:(Jo)Style
{{short description|Japanese adult video director}}
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[Jo]Style is a Japanese adult video (AV) director who has supervised more than 300 productions during his career.{{cite web|url=http://www.dmm.co.jp/mono/dvd/-/list/=/article=director/id=101113/|title=DVD通販 > 監督 > [Jo]Style(じょうすたいる)|publisher=DMM|accessdate=2011-11-09|language=Japanese}}
Life and career
[Jo]Style began his profession directing AV at the Waap Entertainment studio which also fostered the careers of Alala Kurosawa, KINGDOM and K*WEST.{{cite web|url=http://allabout.co.jp/entertainment/adultvideo/closeup/CU20050430A/index.htm |script-title=ja:甲斐正明・秋秀人にサバス堀中とヒット監督が続々! ホットエンターテイメントに注目 |publisher=AllAbout |accessdate=2010-06-20 |language=Japanese |last=Otsubo |first=Kemuta |date=April 30, 2005 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090416000342/http://allabout.co.jp/entertainment/adultvideo/closeup/CU20050430A/index.htm |archivedate=April 16, 2009 }}{{cite web
|url=http://allabout.co.jp/entertainment/adultvideo/closeup/CU20070509A/index2.htm
|title=第3回D-1クライマックス開催発表!
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|accessdate=2010-06-28
|language=Japanese
|last=Otsubo
|first=Kemuta
|date=May 9, 2007
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080105020100/http://allabout.co.jp/entertainment/adultvideo/closeup/CU20070509A/index2.htm
|archivedate=January 5, 2008
}} At Waap, he continued the bukkake-themed Dream Shower series which had been initiated by Kurosawa in 1998,{{cite web|url=http://homepage3.nifty.com/kurokami/years/years_1998.htm |title=1998 |accessdate=2010-07-08 |publisher=AV 研究所 (AV Research Laboratory) |language=Japanese |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521032100/http://homepage3.nifty.com/kurokami/years/years_1998.htm |archivedate=2011-05-21 }} starting with Volume 37 in January 2002.{{cite web|url=http://urabon-navigator.com/?p=series&sid=17&lang=&page=1|title=Series Dream Shower (Waap Entertainment) ドリームシャワー|publisher=Urabon Navigator|accessdate=2010-07-14|archive-date=2011-10-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008102040/http://urabon-navigator.com/?p=series&sid=17&lang=&page=1|url-status=dead}} He also became well known for directing two other series at Waap, "Semen by Female Teacher" (ザーメンby女教師) and "The Condominium of the Big Breast Wife" (巨乳マンション).{{cite web|url=http://allabout.co.jp/entertainment/adultvideo/closeup/CU20070509A/|title=第3回D-1クライマックス開催発表!|publisher=AllAbout|accessdate=2010-07-14|language=Japanese|last=Otsubo|first=Kemuta|date=May 9, 2007|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130218161152/http://allabout.co.jp/entertainment/adultvideo/closeup/CU20070509A/|archive-date=2013-02-18|url-status=dead}}
When the new studio, S1 No. 1 Style, was founded in November 2004, [Jo]Style directed Akane Mochida in her debut video New Face, one of the first set of eleven videos released by the company on November 11, 2004.{{cite web|url=http://homepage3.nifty.com/kurokami/years/years_2004.htm |title=2004 |publisher=AV 研究所 (AV Research Laboratory) |accessdate=2010-05-20 |language=Japanese |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100118201715/http://homepage3.nifty.com/kurokami/years/years_2004.htm |archivedate=2010-01-18 }}{{cite web|url=http://urabon-navigator.com/?p=mcard&id=4696|title=New Face|publisher=Urabon Navigator|accessdate=2010-07-14|archive-date=2011-10-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008102146/http://urabon-navigator.com/?p=mcard&id=4696|url-status=dead}} He continued directing at S1, compiling a record of more than 75 videos for the studio by late 2011.{{cite web|url=http://urabon-navigator.com/profiles/n1956&mode=movies&page=0|title=Profile: [Jo]Style|publisher=Urabon Navigator|accessdate=2011-11-09|archive-date=2011-10-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008102203/http://urabon-navigator.com/profiles/n1956%26mode%3Dmovies%26page%3D0|url-status=dead}}
[Jo]Style was one of 14 directors invited to compete in the 3rd D-1 Climax Awards competition sponsored by the Dogma studio in 2007. His entry was the S&M video Egoistic Love - Blind Woman's Desire To Be Humiliated ({{nihongo2|Egoistic Love 被虐願望、美しき盲目の女}}) (D1-309) co-starring Azusa Ito and Nana Saeki.{{cite web|url=http://urabon-navigator.com/?p=mcard&id=11548|title=Egoistic Love - Blind Woman's Desire To Be Humiliated|publisher=Urabon Navigator|accessdate=2010-07-14|archive-date=2011-10-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008102412/http://urabon-navigator.com/?p=mcard&id=11548|url-status=dead}} He had also directed a number of videos for Moodyz over the years and at the 2008 Moodyz Awards ceremony, he received the 4th Place Award for Best Director.{{cite web|url=http://www.dmm.co.jp/yearend_fes2008/index.html|title=Moodyz 年末感謝祭 2008|accessdate=2009-02-10|publisher=DMM|language=Japanese|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314174604/http://www.dmm.co.jp/yearend_fes2008/index.html|archive-date=2012-03-14|url-status=dead}} For the 2008 AV Grand Prix competition he directed the 3-hour video MADONNA BOOTCAMP ELITE [AVGL-025], the nominated entry of the Madonna studio.{{cite web|url=http://www.dmm.co.jp/avgp/sp/gp_list.html|title=AV Grand Prix 2008 Grand Prix Stage|publisher=DMM|accessdate=2008-10-05|language=Japanese|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081021023353/http://www.dmm.co.jp/avgp/sp/gp_list.html|archive-date=2008-10-21|url-status=dead}}
Over the course of his career, [Jo]Style has directed a number of notable AV Idols including Akiho Yoshizawa, Kaede Matsushima, Maria Ozawa, Mihiro, Rio, An Nanba, Hotaru Akane, Yuma Asami, Riko Tachibana, Sora Aoi and Nao Oikawa.
Notes
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Sources
- {{cite web|url=http://urabon-navigator.com/profiles/n1956|title=(Jo)Style - Profile & Filmography at Urabon Navigator|access-date=2010-10-10|archive-date=2011-03-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110314234939/http://www.urabon-navigator.com/profiles/n1956|url-status=dead}}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.dmm.co.jp/search/=/category=mono/searchstr=xK96Vsf5MkZBCVQ_/analyze=V1EBCVYBUQE_/|title=(Jo)Style - Filmography at DMM|language=Japanese}}
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