is a Japanese

Japanese people

The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...

 actress, 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...

, and gravure idol.

Life and career

Riria Yoshikawa was born on July 11, 1970 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...

, Japan and made her adult video (AV) debut at age twenty in the November 1990 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...

 release, . Yoshikawa was the star of director Sachi Hamano

Sachi Hamano

aka and , is a Japanese film director. She is the most prolific and written-about female pink film director.-Life and career:Sachi Hamano was born as Sachiko Suzuki in Tokushima Prefecture on March 19, 1948. While in high school, Hamano decided she wanted to become a film director...

's pink film, released by Exces in April 1991. She became one of the most popular AV idols in Japan during the early 1990s, and retired at the end of 1991 when she got married to Jun Fujioka (藤岡純), a male porn star. Some years after her retirement, she appeared in an AV titled Lyric Fantasy with her husband.

In 2002, she joined former AV actress Rui Sakuragi

Rui Sakuragi

, is a former Japanese AV Idol who has been described as a "real AV Queen", the "top Japanese AV idol of the mid-1990's" and the "biggest star" in AV in 1992. She has also appeared widely in mainstream films and videos and on TV.-Life and career:...

 in a voice role for the anime

Anime

is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....

 erotic-horror film Youjuu Kyoushitsu Chapter 2 (Demon Beast Invasion Chapter 2).

More than a dozen years after her retirement, Alice Japan released a DVD, No Cut 4 Hours!! Riria Yoshikawa, containing 4 of her earlier videos with the company. In June 2007, Fairy released a 90 minute uncensored video (without the mosaic pixelation to obscure the genitals required in Japanese porn) starring Yoshikawa called Forever Vol. 6.

Partial filmography

Video title	Company	Director	Release date
Can You Turn Around? Furimuite-kurenai Debut	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-1361	Pusuke Yamada	November 30, 1990
Young wife like a slave	Shy Plan		1990
The Female Teacher's Nightmare Trap 6	HRC Cher HRC-078		January 1, 1991
Sadistic Rage			January 5, 1991
Oshiri Shaburi	Alice Japan KA-1374	Pusuke Yamada	February 8, 1991
Eros Market			March 9, 1991
Cock Father			April 9, 1991
Flash Paradise	Alice Japan KA-1390	Rokuro Mochizuki Rokuro Mochizuki is a Japanese film director who has worked in pink film, adult videos and mainstream cinema. He won the award for Best Director at the 19th Yokohama Film Festival for Onibi and A Yakuza in Love.-Early career - Pink film:...	April 26, 1991
Lend your waist madam	h.m.p. H.m.p. (Japan) h.m.p. is a Japanese company which is involved in adult entertainment including the production and sales of adult videos and the marketing of adult toys and sex aids.-Company information:...  Miss Christine AMC-014		June 1, 1991
Reverse Soap Heaven	Alice Japan Directors KW-7067	Rokuro Mochizuki Rokuro Mochizuki is a Japanese film director who has worked in pink film, adult videos and mainstream cinema. He won the award for Best Director at the 19th Yokohama Film Festival for Onibi and A Yakuza in Love.-Early career - Pink film:...	July 5, 1991
	Stella STV-1057	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:...	1991
Dirty Office Ladies With Keiko Shiratori	Shy Plan FE-034		September 10, 1991
Making love with my husband (her retirement)	HRC Cher HRC-100	Shungo Kaji Shungo Kaji is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, producer and company executive active primarily in the adult video field.-Nikkatsu & Hot Entertainment:...	November 14, 1991
Flash Paradise - 8 Renpatsu!! Compilation with 7 other actresses	Alice Japan KA-1479		June 19, 1992
Lyric Fantasy	HRC Tinkerbell TBD-016		February 8, 2002
No Cut 4 Hours!! Riria Yoshikawa Four hour compilation DVD collecting 4 of her earlier videos Can You Turn Around, Butt Sucking, Flash Paradise & Reverse Soap Heaven	Alice Japan DV-353		May 14, 2004
Legend Riria Yoshikawa	Royal Art M-King MKDV-159		November 26, 2004
Forever (Eternal Lover) Vol.6 Uncensored	Fairy FOL-06		June 20, 2007

External links

Uncut 4 Hours!! Riria Yoshikawa Riria Yoshikawa's Profile