She Stands Out in a Crowd - PICTURES

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Supmop

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And jug, if you have reviewed MIVD-011, wasn't there anyone else who stood out for you? The big name aside (Chihiro Hara that is), I've always been enamored by Erina Kurosawa. Big eyes, sharp features and a very youthful appearance. Looks kind of mix-blooded as well.

in MIVD beside Erina Kurosawa, Chihirio Hara and Natsuki Iijima, Akira Shiratori should be mentioned too !!

usually I don't like skinny girl, but she so excellent
 

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Back when I started watching JAV she was one of the first actresses of whom I'm watched movies. Maybe she isn't wll known nowadays because she retired long long ago. And unfortunately her boobs... ;)

Hotaru Akane was my favorite too, she is the reason I started focus to JAV, but her not natural boobs makes me turn to many other girls
 

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Not bad, huh? My best guess from the listed cast was that this woman is Ren Aizawa (appearing in the second scene; Yuka is featured in the last).

Pretty spectacular-looking in her own right. I was particularly enchanted with her nose, at least from these angles. (I like it when a nose has a hint of an "upturn.")

Yet when I investigated Ren Aizawa further, I didn't think she was all that special. As usual, a view from one photo representing a person can look great, but we've got to consider the "consensus" of the lot of photos. (For example, Ren's nose was not really upturned.) Once again, a reminder that it sure takes a lot to Stand Out in a Crowd.
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Ren Aizawa got my attention too, she is pretty but she rare to appear in JAV

her appearence that I like is from Zukkon

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Supmop knows so much, he blows me away.

(Thanks, Kharo88, for bringing up the lovely Harumi Tachibana at the bottom of the previous page.)


Funny thing happened, just now. I was looking at "IESP" covers at JavLibrary... you know, tum-de-dee-dum-deee... and then -- BTOOOM!

Ran into the cover for New Female Teacher- Nakadashi 20 Times Consecutively [IESP-325]:

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Who WAS that??

After finding out the name, traveled to her modest Asian Screens page and clicked on this and that... indeed, some of the photos that popped up were pretty striking as well.

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Actual Occurrence Young Female Student r*** Affair [MIAD-310]

So who was this distinctive-looking looker, anyway?

You guessed it... the very same Zen10101 singled out a few posts back, Erina Kurosawa.


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The lady about to be mentioned is hopelessly out-of-date. What's more, she has done almost nothing. But what can I do? I thought she was special.

Ayana Nanjou


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The above shot is as she appeared on the cover of Insult r***ing Female Avenger [HAVD-016]; the reason why I became aware of her was from reading an excellent review about the movie. The reviewer had this to say about the woman:

I must stress that Ayana Nanjou is model-calibre gorgeous. She has beautiful eyes, full lips and a great body... She looks great on the cover art for the DVD and even better in the actual movie.

Sounded as though she fulfilled the requirements for a crowd stander-outer. I had to look more deeply into this forgotten near-phenomenon. Can you blame me?

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From the back cover of Eroero Hitchhiker [HAVD-019], above.

Below, her cover portrait from (as translated) r*** Production of New Female Teacher Nightmare [HAVD-010]:

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According to her modest DMM page, she has been in only four movies, all from HIBINO.


Ayano... Ayano... wherefore art thou? And whyfore hast thou left us so sooneth, Ayano?


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Hey, I just ran into:

Dirty Talking Female Anchor - Dirty Talk STATION With Her Lower Body Half Fully Visible [RCT-710] starring Mai Tamaki, Nao Ogawa and Miki Shibuya

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... And as I was looking at the screen shots, my eye was drawn toward (what turned out to be, as we may determine from the above cover) the shortest one, at right.

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Miki Shibuya

There was something... different about her. Can't put my finger on it... (as much as I love to put my finger on "it")... maybe she doesn't look exactly Japanese? (Not that I'm saying she's not a purebred, but I dunno... she looks like a Filipino, sort of? Maybe Thai? Vietnamese? Shall I keep going down the list?)

