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is an award-winning Japanese adult video (AV) actress and popular TV personality and actress. She retired from the AV industry in 2008.

Life and career

Honoka was born in Tarumizu, Kagoshima

Tarumizu, Kagoshima

is a city located in Kagoshima, Japan.As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 19,512 and the density of 120.55 persons per km². The total area is 161.86 km².The city was founded on October 1, 1958.-External links:* *...

, Japan

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...

on June 20, 1983. She is a licensed practical nurse

Licensed Practical Nurse

Licensed practical nurse is the term used in much of the United States and most Canadian provinces to refer to a nurse who cares for "people who are sick, injured, convalescent, or disabled under the direction of registered nurses and physicians. The term licensed vocational nurses is used in...

and has appeared as a race queen

Race queen

is a Japanese term for a type of promotional model found as part of a pit crew in certain kinds of motor racing, such as F1 races. The equivalent British term is "Pit babe".-History:...

at the 2004 Suzuka 8 Hours endurance race (July 2004). She plays the guitar, enjoys swimming and volleyball, going to Kabuki

Kabuki

is classical Japanese dance-drama. Kabuki theatre is known for the stylization of its drama and for the elaborate make-up worn by some of its performers.The individual kanji characters, from left to right, mean sing , dance , and skill...

theatre and walking her dog. Like fellow 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...

s Sora Aoi

Sora Aoi

is a Japanese AV idol, nude model, and media personality. In addition to being a multiple award winning actress in the AV field, she has also attained mainstream media recognition.- Early life :...

and Nana Natsume

Nana Natsume

is an award-winning former AV idol and a well-known celebrity in Japan.-Life and career:Natsume was born on January 23, 1980 in Sakai, Osaka, Japan...

, she has been able to combine a career as an AV actress with mainstream movie and TV appearances.

Before she started in AV, Honoka had a small role as a female android secretary in the TV Tokyo

TV Tokyo

is a television station headquartered in Toranomon, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Also known as , a blend of "terebi" and "Tokyo", it is the key station of TX Network. It is one of the major Tokyo television stations, particularly specializing in anime...

cosplay

Cosplay

, short for "costume play", is a type of performance art in which participants don costumes and accessories to represent a specific character or idea. Characters are often drawn from popular fiction in Japan, but recent trends have included American cartoons and science fiction...

drama The Ultimate Venus Angel Healing Force (究極癒し戦隊ヴィーナスエンジェル) which she was in from February 16 to March 29, 2004.

AV actress

Honoka began her adult video career in June 2004 with the studio Try-Heart

Try-Heart Corporation

The is a Japanese adult video company best known for videos produced under its label.-Company information:Try-Heart began releasing videos under the Pink Drug label at least as early as December 1995, and with production codes of the type SEA-xxx for the Sexia studio as early as April 1997 with...

on their Sexia label. She made 10 videos with Try-Heart over the next 18 months including a six-month hiatus at the end of 2005 when she made no videos. In March 2006, she debuted with videos for two new AV studios, at S1 No. 1 Style

S1 No. 1 Style

or just S1 is a major Japanese producer of adult videos which has its offices in Tokyo's Meguro Ward.-Company Information:S1 is one of the many affiliated companies in the giant Hokuto Corporation group. Hokuto distributes the studio's videos via retail sales and online through its DMM website...

with Sell Debut x Risky Mosaic, directed by Hideto Aki

Hideto Aki

is a Japanese adult video director who has directed more than 300 movies since 1998.-Life and career:Hideto Aki was born in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan in 1970. He tells how AV Idol Hitomi Kobayashi came to his neighborhood video rental shop when he was 17 and he shook hands with her and more than...

, and Deep Impact - Honoka Sell Debut for the Premium Glamour label. She continued working with the two studios usually appearing in one video every other month for each studio. Her last original work with S1 was released in January 2008, but she continued to make films with Premium until her retirement. Both S1 and Premium are affiliated with Japan's largest producer of adult videos, the Hokuto Corporation

Hokuto Corporation

The is a Japanese joint stock company involved in the distribution of adult videos and adult toys. The firm, founded in March 1990, is headquartered in Tokyo at the Ebisu Garden Place Tower. By late 2008, Hokuto was handling products from more than 150 different adult video studios, making it the...

