Jun Kusanagi

Jun Kusanagi
Born	June 5, 1978 (1978-06-05) (age 33)[1] Tokyo, Japan
Alias(es)	Mizuho Kano Asami Narua Kirin Junna
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Eye colour	Brown
Hair colour	Brown
Ethnicity	Japanese
Official website

Jun Kusanagi / June Kusanagi (草凪純, Kusanagi Jun^?, born June 5, 1978) is a Japanese model and AV idol famous for her metric G-cup-sized bust.^[2] She has been called "one of Japan's most prolific and popular photo model/AV stars."^[3]

Life and career

Early life

Jun Kusanagi was born in Tokyo on June 5, 1978.^[4] When asked to what she attributed her figure, Kusanagi commented, "I go to fitness club, facial cares, and I do exercise at my home too... I did sit-ups a lot of times. When I was high school, I could do 200."^[5]

AV debut

Kusanagi made her adult video (AV) debut in October, 1996 with the video Pin Pin Girl, directed by Yuji Sakamoto.^[3] Because publishing companies own model's stage names, it is not uncommon for an AV actress to use more than one name during her career as she moves from company to company. Jun Kusanagi debuted with the MAX-A studio under the name Mizuho Kano (加納瑞穂, Kanō Mizuho^?), and continued to use that name in appearances for MAX-A and Alice Japan even after she had begun using the name Jun Kusanagi for other companies.^[3] She has also used the stage names Narua Asami (淺海成亞, Asami Narua^?), and Kirin Junna (純名きりん, Junna Kirin^?).

Kusanagi appeared in five more adult videos during the next six months.^[3] She made one more video for MAX-A in November,^[6] and then moved to the Alice Japan label in December^[7] where she made the other four. Obscene Model, her first work for Alice Japan, was also directed by Sakamoto^[7] while Kusanagi's fourth video for the company, Reverse Soap Heaven, was in the popular genre of a prominent AV actress supposedly performing in a soapland.^[8]

After having made six AVs, Kusanagi stopped performing in videos for a time to concentrate on modeling.^[3] Alice Japan issued a compilation video entitled Mizuho Kanou Forever in July 1997.^[3] Kusanagi apparently had dental work done soon after her break from AV performance, as her subsequent appearances in photobooks and magazines show that her teeth, previously slightly crooked, were now straight.^[3] Appearing under the stage name Narua Asami, the first of Kusanagi's five photobooks, Queen Bee, was released in August 1997,^[9] and several magazine appearances under this stage name followed.^[3]

First AV come-back

Kusanagi's come-back video, again with Alice Japan under the name Mizuho Kano, was in March 1998 with Big Tits Rebirth.^[3] After this come-back she released about one video a month for the next year and a half.^[10] For Eichi Publishing, Kusanagi appeared in her second photobook, Kubire, which was released in April 1998. This was her first appearance under the name Jun Kusanagi.^{[citation needed]} She continued appearing in videos for Alice Japan as Mizuho Kano, while making video and magazine appearances as Jun Kusanagi when working for Eichi during this same period.^[3] The photobook Kubire 2 came out in December 1998.^[9]

Kusanagi's videos at this time delved into several of the genres in Japanese adult videos including S&M,^[11] and cosplay.^[12][13] Two other videos were in the documentary style genre and focused on the video audience. The plot of Home Delivery Soaplandhas her character making house-calls for "the poor lonely guy who watches our videos"^[14] and in the January 1999 release, Saint Lady Molester, the plot involves sex with the winners of an Internet contest.^[15]

Second retirement and come-back

In August 1999, Kusanagi again released a farewell appearance, the photobook Jun, and a calendar for the year 2000.^[3] Two years later, with Playboy photographer, Kim Mizuno, Kusanagi produced an 80-page, hardcover volume entitled Dangerous Curve which was released in April 2001.^[9] In her diary she expressed disappointment that she felt her career had failed. It could be due to a combination of bad business decisions, and the fact that she passed her prime so quickly.^[16] Another retirement from public life during the first half of the 2000s followed, during which time the Alice Japan, Atlas21 and MAX-A labels released several compilations of scenes from Kusanagi's previous work, as well as re-issues of the original videos.^[10]

