Akiho Yoshizawa

Yoshizawa was born in Tokyo, Japan, on March 3, 1984,{{cite web|url=http://blog.dmm.co.jp/actress/yoshizawa_akiho/article/77834.html|script-title=ja:吉沢明歩|publisher=Official Blog|access-date=2011-11-08|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302122417/http://blog.dmm.co.jp/actress/yoshizawa_akiho/article/77834.html|archive-date=2012-03-02|url-status=dead}} and made her first appearance as a gravure idol in the Kodansha company's {{nihongo|Young Magazine|ヤングマガジン}} in 2002.{{cite web|url=http://www.zakzak.co.jp/entertainment/ent-column/news/20100626/enc1006261507006-n1.htm|script-title=ja:セクシー女優・吉沢明歩が挑んだエロホラーの中身|publisher=ZakZak|date=June 26, 2010|access-date=2014-05-10|language=ja}} In February 2003 she posed for gravure photos by {{nihongo|Hiroyuki Yoshida|吉田 裕之}} released as the photobook {{nihongo|Akiho|あきほ}} ({{ISBN|978-4754215507}}).{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/4754215508/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top/378-4566890-3370054?ie=UTF8&redirect=true|script-title=ja:あきほ―吉沢明歩写真集[アダルト] [単行本] [アダルト]|publisher=amazon.com|access-date=2014-05-10|language=ja}} A month later, Yoshizawa made her AV debut in March 2003 under contract to two studios, Alice Japan and Max-A.{{cite web |url=http://homepage3.nifty.com/kurokami/years/years_2003.htm|title=2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100501182535/http://homepage3.nifty.com/kurokami/years/years_2003.htm |archive-date=2010-05-01 |access-date=2011-11-08 |publisher=AV 研究所 (AV Research Laboratory)|language=ja}} Her first video as an AV performer, Angel, was released by the Alice Japan label in March 2003. Her second video 18-Teens was made for the Max-A Samansa in April 2003, and she continued alternating performances between the two studios through the middle of 2006, usually making one movie a month.{{cite web|url=http://urabon-navigator.com/profiles/n0658&mode=movies|title=Akiho Yoshizawa 吉沢明歩|publisher=Urabon Navigator|access-date=2013-09-26|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131228183702/http://urabon-navigator.com/profiles/n0658&mode=movies|archive-date=2013-12-28|url-status=dead}} Among her early videos was the July 2003 incest-themed My Sister Is an AV Idol for Alice Japan directed by sometimes-mainstream director Rokurō Mochizuki.{{cite web|url=http://urabon-navigator.com/?p=mcard&id=549|title=My Sister Is an AV Idol|publisher=Urabon Navigator|access-date=2013-09-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927193803/http://urabon-navigator.com/?p=mcard&id=549|archive-date=2013-09-27|url-status=dead}} For her work in her first year in AV, Yoshizawa was nominated for the Best New Actress Award at the 2003 X City Grand Prix Awards{{cite web |url=http://d.hatena.ne.jp/Jonathan/200310|title=選挙運動始めます (Election Campaign Begins) |access-date=2008-11-16|publisher=Hatena: Diary|language=ja|date=October 28, 2003}}

