is a Japanese
gravure model,
AV idol and ''
pink film
refers in Japan to movies produced by independent studios that includes nudity (hence 'pink') or deals with sexual content. This encompasses everything from dramas to action thrillers and exploitation film features. Many pink films would be a ...
'' actress. First coming to prominence as an AV actress, Kaoru successfully made the transition to the theatrically released softcore ''
pink film
refers in Japan to movies produced by independent studios that includes nudity (hence 'pink') or deals with sexual content. This encompasses everything from dramas to action thrillers and exploitation film features. Many pink films would be a ...
'' genre. She has appeared in award-winning ''pink films'', and was herself given a "Best Actress" award for her work in this genre in 2007.
Life and career
Sakurako Kaoru was born in Tokyo on November 22, 1982.
AV career
Sakurako Kaoru made her AV debut in the July 2002
Kuki release ''101 Litre Girl''. Kaoru's second three videos for Kuki were all under director Happy Yamada, whom fellow AV idol Milk Ichigo described as a, "really weird man... a really interesting person, very unique." In late 2002 and early 2003, Kaoru appeared in several prominent men's magazines from ''
Weekly Playboy
, also known as or ''WPB'', is a Japanese weekly magazine published by Shueisha since 1966. Although the magazine publishes a variety of news and special interest articles, columns, celebrity interviews, and manga, it is considered an adult maga ...
'' (October 2002) to ''Flash'' (January 2003).
At the beginning of 2003, Kaoru made her first video for the
VIP studio, ''Very Rare''. She also began an association with the
Crystal Eizō company at this time, first appearing for the studio in ''Female Breasts: Sakurako Kaoru'' (February 2003). She was the company's AV actress interview for April 2003. Kaoru appeared in Akihabara, Tokyo in September 2003, for a signing event for
Crystal Eizō. In an interview she expressed concerns that no one would show up to meet her, but warmly greeted those in attendance, signing a T-shirt for the winner of a
ro-sham-bo contest. After a question-and-answer session, Kaoru shook hands with her fans.
She began appearing for the
TMA studio in October 2003 with ''Fetish Angle Big Breasts''. Kaoru's retirement from the AV world was with ''Buck-Naked Bomber Boobs Lessons: Sakurako Kaoru's Retirement Work'' (August 2004, I Energy). In this video, Kaoru played the role of a buxom teacher who arouses the attention of her students and the school staff. In a December 2005 article on the subject, Kaoru was listed as one of the group of AV idols who maintained a
blog
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. Since concentrating on the
V-cinema
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and ''
pink film
refers in Japan to movies produced by independent studios that includes nudity (hence 'pink') or deals with sexual content. This encompasses everything from dramas to action thrillers and exploitation film features. Many pink films would be a ...
'' genres, Kaoru has appeared in at least one more AV, the June 2005 release, ''New High School Teacher's Training: Season of Cherry''.
''Pink film'' career
Sakurako Kaoru appeared in the
V-cinema
Direct-to-video or straight-to-video refers to the release of a film, television series, short or special to the public immediately on home video formats rather than an initial theatrical release or television premiere. This distribution strate ...
release ''Mikosurihan Theater'', based on the ''manga'' of the same name in June 2004, and left AV for the theatrical softcore ''
pink film
refers in Japan to movies produced by independent studios that includes nudity (hence 'pink') or deals with sexual content. This encompasses everything from dramas to action thrillers and exploitation film features. Many pink films would be a ...
'' genre soon after. In 2005 she co-starred in major AV-idol and ''pink film'' actress
Yumika Hayashi
was a Japanese AV idol and ''pink film'' actress. She earned the title of "Japan's Original Adult Video Queen" during a 16-year career in which she starred in nearly 200 AVs and appeared in over 180 films. Hayashi was also a prominent ''pink fi ...
's last film, (2005), by female director
Yumi Yoshiyuki. The film was released in September, after Hayashi's untimely death in June, and chosen as fifth best ''pink'' release of the year 2005 at the "
Pink Grand Prix". Yoshiyuki's ''Big Tit Sisters: Blow Through the Valley'' (巨乳な姉妹~谷間に吸いつけ~ - ''Kyonyū na shimai * tanima ni fuitsuke''), which starred Kaoru, was chosen as the seventh best ''pink film'' released during the year 2006 at the "Pink Grand Prix" awards ceremony. Under the title the film was presented at the
Yūbari International Fantastic Film Festival.
Kaoru's was also chosen as the 10th best film at the Pink Grand Prix for that year.
In its ''pink'' top-ten list for the year, the walkerplus.com film site picked ''Big Tit Sisters'' as the sixth best ''pink film'' of the year, and another film starring Kaoru, , for ninth place. The following year, Kaoru was given a Best Actress award at the "Pink Grand Prix" ceremony for her performance in another Yoshiyuki film, ''Adultery Addiction: Sensual Daze'' (不倫中毒 官能のまどろみ - ''Furinchūdoku: kannō no madoromi'').
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1982 births
Living people
Japanese pornographic film actresses
Japanese female adult models
Japanese gravure idols
Pink film actors
Japanese bloggers
Actresses from Tokyo
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