Yuma Asami

Yuma Asami (麻美 ゆま), is a Japanese actress, singer, and a former adult video (AV) actress and model.

Starring in more than 600 adult films between 2005 and 2013, Asami was widely recognized as one of Japan's most famous and acclaimed adult film actresses with her popularity resulting in mainstream media appearances as well.

A leading actress of two major Japanese AV studios, Alice Japan and S1 No.1 Style, Asami was known for her youthful looks, large bust, and her natural onscreen Charisma which was largely credited in helping her establish herself as Japan's top adult performer.

Asami was born in Takasaki, Gunma prefecture and made her AV debut in October 2005 at the age of 18.

Since the start of her career she was under contract with two large Japanese AV studios, Alice Japan and S1 No. 1 Style.

and like most studio-exclusive AV actresses she made one film with each studio every month.

Most of her videos with S1 have been with director Hideto Aki while her Alice Japan videos have been primarily directed by Yuji Sakamoto.

Both studios specialize in the "softer" type of pornography with straight sex scenes involving a solo actress, with little or no storyline, and an avoidance of the more extreme activities of Japanese porn.

Asami quickly became one of the most popular AV actresses in Japan after her debut and she was regularly placed at the very top in DVD sales and rentals.

The DMM website listing of the top 100 AV actresses by sales ranked her as number 1 in both 2006 and 2007.

Asami was involved with a number of unusual projects for Alice Japan, mostly with director KENGO.

Asami was recognized by AV fans for her work by winning the Grand Prix award at the 2006 AV Actress Grand Prix.

The video, released by GP Museum in October 2006, also featured AV and pink film actress Lemon Hanazawa.

Asami also worked in television, performing in the J-dorama Shimokita GLORY DAYS (下北GLORY DAYS) along with fellow S1 actresses Sora Aoi and Honoka and singer-actress Aya Sugimoto.

The 12-week series aired on TV Tokyo beginning in April 2006.

She played the character Komori Miha in the series which was based on the manga of the same name and revolved about a ronin student moving to Tokyo and sharing a house with several beautiful women.

Among these are Amateur Actor Audition – Yuma Asami, released in 2007, with a plot where she supposedly interviews 10 potential AV actors between the ages of 19 and 41 and tests their abilities.

In 2007 her S1 video Hyper Risky Mosaic – Special Bath House Tsubaki made with 11 other S1 actresses won the First Place Award at the 2007 AV Open competition.

During her tenure at S1, Asami was also a part of several large-scale and acclaimed projects, like Maison Esuwan Annex, the sequel to her 2007 video, Tsubaki, or S1 TV - Showbusiness Broadcast Goes To The Extreme!, released in January 2010 and directed by Hideto Aki.

With a length of nearly four hours, the film featured Asami and several other S1 actresses in an unusually detailed storyline and with a satirical outlook on Japanese television and idol culture mixed with numerous explicit sex scenes.

During these years Asami also formed a partnership with fellow famous AV actress Akiho Yoshizawa.

The pair had several collaborative projects during their career and remained close friends even after their retirements from the adult film industry.

In 2007 she appeared in Episode 5 of the late night TV Asahi erotic drama Shinjuku swan (新宿スワン　歌舞伎町スカウトサバイバル).

Between 2008 and 2013, she was also a member of the idol group Ebisu Muscats, where she performed with numerous other famous AV actresses like Sola Aoi, Akiho Yoshizawa, Tina Yuzuki (Rio) and Aino Kishi.

On the opposite side of the coin, in the 2008 video AV Actress Audition – Yuma Asami, the storyline has her acting as the company rep interviewing and coaching 10 aspiring AV actresses.

In another video from 2008 (Number One Idol Yuma Asami Produce Real Virgins) she meets specially selected "virgin" fans who are gently initiated by the actress.

In addition, at the annual 2008 Adult Broadcasting Awards, a competition among adult TV channels on satellite broadcaster SKY PerfecTV!, Asami won the award for "Most Appearances" in 2007.

She "wowed the crowd" by bending over several times to expose the tops of her breasts.

Her November 2008 video Double Risky Mosaic, Rio & Yuma was the S1 entry in the 2009 AV GrandPrix where it won the top GrandPrix Award as well as taking the prizes for DVD Sales and Package Design, the Retailers Award, and the Best Featured Actress Video Award.

In June 2010, Asami starred in one of the first two AV's made in 3D, the S1 produced Attracting The Best Stereoscopic 3D Yuma Asami Sex BODY.

The release of the two videos matched the introduction of 3D televisions by Sony and Panasonic and were expected to increase sales of the TVs.

When the major Japanese adult video distributor DMM held a poll of its customers in 2012 to choose the 100 all-time best AV actresses to celebrate the 30th anniversary of adult videos in Japan, Asami took second place.

While mainly working for Alice Japan and S1 throughout her AV career, Asami made occasional appearances for other studios like Attackers, Premium or E-Body.

Asami's career took a sharp turn in 2013 when she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer.

Asami's last regular adult film Young Wife Under Aphrodisiacs Yuma Asami, by S1 was released on June 15, 2013, shortly after her announcement that she was fighting with cancer.

Her last adult video appearance before her retirement was in December 2014, on the extra disc of S1's "Memorial Box Set", which detailed her recovery from the illness, and her self-discovery during a vacation on the southern islands.

In addition to her hardcore video activities, Asami has also made several "gravure" videos, which are essentially glamour films which may include nudity but no sexual acts.

She was the star of the softcore direct-to-video (V-Cinema) erotic action flick Ninja She Devil (妖艶くノ一伝 ～鍔女篇) directed by Yoshikazu Katō.

Despite making a full recovery, Asami chose not to return to the AV industry and retired in May 2015.

Currently she is an independent singer-songwriter.