In addition to her hardcore AV videos, Yoshizawa has also appeared on TV and in mainstream movies and softcore V-Cinema and pink films, including the August 2004 horror movie Koibone,{{cite web|url=http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/person/p1135250.htm|script-title=ja:吉沢明歩|publisher=JMdB|access-date=2009-06-13|language=ja}}{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0475637/|title=Koibone (2005)|publisher=IMdB|access-date=2009-06-13| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090505140022/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0475637/| archive-date= 5 May 2009 | url-status=live}} which was later released as a DVD by Taki [THD-14161] in June 2005,{{cite web|url=http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=THD-14161|title=Koibone Theatrical Feature|publisher=www.cdjapan.co.jp]|access-date=2009-06-13}} and the December 2004 pink film Picture Book of a Beautiful Young Girl: Soaked Uniform.{{cite web|url=http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/2004/eb005070.htm|script-title=ja:美少女図鑑 汚された制服|publisher=Japanese Movie Database|access-date=2014-05-08|language=ja}} Yoshizawa's TV appearances include the TV Tokyo production {{nihongo|Jōō|嬢王}}, which aired in 12 episodes from October to December 2005. Fellow AV Idol Sora Aoi was also in the show.{{cite web|url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=323393|script-title=ja:嬢王|publisher=allcinema.net|access-date=2009-06-15|language=ja}}{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080614055042/http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/jyouou/cast.html|archive-date=2008-06-14|url=http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/jyouou/cast.html |title=Jyou Ou Cast|publisher=www.tv-tokyo.co.jp]|access-date=2009-06-15|language=ja}} Yoshizawa returned in a special guest appearance in the 2009 sequel to the show {{nihongo|Jōō Virgin|嬢王　Virgin}}.{{cite web |url=http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/jyouou/cast/index.html |title=Cast |access-date=2010-11-06 |publisher=www.tv-tokyo.co.jp |language=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101104081939/http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/jyouou/cast/index.html |archive-date=4 November 2010 |url-status=dead }}

She also starred in the 2005 pink film Fascinating Young Hostess: Sexy Thighs, which was ranked as the Best Film of the year at the 2006 Pink Grand Prix.{{cite web|url=http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~p-g/award/2006.htm|title=Best Ten of 2006 (２００６年度ベストテン)|access-date=January 18, 2009|publisher=P.G. Web Site|language=ja|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120805233857/http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~p-g/award/2006.htm|archive-date=2012-08-05|url-status=dead}} Yoshizawa won the third Best Actress award at the same ceremony for her role in the movie.{{cite web|last=Toda|first=Miho|url=http://www.walkerplus.com/movie/report/report4823.html|title="Pink" Films Seen with Great Excitement on the Shinbungeiza Theater's Big Screen! The Academy Awards of the R-18 Film "19th Pink Prize" (新文芸坐の大スクリーンで観る"ピンク"な映画に大興奮！ R-18映画のアカデミー賞こと＜第19回ピンク大賞＞は立見続出!!! - Shinbungeiza no dai screen de miru "Pink" na eiga ni daikofun! R-18 eiga no akademiisho koto "Dai 19kai pinku taishō" wa tachikenzokushutsu!!)|date=2007-05-08|access-date=January 18, 2009|publisher=www.walkerplus.com|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090104001554/http://www.walkerplus.com/movie/report/report4823.html|archive-date=2009-01-04|url-status=dead}} In an interview,{{cite web|date=2007-06-06|url=http://www.walkerplus.com/movie/report/report4964.html|title=R18 LOVE CINEMA SHOWCASE VOL.3公開記念: 女優・吉沢明歩インタビュー (Interview with Akiho Yoshizawa)|access-date=2009-05-26|publisher=www.walkerplus.com|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090103190718/http://www.walkerplus.com/movie/report/report4964.html|archive-date=2009-01-03|url-status=dead}} Yoshikawa said she first met the director of the movie, Tetsuya Takehora, when he directed her in a V-cinema production Erotic Fountain (エロビアの泉) for the TMC studio in 2006.{{cite web|url=http://www.dmm.co.jp/digital/nikkatsu/-/detail/=/cid=145dvt036/ |script-title=ja:エロビアの泉 人に言えない性のムダ知識 |access-date=2009-06-13 |publisher=www.dmm.co.jp|language=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090528202229/http://www.dmm.co.jp/digital/nikkatsu/-/detail/%3D/cid%3D145dvt036/ |archive-date=28 May 2009 |url-status=live }} She was given a Best Actress award for her work in the pink film genre at the 2006 Pinky Ribbon Awards.{{cite web|url=http://homepage3.nifty.com/a-sp/kokuchii.htm|title=もろもろ告知 (Various notices)|access-date=2009-07-22|publisher=Pinky Ribbon Award site|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090607143647/http://homepage3.nifty.com/a-sp/kokuchii.htm|archive-date=2009-06-07|url-status=dead}}