In July 2003, Kusanagi followed AV idols Ai Iijima and Madoka Ozawa by seeking to expand her career in Taiwan. She performed at a multimedia show in Taipei's World Trade Center. One news report declared her appearance in the country had created a "media storm", but also found that her "dancing prowess and stage show were unimpressive" and that her audience was generally "disappointed".^[2] She became a subject of controversy when it was claimed that she was working in the country without a permit. She had to cancel performances on the second day of her planned 3-day tour of the country. Kusanagi's agent in Taiwan claimed that she was not actually working in the country, but that she was only engaging in photo opportunities, shopping and visiting fans. Local Chinese-language newspapers, however, reported that she had been paid.^[2][17]

In May 2006, ten years after her debut, she released a new DVD with Crystal-Eizou called Comeback!! Queen of Kubire Jun Kusanagi (復活！！くびれの女王 草凪純^?). The June issue of Urecco magazine devoted a feature to Kusanagi's return to the AV world.^[18] Kusanagi made several more videos after this second comeback, many in the "mature woman" or "madame" genre for Madonna, but also including nakadashi and simulated rape releases for Attackers and an interracial video (Black Men And Promiscuity) for Moodyz.

Kusanagi has been featured in U.S. publications Playboy and Penthouse, an unusual achievement for a Japan-based model.^[19] She has appeared on various Japanese TV shows including Gilgamesh Night and the TV Asahi variety show Tonight 2.^[19] Jun Kusanagi's successful career has made her "one of the legends of AV".^[20]

