Nozomi Momoi
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was a popular and prolific Japan
ese AV idol
, known for her "baby face that topped off a huge set of boobs" She appeared in over 100 movies, appearing in up to ten releases per month. In an incident that shocked the nation, she was murdered at the age of 24.
on September 23, 1978. She attended junior high school in Nagano Prefecture
, and remained in touch with friends there, visiting them on vacation, for the rest of her life. Before beginning work in the AV field, Nozomi worked in what she called "a very normal job." Describing her daily routine at this time, she said, "I used to wake up at 5:30 in the morning to get ready for work and I didn't have time to put on make-up or do my hair... It was the type of job where I was alone most of the time so I didn't bother with it." She wanted a different lifestyle, and to make more money, but she was unable to decide what sort of work she wanted to do. She was in this frame of mind when she was scouted by a representative of the AV industry in Tokyo
's Shinjuku neighborhood.
's advice to Nozomi was, "You should be a bit more perverted." Nozomi claimed that she took this advice to heart and that it helped her to be less inhibited both on screen and off. In December of her debut year, Nozomi was the star of the fourth entry in VIP
studios' documentary-style Monthly series.
Her January 2002 video for the Media Station
Bazooka label, Virtual Brothel, had Nozomi playing the role of a young prostitute who learns the trade from the more experienced Yukari Sakurada. Viewers were invited to compare Sakurada's veteran technique with Nozomi's fresh innocence.
Nozomi enjoyed her new occupation. About her early videos, Nozomi recalled, "I was having so much fun at first that I didn't feel tired at all." Unlike many AV actresses who are happy to have time off, Nozomi became known for actively seeking out new chances to perform. In May 2002, Nozomi appeared in the third entry of the Forceful Exhibitionistic-Play Maniax video series. In this video, Nozomi and two other AV actresses engage in exhibitionistic acts at a pachinko
parlor, a public park, and an office building.
from 2006, entitled La Vie En Nose, includes one of Nozomi's videos from 2002. This was the first in a series of DVDs focusing on a nose fetish, indicating that Nozomi had worked in that genre also.
Nozomi continued to enjoy sex both within and outside of the AV setting, and stated that she did not mind having it every day. Nevertheless, the intense pace of her career was beginning to tire her. She had been making up to ten videos a month, and expressed fatigue with the AV work both in interviews and in private conversations. She told an interviewer, "...it was a lot of fun at first, but I'm really tired nowadays. To tell you the truth, I think I'm over-exerting myself right now. So I want to take a decent vacation rather than get paid." She continued, "Like I said before, I enjoy the shoots a lot. There are times when I think it's hard and tiring, but the fun part is a lot greater!" A friend later reported that Nozomi was planning to get married, quit the AV industry and become a stage actress. Nozomi also formed a musical group with some other AV idols and released a musical CD in 2002.
, "Nozomi seemed to have something Japan's myriad other porno starlets lacked and, at just 24, she was on her way up in the world before her tragic end."
In the months after the incident, the parents of Momoi's male companion objected to the murder-suicide theory and many inconsistencies were pointed out. His parents unsuccessfully brought a case against the local police and when their insurance company refused to pay because of their son's supposed suicide, they sued Sumitomo Life Insurance. In October 2006, the civil court at Nagano ruled in favor of the parents that the two deaths were due to murder by a third party. No further progress had been made in the criminal case.
After Nozomi's death, a number of "uncensored" videos, without the mosaic censoring of the genitals mandatory in Japanese media, were released in which she starred or co-starred.
Japan
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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...
, known for her "baby face that topped off a huge set of boobs" She appeared in over 100 movies, appearing in up to ten releases per month. In an incident that shocked the nation, she was murdered at the age of 24.
Early life
Nozomi Momoi 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 23, 1978. She attended junior high school in Nagano Prefecture
Nagano Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of the island of Honshū. The capital is the city of Nagano.- History :Nagano was formerly known as the province of Shinano...
