:Tohjiro

Tohjiro, whose real name is {{nihongo|Chishō Itō|伊藤智生}},{{cite web |url=http://www.aruaruvideo.com/detail/G52134.html|script-title=ja:税込み価格：-- 売切れ|accessdate=2009-08-14|publisher= www.aruaruvideo.com|language=Japanese}} was born in 1956 in the Roppongi district of Tokyo.{{cite web |url=http://blog.livedoor.jp/diary_tohjiro/|title=TOHJIRO profile |accessdate=2009-08-14|publisher= blog.livedoor.jp|language=Japanese}} He started out as an independent film director. He wrote and directed the film {{nihongo|Gondola|ゴンドラ}}, which was released theatrically in October 1987{{cite web |url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=150254|script-title=ja:ゴンドラ|accessdate=2009-08-14|publisher= AllCinema|language=Japanese}}{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0315905/|title=Gondola (1987)|accessdate=2009-08-14|publisher= IMdB}} and later as a DVD. The film won him the Best New Director award at the 1988 Yokohama Film Festival.{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Yokohama_Film_Festival/1988|accessdate=2009-04-16|publisher=Internet Movie Database|title=Yokohama Film Festival: 1988}}

Tohjiro made his first AV in 1989 (released in January 1990) titled {{nihongo|Blue Film|ブルーフィルム}} and starring early AV Idol Nao Saejima for Kaoru Adachi's recently founded studio V&R Planning.{{cite web|url=http://www.vandr.co.jp/search/title.php?page=123&code=VR-154&PHPSESSID=24daeacb3f928a5fb7748fc8623ee13b|script-title=ja:ブルーフィルム|accessdate=2009-08-15|publisher=www.vandr.co.jp|language=Japanese|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722102254/http://www.vandr.co.jp/search/title.php?page=123&code=VR-154&PHPSESSID=24daeacb3f928a5fb7748fc8623ee13b|archivedate=2011-07-22}} His December 1991 video for V&R Planning, New Female Teacher Special: Dangerous Sailor Story After School, was the first of a long and popular series.{{cite web|url=http://www.vandr.co.jp/search/title.php?page=113&code=VR-192&PHPSESSID=876b1be68c9fd9d90203446b22e19746|script-title=ja:あぶない放課後 女教師スペシャル 沢口まりあ|accessdate=2009-08-15|publisher=www.vandr.co.jp|language=Japanese|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722102332/http://www.vandr.co.jp/search/title.php?page=113&code=VR-192&PHPSESSID=876b1be68c9fd9d90203446b22e19746|archivedate=2011-07-22}}

In the first half of the 1990s decade, in addition to V&R Planning, Tohjiro also directed for several other early AV studios including VIP, Cosmos Plan, Alice Japan, Max-A and Kuki.{{cite web |url=http://urabon-navigator.com/profiles/n2014&mode=movies|title=TOHJIRO Director Filmography|accessdate=2009-08-14|publisher= Urabon Navigator}} During this period, Tohjiro made videos covering most of the common styles and genres popular in Japanese pornography including cosplay (Uniform Connection 13 & Uniform Connection 16),{{cite web |url=http://xxx.xcity.jp/avod/detail/?id=28238|title=UNIFORM CONNECTION 13|accessdate=2010-10-12|publisher= AV Idol Directory}} anal sex (Fall of the Virgin),{{cite web |url=http://xxx.xcity.jp/release/detail/?id=741|title=The Fall of the Virgin|accessdate=2010-10-12|publisher= AV Idol Directory}} simulated rape (Ayano Kotobuki in Sexy Teacher Hunt){{cite web |url=http://xxx.xcity.jp/release/detail/?id=1764|title=Ayano Kotobuki in Sexy Teacher Hunt|accessdate=2010-10-12|publisher= AV Idol Directory}} and vibrator and vegetable play (Erotic Sensuality, Shocking Fuck).{{cite web |url=http://xxx.xcity.jp/release/detail/?id=3634|title=Erotic Sensuality|accessdate=2010-10-12|publisher= AV Idol Directory}} He also made some early works with bondage themes for CineMagic including an entry in the CineMagic "Immoral Angel" series, the September 1996 Immoral Angel 25, and one for the "Slave Secretary" series, Abnormal Privacy: Slave Secretary 16, in January 1997.{{cite web |url=http://urabon-navigator.com/?p=mcard&id=9137|title=Immoral Angel 25|accessdate=2009-08-14|publisher=Urabon Navigator}}