Along with two other idols, Mihiro and Kaho Kasumi, Yoshizawa also ventured into another medium with the 2005 UMD format video English Cram School where the three actresses give lessons in English. The softcore video, published as GBTU-002 by Success, is for the Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP).{{cite web|url=http://www.ncsxshop.com/cgi-bin/shop/GBTU-002.html|title=English Cram School|publisher=NCSX|access-date=2009-06-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090708165939/http://www.ncsxshop.com/cgi-bin/shop/GBTU-002.html|archive-date=2009-07-08|url-status=dead}} Another PSP video and game was the December 2006 All Star Yakyuken Battle, a striptease version of "yakyuken" or "rock-paper-scissors" where Yoshizawa joined with AV actresses An Nanba, Kaho Kasumi, Kaede Matsushima, Mihiro, Ran Asakawa, Rei Amami, Sora Aoi and Yua Aida. The game and video were released for the PSP and in Blu-ray for the PS3.{{cite web|url=http://www.ncsxshop.com/cgi-bin/shop/GBTU-008.html|title=All Star Yakyuken Battle [UMD-Video]|access-date=2009-02-20|publisher=NCSX|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090226025146/http://ncsxshop.com/cgi-bin/shop/GBTU-008.html|archive-date=2009-02-26|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ncsxshop.com/cgi-bin/shop/GBTB-001.html |title=All Star Yakyuken Battle [Blu-Ray Disc] |access-date=2009-02-20 |publisher=NCSX|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090310145800/http://www.ncsxshop.com/cgi-bin/shop/GBTB-001.html |archive-date=10 March 2009 |url-status=dead }}

In 2006 Yoshizawa starred in The Inner Palace: Indecent War, a historical costume drama set in the Edo period, released by Max-A under the DoraMax label in July 2006. In addition to the hardcore video (labeled DMX-001),{{cite web|url=http://urabon-navigator.com/?p=mcard&id=2216|title=The Inner Palace: Indecent War|access-date=2010-11-14|publisher=Urabon Navigator|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622172920/http://urabon-navigator.com/?p=mcard&id=2216|archive-date=2011-06-22|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://xxx.xcity.jp/avod/detail/?id=16913|title=The Inner Palace - Indecent War|publisher=AV Idol Directory|access-date=2010-10-25}} the movie was also released in a shorter softcore R-15 rated version (Pure Max PMX-005). A sequel The Inner Palace: Flower of War was also released in hardcore (DoraMax DMX-002){{cite web|url=http://urabon-navigator.com/?p=mcard&id=3033|title=The Inner Palace: Flower of War|access-date=2010-11-14|publisher=Urabon Navigator|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622163039/http://urabon-navigator.com/?p=mcard&id=3033|archive-date=2011-06-22|url-status=dead}} and softcore (Pure Max PMX-006) versions.{{cite web|url=http://www.asiansexeden.com/galleries/new/akiho_yoshizawa_info.html|title=Akiho Yoshizawa|access-date=27 March 2022|publisher=Asian Sex Den|website=asiansexden.com}}

By the end of 2006 Yoshizawa was no longer making adult videos for Alice Japan and Max-A and began working for two new AV companies, Maxing and S1 No. 1 Style. She appeared in her first video for the new start-up studio Maxing, Sell Debut Love Acky,{{cite web |url=http://www.maxing.jp/shop/pid/1.html|title=セル初 Love Acky！|publisher=www.maxing.jp|access-date=2009-05-30|language=ja}} in that company's first set of videos released on October 16, 2006.{{cite web|url=http://allabout.co.jp/gm/gc/201969/3/ |script-title=ja:今年最後の大物メーカー・ＭＡＸＩＮＧ登場 |publisher=AllAbout|access-date=2011-03-03 |language=ja |date=October 20, 2006 |last=Otsubo |first=Kemuta |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325214428/http://allabout.co.jp/gm/gc/201969/3/ |archive-date=March 25, 2012 }} She debuted with S1 in January 2007 with Hyper-Risky Mosaic Akiho Yoshizawa directed by Hideto Aki.{{cite web|url=http://www.s1s1s1.com/works/-/detail/=/cid=oned649/navi=actress/|script-title=ja:解禁×ハイパー×ギリギリモザイク ハイパーギリギリモザイク|publisher=www.s1s1s1.com|access-date=2011-03-04|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110222000729/http://www.s1s1s1.com/works/-/detail/=/cid=oned649/navi=actress|archive-date=2011-02-22|url-status=dead}} She has been active with both studios since, appearing in about one movie a month for both studios.

