at the same time Matsuda Miko got on S1 almost entirely off her name as a former NMB member. She wasn't even popular as an NMB member, most don't know about her, and I don't think her debut was strong enough to warrant getting into S1 either.
Of course to have "legs" in the industry like Yua or Shoko you have to be pretty/talented on camera but being a former idol from a major group is still a huge leg up.
Well I felt the same as you about Miko Matsuda 松田美子 before and during her debut. Like so many pseduo-celebs of 2017, she would (rather the PR machine would) make a splash for the first vid, then would fade away in a whimper.
But after 2 Muteki and 3 S1 vids, she's still holding up... I mean I was so skeptical of her that I still have not check out her Muteki vids. But I got her first S1 vid, for a laugh. Kinda... And surprisingly it's not a tosser.
She lacks any quality I look for in AV idols: Big tits (like Rion, Julia)? No. Generally excellent figure (Asahi Mizuno)? Well she is good looking but Excellent? Not quite. A stunning face (Atomi Shuri)? Well she's improved alot compared to before surgeries. But still she's nowhere near "stunning" beauty standard. Failing the exterior test, how about "inner beauties" well I mean super-slut? But no her persona is a "celeb", so that's no also.
So she's scored a zero on any measurable measures. But somehow I keep downloading and watching her new releases. There's something about her... a
Star Quality, some as Yua Mikami and Shokotas. I'm not just looking at hot girls doing hot sex. It's like watching royalties fuck.
So I'm freely admitting it... I'm a big fan of Yua and Shoko, knowing that (1) they (most likely) have been surgically enhanced, (2) there are hotter girls than them in AV (3) there are plenty plenty of performers doing more interesting/hardcore sex than them, (4) their "celeb" credentials were weak or irrelevant to me to start with, and anyway have totally wear itself out due to them making so many AV, and doing nothing else except AV-related work (e.g. if Yua had a legit CD, not Muscat, or concert, that would shore up her J-pop creds). Yet... somehow without any legit (current) celeb creds they still have this
Star Quality when doing porn. It's un-explainable, but my little brother has the final say, you know.
It's still too early to say one way or another about Miko Matsuda, clearly she's not as hot as either Yua or Shoko, but she is able to keep my interest, so far.