.

Honoka's AV career has been quite conservative, she has worked for studios which specialize in softer, more glamour-oriented types of pornography, and she has never ventured into the more extreme genres of Japanese porn. She has twice won the Nice Body award from Video Boy

Video Boy

is a Japanese monthly men's magazine which has been published since 1984. It has been called "probably the most popular AV mag in Japan" and was described by Peter Payne, proprietor of J-List as an "excellent magazine...to keep up with...AV stars" The magazine specializes in nude photos of popular...

magazine, in 2005 and in 2006. She is a very popular actress in Japan and in the DMM list of the top 100 actresses by sales, she placed #2 in 2006 and #3 in 2007.

Honoka was part of the S1 compilation video Hyper – Barely There Mosaic (ハイパーギリギリモザイク) with AV idols Sora Aoi

Sora Aoi

is a Japanese AV idol, nude model, and media personality. In addition to being a multiple award winning actress in the AV field, she has also attained mainstream media recognition.- Early life :...

, Yua Aida

Yua Aida

is an award-winning former Japanese model and AV idol.-Early life:Yua Aida was born in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, on 12 August 1984. Aida was an active girl and involved in many sporting activities during primary and middle school. Tennis was her strongest sport throughout middle school. In high...

, Yuma Asami

Yuma Asami

is a Japanese adult video actress. Beginning in 2005 Asami appeared in AVs for Alice Japan and S1 No. 1 Style. Her adult videos have won first prize in Japanese Adult Video Awards, and she has won awards as an adult actress...

, Maria Ozawa

Maria Ozawa

, who used the name early in her career, is a former Japanese adult video actress known in Japan as an AV idol.-Early life:Ozawa was born in Hokkaidō, Japan. Her mother is Japanese and her father is Canadian. Since she always attended an international school, she claims that her English reading...

and Rin Aoki

Rin Aoki

is a Japanese model and adult video actress. She began as a Gravure idol and later moved to hardcore video work where she became an award-winning AV Idol.-Gravure Idol:...

which won the 2006 AV Open

AV Open

AV Open is a major awards contest for the Japanese adult video industry. It has gone from a limited sales contest in 2006 to become, via its successor the AV GrandPrix, the major Japanese AV award with nearly 100 participating companies competing for the 2009 awards.-AV Open Origins:The AV Open...

competition among Japanese porn studios. She was also the recipient of the "Best Actress" prize at the 2007 Adult Broadcasting Awards

Adult Broadcasting Awards

The Adult Broadcasting Awards are given for performances in adult video programs shown on SKY PerfecTV! satellite TV channels in Japan. The awards complement those presented by the AV Open / AV Grand Prix contests which are given for adult videos sold in retail outlets or on the internet.-SKY...

for the 2006 broadcast year. After pressing her tongue against the phallus-shaped prize statuette, she declared "I never thought I would be selected. I'd like to say that it was 'my pleasure' to my fans." In closing, she added "I want to be more famous in the AV field" and "I also want to encourage other girls to strive to be the best. Honoka was again honored by fans by winning the Best Actress award in the 2006 AV Actress Grand Prix. Another of her S1 videos, Hyper Risky Mosaic - Special Bath House Tsubaki (ハイパーギリギリモザイク特殊浴場 TSUBAKI 貸切入浴料1億円), with 11 other S1 actresses was the First Place winning entry in the 2007 AV Open

AV Open

contest.
Honoka announced in her Official Blog that she was retiring in December 2008 and that her December 7, 2008 video for Premium, Pleasures of Education, would be her last. She participated in one final event for Premium by making a round of publicity appearances at Tokyo shops on December 20, 2008. She also acted as co-host with mainstream actor Nagare Hagiwara for the 2009 AV Grand Prix ceremony. She has continued to keep her blog open.