Yoshizawa's work in AV for the 2007 year was acknowledged by several awards. One of her S1 videos, the May 2007 release Hyper Risky Mosaic - Special Bath House Tsubaki, featuring S1 stars Sora Aoi, Honoka, Yuma Asami and eight others was the studio's entry for the 2007 AV Open contest where it took the 1st Place Award.{{cite web|url=http://www.dmm.co.jp/mono/dvd/avopen/avopen02_result.html|title=2nd AV Open Results|publisher=www.dmm.co.jp|access-date=2008-10-02|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071213041259/http://www.dmm.co.jp/mono/dvd/avopen/avopen02_result.html|archive-date=2007-12-13|url-status=dead}}

{{cite web|url=http://www.superjav.com/blog/?p=95 |title=JAV News - Are There Japanese Adult Video Awards Like AVN Awards in USA? |publisher=JAV News|date=August 26, 2008 |access-date=2008-10-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915193223/http://www.superjav.com/blog/?p=95 |archive-date=15 September 2008 |url-status=dead }} Yoshizawa also won the Best Actress Award at the 2007 Vegas Night and her S1 video Hyper-Risky Mosaic Akiho Yoshizawa took the 2nd Place Award.{{cite web|url=http://www.dmm.co.jp/vegasnight/index.html|title=VEGASNIGHT 2007|access-date=2009-02-10|publisher=DMM|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713051947/http://www.dmm.co.jp/vegasnight/index.html|archive-date=2015-07-13|url-status=dead}} In another media, she was a nominee for the Best Actress Award for her 2007 appearances on adult Channel 902 (Midnight Blue) on satellite TV broadcaster SKY PerfecTV! at the 2008 Adult Broadcasting Awards ceremonies.{{cite web|url=http://spbb.jp/adult-award/2008/list_actress.asp |title=Actresses 2008 Awards |publisher=spbb.jp/adult-award |access-date=2008-11-11 |language=ja |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090621074905/http://spbb.jp/adult-award/2008/list_actress.asp |archive-date=June 21, 2009 }} The next year, at the December 2008 Moodyz Awards, a competition among 37 AV production companies sponsored by Japan's largest AV distributor, the Hokuto Corporation, she won the 2nd Place award for Best Actress.{{cite web|url=http://www.dmm.co.jp/yearend_fes2008/index.html|title=Moodyz 年末感謝祭 2008|access-date=2009-02-10|publisher=DMM|language=ja|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}} Her tenure at S1 also marked the beginning of her close friendship with Yuma Asami as the pair went on to co-star several films over the next few years (until Asami's retirement from AV in 2015).

In another genre, Yoshizawa played the female ninja (kunoichi) Kasumi in the erotic action V-Cinema September 2007 release Lady Ninja Kasumi Vol.4 (Kasumi: Tanjou! Sarutobi Sasuke) based on a manga by Youji Kanbayashi and Jin Hirano.{{cite web |url=http://www.sazuma.com/item_157076_Kasumi:-Tanjou!-Sarutobi-Sasuke--Lady-Ninja-Kasumi-Vol.4-.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20080225112254/http://www.sazuma.com/item_157076_Kasumi:-Tanjou!-Sarutobi-Sasuke--Lady-Ninja-Kasumi-Vol.4-.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2008-02-25 |title=Kasumi: Tanjou! Sarutobi Sasuke (Lady Ninja Kasumi Vol. 4) |publisher=www.sazuma.com|access-date=2009-06-13}}