Tohjiro celebrated his 200th video as a director with Incomplete, Chisato Aihara for Shy in July 1997.{{cite web |url=http://xxx.xcity.jp/avod/detail/?id=22813|title=Incomplete, Chisato Aihara|accessdate=2010-10-12|publisher= AV Idol Directory}} He twice won an award from the Tokyo-based AV magazine Orange Communications (オレンジ通信) which ended its long publishing history in 2009.{{cite web |url=http://d.hatena.ne.jp/rioysd/20090128/p1|title=安田理央の恥ずかしいblog|date=27 January 2009 |accessdate=2009-08-16|publisher= d.hatena.ne.jp|language=Japanese}}

Up to 1997 Tohjiro had been mainly working for the older major rental-video oriented studios but in that year he joined the recently formed independent or "indie" studio Soft On Demand (SOD) which sold its videos to the general market and had looser content standards. Beginning in December 1997, SOD released a series of Tohjiro branded videos on their Hamlet label beginning with Real Fetish labeled as TJ-001. This VHS tape, which was released as a DVD in 2002, has actress Sanae Asō in a variety of bondage and S&M fetish situations including having sex while covered in animal entrails.{{cite web |url=http://www.nkikaku.jp/b/yy-sd.htm|title=TOHJIRO|accessdate=2009-08-16|publisher= www.nkikaku.jp|language=Japanese}}{{cite web|url=http://www.dmm.co.jp/mono/dvd/-/detail/=/cid=1sddl150/|script-title=ja:レア フェティッシュ|accessdate=2009-08-16|publisher= DMM|language=Japanese}}

Tohjiro also continued directing for other studios, including Yuri Komuro's first video for Alice Japan, Sexy Butt from January 1998 where she plays an alien from outer space who has sex with earthmen,{{cite web |url=http://xxx.xcity.jp/release/detail/?id=625|title=Sexy Butt|accessdate=2010-10-12|publisher= AV Idol Directory}} and two entries in h.m.p.'s S&M genre Kitan Club label in April and June 1998.

Tohjiro is credited with launching the career of AV Idol Kurumi Morishita at SOD, the actress most closely associated with his work for many years.{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071028042214/http://www.dogma.co.jp/modules/tinyd2/index.php?id=1|archivedate=2007-10-28|url=http://www.dogma.co.jp/modules/tinyd2/index.php?id=1|title=TOHJIRO Dogma Bio|accessdate=2009-08-16|publisher= www.dogma.co.jp}} He directed her first video Ubu released in September 1998.

In December 1999, Ganari Takahashi, the founder and chief at SOD, banned Tohjiro from making porn videos with SOD for a year, telling him to "go away and fix your porn-addicted brain! Your recent movies have lost their edge!" For that year, Tohjiro worked on softcore V-Cinema films for SOD including the May 2000 VHS production Lovely Woman Teacher (愛しの女教師) starring Mirei Asaoka and the October 2000 Nude Hostess (全裸若女将) with Kurumi Morishita. This was followed in December by nana (なな) starring Chinatsu Itō. All three VHS videos were later released by SOD in DVD format{{cite web |url=http://www.dmm.co.jp/mono/dvd/-/detail/=/cid=1dsec002/|script-title=ja:愛しの女教師 朝岡実嶺|accessdate=2009-08-16|publisher=DMM|language=Japanese}}{{cite web |url=http://www.dmm.co.jp/mono/dvd/-/detail/=/cid=1sec003/|script-title=ja:全裸若女将 森下くるみ|accessdate=2009-08-16|publisher= DMM|language=Japanese}}{{cite web |url=http://www.dmm.co.jp/mono/vhs/-/detail/=/cid=1sec004/|script-title=ja:なな 禁断ロ●ータ剃毛ドラマ|accessdate=2009-08-16|publisher= DMM|language=Japanese}}

After a year Tohjiro returned saying "I'm going to start a revolution at SOD!" In February 2001, he formed the Dogma label as part of the SOD group. His first release under the Dogma label appeared in April 2001, Innocent Desire, with his favorite actress Kurumi Morishita. A year later Tohjiro separated Dogma from SOD to form an independent company.{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071028042735/http://www.dogma.co.jp/modules/tinyd2/index.php?id=17|archivedate=2007-10-28|url=http://www.dogma.co.jp/modules/tinyd2/index.php?id=17|title=What Is Dogma?|accessdate=2009-08-14|publisher=www.dogma.co.jp}} When Dogma became a separate company, Morishita left SOD to join Dogma and Tohjiro as a contract actress.{{cite web|url=http://www.superjav.com/blog/?p=89 |title=JAV News - Popular Series and Actors from Dogma Studio |accessdate=2008-09-14 |publisher=JAV News |date=August 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081004223927/http://www.superjav.com/blog/?p=89 |archivedate=October 4, 2008 }}