TV appearances

Honoka was in the J-dorama

Japanese television drama

, also called , are a staple of Japanese television and are broadcast daily. All major TV networks in Japan produce a variety of drama series including murder romance, comedy, detective stories, horror, and many others...

Shimokita GLORY DAYS (下北GLORY DAYS) along with fellow S1 actresses Sora Aoi

Sora Aoi

is a Japanese AV idol, nude model, and media personality. In addition to being a multiple award winning actress in the AV field, she has also attained mainstream media recognition.- Early life :...

and Yuma Asami

Yuma Asami

and singer-actress Aya Sugimoto

Aya Sugimoto

is a Japanese TV personality, actress, dancer and author born in Kyoto. She also had a J-pop career in the late 1980s-early 1990s.-Early life:Aya Sugimoto grew up in Kyoto under a "strict" upbringing, making her first foray into the world of entertainment when she began modeling at age 15...

. The 12 week series aired on TV Tokyo

TV Tokyo

beginning in April 2006. She plays the character Nishina Natsume in the series which is based on the manga

Manga

Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...

of the same name and revolves about a ronin

Ronin (student)

In Japan, a is a student who has graduated from middle school or high school but has failed to enter a school at the next level, and consequently is studying outside of the school system for entrance in a future year. Rōnin may study at a yobikō....

student moving to Tokyo and sharing a house with several beautiful women. She was also in the TV romantic comedy Cupid no Itazura (クピドの悪戯) on TV Tokyo

TV Tokyo

which ran for 11 weeks beginning October 13, 2006 and concerned a young man with the rare disease of "rainbow balls" which limits the number of times he can have sex in his life. In addition, Honoka played the character of Keiko in the third episode ("OL Manager") of the Fuji TV drama Unusual Story Fall '06 Special Edition (世にも奇妙な物語 '06秋の特別編) on October 2, 2006. She has also appeared as a guest on a number of TV variety shows.

Movie appearances

In addition to softcore 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...

videos, Honoka has also been featured in mainstream movies. She starred in award-winning director Toru Kamei's film Watching TV All the Time Makes You Stupid (Terebi Bakari Miteruto Bakani Naru - テレビばかり見てると馬鹿になる) based on the manga

Manga

of the same name by Naoki Yamamoto

Naoki Yamamoto

is a male Japanese manga artist. In his early years, he also used pen names and for his earlier adult-oriented works. -Bibliography:* Hora Konna ni Ataku Natteru* Makasensasei!* * Kiwamete Kamoshida...

. The film was first released June 9, 2007 at a late show at the Pole Pole cinema in Higashi-Nakano and later (July 25, 2007) as a DVD. She also had a major role in Noboru Iguchi

Noboru Iguchi

is a Japanese film director, screenwriter and actor. He has worked as a director in adult video as well as in the horror and gore genres.-Life and career:Iguchi was born on June 28, 1969...

's over-the-top action-horror gorefest which premiered at the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival

Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival

The , also sometimes called YIFFF, is held in a resort-like environment in the small town of Yūbari on the northernmost Japanese island of Hokkaidō. From 1990 to 1999, the festival was known as the Yubari International Fantastic Adventure Film Festival.-History:...

on March 22, 2008 and was released as a DVD on June 3, 2008.

Honoka continued her mainstream film career in 2009 by starring in the Tōru Kamei directed drama which premiered at the Tsutaya theatre in Shibuya, Tokyo

Shibuya, Tokyo

is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. As of 2008, it has an estimated population of 208,371 and a population density of 13,540 persons per km². The total area is 15.11 km²....

on December 15, 2009 and was released as a DVD on January 22, 2010 by AMG.

Literary activities

Honoka authored two books in 2009, Little Sex Devil , on sex and sexuality for publisher Best Sellers , in January 2009 (ISBN 458412213X), and Pleasures of the Body, Shape of Love , five short stories about "men and women" published by Futabasha

Futabasha

is a Japanese publishing company headquartered in Higashigokenchō, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.-List of magazines published by Futabasha:*Bravo Ski*Comic Seed!*Futabasha Web Magazine*Manga Action ZERO*Tōji Rō*Getter Robot Saga...

in July 2009 (ISBN 4575153494).

