Mari Ayukawa
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is a former Japanese
Japanese people
The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...

 AV idol
AV Idol
An AV idol is a Japanese idol who works in the pornographic business, often both as an actress as well as a model as the video performances have a wide range, from just the idol strolling around their house doing chores in bikinis to hardcore porn...

 and pink film actress.

Life and career

Mari Ayukawa was born in Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

 on December 2, 1969. Ayukawa had nurse education
Nurse education
Nurse education consists in the theorical and practical training provided to nurses with the purpose to prepare them for their duties as nursing care professionals. This education is provided to nursing students by experienced nurses and other medical professionals who have qualified or...

 in high school
High school
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 and she was a medical school
Medical school
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 student when she made her AV debut in the July 1988 Arena release, .

Ayukawa starred in the female pink film director Sachi Hamano
Sachi Hamano
aka and , is a Japanese film director. She is the most prolific and written-about female pink film director.-Life and career:Sachi Hamano was born as Sachiko Suzuki in Tokushima Prefecture on March 19, 1948. While in high school, Hamano decided she wanted to become a film director...

's entry in Shintōhō's Molester's Train series, . In 1989 she starred in two films for pink film pioneer Satoru Kobayashi
Satoru Kobayashi (director)
was a Japanese film director most famous for directing the first pink film, the type of softcore pornographic films that became the most prolific film genre in Japan during the 1960s and 1970s...

, and , both of which were distributed by Xces. Ayukawa also starred in director Akio Jissoji
Akio Jissoji
was a Japanese television and film director best known outside of Japan for the 1960s TV series Ultraman and Ultra Seven, as well as for his auteur erotic ATG-produced Buddhist trilogy , , and ....

's (1990), also distributed by Xces.

In 1991, Ayukawa played the role of the wife of Kuen the silk-maker in the Hong Kong
Cinema of Hong Kong
The cinema of Hong Kong is one of the three major threads in the history of Chinese language cinema, alongside the cinema of China, and the cinema of Taiwan...

 Category III classic Sex and Zen
Sex and Zen
Sex and Zen is a 1991 Hong Kong erotic comedy film directed by Michael Mak and starring Lawrence Ng and Amy Yip....

.

In 2006, Ayukawa's AV career, which ran from 1988 to 1990, was reviewed in the DVD Mari Ayukawa History, released by Atlas21
Atlas21
, formerly known as VIP, is a Japanese adult video company with headquarters in Tokyo, Japan.-VIP:The AV company was founded in June 1981 and issued its first video, titled , in December of that same year making it one of the first adult video companies to be established in Japan. The studio...

.

Adult Videos (AV)

Title Release date Director Studio Notes
Nani o Utsuse!
1988-07 Arena AV Debut
Emergency
1988 h.m.p.
H.m.p. (Japan)
h.m.p. is a Japanese company which is involved in adult entertainment including the production and sales of adult videos and the marketing of adult toys and sex aids.-Company information:...

 Samm
DSV-041
The Uniform Connection - Mari Ayukawa
1989-03 VIP
Atlas21
, formerly known as VIP, is a Japanese adult video company with headquarters in Tokyo, Japan.-VIP:The AV company was founded in June 1981 and issued its first video, titled , in December of that same year making it one of the first adult video companies to be established in Japan. The studio...


6D-013
Bocky 23
1989-04-11 Hakuō Ayanokōji Alice Japan
Alice Japan
was established on April 4, 1986 as the adult video label for Japan Home Video .-Company information:The early AVs produced by JHV went under the Penguin label, the first title being the 30 minute long softcore Asobinasareya, Tadakurue starring Hidemi Nakajima released May 21, 1984 with...


KA-1242
With Sayuri Hoshino, Tsukasa Yuki & Yumi Ogawa
Bocky 25
1989-06-11 Hakuō Ayanokōji Alice Japan
KA-1254
With Kumiko Sugimori, Midori Wakaba & Natsuki Yamamoto
FlashBack 14
1989-06-21 Rokurō Mochizuki Alice Japan
KA-1255
Sexual Video Stars On Amazing Secret Reports
1989-08-11 Hiroshi Amatsu VIP
Atlas21
, formerly known as VIP, is a Japanese adult video company with headquarters in Tokyo, Japan.-VIP:The AV company was founded in June 1981 and issued its first video, titled , in December of that same year making it one of the first adult video companies to be established in Japan. The studio...