It was kind of funny I was dwelling on her, because I didn't necessarily think she was the cutest of the lot... I guess the middle one (who turned out to be Mai Tamaki) would deserve the honor. (Although she's just your general attractive Japanese woman, and would get lost in a crowd of her peers, methinks.) But then I ran into these close-shots...

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My heart just went out to her! There was a "Huh?" look in those eyes that made her very endearing...

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Suddenly, she started looking cuter than Mai Tamaki, who just a moment ago was "Marcia" to Miki Shibuya's "Jan"!

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Yes, now it was Miki who was beginning to look more like "Marcia." How did she do that?

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And the more I studied her, the more I started to like her. For example, in the following shot, all right, it may be arguable that she is the "prettiest"... but what makes the difference is that she is exhibiting a certain indefinable character.

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Now, suddenly she started to become actually beautiful!

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I later noticed I had practically nothing of hers. Turned out she hadn't done all that much. (I'm using the past tense, because I'm not sure if she is still around, her last releases being compilations... but I guess she hasn't yet called it quits, an original work released only four months ago. That would be BLK-237, mentioned below.) Here she is, from Miki, Beauty of the Healing Forest: Miki Shibuya [EBDB-058]:

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(Burning forests constitute one of the leading ways for CO2 to escape into the atmosphere. If this particular "Healing Forest" is ever in line to burn down, here is a pressing reason for us all to become Climate Change activists.)

Unfortunately, Miki once got caught in a "forest" that was far from healing, in one of her grittier movies: Ferociously Dominant r*** Outdoors [MXGS-668]

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And we sure don't need Freddie Prinze to remind us that she is "Looking Good." (You might say we don't need Freddie Prinze at all, 'cause nobody remembers Freddie Prinze.)

She even appeared in one of dem "Kira Kira Black Girl" movies (as The "Girl With Bronze Skin in Class Who Will Engage in Nakadashi If You Ask," BLK-237)... hmmm! The plot thickens.

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I see a couple of her titles stress her skills at being a "Judo Therapist" (MXGS-640, MXGS-648), and who knows whether there is a basis for truth with that.

Now looking at her Asian Screens page, maybe she has been more famous than I knew about. Far as I know, she may be a household word to your mind. Well, anyway, she struck me, and I thought I'd strike back.


As an additional note, the third party to the above triumvirate (the one we didn't even mention), Nao Ogawa, has not been in too many films, apparently... but she is still in the game, I suppose.)



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I wanted to point out a few odds and ends who leapt out at me. I'm not saying they all necessarily deserve the distinction of Standing Out in a Crowd.

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Now this first lady, I didn't know who she was. I put her up as a question mark in the I.D. thread, and Member C0cac0la gallantly charged to the rescue as my shining knight, as I played my favorite role of fair damsel. The beauty turned out to be:

Yura Hitomi (A.K.A. Kaede Kyomoto, Saki Kadokura, Misa Yosano)

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(As she appeared in Cream Pie Perverts 5 [NHDTA-315].)

Will you look at how gorgeous she appears in 2007's Slave Secretary [DD-025]:

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(Although not as spectacular-looking in this set of the movie's screen shots.)

She has been active many years, appearing in original works as late as 2014. Another of her grittier titles was released in that year, Married Abyss of Meat Slave of Torture Applicants 3:

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So although she has been working for around ten years, it's interesting that she is not well known, nor does she have that many noteworthy productions among her body of work. That does not mean you haven't heard of her, of course. (Her most popular moniker, based on a search in the Akiba-Online archives, is Kaede Kyomoto. A taste of her output.)

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(One of her later works, Sensitive Amateur Wife Cream Pie [SM-084]



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Next woman who stole my glance was:

Asami Uehara

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From the cover of Beautiful Nurses Will Get Away! Adult Doctors Evil Game of Tag!! Evade Them and Receive 1,000,000 Yen! Get Caught and Suffer Miserable Consequences of the Game! [DVDES-287], co-starring Ruka Namiki, Rian, Natsu Suzuki and Rio Nagasawa.

Most likely her dramatic expression had much to do with making me stop and look; I later noticed she hasn't done all that much. You can see from that page she has a ton of other monikers (including Miyu Hanaki, Yuka Oshima and Mai Hayasaka), maybe as many as the number of movies she has appeared in.

