Mihiro

Mihiro was born in Niigata prefecture on May 19, 1982. She began a career as a softcore nude model as early as May 2001 when her video Dream (どりーむ) was released followed by the publication of the similarly named photobook Dream (夢) in August 2002.{{cite web|url=http://urabon-navigator.com/books/5910 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20110301011831/http://urabon-navigator.com/books/5910 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-03-01 |title=Mihiro Photobook: Dream |publisher=Urabon Navigator |access-date=2009-06-16 }}{{cite book|url = http://www.bk1.jp/product/02201162|script-title=ja:夢|publisher= BK1 |access-date= 2009-06-16 |language=ja}} She appeared in a number of other softcore nude modeling videos and photobooks over the next year and a half.{{cite web|url=http://urabon-navigator.com/profiles/n0724&mode=books |archive-url=https://archive.today/20100915071439/http://urabon-navigator.com/profiles/n0724&mode=books |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-09-15 |title=Mihiro Books |publisher=Urabon Navigator |access-date=2014-05-18 }} Mihiro also acted in several softcore V-Cinema productions during this time including the 2003 comedy {{nihongo|Heisei Sekuhara Bushidou|平成セクハラ武士道 たそがれ助兵衛}} directed by Naoyuki Tomomatsu.{{cite web | url = https://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=319202 |script-title = ja:平成セクハラ武士道 たそがれ助兵衛|publisher=AllCinema|access-date= 2014-05-18|language= ja}} and Kōji Kawano's 2004 {{nihongo|Chakuero no onna Karina|着エロの女 KARＩNA}}.{{cite web|url = https://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=321173|script-title=ja:着エロの女 KARＩNA |publisher= All Cinema |access-date= 2014-05-18|language= ja}} She was also featured as a singer in a J-Pop Maxi single titled Sunflower (ヒマワリ) for Dream Robot in October 2004.{{cite web|url = https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0002Y4M94 |title=ヒマワリ [Maxi] |publisher= Amazon | place = JP |access-date=2009-06-27|language= ja}}

Mihiro made her transition from nude model to AV actress in January 2005 when Alice Japan released her debut adult video Little Angel.{{cite web |url = http://homepage3.nifty.com/kurokami/years/years_2005_body.htm | title = 2005|publisher= AV Research Laboratory |access-date= 2014-05-18 |language = ja | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070321191803/http://homepage3.nifty.com/kurokami/years/years_2005_body.htm | archive-date = 2007-03-21}} A month later, she made her first video for the MAX-A studio, Super Star. For the next two and a half years until mid-2007, Mihiro made about one AV a month alternating between Alice Japan and MAX-A.{{cite web|url=http://urabon-navigator.com/profiles/n0724&mode=movies |archive-url=https://archive.today/20100915071946/http://urabon-navigator.com/profiles/n0724&mode=movies |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-09-15 |title=Profile Mihiro みひろ Filmography |publisher=Urabon Navigator |access-date=2014-05-18 }} At the same time, Mihiro was also appearing on TV in the TV Asahi drama {{nihongo|Tokumei Kakarichō Tadano Hitoshi|特命係長·只野仁}} or Mission Section Chief Hitoshi Tadano. She was in Episode 1 of the second year series (Whole Episode 12) of the program broadcast on January 14, 2005.{{cite web|url = http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/channel/contents/dorama/0066/|title=特命係長 只野仁 2ndシーズン|publisher= TV-Asahi|access-date = 2009-07-01|language= ja |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091004064545/http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/channel/contents/dorama/0066/ |archive-date= 2009-10-04}}{{cite web |url= https://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_p.php?num_p=511584|script-title=ja:特命係長 只野仁（第2期） |publisher= All Cinema|access-date = 2014-05-18 |language= ja}}