On January 18, 2010, she released an autobiographical work, Kago Biography of Honoka: Mama, I Love You (ISBN 4-07-270580-2). The book, published by Shufunotomo , gives an account of her childhood which involved kidnappers, and sexual and physical abuse. She says she was tricked into her AV debut, thinking she was going to make a CD. Honoka's book is one of a number of memoirs by actresses about the AV industry harking back to Ai Iijima

Ai Iijima

was a Japanese media personality and AV idol. She belonged to the entertainment agency Watanabe Entertainment until her retirement.-Early life:Born as , she described a troubled early life in her autobiography. She was raped in her early teens, and had an abortion...

's semi-autobiographical novel Platonic Sex in 2000, and including Mihiro

Mihiro

, also known as , is a Japanese model, singer, TV personality and award-winning adult video actress.-Life and career:Mihiro was born in Niigata prefecture on May 19, 1982. She began a career as a softcore nude model as early as May 2001 when her video Dream was released followed by the...

's partially fictionalized autobiography nude from 2009 and Saori Hara

Saori Hara

is a former Japanese AV idol, model and actress who has also used the name .-Life and career:Saori Hara was born in Hiroshima Prefecture to a Japanese mother and a father of mixed German-Japanese parentage.-Mai Nanami:...

's My Real Name Is Mai Kato: Why I Became an AV Actress from December 2009, which adult media reporter Rio Yasuda sees as marking a trend in which the AV industry is being assimilated into popular culture.

Partial filmography

Release date	Video title	Company	Director
2004-06-25	Bud	Try-Heart Sexia Try-Heart Corporation The is a Japanese adult video company best known for videos produced under its label.-Company information:Try-Heart began releasing videos under the Pink Drug label at least as early as December 1995, and with production codes of the type SEA-xxx for the Sexia studio as early as April 1997 with... SEA-382 (VHS)	Saburou Kobayashi
2004-07-30	Whisper - Whisper of Beautiful Breasts	Try-Heart Sexia SEA-388 (VHS)	Saburou Kobayashi
2004-08-27	The Scent of Temptation	Try-Heart Sexia SEA-392 (VHS)	Saburou Kobayashi
2004-09-24

}
| Try-Heart Sexia
SEA-397 (VHS)
| Saburou Kobayashi
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| 2004-10-29
| Sexy Teacher's Secret Spot

| Try-Heart Sexia
SEA-404 (VHS)
| Masato Ishioka
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| 2004-11-26
| Ugly Dream

| Try-Heart Sexia
SEA-408 (VHS)
| Masato Ishioka
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|-
| 2005-02-18
| Awful

| Try-Heart Sexia
SEA-419 (VHS)
| Daihonzan Arakawa
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|-
| 2005-04-29
| RE-SEX

| Try-Heart Sexia
SEA-429 (VHS)
| Kyosuke Murayama
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|-
| 2005-05-29
| Venus Style

| Cosmos Plan
IA-177 (VHS) RMD-335 (DVD)
| Eitaro Onuma
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|-
| 2005-06-17
| My Report

| Try-Heart Sexia
SRV-114
| Zack Arai

Zack Arai

is a Japanese adult video director who has worked in a wide range of AV genres.-Life and career:Zack Arai was born in the city of Niiza in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. After graduating from Takushoku University in Tokyo, he joined the large Japanese porn conglomerate Soft On Demand...

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| 2005-06-25
| Honoka Nude

| Shuffle
SFLB-027
| Kousuke Kisaragi
| Gravure
|-
| 2005-12-11
| Soap Goddess

| Cosmos Plan
RMD-410
| Toyozo
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|-
| 2006-01-20
| Tawdry Goddess

| Try-Heart Sexia
SRV-146
| Yuya Natsuiro
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| 2006-02-12
| Obscene MAX

| Cosmos Plan
RMD-432
| Yuya Natsuiro
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|-
| 2006-03-07
| Deep Impact - Honoka Sell Debut

| Premium Glamorous
PGD-001
| Tadanori Usami
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|-
| 2006-03-19
| Sell Debut x Risky Mosaic

| S1

S1 No. 1 Style

ONED-381
| Hideto Aki

Hideto Aki

Kingdom (director)

KINGDOM is a Japanese adult video director who was born in Sapporo, Japan in 1975. According to his official website , he had directed more than 400 videos while specializing in the and genres of Japanese porn....

