Minami Aoyama

Minami Aoyama
Born	May 28, 1982 (1982-05-28) (age 29)[citation needed] Tokyo, Japan
Height	1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)
Ethnicity	Japanese

Minami Aoyama (藍山みなみ, Aoyama Minami^?) is a Japanese AV idol and pink film actress. She has appeared in award-winning pink films, and was herself given a Best Actress award for her work in this genre in 2006.

Life and career

Minami Aoyama was born in Tokyo on May 28, 1982.^{[citation needed]} She began her career as an AV actress in 2003 at the age of 21.^[1] She made her pink film debut the same year, in director Toshiya Ueno's Ambiguous (2003),^[1] winner of the Best Film award at the Pink Grand Prix.^[2] In October 2004, she appeared next to AV idol Sora Aoi in the mainstream revenge film Stop the Bitch Campaign: Hell Version (Enjo-kōsai bokumetsu undō: jigoku-hen) directed by Kōsuke Suzuki.^[3] As an AV actress, Aoyama was nominated for the Best Actress Award at the 2006 Adult Broadcasting Awards ceremony for her work on the Japanese adult satellite TV network SKY PerfecTV! in 2005.^[4] Among her more prominent pink film performances was in Shinji Imaoka's Uncle's Paradise (2006).^[5] At the annual Pink Grand Prix, the film was chosen as the eighth best pink release of the year, and Aoyama was given an award as Best Actress.^[6]

Aoyama announced her retirement from AV work at the June 2007 event Momotaro Night 2007! (桃太郎Ｎight！2007) held in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Her retirement was marked by simultaneous releases of videos from the Momotaro and Attackers studios on June 7, 2007 and a special photo session appearance by Aoyama for Attackers.^[7][8]

Aoyama starred in director Yoshikazu Katō's Tsubo Hime Sōpu: Nuru Hada de Urazeme (壺姫ソープ　ぬる肌で裏責め^?), which won the Best Film at the Pink Grand Prix for 2009. Aoyama was also named Best Actress, 2nd place for her performance in this film.^[9]

Since 2005 Aoyama has made more mainstream appearances on television and in V-cinema. She also joined "Gesshoku Kagekidan", an avant-garde theatrical group, and in August 2008 performed in a play by Shūji Terayama.^[1]

Partial filmography

Adult Videos (AV)