She began 2006 with a regular role in TV Tokyo's romantic comedy, {{nihongo|2nd House|2ndハウス|2nd Hausu}}, which ran in 12 episodes from January to March 2006.{{cite web|url=http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/2ndhouse/ |title=2ndハウス|publisher= www.tv-tokyo.co.jp|language=ja}}{{cite web|url=http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/2ndhouse/cast.html|title=2ndハウス Cast|publisher= TV Tokyo |access-date=2009-07-08 |language=ja}} In April 2006, she was one of the leads in the V-Cinema horror film, Zombie Self-Defense Force directed by pink film and horror movie director Naoyuki Tomomatsu.{{cite web|url=http://twitchfilm.com/2006/12/reminder-naoyuki-tomomatsus-zombie-self-defense-force-zonbi-jieitai-aka-zom.html|title=Reminder: Naoyuki Tomomatsu's Zombie self-defense force (Zonbi Jieitai) – a.k.a. "Zombie Jieitai"|work=Twitch Film|date=2006-12-20|access-date=2014-03-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225170854/http://twitchfilm.com/2006/12/reminder-naoyuki-tomomatsus-zombie-self-defense-force-zonbi-jieitai-aka-zom.html|archive-date=2015-02-25|url-status=dead}} Throughout 2006, she continued appearing in monthly adult videos for MAX-A and Alice Japan.

In another genre, Mihiro was the star of the November 2006 V-Cinema release {{nihongo|Yo-Yo Sexy Girl Cop |スケパン刑事 バージンネーム＝諸見栄サキ|Sukepan deka: Bājin nēmu {{=}} Moromie Saki}}, an erotic parody of the manga-inspired movie Yo-Yo Girl Cop. She played a teenaged undercover government agent armed with a steel yo-yo and see-through panties.{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/work/yo-yo-sexy-girl-cop-469700 | title= Yo-Yo Sexy Girl Cop|work=Allmovie|access-date=2009-07-15}}{{cite web|url= https://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=325921|script-title=ja:スケパン刑事 バージンネーム=諸見栄サキ (2006) | publisher=AllCinema|access-date=2009-07-15|language=ja}} One reviewer commented that Mihiro's was "the only performance of note". The DVD was released in the US with English subtitles in November 2008.{{cite web|url=http://10kbullets.com/reviews/y/yo-yo-sexy-girl-cop/|title=Yo-Yo Sexy Girl Cop |publisher=10k bullets |last=Den Boer|first=Michael|date=January 15, 2009|access-date=2009-07-15}}

Mihiro continued her singing career with an all AV Idol group, the "Man-zoku ディーバ Divas" which originally consisted of Mihiro, Akiho Yoshizawa and Naho Ozawa. Ozawa later left the group which was eventually expanded to five singers.{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080212120055/http://japansugoi.com/wordpress/japanese-av-idol-group-man-zoku-%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%90-divas/ |archive-date= 2008-02-12|url=http://japansugoi.com/wordpress/japanese-av-idol-group-man-zoku-%e3%83%87%e3%82%a3%e3%83%bc%e3%83%90-divas/|title=Japanese av idol group Man-Zoku ディーバ Divas|publisher=Japan Sugoi |access-date= 2009-07-08}}Official website: {{cite web|url=http://av.manzoku.or.jp/|title=マンゾクディーバ (Manzoku Divas)|publisher= Manzoku | place = JP |access-date=2009-07-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090803162710/http://av.manzoku.or.jp/ |archive-date=2009-08-03}}

Mihiro's final videos for the MAX-A and Alice Japan studios were released in the first half of 2007. She returned to TV work in 2007 as a regular cast member in the TV Asahi suspense drama {{nihongo |Tissue|ティッシュ|Tisshu}} which was broadcast April–June 2007{{cite web|url= https://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=328126|script-title=ja:ティッシュ(2007)|publisher= AllCinema |access-date= 2009-07-08|language=ja}}{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070528164622/http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/tissue/cast/body.html|archive-date=2007-05-28|url=http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/tissue/cast/body.html|title=Tissue Cast|publisher= TV Asahi | place = JP |access-date= 2009-07-08 |language= ja}} and she also appeared as a guest star in Episode 1 of the erotic drama {{nihongo |Shinjuku swan|新宿スワン 歌舞伎町スカウトサバイバル|Shinjuku suwan kabukichou sukauto sabaibaru}} which was aired by TV Asahi in August 2007.{{cite web|url=https://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=329073 |script-title=ja:新宿スワン 歌舞伎町スカウトサバイバル|publisher= AllCinema]|access-date= 2011-02-24 |language= ja}}