Selected filmography

Video title[21]	Company	Director	Release date
Pin Pin Girl	MAX-A Calen XC-1068	Yuji Sakamoto	October 25, 1996
Body Play II: Intoxication of Eros 肉体遊戯II	MAX-A Calen XC-1071	Sara Kirazuki	November 25, 1996
Obscene Model/Y-Setsu Model 猥褻モデル	Alice Japan KA-1820	Yuji Sakamoto	December 27, 1996
Body Report ボディ白書	Alice Japan KA-1823	Kyosuke Murayama	January 25, 1997
Sexy Butt (Mejiri) 女尻	Alice Japan KA-1833 (VHS) DC-043 (VCD)	Kyosuke Murayama	VHS:April 30, 1997 VCD:September 25, 1998
Reverse Soap Heaven / The Contrary Soap Heaven 逆ソープ天国	Alice Japan Babylon KR-9047	Masayuki Naruse	May 30, 1997
Mizuho Kanou Forever 加納瑞穂　フォーエバー Compilation	Alice Japan KA-1840 (VHS) DC-019 (VCD)		VHS:July 4, 1997 VCD:November 21, 1997
Reverse Soap Heaven: Private Party (逆ソープ天国) (VHS) Reverse Soap Heaven Erect 5 (逆ソープ天国 エレクト5) (VCD) Compilation with Kaoru Mochida, Natsumi Kawahama, Ririka Komuro & Sanae Asoh	Alice Japan KR-9062 (VHS) DC-021 (VCD)	Masayuki Naruse	VHS:December 12, 1997 VCD:December 19, 1997
Big Tits Rebirth 巨乳転生 Kyonyu Tenshou	Alice Japan KA-1871	Kyosuke Murayama	March 13, 1998
Big Tits Dynamite 巨乳ダイナマイト	Alice Japan KA-1874	Jin Shomaru	April 10, 1998
Tits-Nyuton 乳tNYUTON	Alice Japan KA-1880		May 15, 1998
G-Cup Danger! G-Cup Kiken! Softcore	Eichi Publishing		May 1998
Passionate Lip 激唇	Atlas21 8A-066	Masahito Ishioka	June 30, 1998
Legend Of An AV Idol AVアイドル伝説	Atlas21 8A-074	Hidekazu Takaharu	July 25, 1998
NEO Bloody Uniform Connection 43 NEO出血大制服43	Atlas21 8A-083	Kyuhei Tsubakihara	August 25, 1998
Home Delivery Soapland 宅配ソープでございます	Atlas21 Saurs TMC-021	Sun Matsui	September 30, 1998
Targeted Female Teacher ねらわれた女教師	h.m.p. Miss Christine TMC-021	Midori Moriguchi	October 21, 1998
Kubire 2	Eichi Publishing		1998
GTO	Eichi Publishing		November 1998
The Kageki ザ・カゲキ	h.m.p. Samm TSV-029	Ryutaro Kanno	November 30, 1998
The Real Mizuho Kanou ザ・リアル 加納瑞穂	h.m.p. Samm TSV-031	Kin Ishikawa	December 25, 1998
Saint Lady Molester 聖痴女	Alice Japan Babylon KR-9090	Sho Takaki	January 22, 1999
NEO Bloody Uniform Connection DX NEO出血大制服DX Compilation with Yuri Komuro, Sena Wakana, Ryo Hitomi, Yaya Kozuki & Sanae Aso	Atlas21 AVD-003		February 15, 1999
Super Horny Monsters Legend 3 超淫獣伝説III With Mai Shiina	Alice Japan Babylon KR-9093 (VHS) DV-011 (DVD)	Yuji Sakamoto	VHS:February 26, 1999 DVD:July 23, 1999
Inhumanity / Give Up Human Being 人間廃業	Alice Japan Babylon KR-9097	Kunihiro Hasegawa	March 26, 1999
Perverted Secretary Likes It Raw - Part 24 Ｈ秘書はナマがお好き ＰＡＲＴ２４	HRC Cher HRC-313	Hitoshi Mochinaga	May 25, 1999
Inhumanity Vol. 3 人間廃業ファイルVol.3 Compilation with Youko Yazawa, Aika Miura, Yuri Komuro & Sena Wakana	Alice Japan Babylon KR-9109 (VHS)		July 30, 1999
Body Language ボディランゲージ	Atlas21 AVD-013		October 15, 1999
Inhumanity Files '99 人間廃業ファイル'99 Compilation with Youko Yazawa, Aika Miura, Yuri Komuro, Wakana Sena & an appearance by Mari Mizuki	Alice Japan DV-016 (DVD)		December 24, 1999
Obscene Model REMIX 猥褻モデル REMIX Compilation from "Obscene Model" series with Asami Jo, Manami Suzuki, Maika Sawada & Bunko Kanazawa	Alice Japan KA-1965 (VHS)		February 11, 2000
Home Delivery Soapland PREMIUM 2 宅配ソープでございます Compilation with Ryoko Sawayama, Nami Maita & Akari Yamazaki	Atlas21br>AVD-024		March 17, 2000