A standard pose, from Uniform Body 2 [FTJ-002]:

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The above was one of three starring roles in 2010; it looks like she was in five multi-actress movies previously, so we may get the idea her career was looking up. Yet it appears she has disappeared.


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Finally, when Supmop put up a cover from CRPD-296 this morning (Group of Big Tits Lascivious Ladies), my attention was drawn:

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Now we've got a bunch of cutie-pies to pick from. Supmop revealed his appreciation for Mirai Kouda, second from the left (noting her as a "Chinami Sakura" type; naturally, I had no idea whom he was referring to). I thought the one from the left was very pretty, that is, Yuri Nanase. The one on the right also caught my eye, Yu Urumi, because of her big old nose, adding much character to her face. I made sure to mention her on the "JAV Actresses with Big Noses" thread.

Yet the one who came across as unusually "special" was the one from the middle:

Natsuha

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Above, from Tropical Island Erotic Paradise [WIL-055]; I guess her breasts aren't the only bodily parts she has altered, what with the "Michael Jackson" nose. People go under the knife to make themselves more eye-catching, and probably this was a good reason why I noticed Natsuha.

From her output page, it seems Natsuha entered the racket as a practical toddler; below, from 2003's partly-translated Facial Saw That Day [SXD-075], where I would not have given her a second look:

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Note how she used to go by the name of "Nami Takai."

(For the record, not related to the currently-starring-on-Broadway George Takei.)

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She came on strong in 2009, with many titles.

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From Working woman VOL.39 [EVO-082]; she also has an eyebrow thing going on. (Really pulls out the stops, to try and Stand Out in a Crowd.)

As we know, however, just because someone looks fantastic in one photo does not always mean the same effect will carry through in other photographs. It's always disappointing when a woman who comes across as a goddess at first sight turns out to look fairly ordinary.

She is very pleasing to the eye, looking natural for a change, in Lewd See-Through Young Female Students [EZD-240], below... posing by JAVs' infamous Swimming Pool.

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Body shot from A Very Popular Stripper Comes Back To Porn!! [MXGS-164]; swell buttocks.

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After her big surge in 2009, it appears Natsuha is Not-so-haround. Sad.



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Hubba Mamma Mia hubba!

Monica Kato

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Above is the shot that twisted my neck; from Incest: Tonight, It's Just Me And My Beautiful Mom [KMDS-20231]; another view, below.

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From Older Woman's First Time On Film [OBA-103]:

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My Little Sister's Private Tutor Ms. Monika [OBA-117]:

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Her exotic look stems from pizza DNA; I've also put her up in the "Mixed Blooded JAV Actress" thread, if you'd care to read more about this knockout.


(Knockouts run in the Kato family.)

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You know how they called King Kong the Eighth Wonder of the World? Well, there is another wonder around here, and he made me aware of the following lass. (And who is that wonder, you might ask? Doesn't it stink to wonder about a wonder?)

This amazing woman was first caught sight of in the kind of movie where there are one million other women. Movie in question is the six-hour-long TURA-015 (Shoplifter Falsely Accused in Convenience Store! Female Store Manager Must Then Make Amends), where there is woman after woman getting taken advantage of (in exactly... the... same... way...), and then — SUDDENLY!

One woman appears who, shall we say, Stands Out from most of the rest!

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ANB-058, back cover


Mitsuyo Kamijo


So here she was as the store manager:

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There is a classiness to her... a sense of assuredness. In addition, she gives forth the irresistible impression of being a challenge.

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She is an elegant lady. From the cover of I Was Confused and got Hard Because of a Beautiful and Erotic Aunt's Fascinating Charm [ANB-058]:


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And then there was Committing Adultery Right At Home- Wife Who Brings a Man In [JUX-267]:

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And then... that was it??

So then, barring possible appearances in other multi-actress movies where she may not have been credited (as TURA-015), Mitsuyo Kamijo descended upon us for a few lousy months between 2013-2014, and then disappeared?

