Emi Kuroda

Emi Kuroda
Born	1978 Osaka, Japan[1]
Alias(es)	Misuzu Akimoto
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	52 kg (110 lb; 8.2 st)
Ethnicity	Japanese

Emi Kuroda (黒田エミ, Kuroda Emi^?) aka Misuzu Akimoto (秋元美鈴, Akimoto Misuzu^?) is an AV and pink film actress who was born in Osaka in 1978. She is best known for playing the title role in director Mitsuru Meike's The Glamorous Life of Sachiko Hanai (2003).

Life and career

Emi Kuroda started her AV career in 2000 under the name Misuzu Akimoto.^[2] Often playing high school girl roles, she starred in such films as Virtual Sexpot and several volumes of Paradise of Japan^[2] which were released by Oriental Dream for the American market and so were "uncensored" unlike the usual Japanese porn videos which use a mosaic pixelation to obscure the genitals.^[3] In 2002 she changed her stage name to Emi Kuroda and by 2003 had appeared in more than 200 films.^[2]

With no previous theatrical acting experience, Kuroda was chosen to star in director Mitsuru Meike's 2003 pink film, The Glamorous Life of Sachiko Hanai.^[4] The film gained a cult following and became a surprise international hit, playing at 20 film festivals and having a theatrical release in the U.S. in 2006.^[5] As part of the film's tour of international film festivals, Kuroda was invited to speak at the PIA Film Festival in July 2005.^[6][7] One reviewer commented that the film was boosted by "Emi Kuroda's skilled erotic contortions (as well as by her ability to rattle off her pseudo-intellectual dialogue as though she understands it)."^[8]

In 2004, Kuroda was arrested for public indecency as a patron in a sexual fantasy bar.^[2] Also in 2004, she appeared in the V-Cinema erotic comedy Bin Bin (BIN×BIN 忍者ハメ撮りくん^?) directed by Takao Nakano and released by TMC.^[9]

It was Takao Nakano (who also wrote the screenplay for Sachiko Hanai) who introduced Kuroda to cat-fights, and she joined his cat-fight club "Galshocker" under the name "Rolling Thunder". She left her screen and video work to start up a career as a martial arts fighter.^[10] Her record for the 2005 season was one win and three losses.^[11] In her martial arts career she attained third-ranking amateur Shoot Boxing Bantamweight.^[2]

Partial filmography

Released[12]	Video title	Company	Director	Notes
2002-05-14	Paradise Of Japan Vol.4	Oriental Dream PV-04		Uncensored With Yui Koike, Haruka Harada, Eriko Shimada & Hiro Yazawa
2002-07-16	Paradise Of Japan Vol.6	Oriental Dream PV-06		Uncensored With Yui Koike, Miko Matsunaga & Hiro Yazawa
2002-08-13	Paradise Of Japan Vol.7	Oriental Dream PV-07		Uncensored With Yui Koike, Haruka Yamada, Miho Matsunaga, Eriko Shimada & Hiro Yazawa
2002-09-24	Paradise Of Japan Vol.8	Oriental Dream PV-08		Uncensored With Haruka Harada, Misuzu Akimoto, Miho Matsunaga, Eriko Shimada & Hiro Yazawa
2002-11-05	Paradise Of Japan Vol.9	Oriental Dream PV-09		Uncensored With Kiyoka Sugiura & Nana Mizuno
2002-12-24	Paradise Of Japan Vol.12	Oriental Dream PV-12		Uncensored With Kiyoka Sugiura, Rina Takemura, Rumi Yazawa, Sayaka Tateishi & Nana Mizuno
2003-01-07	Paradise Of Japan Vol.13	Oriental Dream PV-13		Uncensored With Rumi Yazawa & Kiyoka Sugiura
2003-01-28	Paradise Of Japan Vol.14	Oriental Dream PV-14		Uncensored With Sayaka Tateishi, Nana Mizuno, Kiyoka Sugiura, Rina Takemura & Rumi Yazawa
2004-06-15	The Mensetsu	Oriental Dream XV-19		Uncensored With Hiro Yazawa, Noa Sakuragi, Marimo & Matsunaga Miho

References

1. ^ "Emi Kuroda　黒田エミ(S-KEEP)" (in Japanese). www.pancrase.co.jp. http://www.pancrase.co.jp/data/prfl-a/kuroda.html. Retrieved 2009-06-22. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d e} "About the Crew". www.docstoc.com. http://www.docstoc.com/docs/4291973/catfights-samples. Retrieved 2009-06-22. 
3. ^ "Misuzu Akimoto". MFC. http://www.mediafreakcity.com/search_products.aspx?searchBy=starring&Dept_ID=0&section=0&keyword=Misuzu+Akimoto&languageID=1. Retrieved 2009-06-22. 
4. ^ Sharp, Jasper (2008). Behind the Pink Curtain: The Complete History of Japanese Sex Cinema. Guildford: FAB Press. p. 318. ISBN 978-1-903254-54-7. 
5. ^ Sharp, Jasper. "Pink thrills: Japanese sex movies go global". The Japan Times. http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ff20081204r1.html. Retrieved 2009-06-21. 
6. ^ "ＰＦＦでコメディピンク、女池 充監督『花井さちこの華麗な生涯』が上映！" (in Japanese). Cinema Topics Online. 2005-07-15. http://www.cinematopics.com/cinema/c_report/index3.php?number=1465. Retrieved 2009-06-22. 
7. ^ Gray, Jason; Jasper Sharp (2005-09-21). "The 27th Pia Film Festival and the Cineastes Organization Osaka EX". www.midnighteye.com. http://www.midnighteye.com/reviews/round-up_017.shtml. Retrieved 2009-06-22. 
8. ^ Schilling, Mark (December 2, 2005). "Wet dreams and zombies". Japan Times Online. http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ff20051202a2.html. Retrieved 2009-06-22. 
9. ^ "BIN×BIN 忍者ハメ撮りくん" (in Japanese). www.tmc-ov.co.jp. http://www.tmc-ov.co.jp/dvd/taboo7/038/index.html. Retrieved 2010-11-23. 
10. ^ Musetto, V. A. (March 18, 2007). "SHE'S GRITTY IN PINK". New York Post. http://www.nypost.com/seven/03182007/entertainment/movies/shes_gritty_in_pink_movies_v_a__musetto.htm. Retrieved 2009-06-22. 
11. ^ "Emi Kuroda". Sherdog Fightfinder. http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Emi-Kuroda-13733. Retrieved 2009-06-22. 
12. ^ Filmography from "Misuzu Akimoto". MFC. http://www.mediafreakcity.com/search_products.aspx?searchBy=starring&Dept_ID=0&section=0&keyword=Misuzu+Akimoto&languageID=1. Retrieved 2010-11-23. 

External links

• Official American website
• Entry on Argo Pictures
• "Emi Kuroda on IMdB". http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1902903/. Retrieved 2009-06-22. 
• "黒田エミ くろだ・えみ" (in Japanese). www.allcinema.net. http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_p.php?num_p=745558. Retrieved 2009-06-22. 
• "プルンプルンヒップでバッチ来い！黒田エミ" (in Japanese). www.zakzak.co.jp. 2005-12-02. http://www.zakzak.co.jp/gei/2005_12/g2005120206.html. Retrieved 2009-06-22. 
• "Emi Kuroda　黒田エミ　(S-KEEP)" (in Japanese). www.pancrase.co.jp. http://www.pancrase.co.jp/data/prfl-a/kuroda.html. Retrieved 2009-06-22. 

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Name	Kuroda, Emi
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Date of birth	1978
Place of birth	Osaka, Japan
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