From April 2008 she was a cast regular on the late night TV Osaka variety show {{nihongo|Please Muscat| おねがい マスカット|Onegai Muscat}}, which also included other S1 actresses such as Sora Aoi, Yuma Asami, Rio (Tina Yuzuki) and Mihiro singing and performing comedy skits.{{cite web|url=http://japansugoi.com/wordpress/jav-stars-maria-ozawa-and-sora-host-osaka-tv-variety-show/|title=JAV stars Maria Ozawa and Sora Aoi host Osaka TV Variety show|publisher=Japan Sugoi|access-date=2009-06-16|date=March 20, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090323090211/http://japansugoi.com/wordpress/jav-stars-maria-ozawa-and-sora-host-osaka-tv-variety-show|archive-date=2009-03-23|url-status=dead}}

She was a member of the first incarnation of the idol group Ebisu Muscats between 2008 and 2013.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ebisu-muscats.com/first-member/yoshizawa_akiho/|title = 吉沢明歩（Yoshizawa Akiho）}}

In May 2008 she appeared in the mainstream science fiction comedy Shin supai gâru daisakusen, known in English as Spy Girl's Mission Cord #005, where she plays an evil alien seductress.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1296892/|title=Shin supai gâru daisakusen (2008)|date=17 May 2008|publisher=IMdB|access-date=2009-06-13}}{{cite web|url=http://newspygirl.j-movieplanet.com/cast01.html|script-title=ja:「新・スパイガール大作戦」ＭＩＳＳＩＯＮ ＣＯＲＤ＃００５|access-date=2009-06-13|publisher=newspygirl.j-movieplanet.com|language=ja}} She had a major role as Makoto in the September 2008 mainstream drama Hanky-Panky Baby about a group of young people trying to make a movie.{{cite web|url=http://movie.walkerplus.com/mv37412/|script-title=ja:窓辺のほんきーとんく|publisher=MovieWalker|access-date=2014-05-10|language=ja}}{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1298780/|title=Madobe no honkîtonku (2008)|date=27 September 2008|publisher=IMdB|access-date=2009-06-13}} It was also released as a DVD in November 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_dvd.php?num_sid=653706|title=【DVD】窓辺のほんきーとんく|publisher=allcinema.net|access-date=2009-06-13|language=ja}} According to an interview at the time of the movie's release, part of her character's experiences in the film overlapped with some of her own life. She also said she enjoyed acting in mainstream movies and TV but thought that her AV work was also important.{{cite web|url=http://www.cyzo.com/2008/09/post_928.html|title="Wake me is to show skin" of "acting school AV actress" Akiho Yoshizawa|date=11 September 2008|publisher=Cyzo|access-date=2014-05-10|language=ja}}

Later that year, Yoshizawa starred as a woman driving a dekotora or "decorated truck" inherited from her father in the October 2008 action film Deco Truck Gal Nami.{{cite web|url=http://movie.walkerplus.com/mv37585/|script-title=ja:デコトラ・ギャル奈美|publisher=MovieWalker|access-date=2014-05-08|language=ja}} The film spawned three V-cinema sequels starring Yoshizawa and "an entire genre of 'Lady Trucker' films in Japan."{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2013-08-23/switchblade-pictures-licenses-big-bad-mama-san-dekotora-1|title=Switchblade Pictures Licenses Big Bad Mama-San - Dekotora 1|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=2014-05-08}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=331901|script-title=ja:デコトラ★ギャル奈美|publisher=AllCinema|access-date=2014-05-08|language=ja}} An English-language version of the original film was released through Switchblade Pictures in December 2013 as Big Bad Mama-San – Dekotora 1.