Zack Arai

Sora Aoi

is a Japanese AV idol, nude model, and media personality. In addition to being a multiple award winning actress in the AV field, she has also attained mainstream media recognition.- Early life :...

, Yua Aida

Yua Aida

, Maria Ozawa

Maria Ozawa

& Yuma Asami

Yuma Asami

Yuma Asami

Sora Aoi

is a Japanese AV idol, nude model, and media personality. In addition to being a multiple award winning actress in the AV field, she has also attained mainstream media recognition.- Early life :...

, Akiho Yoshizawa

Akiho Yoshizawa

, often known simply as Acky , is a Japanese adult video and pink film actress.-AV debut - Alice Japan & Max-A:Yoshizawa was born in Tokyo, Japan on March 3, 1984 and after working as a gravure idol, made her AV debut in 2003 under contract to two studios, Alice Japan and Max-A...

, Sho Nishino, Asami Ogawa, Yuma Asami

Yuma Asami

, MO ☆ MO, Mako Katase, Chinatsu Izawa, Megumi Haruka, Karin & Cina Miyu
-S1 entry in the 2007 AV Open
AV Open
AV Open is a major awards contest for the Japanese adult video industry. It has gone from a limited sales contest in 2006 to become, via its successor the AV GrandPrix, the major Japanese AV award with nearly 100 participating companies competing for the 2009 awards.-AV Open Origins:The AV Open...

-Re-released 2007-12-07 extended to 8 hours as S1 ONED-891
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| 2007-05-07
| BakoBako Gangbang 28

| S1
ONED-743
| KENGO
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|-
| 2007-06-07
| Extremely Lewd Fantastic Body

| Premium Glamorous
PGD-102
| Zack Arai

Zack Arai

Zack Arai

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| 2007-09-01
| Digital Channel DC41

| IdeaPocket

IdeaPocket

is a Japanese company located in Tokyo which is involved in the business of planning and producing adult videos .-Company information:IdeaPocket split off from the Attackers corporation and was founded as a separate entity in 2002 under the umbrella of the Hokuto Corporation group of companies...

Supreme SUPD-041

| Alala Kurosawa

Alala Kurosawa

, also known as Arara Kurosawa, is a Japanese adult video director who has specialized in producing videos in the Japanese porn genre of bukkake...

Zack Arai

| With An Nanba

An Nanba

also known as Ann Nanba is a Japanese adult video actress who has had a long and prolific career during which she has won multiple awards. At the beginning of 2009, the DMM and Amazon sites both listed more than 250 DVDs available under her name. She retired from AV work in 2008.-AV debut and...

Zack Arai

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| 2008-04-19
| S1 Girls Collection: Hyper-Risky Mosaic 8 Hours

| S1
ONSD-188
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| Compilation
|-
| 2008-05-01
| Teacher Honoka's Tempting Lesson

| IdeaPocket

IdeaPocket

Zack Arai

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| 2008-07-07
| Honoka's Fascinate Instructor

| Premium Glamorous
PGD-198
| Zack Arai
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|-
| 2008-08-01
| Beauty Venus 2

| IdeaPocket Tissue
IPSD-030
| Tadanori Usami
| With Koisaya & Rei Matsushita
|-
| 2008-09-07
| Glamorous Sex 6

| Premium Glamorous
PGD-213
| Zack Arai
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|-
| 2008-10-07
| Twinkle Girlfriend

| Premium Glamorous
PGD-220
| Zack Arai
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|-
| 2008-11-07
| Glamorous Hip Pressure - Hip & Under Lip

| Premium Glamorous
PGD-229
| Zack Arai
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|-
| 2008-12-07
| Pleasures of Education

| Premium Glamorous
PGD-237
| Tadanori Usami
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|}

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