, and remained in touch with friends there, visiting them on vacation, for the rest of her life. Before beginning work in the AV field, Nozomi worked in what she called "a very normal job." Describing her daily routine at this time, she said, "I used to wake up at 5:30 in the morning to get ready for work and I didn't have time to put on make-up or do my hair... It was the type of job where I was alone most of the time so I didn't bother with it." She wanted a different lifestyle, and to make more money, but she was unable to decide what sort of work she wanted to do. She was in this frame of mind when she was scouted by a representative of the AV industry in Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; 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...
's Shinjuku neighborhood.
AV debut
When she made her AV debut in April 2001 with Dogma, AV director TohjiroTohjiro
Tohjiro or TOHJIRO is an adult video director and the founder of the AV studio Dogma who has been described as a "charismatic director" and has been called the "greatest porn director in the world.-Life and career:...
's advice to Nozomi was, "You should be a bit more perverted." Nozomi claimed that she took this advice to heart and that it helped her to be less inhibited both on screen and off. In December of her debut year, Nozomi was the star of the fourth entry in 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...
studios' documentary-style Monthly series.
Her January 2002 video for the Media Station
Media Station
, originally founded as , was a Japanese adult video production company. In early 2011, they were integrated with the AV company KM Produce.-Company information:...
Bazooka label, Virtual Brothel, had Nozomi playing the role of a young prostitute who learns the trade from the more experienced Yukari Sakurada. Viewers were invited to compare Sakurada's veteran technique with Nozomi's fresh innocence.
Nozomi enjoyed her new occupation. About her early videos, Nozomi recalled, "I was having so much fun at first that I didn't feel tired at all." Unlike many AV actresses who are happy to have time off, Nozomi became known for actively seeking out new chances to perform. In May 2002, Nozomi appeared in the third entry of the Forceful Exhibitionistic-Play Maniax video series. In this video, Nozomi and two other AV actresses engage in exhibitionistic acts at a pachinko
Pachinko
is a type of game originating in Japan, and used as both a form of recreational arcade game and much more frequently as a gambling device, filling a niche in gambling in Japan comparable to that of the slot machine in Western gambling. A pachinko machine resembles a vertical pinball machine, but...
parlor, a public park, and an office building.
Later career
Towards the end of her life, she had become tired of the rape themes and school-girl roles which were common in her videos, but she enjoyed the fact that she was getting more dominant roles in her later AVs. "Making men play along to me is something new so it's fun to do. I think that's the type of thing I want to do more of." Nozomi's July, 2002 video release, Popular Actresses Fucking Virgin Boys, was in this genre. As the title implied, the video had Nozomi and two other AV actresses have sex with amateur virgin males, including a college student and a middle-aged man. Her video Home Delivery Call Girl, from August 2002, worked with a similar documentary-style concept. In this case, the actress appears at a male amateur's home to perform sex with him. A posthumously-released compilation DVD released by CineMagicCineMagic 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:...
from 2006, entitled La Vie En Nose, includes one of Nozomi's videos from 2002. This was the first in a series of DVDs focusing on a nose fetish, indicating that Nozomi had worked in that genre also.
Nozomi continued to enjoy sex both within and outside of the AV setting, and stated that she did not mind having it every day. Nevertheless, the intense pace of her career was beginning to tire her. She had been making up to ten videos a month, and expressed fatigue with the AV work both in interviews and in private conversations. She told an interviewer, "...it was a lot of fun at first, but I'm really tired nowadays. To tell you the truth, I think I'm over-exerting myself right now. So I want to take a decent vacation rather than get paid." She continued, "Like I said before, I enjoy the shoots a lot. There are times when I think it's hard and tiring, but the fun part is a lot greater!" A friend later reported that Nozomi was planning to get married, quit the AV industry and become a stage actress. Nozomi also formed a musical group with some other AV idols and released a musical CD in 2002.