In an erotic manga-based V-cinema, the November 2008 TMC release Irokoishi : Horo-hen kabuki-cho zecchotaiketsu!! (艶恋師 放浪編 歌舞伎町 絶頂対決！！), Yoshizawa plays the heroine Rie. In this third installment in the Irokoishi series (called in English Irokoishi3: Wandering—Kabukicho Ecstasy Battle!!), Rie is the victim of erotic hypnosis by the evil Ishida and is rescued by the hero Kikunosuke using his superior sexual techniques.{{cite web|url=http://www.irokoishi.com/index.html|script-title=ja:映画版「艶恋師」携帯公式ホームページ|publisher=www.irokoishi.com|access-date=2009-06-15|language=ja|archive-date=2011-07-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713060206/http://www.irokoishi.com/index.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://j-pitch.jp/english/jfdb/title/1202|title=Irokoishi|publisher=J-Pitch Japanese Film Database|access-date=2009-06-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100117211826/http://j-pitch.jp/english/jfdb/title/1202|archive-date=2010-01-17|url-status=dead}} Also in 2008, Yoshizawa starred as the title character in the V-cinema science-fiction fantasy Maid-Droid which was subsequently released theatrically by Shintōhō Eiga in January 2009.{{Cite web|url=http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~p-g/data/2009/090102/090130love.htm|script-title=ja:老人とラブドール 私が初潮になった時…|access-date=2010-03-26|language=ja|publisher=P.G. Web Site|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090223163232/http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~p-g/data/2009/090102/090130love.htm|archive-date=2009-02-23|url-status=dead}} In 2010 Yoshizawa was selected to star in the inaugural episode in the {{nihongo|"Scary Erotic Ghost Stories"|エロ怖い怪談}} series of videos combining horror and eroticism.

In 2015, she starred in the Korean thriller film Maze: Secret Love ({{ko-hhrm|미궁:비밀애; Migung: bimirae}}).{{cite news|title=미궁:비밀애 요시자와 아키호-키시 아이노, AV스타들의 한국 공략|url=http://www.segye.com/content/html/2015/04/16/20150416003923.html|access-date=16 April 2015|work=Segye Ilbo|date=16 April 2015|language=ko}}

A former highschool judo competitor herself, Yoshizawa has several ties to Japanese professional wrestling. Wrestler and mixed martial artist Alexander Otsuka has revealed himself as a fan of Yoshizawa,Onegai! Muscat, Episode 19, August 12, 2008 while All Japan Pro Wrestling held a special "Akiho Yoshizawa Cup" at an event sponsored by S1 No. 1 Style on January 22, 2010, which was won by the team of Keiji Mutoh, Masakatsu Funaki and S1 Mask under the management of Yoshizawa's usual coworker Megu Fujiura.{{cite web|url=http://www.purolove.com/ajpw/results/results10.php|title=All Japan Pro-Wrestling Results: 2010|work=Purolove|access-date=2010-12-16}}

Yoshizawa continued making AVs and at the end of 2010, she starred in her first 3D adult video, Maxing 3D! for the Maxing studio.{{cite web|url=http://xxx.xcity.jp/release/detail/?id=37293|title=MAXING 3D! 吉沢明歩|publisher=AV Idol Directory|access-date=2011-03-01}} Adult videos in this format for the 3D televisions produced by Sony and Panasonic had first appeared in June 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-06-02/porn-stars-in-3-d-lure-consumers-to-new-sony-panasonic-tvs.html|title=Porn Stars in 3-D Lure Consumers to New Sony, Panasonic TVs|access-date=2010-10-26|publisher=Bloomberg Businessweek|date=June 2, 2010|last=Yasu|first=Mariko & Maki Shiraki| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101110072826/http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-06-02/porn-stars-in-3-d-lure-consumers-to-new-sony-panasonic-tvs.html| archive-date= 10 November 2010 | url-status=dead}} A month later, in January 2011, she appeared in another 3D video, 3D Evolution - New Dimension, this time for S1, which had pioneered the genre.{{cite web|url=http://www.s1s1s1.com/works/-/detail/=/cid=soe505/navi=actress/|title=3D EVOLUTION 進化した立体映像で魅せる新次元セックス|publisher=www.s1s1s1.com]|access-date=2011-03-01|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228143649/http://www.s1s1s1.com/works/-/detail/=/cid=soe505/navi=actress/|archive-date=2013-12-28|url-status=dead}}