It is a credit to her allure that if she had such a puff-of-smoke career, two of her vehicles had the sense to feature her as the singular star. The fact remains, it is a crying shame that she was here today, and gone tomorrow.



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Don't know if she would Stand Out in Another Crowd, but in this one, she did for me.

From Shameful Brainwashing! Turned Into Beings in High Leotards 2 [[RCT-742], starring Ruka Kanae, Ayumi Takanashi, Marie Konishi, Aya Kisaki, Haruka Miura, Akari Asagiri, Yui Kawagoe, Yui Kasugano, Rina Sunagawa and Sayumi Kojima



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Some angles of this lady are... I don't know. What would you call it... sexy.

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Ayako Inoue


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Based on a search for her name in the archives, I get the idea hardly anyone knows about her. That ain't right.


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Day after I put up this post, I was going through some covers in the "AP" line. The cover girl of this one (AP-133) made me stop in my tracks:

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I thought, whoa! Who's that? You guessed it... turned out to be the glamorous Ayako Inoue.


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I very recently referenced this lady, and I inadvertently ran into one of her uncredited works... reminding me to take quick opportunity to point out here how much she has stood out for me.

Shiho Aoi


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We may see she has a twinkle to her eye.


The movie these two shots are from: Beautiful Witch 81 - 38-Year-Old Kasumi [BIJN-081]

What really got me was her gorgeous face.


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I have already blurted out enough thoughts on Shiho, which I invite you to check out if you may be interested; as mentioned, I merely wanted to quickly spotlight her here.


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Funny thing, I was taking a peek at Engaged in Lesbianism By a Big-Boobed Married Neighbor [AUKG-279], and one of the two actresses involved, Ryoka Miyabe, had a distinctive looking face.

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I wasn't knocked out by her, but thought she looked different enough to Stand Out in a Crowd. Strangely, although (again) I was not knocked out by her, she was actually the prettier of the two.

So why did I keep drifting toward her partner...

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YANAMO

As you can see, Yanamo is hardly what you may call classically beautiful, and in fact, perhaps too many would not even call her beautiful. Some may actually prefer calling her an Uber.

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She definitely has a distinctive look of her own that would separate her in a crowd. And I don't mean she would stand out because the crowd we are speaking of would be composed of beauties, and she may not be beautiful enough.

Yet... I liked her. Once again, we (as men) sometimes make the mistake of judging the ladies solely by their looks, but there are times women possess an inner... whatchamacallit... that makes them special.

Helps that she has spirit. There was a scene at the beginning of the movie where the lesbian is at the door, and after she leaves, Yamano had a brief interaction with her husband that demonstrated she's got life in her, and she certainly has some acting ability, too.

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There are times she looks pretty good. For example, the following pair of photos are from Exposed! Complete Night Footage the Porn Industry Doesn't Want You to See! Variety of AV Stars Doing Their Dangerous Job! [PARATHD-1295], and she is pretty striking as the cover girl:

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(From the cover, above; a candid shot, below.)

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Celebrity AV Videos Unbanned, Desperate Idol YANAMO Strips! She Fucks! She Jerks You Off! [ZEX-150], getting man-handled by the Un-Juvenile Delinquent (foreground):

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Appears she began her career in 2013, and is keeping at it. For example, Mature Lesbian r*** -The Lesbian r*** Of A Woman Over 40- [AUKG-321] was released only last month, where she was partnered with Ryoka Miyabe again... this time, however, Yanamo appears to be in the role of the aggressor.

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She has a relatively low output, given the time she has been in the biz, and a good number of her movies are multi-actress ones, as well as compilations. I suppose there is not that much demand for her. I liked her, for God's sake, and that's what counts.


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I see I had once made reference to the actress I'm about to bring up, when I mentioned "My Husband's Boss Bangs Me All the Time..." [MDYD-955] while pointing out the male actor playing the boss (Moptop).

I watched the movie again, and I found myself impressed with the actress. I didn't think she had a physical look that made her Stand Out in a Crowd, frankly; so I am cheating a bit here. I just thought there was something special about her, and then decided on bringing her up to you. (Especially when I ran a search with her name, and our archives revealed only one reference. Yes, only one! And that happened to be the reference I had made for Moptop. So what does that mean? Nobody knows about her?)

