Azumi Kawashima

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nihongo|Azumi Kawashima|川島和津実|Kawashima Azumi, born August 8 1979 in Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese idol and Adult Video actress (or so-called "AV idol")."cite web |url=http://vinfo.xcity.jp/english/info.html?ID=OSD108|title=Complete Azumi Kawashima|accessdate=2007-06-13|publisher= [http://avidol.xcity.jp/english/index.html AV Idol Directory] ] Kawashima was already known as a "gravure princess" at the time of her AV debut in December of 1998.cite web |url=http://vinfo.xcity.jp/english/info.html?ID=SEA081|title=PROMISE|accessdate=2007-06-13|publisher= [http://avidol.xcity.jp/english/index.html AV Idol Directory] ] By May, 1999 she was called one of the most popular AV idols, [cite web |url=http://vinfo.xcity.jp/english/info.html?ID=SEA105|title=Pretty Wife 7|accessdate=2007-06-13|publisher= [http://avidol.xcity.jp/english/index.html AV Idol Directory] ] and "the number one AV idol" by August of that year.cite web |url=http://vinfo.xcity.jp/english/info.html?ID=SEA121|title=Azu-mi-x|accessdate=2007-06-13|publisher= [http://avidol.xcity.jp/english/index.html AV Idol Directory] ] cite web |url=http://vinfo.xcity.jp/english/info.html?ID=SEA185|title=Azu-mi-x II|accessdate=2007-06-13|publisher= [http://avidol.xcity.jp/english/index.html AV Idol Directory] ]

Life and career

Azumi Kawashima was born in Tokyo on August 8, 1979, and enjoys swimming and walking. [cite web |url=http://avidol.xcity.jp/english/info.html?aid=589|title=Azumi (Kawashima Azumi)|accessdate=2007-06-13|publisher= [http://avidol.xcity.jp/english/index.html AV Idol Directory] ] She became a favorite among fans of the Japanese AV principally because her "classical elegant beauty", as her appearances are not as extreme or hardcore as many other such videos.cite web |url=http://www.actionjav.com/model.cfm?actress_filename=azumi_kawashima|title=Azumi Kawashima|accessdate=2007-07-29|publisher= [http://www.actionjav.com/ www.actionjav.com] ] Kawashima's debut video was "Promise" released under Sexia's Try Heart label in December 1998. [cite web |url=http://homepage3.nifty.com/kurokami/years/years_1998.htm|title=1998|accessdate=2007-07-21|publisher= [http://homepage3.nifty.com/kurokami/index.html AV nihongo2|研究所 (AV Research Laboratory)] ] In January 1999, Kawashima starred in "Naive", for the Shy label. Her next video for Sexia, "I Want To Hold You" (February 1999), was a sex-oriented drama. [cite web |url=http://vinfo.xcity.jp/english/info.html?ID=SEA092|title=I Want To Hold You|accessdate=2007-07-29|publisher= [http://avidol.xcity.jp/english/index.html AV Idol Directory] ] She was back at Shy for the April 1999 release, "Natural". This video was judged a well-acted drama with great sex scenes, involving gangsters and an assassination plot. [cite web |url=http://www.actionjav.com/title.cfm?iid=1116|title=Natural|accessdate=2007-07-29|publisher= [http://www.actionjav.com/ www.actionjav.com] ]

Kawashima followed popular AV idol Haruki Mizuno [cite web |url=http://vinfo.xcity.jp/english/info.html?ID=SEA050|title="Pretty Wife 4"|accessdate=2007-06-23|publisher= [http://avidol.xcity.jp/english/index.html AV Idol Directory] ] in Sexia's "Pretty Wife" series. Kawashima's entry, the seventh in the series, was subtitled "Dangerous Love Triangle" and released in May 1999. She played the role of a woman who is the victim of her wicked mother-in-law. Hoping to save her son from what she believes to be his wife's demoralizing influence, the mother hires two men to rape her. She hopes that if her son witnesses his wife having sex with other men, he will then divorce her. Instead, the entire group join up to scold the mother for being too controlling. The video ends with the mother awakening, discovering it's all been a dream, and taking it as a message to leave her son's house. ActionJAV judges this video "Another great action packed movie performed by the legendary Azumi Kawa [cite web |url=http://www.actionjav.com/title.cfm?iid=2058|title=Pretty Wife 7|accessdate=2007-07-29|publisher= [http://www.actionjav.com/ www.actionjav.com] ] [cite web |url=http://vinfo.xcity.jp/english/info.html?ID=SEA105|title=Pretty Wife 7|accessdate=2007-07-29|publisher= [http://avidol.xcity.jp/english/index.html AV Idol Directory] ]

Less than a year after her debut, Kawashima's popularity prompted Sexia to release a retrospective video, "Azu-mi-x", which included scenes from her first video as well as new material. Sexia's February 2000 multi-star video, "ALL STARS: Erotic Lips Selection", had Kawashima on the same tape as fellow "Pretty Wife" veteran, Haruki Mizuno. [cite web |url=http://vinfo.xcity.jp/english/info.html?ID=SEA153|title=ALL STARS|accessdate=2007-07-29|publisher= [http://avidol.xcity.jp/english/index.html AV Idol Directory] ] A second retrospective video, "Azu-mi-x II: Wazumi's Filmography", was released in September 2000 in a "permanent collector's edition". Kawashima's last releases, a video entitled "Memory", and a DVD named "Complete Azumi Kawashima", came out in July 2003. [cite web |url=http://vinfo.xcity.jp/english/info.html?ID=SEA332|title=Memory: Azumi Kawashima|accessdate=2007-07-29|publisher= [http://avidol.xcity.jp/english/index.html AV Idol Directory] ] In addition to her video career, Kawashima's portfolio includes the release of 4 photobooks.

Selected filmography

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References

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