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, Yoshizawa finished in third place.{{cite web|url=http://www.dmm.co.jp/av30/-/vote/|title=AV女優★人気投票|publisher=DMM|access-date=2013-09-28|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141118183424/http://www.dmm.co.jp/av30/-/vote/|archive-date=2014-11-18|url-status=dead}} Yoshizawa's video for Maxing, Masochistic Lascivious Lady Akiho Yoshizawa, won the Best Program Award at the 2013 Adult Broadcasting Awards ceremony held in February 2013.{{cite web|title=2013年の受賞者|url=http://adult-awards.com/archives/2013/|publisher=Adult Broadcasting Awards|access-date=26 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130304035536/http://adult-awards.com/archives/2013/|archive-date=4 March 2013|url-status=dead}} On April 16, 2015, she starred in Akiho Yoshizawa × MAXING100 Work Memorial, her 100th original AV with studio Maxing, directed by Aohige Daigo, thus becoming the studio's longest working actress.{{cite web|url=http://www.maxing.jp/shop/pid/1817.html|title=吉沢明歩×MAXING100作品記念 新人 吉沢明歩|website=Maxing|language=ja|access-date=2019-03-05}}

Yoshizawa continued her consistent and prolific output in the 2010s as well and by 2018 she made appearances in over 1000 adult film titles (including compilations).{{cite web|url=http://www.r18.com/videos/vod/movies/list/id=6644/pagesize=30/price=all/sort=popular/type=actress/page=1|title=Videos/Videos On Demand/Adult Movies/Akiho Yoshizawa|publisher=R18.com|access-date=2018-10-01}} On October 1, 2018, Yoshizawa announced on her blog that she would retire from the AV scene in March 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.tokyoreporter.com/entertainment/adult-video/akiho-yoshizawa-to-retire-from-porn-after-15-year-career/|title=Akiho Yoshizawa to retire from porn after 15-year career|date=October 2018|publisher=Tokyo Reporter|access-date=2018-10-01}} In the same month, S1 released S1 X Idea Pocket. 2 Actresses Under Exclusive Contract Star Together In This Extravaganza! in which Yoshizawa co-starred with fellow popular AV idol Jessica Kizaki.{{cite web|url=https://www.s1s1s1.com/works/detail/ssni311/|title=エスワン×アイポケ 2大専属女優が超豪華共演!絶対に連続射精させちゃうW痴女テク逆3Pハーレムスペシャル|access-date=2018-11-26|language=ja}}

Yoshizawa started her last fan meet-up tour on January 12, 2019, which ended on March 31, 2019, concluding her 16 year long AV career.{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/akiho_yoshi/status/1082988174509408256/|title=Akiho Yoshizawa final tour and dates|publisher=Twitter|access-date=2019-01-15}} Her last AV with S1, THE FINAL, Akiho Yoshizawa AV Retirement was released on March 7, 2019, a two-disk release featuring 4 hours of content and a retirement documentary on a separate DVD.{{cite web|url=https://www.s1s1s1.com/works/detail/ssni420/|title=THE FINAL 吉沢明歩AV引退|publisher= S1 Number One Style|access-date=2019-03-10|language=ja}} Yoshizawa's final adult film AV Complete Withdrawal ~ FINAL SEX ~ Yoshizawa Akiho by studio Maxing was released on March 16, 2019.{{Cite web|url=http://www.maxing.jp/shop/pid/3460.html|title=AV完全引退 ～FINAL SEX～ 吉沢明歩★マキシング|website=www.maxing.jp|access-date=2019-03-17}} Her farewell meet-up was held on March 31, 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/akiho_yoshi/status/1112348774309859328|title=Akiho Yoshizawa's farewell meet-up|date=2019-04-01|website=Twitter}}