Death
Nozomi's career was still on the rise when her life came to a sudden end while visiting Nagano Prefecture. On October 12, 2002, she was found dead by the Narai River, which runs through Shiojiri. A nearby burned-out car contained the remains of her male companion. Nozomi had been stabbed at least six times, covered with gasoline and set on fire about 10 meters from the car. It was reported that Nozomi's companion was a company employee in Nagano Prefecture, and that in what the police called a possible murder-suicide pact, the man had burned himself to death inside the car. The remains were so badly charred that it took hours of testing before investigators could even determine that the remains belonged to a male. According to the Mainichi ShimbunMainichi 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...
, "Nozomi seemed to have something Japan's myriad other porno starlets lacked and, at just 24, she was on her way up in the world before her tragic end."
In the months after the incident, the parents of Momoi's male companion objected to the murder-suicide theory and many inconsistencies were pointed out. His parents unsuccessfully brought a case against the local police and when their insurance company refused to pay because of their son's supposed suicide, they sued Sumitomo Life Insurance. In October 2006, the civil court at Nagano ruled in favor of the parents that the two deaths were due to murder by a third party. No further progress had been made in the criminal case.
After Nozomi's death, a number of "uncensored" videos, without the mosaic censoring of the genitals mandatory in Japanese media, were released in which she starred or co-starred.
Selected filmography
| Video title | Company | Director | Release date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Innocent Desire Debut |
Dogma Dogma studio Dogma is a Japanese adult video company based in Tokyo which specializes in various fetish genres of pornography.-Company information:... DDT-006 |
Tohjiro Tohjiro Tohjiro or TOHJIRO is an adult video director and the founder of the AV studio Dogma who has been described as a "charismatic director" and has been called the "greatest porn director in the world.-Life and career:... |
April 6, 2001 |
| Innocent Desire Compilation with Natsuki Itou & Sayaka Tsutsumi |
Dogma DDT-003 |
Tohjiro Tohjiro Tohjiro or TOHJIRO is an adult video director and the founder of the AV studio Dogma who has been described as a "charismatic director" and has been called the "greatest porn director in the world.-Life and career:... |
September 7, 2001 |
| White Desire |
Dogma DDT-014 |
Tohjiro Tohjiro Tohjiro or TOHJIRO is an adult video director and the founder of the AV studio Dogma who has been described as a "charismatic director" and has been called the "greatest porn director in the world.-Life and career:... |
October 6, 2001 |
| |
HRC Rouge RG-338 |
November 18, 2001 | |
| Lovely Date vol. 3 With Kyoka Usami & Misa Kurita |
Media Station Media Station , originally founded as , was a Japanese adult video production company. In early 2011, they were integrated with the AV company KM Produce.-Company information:... Bazooka BZ-78 |
Toru Okubo | November 23, 2001 |
| Monthly Nozomi Momoi |
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... VIP-103 |
Takeshi Kase | December 14, 2001 |
| Innocent Girl Mania vol. 3 |
Kuki Kuki Inc. is a Japanese adult video company which has its headquarters in Ebisu Minami in the Shibuya ward of Tokyo. The company is involved in the production and distribution of videos, satellite and cable TV, and a large internet site, X CITY.-Company history:... Bouken Gorilla EG-114 |
Shinya Beat | December 14, 2001 |
| Virtual Brothel With Yukari Sakurada |
Media Station Media Station , originally founded as , was a Japanese adult video production company. In early 2011, they were integrated with the AV company KM Produce.-Company information:... Bazooka BZ-84 |
Toru Okubo | January 19, 2002 |
| Lovely Angel With 5 other actresses |