The actress is...

Miho Tsuuno ...(Miho Tono, Miho Sawaguchi, Chiharu Arimura)


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That's her, from the cover of MDYD-955, as well as the following two shots.

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As you may agree, she's plenty pretty. I would not be able to distinguish her very quickly, if she were among similar pretties - but again, she's not being singled out here because of her looks.

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Although she can go beyond pretty, and encroach beautiful, as with the above.


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There is a sweetness to her that I liked... as may be read from her presence in the above shot from I'm Sorry For Being So Nasty… [TAMO-009]


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And this quality of hers is exemplified from these two shots from Obscene Beautiful Secretary Made Wet By Shameful Sexual Harassment From Domineering Pigs [SSR-037].

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Now you might be saying, so what. There is no shortage of JAV actresses who come across as sweetie-pies. Yeah, you'd be right. I don't know, though. The way she came across in MDYD-955 made me pause. She had a helplessness, a vulnerability, that seemed a notch above. Certainly had something to do with the way she performed, and her expressions, added to her wholesome good looks.


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Above, disturbed by Dorky in Ya_ult Lady Who Ms. Tsuuno Who Vends Products At Our Company On Tuesdays and Fridays [JKZK-016]; below, from the same movie, looking very appealing. (And probably like you, I have no idea what "Ya_ult" is supposed to mean.)

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Making it with her... brother? Maybe husband? Oh, for God's sake. Looks like they are trying to pass her off as the lad's mother, in Steamy Incest Mother-Son Bathing Fuck [VENU-409].

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Cover, VENU409

She has appeared in a healthy number of movies, coming onto the scene in 2013; I just ran an archival search under the name R18 chooses to call her (Miho Tono), and nothing came up at all. I'm now looking at this page of hers which also provide variations of Toono and Tohno... nothing (Okay, got a few hits for "Miho Tohno," for photo sets only). By God, word of her has not gotten around much, apparently.


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Kaede Sakai

never heard her name before, she worked with some studios like HMP, but I think her best action when she got pregnant

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Mei Sawai

another mature beauty that almost unknown, only had few movies under her name, I wish I can find more

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Tanihara Nozomi

She's been pointed out Here and Here and probably some other places, but unless I missed it (please tell me I didn't!) I didn't see her within these pages. I spotted her while jiggling around the old trusty (but not trustworthy) sokmil pages. Wow...the screenshots for SDNM-044 grabbed me completely. Wait, should this be in the "GRAB your attention" thread!? I only discovered the postings of her on Akiba after finding her name and searching. You know...what we're supposed to do.

That smile. THAT SMILE! This is one pretty lady, my friends. While she doesn't smile throughout this title...the times she does are at all the right moments. Aside from the poor lighting, which she damn near makes up for with how she brightens the rooms with those pearly whites, this very long titled title is a nice little number. Just like her.

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Those were fabulous photos of Nozomi Tanihara that are up there, aren't they?

Notice how Casshern2 was responsible enough to first look into whether Nozomi was pointed out earlier in the thread so as not to commit a "repeat," which begs the following question: WHY am I so irresponsible?

See, Miharu Izawa has been pointed out here before, by Angeldom (who has long taken a powder from Akiba-Online, unfortunately). So can I let you in on a secret? (Don't tell Angeldom.) I didn't think Miharu was all that special, frankly.

Well, I was over at the I.D. Help section, and someone was asking about a Miharu movie, and I wondered if I could be of help. That's when I started clicking through references from her filmography, and I still didn't think she had what it takes to Stand Out in a Crowd. Then I ran into this cover picture:

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Erotic in Underwear Amidst Diet Big Tits Stepmother Subjected to Nakadashi! 14 [NADE-961]

That is a fantastic face!

It's hit of miss with her other photographs, but from this particular angle, I think she looks extremely eye-catching.

She has other assets, as well. I am pluralizing those assets, because you can see only one of them in the shot below (from Widow Soft Skin Anguish 26 [MADV-136]), but trust me, she has a pair of that.

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