Obscene Model - Wet 5 猥褻モデル　ヌルヌル5 Compilation from "Obscene Model" series with Asami Jo, Manami Suzuki, Maika Sawada & Bunko Kanazawa	Alice Japan DV-033 (DVD)		September 22, 2000
ATLAS MEGA-MIX vol.#2 アトラスMEGA-MIX II Compilation with 17 other actresses	Atlas21 AVD-041		November 17, 2000
MAX-A Anniversary Compilation with 17 other actresses	MAX-A Samansa XS-2209 (VHS) XV-021 (DVD)		VHS:November 24, 2000 DVD:January 19, 2001
NEO Bloody Uniform Connection Final NEO出血大制服　完全版1 Compilation with 21 other actresses	Atlas21 A01011	Tsukasa Hashimoto	January 17, 2001
Mizuho Kano DX 加納瑞穂DX Compilation	MAX-A Samansa XS-2220		March 2, 2001
THE NEO UNIFORM CONNECTION Complete Edition Vol. 1 NEO出血大制服完全版 VOL.1 Compilation with 22 other actresses	Atlas21 AVD-053		March 16, 2001
BIG BUST CLUB Compilation with 11 other actresses	Atlas21 A01041	Tsukasa Hashimoto	April 13, 2001
Home Delivery Soapland PREMIUM 宅配ソープでございます PREMIUM	Atlas21		September 9, 2001
Mizuho Kano Special 加納瑞穂スペシャル Compilation DVD containing Obscene Model and Body Report	Alice Japan DV-088		September 28, 2001
The Neo Uniform Collection No Cut Vol.5 NEO出血大制服ノーカット Vol.5 Compilation with Mirai Amano, Miori Maijima & Ayaka Fujusaki	Atlas21 BVD-016		September 30, 2001
Uncut-4 hours!! Mizuho Kano ノーカット4時間！！加納瑞穂 Compilation DVD	Alice Japan DV-310		December 19, 2003
Superior スペリオール Compilation DVD containing Passionate Lip, Legend Of An AV Idol & Home Delivery Soapland	Atlas21 AVD-178		February 25, 2004
Uncut 4 Hours!! Mizuki Kano 2 ノーカット4時間！！加納瑞穂 2 Compilation DVD containing Big Tits Dynamite, Tits-Nyuton, Reverse Soap Heaven & Saint Lady Molester	Alice Japan DV-352		May 14, 2004
CLUB-MAX / Mizuho Kano CLUB-MAX　加納瑞穂 Compilation DVD containing Pin Pin Girl & Body Play II	MAX-A XV-207		November 28, 2004
Comeback!! Queen of Kubire Jun Kusanagi 復活！！くびれの女王 草凪純	Crystal-Eizou Grace GRDV-024		May 26, 2006
She's A Bitch Even Though She's a Masochist 痴女なのにMなんです	Crystal-Eizou Grace GRDV-026		June 30, 2006
Fetish Mode	Crystal-Eizou Grace GA-49D		August 25, 2006
Sell Debut 初セル	Moodyz Diva MIDD-192	Bunchou Yoshino	September 13, 2006
Hyper-Digital Mosaic Vol.040 ハイパーデジタルモザイク Vol.040	Moodyz Diva MIDD-200	Pione Matsuzaka	October 1, 2006
Obscene Teacher: Private After-School Lesson 淫行女教師 放課後の個人授業	Madonna JUKD-503		November 25, 2006
My Aunt, Jun Kusanagi 僕のおばさん 草凪純	Madonna JUKD-521		December 25, 2006
St. Madonna Hospital 僕のおばさん 草凪純 With Chisato Shouda, Maki Tomoda Misuzu Shiratori	Madonna JUKD-536	Eitaro Haga	January 25, 2007
Lewd Madam's Fitness 2 人妻喰いこみフィットネス 2 With Monica Serizawa, Ryou Hanasaki & Serena Kisaragi	Madonna JUKD-553		February 25, 2007
Raped Mother 義母姦	Madonna JUKD-573		March 25, 2007
Woman Lawyer Creampie 13 Shots - Courtroom of Justice 2 女弁護士中出し13連発 正義の法廷2 With Riko Sakura	Attackers Shark SHKD-289	Eitaro Haga	April 7, 2007
Raped In Husband's Presence 夫の目の前で犯されて	Attackers Shark SHKD-291	Mr. Watakano	May 7, 2007
Glamorous Woman With Maki Tomoda & Yumi Kazama	Moodyz Real MIGD-022	Sekido Chokka	June 1, 2007
Black Men And Promiscuity 黒人と乱交	Moodyz Gati MIRD-021	[Jo]Style	July 1, 2007
Pirating Housing Manager Diary 盗撮マンション管理人日誌 With Riri Kōda	Glory Quest Dangerous Relations DRS-01		April 10, 2008
I Wanna Fuck My Friend's Mature Mother 熟れた友達のお母さんを犯しまくりたい。	Dogma DDB-064	Be-Bop Minoru	May 19, 2008