HRC Rouge RG-345 |
February 18, 2002 | |
| All About Nozomi |
NEXT GROUP VNDS-2060 |
Isono Maguro | March 15, 2002 |
| Forceful Exhibitionistic-Play Maniax 3 With An Mizuki & Hitomi Ikeno |
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... Chao CAO-026 |
Eitaro Onuma | May 17, 2002 |
| Momokan With An Mizuki & Hitomi Ikeno |
Royal Art GPS-193 |
May 23, 2002 | |
| Let's Do It!! 3 With 5 other actresses |
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... Chao CAO-031 |
Eitaro Onuma | June 28, 2002 |
| The Best White Desire Compilation with 5 Sayaka Tsutsumi & Shinobu Kasagi |
Dogma DDT-035 |
Tohjiro Tohjiro Tohjiro or TOHJIRO is an adult video director and the founder of the AV studio Dogma who has been described as a "charismatic director" and has been called the "greatest porn director in the world.-Life and career:... |
July 10, 2002 |
| Popular Actresses Fucking Virgin Boys With Kyoka Usami & Mirai Hirooka |
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... Chao CAO-032 |
Eitaro Onuma | July 12, 2002 |
| Home Delivery Call Girl |
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... A02-082 |
Sun Matsui | August 19, 2002 |
| Live Fuck 4 Hr DX Compilation with several other actresses |
Media Bank VIP VIPD-111 |
August 23, 2002 | |
| La Vie En Nose |
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:... BA-044 |
Koisaburou Akai | August 23, 2002 |
| High-School Girl Confinement & Rape in Turn 42 |
Attackers Attackers is a Japanese adult video production company located in Tokyo, Japan.-Company information:Attackers started as an independent studio but is now one of the companies that make up the large AV group, the Hokuto Corporation, which distributes Attackers video products through their DMM website... Shark SHK-164 (VHS) SHKD-164 (DVD) |
September 8, 2002 | |
| Red Desire |
Dogma DDT-047 |
Tohjiro Tohjiro Tohjiro or TOHJIRO is an adult video director and the founder of the AV studio Dogma who has been described as a "charismatic director" and has been called the "greatest porn director in the world.-Life and career:... |
October 10, 2002 |
| Bombshell! Compilation with several other actresses |
NEXT GROUP XXX-026 |
T-Jaga | November 20, 2002 |
| What 8 Famous AV Actresses Do! With Kyoka Usami, Sayaka Tsutsumi, Ai Nagase, Seika Izumi, Sayaka Ogiwara, Wakana Ki & Yuki Sawamiya |
NEXT GROUP XXX-031 |
T-Jaga | December 20, 2002 |
| Black High School Interracial With Sayaka Tsutsumi |
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... Colors COSD-010 |
February 8, 2003 | |
| Home Delivery Call Girl SPECIAL Compilation with Sayaka Tsutsumi, Kyoka Usami, Yoko Takashima & Elena Fujimori |
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... A0-3041 |
Tsukasa Hashimoto | April 16, 2003 |
| Group Sex Activities 4 With other actresses |
Kasakura Publishing CAV-4054 |
June 12, 2003 | |
| After School Girls Vol.5 Uncensored |
Egg Store DVH-05 |
September 9, 2003 | |
| AV Box Vol.5: Girls' School Confinement Uncensored |
AV Box ABX-05 |
September 2, 2003 | |
| Super Idol Vol.35 Uncensored With Ai Nagase & Sayaka Tsutsumi |
FantaDream FDD-1235 |
February 14, 2004 | |
| Kiss of Life Vol.1 Uncensored With Sayaka Tsutsumi & Shinobu Kasagi |
AV Box AOD-201 |
March 11, 2004 | |
| Tip Top X Vol.15 Uncensored Idol: Nozomi Momoi Uncensored |
Tip Top TAD-6615 |
April 25, 2004 | |
| PICHI! PICHI! School Swimsuits!! Compilation with 11 other actresses |
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... GOD GOD-241 |
Rokudenashi | June 16, 2004 |
| Burusera Vol.3 Uncensored With Yuri Koizumi |
Oriental Dream ODV-104 |
September 21, 2004 | |
| Unpublished Vol.3 - Nozomi Momoi Uncensored |
Masterpiece MPP-03 |
July 28, 2005 | |
| La Vie En Nose Compilation with Sayaka Kusunoki |
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-202 |
October 18, 2005 (VHS) August 25, 2006 (DVD) |
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| Tokyo Venus Vol.24 - Beauty Legend Nozomi Momoi Uncensored |
FantaDream FDD-2124 |
December 5, 2005 |