Try-Heart Corporation

Try-Heart began releasing videos under the Pink Drug label at least as early as December 1995,{{cite web|url=http://xxx.xcity.jp/release/detail/?id=4296|title=Super Harem Video Vol. 1|publisher=AV Idol Directory|access-date=2010-07-29}} and with production codes of the type SEA-xxx for the Sexia studio as early as April 1997 with the video Throbbing Kiss ({{nihongo2|ときめきＫｉｓｓ}}) starring Ao Amamai ({{nihongo2|天海あお}}), coded SEA-001.{{cite web|url=http://www.arzon.jp/?action=itemdetail&cd=304603&tab=new&backurl=http://www.arzon.jp/|script-title=ja:ときめきＫｉｓｓ　天海あお|publisher=arzon.jp|access-date=2009-10-04|language=ja}} Several AV Idols worked for Try-Heart in the 1990s including Kyōko Kazama who starred in Super Breasts on the Pink Drug label in 1996,{{cite web|url=http://urabon-navigator.com/?p=mcard&id=3523|title=Super Breasts|publisher=Urabon Navigator|access-date=2009-10-04}} Haruki Mizuno who made her debut on the Sexia label in 1997,{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091227192412/http://homepage3.nifty.com/kurokami/years/years_1997.htm|archive-date=2009-12-27|url=http://homepage3.nifty.com/kurokami/years/years_1997.htm|title=1997|access-date=2007-07-21|publisher=AV {{nihongo2|研究所}} (AV Research Laboratory)|language=ja}} and Azumi Kawashima who debuted with Sexia in 1998.{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091221092124/http://homepage3.nifty.com/kurokami/years/years_1998.htm|archive-date=2009-12-21|url=http://homepage3.nifty.com/kurokami/years/years_1998.htm|title=1998|access-date=2007-07-21|publisher=AV {{nihongo2|研究所}} (AV Research Laboratory)|language=ja}}

The Try-Heart Corporation via its SexiA studio was considered to be one of the "mainstream" AV producers and was affiliated with the Kuki group, once the largest collection of AV companies in Japan, as early as February 2001.{{cite web|url=http://xxx.kuki.co.jp/index2.html|title=The City|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010206203810/http://xxx.kuki.co.jp/index2.html|archive-date=2001-02-06|access-date=2010-05-10|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://memweb.newsguy.com/~japanav/other/avfaq.html|title=Who makes AV?|publisher= memweb.newsguy.com|access-date=2009-10-05}}{{cite web|url=http://memweb.newsguy.com/~japanav/links/links.html|title=JAV Production Companies|publisher=memweb.newsguy.com|access-date=2009-10-05}} Try-Heart, along with the other companies associated with Kuki, used the X City website for sales and publicity for its SexiA and OFF SIDE labels.{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070917022114/http://xxx.xcity.jp/company.html|archive-date=2007-09-17|url=http://xxx.xcity.jp/company.html|title=X City Sponsors|publisher= xxx.xcity.jp|access-date=2010-07-29}} Like other members of the Kuki family of companies, Try-Heart belonged to the ethics group called in English the Nihon Ethics of Video Association (NEVA) or in Japanese 日本ビデオ倫理協会 (Nippon Bideo Rinri Kyoukai or Japan Video Morality Association), usually abbreviated as ビデ倫 (Biderin or Viderin).{{cite magazine |url=https://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2004/04/63009?currentPage=all |title=Fix for Japan Pop-Culture Addicts |magazine=Wired |access-date=2009-02-08 |date=April 12, 2004}} In 2004, Try-Heart left NEVA and the Kuki group of companies to join another ethics group VSIC (Visual Software Contents Industry Coop.) and become affiliated with the Hokuto Corporation group of companies which distributes Sexia and other Try-Heart videos through its DMM website.{{cite web|url=http://allabout.co.jp/entertainment/adultvideo/closeup/CU20070906A/index3.htm|script-title=ja:ヘアヌード登場以後のモザイク規制の歴史|publisher=All About|access-date=2009-10-05|last=Otsubo|first=Kemuta|date=September 6, 2007|language=ja}}{{cite web|url=http://www.outvision.co.jp/maker/index.html|script-title=ja:メーカー一覧を見る|publisher= Outvision|language=ja|access-date=2008-12-07}}