From July 2007, Mihiro began making videos with two new AV studios, Maxing{{cite web|url=http://www.maxing.jp/shop/ac/ACT10023.html|title=みひろ出演DVD一覧 (Mihiro Filmography)|publisher=www.maxing.jp|access-date=2009-07-08|language=ja}} and S1 No. 1 Style.{{cite web|url=http://www.s1s1s1.com/actress/-/detail/=/id=581/|script-title=ja:みひろ|publisher=www.s1s1s1.com|access-date=2009-07-08|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090708151608/http://www.s1s1s1.com/actress/-/detail/=/id=581|archive-date=2009-07-08|url-status=dead}} She kept to her previous pattern of doing one movie per month, alternating between the two companies. At the 2007 Vegas Night Moodyz Awards, Mihiro took the 2nd Place Award for Best Actress and her debut video for S1, Hyper-Risky Mosaic Mihiro, directed by Hideto Aki, won the Best Title 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 the mainstream film arena, she starred as Ms Lin, the owner of a dumpling shop with a "secret ingredient", in director Kōji Kawano's 2008 V-Cinema erotic horror-comedy Cruel Restaurant.{{cite web|url=https://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=329625|script-title=ja:残酷飯店|publisher=AllCinema|access-date=2014-05-19|language=ja}} She had previously worked with Kawano in the 2004 video Chakuero no onna Karina. Along with other S1 actresses Sora Aoi, Yuma Asami and Rio, Mihiro was one of the regular cast members doing songs and comedy on the late night TV Osaka variety show {{nihongo|Please Muscat|おねがい マスカット|Onegai Muscat}} which began broadcasting in April 2008.{{cite web|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=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}} She has also done a number of TV skits with Japanese comedian Ken Shimura.{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090626050916/http://japansugoi.com/wordpress/mihiro-and-ken-shimura-comedy-skits/|archive-date=2009-06-26|url=http://japansugoi.com/wordpress/mihiro-and-ken-shimura-comedy-skits/|title=Mihiro and Ken Shimura comedy skits|publisher=Japan Sugoi|access-date=2009-07-16|date=June 19, 2009}}

In 2009 Mihiro continued her AV career with S1 and Maxing but she also appeared in roles in theatrical movies, the first being in March, in the drama {{nihongo|SR: Saitama's Rapper|SR サイタマノラッパー|SR: Saitama no rappā}}, also known as 8000 Miles. The movie, directed by Yū Irie, follows a group of aspiring rap singers in Tokyo's Saitama prefecture.{{cite web|url=https://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=333026|script-title=ja:SR サイタマノラッパー|publisher=AllCinema|access-date=2009-07-16|language=ja}} The film was awarded the Grand Prix at the 19th Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival in 2009.{{cite news|url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1118000724.html?categoryid=13&cs=1|title=Japan's Yubari fest honors 'Rapper'|publisher=Variety|access-date=2009-07-16 | first=Mark | last=Schilling | date=2009-03-02}} In June 2009 she was in Ju-on: White Ghost / Black Ghost, part of the famous Japanese Ju-on series re-made in the US as The Grudge.{{cite web|url=https://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=333785|script-title=ja:呪怨 白い老女|publisher=AllCinema.net|access-date=2009-07-16|language=ja}} Later, in July she had a part in the action-horror gore-fest by director Kengo Kaji, Samurai Princess: Devil Princess.{{cite web|url=https://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=333634|script-title=ja:サムライプリンセス 外道姫(2009) |trans-title=Samurai princess |publisher=AllCinema |access-date=2010-07-17|language=ja}}