6B-049
With Marina Matsumoto, Marino Fujisawa, Mariko Akiyama & Ranko Sakaguchi
Subtropical Doll Mari Ayukawa
1989 Mariana
CX-32
The Black Fuck
1990-08 Royal Art Stella
STV-1016
Erotomania '90
1990-02-15 h.m.p.
H.m.p. (Japan)
h.m.p. is a Japanese company which is involved in adult entertainment including the production and sales of adult videos and the marketing of adult toys and sex aids.-Company information:...

 Miss Christine
PMC-004
Last Climax No. 2 Erotic Game
1990 h.m.p. Miss Christine
PMC-011
With Juri Asahina
Mari Ayukawa History
2006-06-23 Taro Matsumoto Atlas21
Atlas21
, formerly known as VIP, is a Japanese adult video company with headquarters in Tokyo, Japan.-VIP:The AV company was founded in June 1981 and issued its first video, titled , in December of that same year making it one of the first adult video companies to be established in Japan. The studio...


AVD-321
Compilation DVD of 3 previous works
Samurai Porn Vol. 9: Mari Ayukawa 2007-05-15 Amorz Entertainment / Samurai Porn
SP-009
Uncensored compilation

Theatrical films

Title Release date Director Studio Notes
Monzetsuhigi: Bishonure
1989-04-01 Satoru Kobayashi
Satoru Kobayashi (director)
was a Japanese film director most famous for directing the first pink film, the type of softcore pornographic films that became the most prolific film genre in Japan during the 1960s and 1970s...

Orient 21
Xces
Molester's Train: Hurry Up and Come!

Chikan Densha: Hayaku Itteyo!
1989-10 Sachi Hamano
Sachi Hamano
aka and , is a Japanese film director. She is the most prolific and written-about female pink film director.-Life and career:Sachi Hamano was born as Sachiko Suzuki in Tokushima Prefecture on March 19, 1948. While in high school, Hamano decided she wanted to become a film director...

Shintōhō DVD release 2007-08-25
Hakui no Tenshi: Musaboru Futomomo
1989-10-13 Satoru Kobayashi
Satoru Kobayashi (director)
was a Japanese film director most famous for directing the first pink film, the type of softcore pornographic films that became the most prolific film genre in Japan during the 1960s and 1970s...

Cinema Ark
Xces
The Waltz

La Valse
1990-02-15 Akio Jissoji
Akio Jissoji
was a Japanese television and film director best known outside of Japan for the 1960s TV series Ultraman and Ultra Seven, as well as for his auteur erotic ATG-produced Buddhist trilogy , , and ....

Kuki
Xces
Strawberry Times 4: Kisaragi San Shimai no Gyakushū
1990-12-17 Toshihiro Itō
Bandai Visual
Bandai Visual
, is a Japanese anime, film production and distribution enterprise, established by Bandai Co., Ltd. and a subsidiary of Namco Bandai Holdings, Inc., which is based in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Since the reorganisation of Namco Bandai Holdings in 2006, Bandai Visual now heads the group's Visual and...

Sex and Zen
Sex and Zen
Sex and Zen is a 1991 Hong Kong erotic comedy film directed by Michael Mak and starring Lawrence Ng and Amy Yip....


玉蒲團之偷情寶鑑
1991 Michael Mak
Michael Mak
Michael Mak Kwok-fung is a Hong Kong politician. He is a Hong Kong pro-democratic political organization, and an elected member of Wan Chai District. He was the founding deputy chairman of the League of Social Democrats, and was elected to the Advisory Council of the party in 2010...

Golden Harvest
Golden Harvest
Golden Harvest is a film production, distribution, and exhibition company based in Hong Kong. It played a major role in becoming the first Chinese film company to successfully enter the western market for an extended period of time, especially with the films of Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan...

Skinless Night
1991-04-06 Rokurō Mochizuki
Chinese Erotic Story
1997 Recompiled from Category III films

Magazine appearances

Source:
  • 1988 Idol Tanteidan (アイドル探偵団:758位)
  • June 1988 Beppin
  • September 13, 1988 Weekly Playboy
    Weekly Playboy
    also known as or WPB is a Japanese weekly magazine published by Shueisha since 1966.This magazine is not a regional edition of the American Playboy magazine; the Japanese edition of that magazine was published as Monthly Playboy by Shueisha until its cancellation in January 2009.-People in...


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