In April 2005, eight years after SexiA video SEA-001 was issued in April 1997, Try-Heart released a Sexia video with production code SEA-429,{{cite web|url=http://www.urabon-navigator.com/?p=mcard&id=1426|title=RE-SEX|publisher=Urabon Navigator|access-date=2009-10-05}} making an average of about 54 videos per year for that period. However, in recent years, Sexia and Try-Heart have released very few videos and most have been compilations of earlier material.{{cite web|url=http://jjsjapaneseidols.thumblogger.com/home/list/sexia/|title=Sexia|publisher=Japanese Idol Directory|access-date=2009-10-05}}{{cite web|url=http://www.sexia.tv/works/-/list/=/article=new_release/|title=Sexia New Releases|publisher=sexia.tv|access-date=2009-10-05|language=ja}} The official websites for Try-Heart and SexiA deal only in streaming and downloadable videos of older material{{cite web|url=http://tryheart.jp/|title=Try-Heart Official Site|publisher= tryheart.jp|access-date=2009-10-05|language=ja}}{{cite web|url=http://www.sexia.tv/top.html|title=SexiA Official Site|publisher= tryheart.jp|access-date=2009-10-05|language=ja}} while the DMM site (part of the Hokuto Corporation) which carries previously released DVD and video products includes more than 400 SexiA videos.{{cite web|url=http://www.dmm.co.jp/digital/videoa/-/list/=/article=label/id=119/|title=Sexia Videos on DMM|publisher=DMM|access-date=2009-10-05|language=ja}}

Try-Heart issued the majority of its videos under the SexiA label but occasionally used other labels:{{cite web|url=http://urabon-navigator.com/?p=movie&mode=3|title=Movie Makers - Try-Heart Corporation|publisher=Urabon Navigator|access-date=2009-10-04}}

• Bad Boys
• Challenger
• Chao!!
• Diana
• OFF SIDE
• Pink Drug
• Pink Drug EX
• Pink Drug Stella

Some Try-Heart videos have also been issued under the company name {{nihongo|Raising Company|レイジングカンパニー|Reijingu Kanpanii}}, usually using the OFF SIDE label.{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070807103425/http://xxx.xcity.jp/RAISING/TOP.HTML|archive-date=2007-08-07|url=http://xxx.xcity.jp/RAISING/TOP.HTML|title=Offside|publisher= xxx.xcity.jp|access-date=2010-07-29}}

In addition to Haruki Mizuno and Azumi Kawashima, some other actresses who have made their debut with Try-Heart are Asuka Sakamaki and Naho Ozawa in 2002, and Honoka in 2004. Actresses who have performed for Try-Heart include:

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• Minori Aoi
• Cocolo
• Yumika Hayashi
• Honoka
• Anna Kaneshiro
• Azumi Kawashima
• Kyōko Kazama
• Eri Kikuchi
• Yui Miho
• Saki Ninomiya
• Asuka Sakamaki

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Video series produced by Try-Heart include:{{cite web|url=http://urabon-navigator.com/?p=series&sid=11&lang=4|title=JAV Film Series - Try-Heart Corporation|publisher= Urabon Navigator|access-date=2009-10-06}}

• Call Girl (コールガール痴女)
• Costume Lovers (制服ラヴァーズ)
• I Wanna Suck (タマにはしゃぶりたい)
• Obscene Climax (猥褻クライマックス)
• Pretty Wife (プリティワイフ)
• Sexy Teacher's Secret Spot (女教師の秘蜜)
• Wet & Messy

{{reflist}}

• {{cite web|url=http://tryheart.jp/|title=Try-Heart Corporation official website|language=ja}}
• {{cite web|url=http://www.sexia.tv/|title=SexiA official website|language=ja}}
• {{cite web|url=http://www.dmm.co.jp/digital/videoa/-/list/=/article=maker/id=40042/|title=Try-Heart Videos on DMM|language=ja}}
• {{cite web|url=http://www.dmm.co.jp/digital/videoa/-/list/=/article=label/id=119/|title=Sexia Videos on DMM|language=ja}}

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