Mihiro published an autobiographical memoir titled nude, detailing her early life and entry into AV. The book ({{ISBN|4-06215449-8}}) was released by Kodansha on May 19, 2009.{{cite book|trans-title=nude | script-title=ja:単行本]| place = JP |id={{ASIN|4062154498|country=jp}} | language= ja}} Her book is one of a number of autobiographical works by actresses about the AV industry going back to Ai Iijima's novel Platonic Sex in 2000, and including Saori Hara's My Real Name Is Mai Kato: Why I Became an AV Actress from December 2009, and Honoka's 2010 book Biography of Honoka: Mama, I Love You, which adult media reporter Rio Yasuda sees as marking a trend in which the AV industry is being assimilated into popular culture.{{cite web|url=http://www.tokyoreporter.com/2010/03/20/porn-actresses-pen-salacious-memoirs-in-chasing-legacy-of-ai-iijima/|title=Porn actresses pen salacious memoirs in chasing legacy of Ai Iijima|access-date=2010-11-06|publisher=Tokyo Reporter|date=March 20, 2010|last= Takahashi |first= Amy}}

Also in 2009, she traveled to Korea to promote a four-part dramatic TV series Korean Classroom, a joint Korean-Japanese production which aired on Korean TV in May 2009. The series, which also starred AV Idols Sora Aoi and Rio (Tina Yuzuki), deals with three Japanese girls who travel to Korea and fall for some local men.{{cite web|url=http://www.allkpop.com/index.php/full_story/aoi_sora_and_mihiro_promote_korean_classroom/ |title=Aoi Sora and Mihiro promote Korean Classroom |publisher=All K Pop |access-date=2009-07-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090712060210/http://www.allkpop.com/index.php/full_story/aoi_sora_and_mihiro_promote_korean_classroom |archive-date=2009-07-12 }}

In 2010, in addition to her regular schedule of adult videos for S1 and Maxing, she starred in the low-budget comedy {{nihongo|Running on Empty|ランニング・オン・エンプティ|Ranningu on enputi}}, released in February and directed by Dai Sakō.{{cite web|url=http://www.elmagazine.com/movies/?movies=***+September+Movie+Reviews+***|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710183438/http://www.elmagazine.com/movies/?movies=***+September+Movie+Reviews+***|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-07-10|title=Running on Empty|publisher=EL Magazine|access-date=2010-03-20}} In May 2010, it was announced that Mihiro's autobiographical work nude would be made into a movie starring Naoko Watanabe and directed by Yuichi Onuma. The movie started shooting in May and was released on September 10, 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.nipponcinema.com/blog/naoko-watanabe-to-play-porn-actress-mihiro-in-new-biopic/|title=Naoko Watanabe to play porn actress Mihiro in new biopic|publisher=Nippon Cinema|access-date=2010-06-27|date=May 13, 2010|last=Quellette|first=Kevin}}{{cite web|url=http://www.tokyograph.com/news/id-6100|title=Life of AV star Mihiro being made into movie|publisher=Tokyograph News|access-date=2010-06-27}}{{cite web|url= http://news.walkerplus.com/article/17209/ |title=『nude』初日舞台挨拶は涙、涙！|publisher=MovieWalker|access-date= 2014-05-19 |language=ja}}

Earlier in the year Mihiro had announced her retirement from AV and her last two videos were Mihiro Channel for Maxing{{cite web|url=http://www.maxing.jp/shop/pid/779.html|script-title=ja:みっひーチャンネル！ みひろ|publisher=maxing.jp|access-date=2010-06-27|language=ja}} and her retirement work, the 2-disc Mihiro Final - Special Technique on June 19, 2010, for S1.{{cite web|url=http://www.s1s1s1.com/works/-/detail/=/cid=soe416/|title=みひろFINAL 最後で最高のイカセ技、全部見せます。|publisher=S1s1s1|access-date=2010-06-27|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919183813/http://www.s1s1s1.com/works/-/detail/=/cid=soe416/|archive-date=2016-09-19|url-status=dead}} In 2012, the major Japanese adult video distributor DMM held a poll of its customers to choose the 100 all-time best AV actresses to celebrate the 30th anniversary of adult videos in Japan. Mihiro finished in 83rd place in the balloting.{{cite web|url=http://www.dmm.co.jp/en/av30/-/vote/=/page=5/#ranking|title=Final Balloting Result|publisher=DMM|access-date=2014-05-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128163356/http://www.dmm.co.jp/en/av30/-/vote/=/page=5/#ranking|archive-date=2016-01-28|url-status=dead}}

