Juice Co-starring Hitomi Shimizu |
Alice Japan Babylon KR-9146 (VHS) DV-104 (DVD) |
Eitaro Haga | VHS:April 13, 2001 DVD:December 7, 2001 |
| School Teacher |
MAX-A Samansa XS-2234 |
Eitaro Haga | July 31, 2001 |
| Alice Japan 2002 JAPAN2002 Compilation |
Alice Japan DV-103 |
December 7, 2001 | |
| BEST 4 Hours - Hitomi Kobayashi BEST 4 Compilation of 4 of her earlier videos |
Atlas21 Atlas21 , formerly known as VIP, is a Japanese adult video company with headquarters in Tokyo, Japan.-VIP:The AV company was founded in June 1981 and issued its first video, titled , in December of that same year making it one of the first adult video companies to be established in Japan. The studio... AVD-122 |
December 27, 2001 | |
| Abnormal Privacy - Slave Secretary 37 |
CineMagic CineMagic Co. , is a Japanese adult film studio, producing and distributing its own films, usually of the bondage, S&M and simulated rape genre, as well as those produced externally.-Company information:... Collect VS-680 |
Yutaka Akiyama | June 14, 2002 |
| Mother In-Law |
SOD Soft on Demand , often known as SOD, is a Japanese adult video group of companies which has its headquarters in the Nakano ward of Tokyo. SOD was founded in December 1995 by Ganari Takahashi, who retired from the company in March 2005 and is currently working in agriculture... SGO-016 |
November 20, 2003 | |
| Hitomi Kobayashi FINAL - Disc1: Nostalgic |
Media Bank VIP VIPD-224 |
Eitaro Haga | December 19, 2003 |
| Hitomi Kobayashi FINAL - Disc2: Love |
Media Bank VIP VIPD-225 |
Eitaro Haga | December 19, 2003 |
| Hitomi Kobayashi - BOX BOX FINAL disc 1&2 & Picture Booklet |
Media Bank VIP VIPD-226 |
Eitaro Haga | December 19, 2003 |
| Best of the AV QUEEN Compilation with 5 other actresses |
Atlas21 Atlas21 , formerly known as VIP, is a Japanese adult video company with headquarters in Tokyo, Japan.-VIP:The AV company was founded in June 1981 and issued its first video, titled , in December of that same year making it one of the first adult video companies to be established in Japan. The studio... AVD-186 |
April 23, 2004 | |
| Uncut 4 Hours / Hitomi Kobayashi Compilation |
Alice Japan DV-370 |
July 16, 2004 | |
| The 80's Greatest Idols Compilation with several other actresses |
TMA 12ID049 |
August 13, 2004 | |
| Slave Secretary ＥＸ 3 Compilation with 6 other actresses |
CineMagic CineMagic Co. , is a Japanese adult film studio, producing and distributing its own films, usually of the bondage, S&M and simulated rape genre, as well as those produced externally.-Company information:... DD-192 |
Hirofumi Miyazaki Tatsuo Hibino |
June 23, 2006 |
Selected theatrical releases
(8/1986) (1/6/1987) (3/28/1987)- Hitomi Kobayashi vs. Rei Takasugi: Double Petting (7/18/1987) (10/1987) (12/19/1987)
- Sure-Fire Death 4: We Will Avenge You (Hissatsu 4: Urami harashimasu) (1987) (5/14/1988)
- Guys Who Never Learn II (1988) (2/15/1990) (2/2/2001)
Goro
- January 8, 1987
- April 23, 1987
- June 11, 1987
- June, 1987 "Big Goro"
Heibon Punch (平凡パンチ)
- March 17, 1986 (as Kaori Matsumoto)
- August 25, 1986 (4 pages)
- October 6, 1986 (2 pages)
- December 29, 1986 (4 pages)
- February 19, 1987 (5 pages)
- April 16, 1987 (5 pages)
- July 16, 1987 (4 pages)
- August 27, 1987 (6 pages)
- October 10, 1987 (6 pages)
- December 31, 1987 (5 pages)
- March 24, 1988
- April 28, 1988 (4 pages)
Sukora (スコラ)
- October 23, 1986 (5 pages)
- January 1, 1987 (6 pages)
- February 12, 1987 (7 pages)
- March 12, 1987 (2 pages)
- May 14, 1987 (6 pages)
- August 13, 1987 (5 pages)
- October 22, 1987 (7 pages)
- January 28, 1988 (5 pages)
- January 1, 1991
Weekly Playboy (週刊プレイボーイ)
- August 12, 1986 (1 page)
- November 18, 1986 (5 pages)
- February 10, 1987 (Pinup)
- March 24, 1987 (6 pages)
- May 12, 1987 (4 pages)
- July 14, 1987 (Pinup)
- August 4, 1987
- October 20, 1987 (1 page)
- January 12, 1988 (3 pages)
- June 2, 1992
Sources
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The , commonly referred to as JMDB, is an online database of information about Japanese movies, actors, and production crew personnel. It is similar to the Internet Movie Database, but lists only those films originally released in Japan. The site was started in 1997, and contains movies from Meiji...
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, formerly known as Mr. President, is one of Japan's largest adult video producers, featuring an extensive catalog of video titles.-Company information:...
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