Since her retirement from AV, Yoshizawa has been working as a special counselor at the Aria Roppongi Men's Clinic and started her own podcast Akiho 'Acky' Yoshizawa-The Radio (吉沢明歩のあっき～the Radio！), hosted by Apple Podcast.{{Cite web|url=https://podcasts.apple.com/jp/podcast/%E5%90%89%E6%B2%A2%E6%98%8E%E6%AD%A9%E3%81%AE%E3%81%82%E3%81%A3%E3%81%8D-the-radio/id1466726760|title=Apple Podcast内の吉沢明歩のあっき～the Radio！|website=Apple Podcast|language=ja-jp|access-date=2019-07-16}} In an October 2019 interview, Yoshizawa hinted at becoming a romance novelist{{Cite web|url=https://otapol.com/2019/10/post-82231.html|title=吉沢明歩が恋愛小説家に？ 「会いにきて、私を肌で感じてほしい」 レジェンドと呼ばれた元セクシー女優が引退後に告白！|website=おたぽる|access-date=2019-10-18}} and on February 28, 2020, she confirmed on Twitter that she is in the process of writing her first novel, which she intends to publish in the future.{{cite web |title=Yoshizawa's first novel conformation |url=https://twitter.com/akiho_yoshi/status/1233648239921917953 |website=Twitter |access-date=2 March 2020}}

On March 28, 2020 Yoshizawa published her autobiographical novel 16 Years as an AV Actress, which details her career and her personal experiences in the adult film industry.{{cite book |title=単体女優 ＡＶに捧げた１６年 (日本語) 単行本（ソフトカバー） |id = {{ASIN|4334951554|country=jp}}}} She also started her own YouTube channel in the same year.

• Picture Book of a Beautiful Young Girl: Soaked Uniform (December 2004)
• Fascinating Young Hostess: Sexy Thighs (December 2006)
• Temptation: Eating Me (December 2007)
• Maid-Droid (January 2009)

• Maze: Secret Love ({{ko-hhrm|미궁:비밀애; Migung: bimirae}}) (April 2015)

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• {{cite web|url=http://www.alicejapan.co.jp/actress.php?actress_id=cf6a15eaa3c6b6a9bed9caaa91581dcd|title=Alice Japan Profile & Filmography|language=ja}}
• {{cite web|url=http://www.max-a.co.jp/actress.php?actress_id=80027b1d8feb83f8ba8f43ad6d34eb57|title=Max-A Profile & Filmography|language=ja}}
• {{cite web|url=http://www.maxing.jp/shop/ac/ACT10002.html|title=Maxing Filmography|language=ja}}
• {{cite web|url=http://www.s1s1s1.com/actress/-/detail/=/id=6644/|title=S1 Profile & Filmography|language=ja|access-date=2009-06-16|archive-date=2016-11-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120010710/http://www.s1s1s1.com/actress/-/detail/=/id=6644/|url-status=dead}}
• {{cite web|url=http://xxx.xcity.jp/idol/detail/?id=1404&style=simple|title=Akiho Yoshizawa AV Idol Directory}}
• {{cite web|url=http://blog.dmm.co.jp/actress/yoshizawa_akiho/|title=Akiho Yoshizawa blog at DMM|language=ja|access-date=2009-06-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090623141427/http://blog.dmm.co.jp/actress/yoshizawa_akiho/|archive-date=2009-06-23|url-status=dead}}
• {{cite web|url=http://www.akiho.net/top.html|title=Akiho Yoshizawa Official Site|language=ja|access-date=2009-06-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723005843/http://www.akiho.net/top.html|archive-date=2011-07-23|url-status=dead}}
• {{cite web|url=http://blog.livedoor.jp/akihonet/|title=Akiho Yoshizawa Official Blog|language=ja}}
• {{cite web|url=http://dailyjav.com/blog_Akiho_Yoshizawa/|title=Akiho Yoshizawa Official Blog English Translation|access-date=2009-06-18|archive-url=https://archive.today/20110708220856/http://dailyjav.com/blog_Akiho_Yoshizawa/|archive-date=2011-07-08|url-status=dead}}
• {{cite web|url=http://www.jsexnetwork.com/interviews/Akiho_Yoshizawa/index.htm|title=Akiho Yoshizawa JSexNetwork Interview in English}}

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