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Every Japan Nightlife Guide article tagged Retirement.
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Japanese AV actress Azu Amatsuki — debuted 2020 as "Nako Hoshi," retired in 2021, returned as Azu Amatsuki in 2023, went freelance in 2024, then ended the career in December 2025 to start a job. The most complete stop-and-restart on record, with an ordinary exit.
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Dual-contract debut at Alice Japan and Max-A in 2003, 1,000-plus titles, Pink Film awards in 2006, then the 2018 retirement announcement — and a 2020 novel written about the sixteen years. The longest exclusive career on record.
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Born in England, debuted on S1 in 2011, became one of the most-watched Asian performers in Western markets by 2013, retired in 2016 — then in 2021 quietly had her entire catalogue removed from sale. A career that ends in a legal test case for the 2022 law.
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AV actress Kirara Asuka — scouted at a Roppongi hostess bar, debuted on h.m.p in 2007, Best Actress 2009, S1 from 2013, retired 2020 into modelling. Her career and post-2020 work, documented on the public record.
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Japanese AV actress Momonga Kana — IdeaPocket exclusive from October 2015 to her November 2025 retirement, no label changes in ten years. New Actress awards in 2017, the industry's first Ultra HD Blu-ray lead in 2021, and a retirement announced in September 2025.
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AV actress Saori Hara — junior idol, SOD exclusive from 2008, a debut reported at 100,000-plus sales, Best Actress 2010, then gone after March 2011 and back in 2014 under a new name. The documented record.
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From gravure in 2008 to an Alice Japan debut in 2010 and S1 in 2015 — then a quiet Instagram retirement in July 2025, effective 17 August. Over 700 titles across two labels, never dropping out of the exclusive tier.
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Debut in 2005, back-to-back #1 in the DMM annual sales ranking for 2006 and 2007, 600-plus titles, a cancer diagnosis in 2013 — then a 2015 retirement into a music career. The career that made the freelance-exclusive hybrid mainstream.
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