Unconfirmed titles

• Over The Night (October 1998)
• The Extreme Fuck (November 1998)
• Cover Girls 2 (February 1999)
• Excellent Double Bomb III (February 1999)

Photobooks

Solo works

Video title	Company	Director	Release date
Queen Bee	Ryoichi Ochiai	Kaiosha	August 1997
Kubire	Hiroyoshi Saiki	Eichi Publishing	April 1998 re-released May 1998
Kubire 2	Shinji Hosono	Eichi Publishing	December 1998
Jun	Shoken Takahashi	Futaba-sha	August 1999
Dangerous Curve	Kim Mizuno	MZ Productions	April 2001

Appearances in compilations

Video title	Company	Director	Release date
Nude Miyazawa 2	Miyazawa Masaaki	?	October 1998
Erovogue	Ryosuke Handa	Shinchosha	December 1998
Chinkame	Keisuke "Ching" Naito	Takarajima-sha	November 2000
Venus of the 20th Century	Weekly Playboy	Shueisha	December 2000

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Notes

1. ^ Infobox data from "加納瑞穂 - Kanou Mizuho" (in Japanese). 'Web I-dic' (Idol Dictionary). http://i-dic.dorachan.com/data?knumzh00. Retrieved 2007-05-14. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} "Japanese adult-video star's shows banned over permit". The China Post. July 5, 2003. http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/detail.asp?ID=39085&GRP=B. Retrieved 2008-02-02. 
3. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k} J., Lee (May 9, 2006). "Biography". www.asian-sirens.com. http://www.asian-sirens.com/junkusanagi/bio.html. Retrieved 2007-05-19. 
4. ^ "加納瑞穂 - Kanou Mizuho" (in Japanese). 'Web I-dic' (Idol Dictionary). http://i-dic.dorachan.com/data?knumzh00. Retrieved 2007-05-14. 
5. ^ "Forever Mizuho". xxx.xcity.jp. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. http://web.archive.org/web/20070930190202/http://xxx.xcity.jp/alice/MIZUHO/TINT.HTM. Retrieved 2011-01-26. 
6. ^ "Body Play". AV Idol Directory. http://xxx.xcity.jp/avod/detail/?id=3657. Retrieved 2010-10-17. 
7. ^ ^{a b} "Obscene Model". AV Idol Directory. http://xxx.xcity.jp/avod/detail/?id=3528. Retrieved 2010-10-17. 
8. ^ "Reverse Soap Heaven". AV Idol Directory. http://xxx.xcity.jp/avod/detail/?id=736. Retrieved 2010-10-17. 
9. ^ ^{a b c} "Books". www.asian-sirens.com. February 26, 2006. http://www.asian-sirens.com/junkusanagi/books.html. Retrieved 2007-03-03. 
10. ^ ^{a b} "Jun Kusanagi". AV Idol Directory. http://xxx.xcity.jp/avod/idol/detail/?id=2774&style=simple. Retrieved 2010-10-17. 
11. ^ "Big Tits Rebirth". AV Idol Directory. http://xxx.xcity.jp/release/detail/?id=631. Retrieved 2010-10-17. 
12. ^ "Big Tits Dynamite". AV Idol Directory. http://xxx.xcity.jp/release/detail/?id=634. Retrieved 2010-10-17. 
13. ^ "NEO Bloody Uniform Connection 43". AV Idol Directory. http://xxx.xcity.jp/release/detail/?id=105. Retrieved 2010-10-17. 
14. ^ "Home Delivery Soapland". AV Idol Directory. http://xxx.xcity.jp/avod/detail/?id=1440. Retrieved 2010-10-17. 
15. ^ "Saint Lady Molester". AV Idol Directory. http://xxx.xcity.jp/avod/detail/?id=778. Retrieved 2010-10-17. 
16. ^ "香港より・・・" (in Japanese). June 18, 2005. http://www.june2525.com/2525d-frame.html. Retrieved 2008-02-06. 
17. ^ Chang, Yun-Ping (July 5, 2003). "Porn star subject of growing probe". Taipei Times. http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2003/07/05/2003058110. Retrieved 2007-08-04. 
18. ^ "MGZ643 Urecco June 2006 vol. 259". www.jlist.com. Archived from the original on 2008-05-22. http://web.archive.org/web/20080522084342/http://www.jlist.com/SEARCH/kusanagi/1/. Retrieved 2007-05-19. 
19. ^ ^{a b} "高校教師 爆乳をもてあそばれて" (in Japanese). www.shinnihoneizo.co.jp. http://www.shinnihoneizo.co.jp/xces/2009/kaisetu/15-a.html. Retrieved 2009-09-14. 
20. ^ "GRDV029 FETISH MODE -- Jun Kusanagi". www.jlist.com. Archived from the original on 2004-05-31. http://web.archive.org/web/20040531125506/http://www.jlist.com/SEARCH/kusanagi/1/. Retrieved 2007-05-19. "One of the legends of AV has come back to the spotlight! Jun Kusanagi (also known as Mizuho Kano...)" 
21. ^ Filmography from "Jun Kusanagi". AV Idol Directory. http://xxx.xcity.jp/avod/idol/detail/?id=2774&style=simple. Retrieved 2010-10-17.  and "Jun Kusanagi (Filmography)". Urabon Navigator 1997-2006. http://urabon-navigator.com/profiles/n1167&mode=movies. Retrieved 2009-06-24. 
22. ^ Photobook list from "Books". www.asian-sirens.com. February 26, 2006. http://www.asian-sirens.com/junkusanagi/books.html. Retrieved 2007-03-03. 