In 2013, Mihiro starred in the Toho comedy Goddotan kiss patience Championship - The Movie, a film adaption of the popular TV Tokyo variety show.{{cite web|url=http://movie.walkerplus.com/mv53035/ |title=Goddotankisu patience Championship THE MOVIE|publisher=Movie Walker|access-date= 2014-05-19 |language= ja}} Mihiro played the part of Yurufuwa-chan in {{nihongo|Arasa-chan Uncensored|アラサーちゃん 無修正|Arasa-chan Mushusei}}, the TV Tokyo comedy about a group of 30-something women starring gravure idol Mitsu Dan, which aired July–October 2014.{{cite web|url=https://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=349472|script-title=ja:アラサーちゃん 無修正|publisher=All Cinema|access-date=2015-02-18 |language= ja}} Since 2017 she's been a member of the newly reformed Ebisu Muscats and performs regularly with the band.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ebisu-muscats.com/member/mihiro/|title=みひろ {{!}} 恵比寿★マスカッツ公式サイト|website=恵比寿マスカッツ公式サイト|language=ja|access-date=2019-07-23}} She also discontinued the selling of her former AV work from DMM.com by the so-called "5-year rule" (introduced around 2016), that allows AV actresses to stop the mainstream distribution of their videos five years after retirement.{{Cite web|url=http://ertk.net/archives/448858.html|title=レジェンドAV女優みひろ、突如DMMから全AV作品が消去され5年ルール説が浮上 - エロチカ|website=ertk.net|access-date=2019-07-23}}

• {{nihongo|Ori Nyosho Reika Shukan |檻 Prison Girl}} (November 2006)
• {{nihongo|8000 Miles|SR サイタマノラッパー|SR: Saitama no rappā}} (March 2009)
• Ju-on: White Ghost / Black Ghost (June 2009)
• Samurai Princess: Devil Princess (July 2009)
• {{nihongo|Running on Empty|ランニング・オン・エンプティ|Ranningu on enputi}} (February 2010)
• nude (September 2010)
• Goddotan kiss patience Championship - The Movie (June 2013)

• {{Citation | title = {{nihongo|Dream|夢|Yume}} |trans-title=Dream | language = ja | date = August 5, 2002 | publisher = Eichi | isbn = 4-7542-1535-4}}.
• {{Citation | title = {{nihongo|Mihiro - Mx6|みひろ写真集 M×6}} | language = ja | date = March 25, 2004 | publisher = Eichi | isbn = 4-7542-1574-5}}.
• {{Citation |trans-title=Diva | volume = 10 | date = July 20, 2004 | publisher = My Way | script-title=ja:マイウェイ出版 | language = ja | isbn = 4-86135-054-9}}.

• Mihiro voiced Mai, a character in the 2005 videogame Yakuza

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• {{official website|http://www.mihiro.tv}}
• {{cite web|url=http://blog.livedoor.jp/mihiro_blog/|title=Official Blog|language=ja}}
• {{IMDb name|2419919|Mihiro}}
• {{JMDB name|1036400}}
• {{cite web|url=http://www.s1s1s1.com/actress/-/detail/=/id=581/|title=Mihiro - S1 Profile|language=ja|access-date=2009-07-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090708151608/http://www.s1s1s1.com/actress/-/detail/=/id=581|archive-date=2009-07-08|url-status=dead}}
• {{cite web|url=http://www.maxing.jp/actress/pd/ACT10023.html|title=Mihiro - Maxing Profile|language=ja}}

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