Hotaru Akane

Hotaru Akane (紅音 ほたる) also known as Anna Akizuki (秋月 杏奈) and Hotaru (ほたる) was a Japanese actress, HIV/AIDS activist, and AV idol.

She was active in many media formats in Japan including mainstream theatrical film, and was a popular blogger.

Her adeptness at female ejaculation in adult videos (AV) earned Akane the title, "Shiofuki Queen".

Hotaru Akane was born in Osaka, Japan on 25 October 1983.

Akane's early appearances were under the stage name Anna Akizuki, and she debuted in AV using this name in an ensemble performance in the February 2004 adult video (AV) Faithful Dog 'Saseko', which won the award for Best AV Title at the 5th Takeshi Kitano Awards.

By June 2004, she was appearing in solo videos such as Milky Sports for the Milky Prin studio.

Later that year she was performing in featured actress videos for the major studios Wanz Factory and Moodyz.

The November 2004 cosplay-themed Uniform Collection / Anna Akizuki had Akane donning a variety of school uniforms, a popular form of garment fetishism in Japanese AVs.

Videos focusing on this talent include such titles as the December 2004 Hotaru Akane - Shiofuki Climax and Hotaru Akane - Paipan Mega Shiofuki Fuck from December 2007.

Akane says that she prepares for her shiofuki demonstrations by drinking an entire bottle of water before performing in these scenes.

In an interview given after her retirement, Akane said that AV actresses were better treated by management when she began her career (in 2004) and were now being treated like commodities.

Her advice to newcomers to the industry was to set goals and keep control of your own body.

In 2005, Weekly Playboy awarded Akane the "Newcomer of the Year" title in their "AV Academy Awards".

and she also won a Best Actress Award for Excellence at the 2006 SOD Awards.

Kuki's January 2006 release, Cutie Clips, gave the viewer the experience of having a "virtual love story" with several top AV actresses.

Akane's segment is a "virtual date" at the beach.

Akane performed in the September 2006 ensemble work Dream School 10 from Moodyz which took 2nd Place in the 2006 AV Open competition.

She also took part in another multiple actress video, Special Galactic All-Stars, from Real Works which won a Special Prize at the same contest.

Also in September 2006, Akane appeared in her first "uncensored" video, without the mosaic pixellation which is used to disguise the genitals in most Japanese porn films.

She subsequently made four more original uncensored videos, all released by Sky High Entertainment.

Akane also had a role in director Toru Ichikawa's mainstream action film, Sekiryū no onna (赤龍の女), (The Legend of Red Dragon) which was released to theaters in October 2006.

For her ability to perform shiofuki or female ejaculation, Akane became known as the "Shiofuki Queen" of Japanese adult videos.

In the June 2006 Hotaru Akane and Ayano Murasaki: Splash Heaven, the plot of the video has Akane competing with top jukujo or "mature" actress, Ayano Murasaki in this area of specialty in a contest to decide "Who is the best squirter in the AV industry".

Love Splashing, released the following month, was a shiofuki-themed omnibus collection grouping Akane with such notable practitioners of the technique as Ai Kurosawa.

In January 2007, Akane was chosen to be the actress in the inaugural entry of the new Ultimate Ecstasy series on the Real Works label.

She appeared in three Interracial videos in early 2007; Bring It On Denma Black Dude in January, Gal Dancer Black Dude Nakadashi in February, and Black Group Fuck in March with two other AV idols.

Akane has said that she takes pride in her career as an AV idol, and her January 2007 video, Gals' Battle Royal ～Hotaru Kurenai X Chihiro Shina～, makes a theme of that professionalism.

The plot of the video has two accomplished AV performers trying to outdo each other in a competition of sexual acts.

Practices employed in the contest include fellatio, paizuri and urination.

The video was re-released in Blu-ray format in July.

A similar competition-themed video was Versus, Hotaru Akane vs. Satoko Tachibana, which pitted Akane against another top AV idol in a competition over who is the most skilled erotic performer.

Magic Mirror The Two-way Mirror Car; Hot Body In Yokohama follows the exploits of four AV idols, Akane and Hikari Hino among them, cruising the streets of Yokohama picking up amateur men with whom to frolic in a specially-equipped car.

In Hotaru Akane and Misaki Aso Versus 40-Year-Old Virgins from September 2007, the fictional plot has Akane team with fellow AV idol Misaki Aso to give a group of sexually inexperienced males their first intimate encounters with the opposite sex.

At the 2007 AV Open, Akane's June 2007 video Anal Splash Thick Lesbian United! for Cross with Chihiro Hara and Sakura Sakurada won First Place in the "Challenge Stage" section and also took the Lily Franky Honorary President Prize.

She retired from AV work in 2008.

Akane retired from AV activities in 2008 and released her retirement video Final Gusher - Akane Hotaru's Retirement Work with Cross in October 2008 but kept her blog open until August 2009.

In November 2008, Akane played the role of a pretentious celebrity in director Kazunori Kitasaki's mainstream action thriller Triangle Connection (トラ・コネ ～Triangle Connection～).

Earlier that year, she also acted in the TV Asahi television movie special Mission Section Chief Hitoshi Tadano Special '08 (特命係長 只野仁 スペシャル'０８) broadcast in February 2008 and based on the manga and TV drama Tokumei Kakarichō Tadano Hitoshi.

In March 2008, Akane made her debut as a singer in a celebrity compilation CD titled Mero Raba (Melodic Lover) targeted at a female audience.

She provided the lyrics for the song she sings: Ai no Kuni.