JAV Stars - Reaction To Western Fans?

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cyclonicleo

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Something i've been curious about - do we know how JAV stars feel about their western fans? Even how they feel about finding out they have Western fans?

I have one or two I follow on Twitter and they seem genuinely grateful when a western fan tweets them.
Anyone have any insights?
 

Supmop

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Something i've been curious about - do we know how JAV stars feel about their western fans? Even how they feel about finding out they have Western fans?

I have one or two I follow on Twitter and they seem genuinely grateful when a western fan tweets them.
Anyone have any insights?

I don't know for sure, but I guess they don't really care for foreign fans, because most of them don't try to greet their fans with english CMIIW
 

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I don't know for sure, but I guess they don't really care for foreign fans, because most of them don't try to greet their fans with english CMIIW

or they know that there priorities are there local fans, so they focus on them more often.

Hitomi Tanaka, and Anri Okita seem to enjoy there western fans, and talk with them, or got to events to see them
 
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Ai Uehara used to sometimes respond to english tweets from fans with stuff like "Thank You". The only catch, she wrote it all in katakana which I always found funny, because I was never sure if she did it in a jokey way, or if she geniuinly didn't know that most foreigners probably can't read kana, even if she technically wrote english.

I've seen some english back and forth tweeting on Yuu Kawakami's account, well, she tried to, at least, though not with a fan but rather one of the american actors she played with in one of her interracial flicks.

https://twitter.com/yuu_kawakami/status/330218458388234241

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There was a bit more, but hell if I can find it again. It doesn't help that I barely get how Twitter works.

Maki Hojo sometimes responds to english tweets.

Then there's Ruka Kanae who used to have her own english twitter account.

https://twitter.com/jpavidolruka

She appearently stopped using it last november and she rarely responded to other tweets, I think she just used it as a simple english practice more than anything else, but it's something at least.
 
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or they know that there priorities are there local fans, so they focus on them more often.

Hitomi Tanaka, and Anri Okita seem to enjoy there western fans, and talk with them, or got to events to see them

yes, good answer :top:

I think the largest fans base (I mean people who pay for legal download or buy original dvd / bluray) are still japanese
 
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Hans Kowalski

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Rei Mizuna sometimes responds to english tweets as well, but like the others, she keeps it simple. Here's a conversation were some dude wants to send her some T-Shirts? I don't even know how the conversation started, from what I can gather her initial tweet was about the Evangelion Anime.

https://twitter.com/mizunarei/status/635311886444027904

By the way, most of the time when they respond to english tweets the fans are from other asian countries. Guess those countries have a lot more fans than the west as well.
 
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Rei Mizuna sometimes responds to english tweets as well, but like the others, she keeps it simple. Here's a conversation were some dude wants to send her some T-Shirts? I don't even know how the conversation started, from what I can gather her initial tweet was about the Evangelion Anime.

https://twitter.com/mizunarei/status/635311886444027904

By the way, most of the time when they respond to english tweets the fans are from other asian countries. Guess those countries have a lot more fans than the west as well.

yes I think JAV still not popular in western countries (for non asian people), most of american or european people that I know they like JAV are asian descent

few years ago I read news most of JAV downloaders are from china, hongkong and south korea
 

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Well, it doesn't help that whenever japanese porn comes up in the western mainstream it focuses on the weird niche stuff and I also blame the uploaders on sites like Pornhub, XHamster, etc., all the popular western streaming sites, because most of the stuff you find on there is age-old low quality shit. From my experience most people on the western shores of the internet have a downright negative opinion of japanese porn.
 

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Well, it doesn't help that whenever japanese porn comes up in the western mainstream it focuses on the weird niche stuff and I also blame the uploaders on sites like Pornhub, XHamster, etc., all the popular western streaming sites, because most of the stuff you find on there is age-old low quality shit. From my experience most people on the western shores of the internet have a downright negative opinion of japanese porn.

yes, many of them have negative thinking about JAV and asian

and some of them dislike mozaik
 
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Well, it doesn't help that whenever japanese porn comes up in the western mainstream it focuses on the weird niche stuff and I also blame the uploaders on sites like Pornhub, XHamster, etc., all the popular western streaming sites, because most of the stuff you find on there is age-old low quality shit. From my experience most people on the western shores of the internet have a downright negative opinion of japanese porn.

I think the main issue they have is the Mosaic, and the guys they use. There's also a bit of distaste for Loli and Rapey stuff, but not as major as the Mosaic
 

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I mention JAV to friends and Hitomi (Tanaka) is the first name they mention :(
Second topic is dislike of mosaics.

I burned an uncensored DVD of Ren Azumi for a friend. She has a new fan because he can't get enough of her :)
 
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I mention JAV to friends and Hitomi (Tanaka) is the first name they mention :(
Second topic is dislike of mosaics.

I burned an uncensored DVD of Ren Azumi for a friend. She has a new fan because he can't get enough of her :)
Hitomi is probably the most popular right now, she's been all around america this past year, and she recently won AVN award for "Most spectacular boobs" so she's pretty popular
 

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Hitomi is probably the most popular right now, she's been all around america this past year, and she recently won AVN award for "Most spectacular boobs" so she's pretty popular
IMO her popularity can be attributed to marketing not performance.
 

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IMO her popularity can be attributed to marketing not performance.
i agree, she has been great at marketing herself, her performances are mostly lackluster if she ever tried to get into the western market with her performances she'd greatly fail
 

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I think the main issue they have is the Mosaic, and the guys they use. There's also a bit of distaste for Loli and Rapey stuff, but not as major as the Mosaic

yes I agree

people who are used to watch uncenssored porn are feel mozaik is very disturbing

and we rare to see loli and r*** theme in western porn, its represent western viewer's taste too

I mention JAV to friends and Hitomi (Tanaka) is the first name they mention :(
Second topic is dislike of mosaics.

I burned an uncensored DVD of Ren Azumi for a friend. She has a new fan because he can't get enough of her :)

yes I think JAV would be difficult to go international if their censsorship rule still apply

Hitomi is probably the most popular right now, she's been all around america this past year, and she recently won AVN award for "Most spectacular boobs" so she's pretty popular

beside she is been very popular, I think because her look are suitable for westerner's taste ?
 
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i agree, she has been great at marketing herself, her performances are mostly lackluster if she ever tried to get into the western market with her performances she'd greatly fail

I wonder if finally she decide to perform in american porn
 

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I'm sure they are aware they have Western fans, and they appreciate it, but thats about it. They are in the Japanese adult industry and they aren't looking to jump ship. Its pretty much the same feeling most other Japanese in the entertainment industry feel. A lot of Jpop artists and bands are aware of their international fame, but their focus is Japan and that won't change. This is also influenced by the Japanese's strong sense of nationalism.

i agree, she has been great at marketing herself, her performances are mostly lackluster if she ever tried to get into the western market with her performances she'd greatly fail

I don't think her lackluster performances would make her fail in the western market, because most western porn stars can't perform either. Most of them have great oral skills but their orgasms sound incredibly fake and forced, but I think that also has to do with the lackluster performances of the male performers.
 
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I don't think her lackluster performances would make her fail in the western market, because most western porn stars can't perform either. Most of them have great oral skills but their orgasms sound incredibly fake and forced, but I think that also has to do with the lackluster performances of the male performers.

ah i worded that all wrong, so Marica Hase went over in what 2012? she was already a performer who did everything, but she had to do all that to a higher degree just to get recognized and even with all that she's a lower tier person. Hitomi who is promoting the crap out herself but does none of the (anal, dp stuff) she's going to get 5 minutes of fame then pretty much disappear over there.
 
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