Under Tohjiro, Dogma has been successful as a company specializing in extreme fetish videos which include bondage, forced fellatio and various S&M themes. In December 2005 Tohjiro and Morishita returned to make peace at their old studio SOD with Stripper, a lesbian love story with SOD star Nana Natsume.{{cite web|url=http://www.peterpayne.net/2005_12_01_archive.html|title=STRIPPER -- Nana Natsume & Kurumi Morishita|accessdate=2008-11-29|publisher=J-List side blog|date=December 1, 2005|last=Payne|first=Peter|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202054137/http://www.peterpayne.net/2005_12_01_archive.html|archivedate=December 2, 2008}}

In addition to Morishita, other AV Idols who have worked extensively at Dogma with Tohjiro are Mayura Hoshitsuki, Chihiro Hasegawa, Maki Tomoda and Marin Izumi. With a few other actresses, they make up the group known as Tohjiro's M (Masochist) Women.{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014003547/http://www.dogma.co.jp/htmls/7m/sm_night/loft.html|archivedate=2007-10-14|url=http://www.dogma.co.jp/htmls/7m/sm_night/loft.html |title=『SMナイト』[SM Naito]|accessdate=2008-09-18|publisher=www.dogma.co.jp|language=Japanese}} Tohjiro instituted a separate hardcore S&M themed label, CORE SM, in December 2005 with its first release being Maki Tomoda - Bound Masochistic Slave.{{cite web |url=http://www.dmm.co.jp/digital/videoa/-/list/=/article=label/id=609/sort=date/|title=動画 ビデオ > レーベル > CORE (Videos - Label - CORE)|accessdate=2009-08-17|publisher=DMM|language=Japanese}}

Beginning in 2005, Dogma sponsored the D-1 Climax (D-1　クライマックス) awards as a competition for directors inside and outside of the Dogma studio. Tohjiro won the 1st Place award in 2005 and 2006 but finished 9th in 2007, the last year of the contest.{{cite web|url=http://allabout.co.jp/entertainment/adultvideo/closeup/CU20061224A/index3.htm|title=最エロな監督と女優が決定！Ｄ１クライマックス授賞式 (Porn Actresses & Best Director - D-1 Climax Ceremony)|accessdate=2008-11-20|publisher=All About|date=December 24, 2006|last=Otsubo|first=Kemuta|language=Japanese|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122141515/http://allabout.co.jp/entertainment/adultvideo/closeup/CU20061224A/index3.htm|archivedate=January 22, 2009}}{{cite web|url=http://www.dogma.co.jp/htmls/d-1/products/results.html |title=D-1 Climax Director's 1 Results |publisher=www.dogma.co.jp |accessdate=2008-11-20 |language=Japanese |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122220505/http://www.dogma.co.jp/htmls/d-1/products/results.html |archivedate=January 22, 2009 }}

Tohjiro entered one of his Dogma videos, Vomit Enema Ecstasy X in the 2009 AV Grand Prix competition {{cite web|url=http://www.av-gp.com/works/avgl130/bottom.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120718171018/http://www.av-gp.com/works/avgl130/bottom.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-07-18|title=Dogma Entry|publisher=www.av-gp.com|accessdate=2009-03-01|language=Japanese}} and made some waves by declaring all-out war by his small "indie" company to defeat the favorite, top studio S1 No. 1 Style.{{cite web|url=http://www.dogma.co.jp/htmls/AVGP2009/index.html |title=AVGP 2009 |publisher=www.dogma.co.jp |accessdate=2009-03-01 |language=Japanese |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081217125711/http://www.dogma.co.jp/htmls/AVGP2009/index.html |archivedate=December 17, 2008 }} S1 did take the GrandPrix prize and several others, but Tohjiro made good on part of his boast by winning the Digital Sales Award and the 2 million yen (about $20,000) prize money.{{cite web|url=http://www.av-gp.com/news/avgp_result/bottom.html|title=AVGP 2009 Result announcement|publisher=www.av-gp.com|accessdate=2009-03-02|language=Japanese|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090302091128/http://www.av-gp.com/news/avgp_result/bottom.html|archivedate=2009-03-02}}

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• {{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1802385/|title=Tohjiro at IMdB|website=IMDb}}
• {{cite web|url=http://urabon-navigator.com/profiles/n2014|title=Tohjiro Filmography at Urabon Navigator}}
• {{cite web|url=http://www.alicejapan.co.jp/search_item.php?search=t&word_type=&word=TOHJIRO|title=Tohjiro Filmography at Alice Japan}}
• {{twitter|RealTOHJIRO}}

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