Sources

• Chang, Yun-Ping (July 5, 2003). "Porn star subject of growing probe". Taipei Times. http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2003/07/05/2003058110. Retrieved 2007-08-04. 
• "Forever Mizuho (Interview)". xxx.xcity.jp. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. http://web.archive.org/web/20070930190202/http://xxx.xcity.jp/alice/MIZUHO/TINT.HTM. Retrieved 2011-01-26. 
• J., Lee (May 9, 2006). "Biography". www.asian-sirens.com. http://www.asian-sirens.com/junkusanagi/bio.html. Retrieved 2007-05-19. 
• "Japanese adult-video star's shows banned over permit". The China Post. July 5, 2003. http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/detail.asp?ID=39085&GRP=B. Retrieved 2008-02-02. 
• "純名きりん (Junna Kirin)" (in Japanese). JMDB. http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/person/p0777470.htm. Retrieved 2007-05-15. 
• "加納瑞穂 - Kanou Mizuho" (in Japanese). 'Web I-dic' (Idol Dictionary). http://i-dic.dorachan.com/data?knumzh00. Retrieved 2007-05-14. 
• "草凪純 - Kusanagi Jyun" (in Japanese). 'Web I-dic' (Idol Dictionary). http://i-dic.dorachan.com/data?ksnzn_01. Retrieved 2007-05-14. 
• "Mizuho Kanou: 15 naughty questions; A Maniac course". xxx.xcity.jp. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. http://web.archive.org/web/20070930194006/http://xxx.xcity.jp/variety/mon/intervie/W17/. Retrieved 2007-05-19. 
• "Mizuho (Kanou Mizuho)". AV Idol Directory. http://xxx.xcity.jp/idol/detail/?id=2774&style=simple. Retrieved 2011-01-26. 

External links

• Official website
• "草凪純 (Kusanagi Jun: Moodyz profile and filmography)" (in Japanese). Moodyz. http://www.moodyz.com/actress/-/detail/=/id=5974/. Retrieved 2008-03-20. 

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Name	Kusanagi, Jun
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Date of birth	June 5, 1978
Place of birth	Tokyo, Japan
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