Release date[10]	Video title	Company	Director	Notes
2003-11-01	Forbidden Clubs - Body Odour of Athlete 1 禁じられた部活　アスリートの匂い	Shuttle Japan DKG-01		With Sakura Sakurada
2004-03-08	Virtual Ex バーチャルEX 励まし女子校生！！	IdeaPocket Tissue IPTD-026
2004-05-08	Angel High School	IdeaPocket Angel AND-151
2004-07-08	Inma CINEMASHOW 2 淫魔CINEMASHOW 2	Attackers Inmad ATI-021 (VHS) ATID-021 (DVD)	Eitaro Haga	With Ayano Murasaki, Ruri Shiratori & Sakura Sakurada
2004-07-16	Eromesu 11 凌辱エロメス 11	Wild Side / King of Realism DWD-11	Kaoru Toyoda
2004-08-08	Royal Anal Kingdom 6 名門アナル王国 6	Wild Side / King of Realism DWE-06	Kaoru Toyoda
2004-08-08	Hi-School Girl Confinement & Rape in Turn 47 女子校生監禁凌辱 鬼畜輪姦47	Attackers Shark SHKD-212	[Jo]Style	With Tsukasa Imai & Yuria Hidaka
2004-12-10	Female Baseball Brutal Story 女野球道残酷物語	CineMagic Noir CN-460	Kenji Hayami
2005-04-25	School Girl With Black Hair 2 黒髪女子校生2	Big Morkal DDR-849	Kurokami	With Madoka Kikuhara & Kohaku Ishikawa
2005-09-22	Reprise Bejean	Momotaro AOD-01
2005-09-22	Wild thing EX ワイルドシングEX	Momotaro AOD-02	Soichirou Tamura
2005-09-22	Peach Pictures	Momotaro AOD-04	Soichirou Tamura
2005-09-27	Female Prisoner Amazon 女囚アマゾネス	Max-A Naked Film XG-3509	Kunihiro Hasegawa	With Riko Tachibana, Ruri Shiratori, Shoko Mikami & others
2005-11-25	Female Prisoner Amazon 2 女囚アマゾネス 2	Max-A Naked Film SRXV-266	Kunihiro Hasegawa	With Aya Misaki, Ayame Fuji, Shinobu Ebihara & others
2005-12-10	Dolls - Gothic Lolita with Semen	Dream Ticket Gothic GHD-009
2006-02-01	True Story Gang Rape 2 実話 輪姦2	Moodyz Acid MIAD-084	Fubuki Sakura	With Milk Matsuzaka
2006-02-01	Chijo Hospital 2 救性痴女病棟2	IdeaPocket Tissue IPTD-122		With Ai Himeno, Airu Kaede, Chinami Sakai & Momo Imai
2007-04-07	Goddess From Hell 地獄の女神	Attackers Jabaku JBD-103	Shinichi Kawamura	With Ruka Uehara
2007-05-07	Slave Island 9 奴隷島 第九章 恋人のいる風景…	Attackers Ryubaku RBD-075	Kenzo Nagira	With Aya Koizumi, MAYA, Runa Naruse & Riko Sakura
2007-06-07	Snake Bondage Torture 8 蛇縛の拷問折檻8 ―藍き終焉―	Attackers Super Special SSPD-037	Randa Mai	With Riko Sakura & Megu Hoshino
2007-06-07	Final Fuck Minami Aoyama ファイナル･ファック 藍山みなみ	Momotaro SEND-111	Soichirou Tamura

Bibliography

English

• Minami Aoyama at AllRovi
• "Minami Aoyama". AV Idol Directory. http://xxx.xcity.jp/avod/idol/detail/?id=2656&style=simple. Retrieved 2010-10-13. 
• Minami Aoyama at the Internet Movie Database
• "Minami Aoyama". pinkeiga.com. http://pinkeiga.com/HTML/Actresses/minami_aoyama.html. Retrieved 2009-07-07. ^{[dead link]}
• "Minami Aoyama 藍山みなみ". Urabon Navigator 1997-2006. http://urabon-navigator.com/profiles/n0625. Retrieved 2009-07-07. 

Japanese

• "2009年11月のスペシャルウイーク - November 2009 Special Week - Features Minami Aoyama, with a biography" (in Japanese). Umenichi Nikkatsu Theater. http://umenichi.net8.jp/feature/200911.html. Retrieved 2009-10-26. ^{[dead link]}
• "藍山みなみ あおやま・みなみ" (in Japanese). www.allcinema.net. http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_p.php?num_p=728504. Retrieved 2009-07-08. 
• "藍山みなみ（あおやまみなみ）" (in Japanese). www.dmm.co.jp. http://actress.dmm.co.jp/-/detail/=/actress_id=7574/. Retrieved 2009-07-08. 
• "藍山みなみ" (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/person/p1070570.htm. Retrieved 2009-07-08. 

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Minami Aoyama". pinkeiga.com. http://pinkeiga.com/HTML/Actresses/minami_aoyama.html. Retrieved 2009-07-07. ^{[dead link]}
2. ^ "Best Ten of 2003 (２００３年度ベストテン)" (in Japanese). P*G Website. http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~p-g/award/2003.htm. Retrieved January 18, 2009. 
3. ^ "Enjo-kôsai bokumetsu undô: jigoku-hen". IMDb. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0449927/. Retrieved 2010-05-18. 
4. ^ "日本アダルト放送大賞2007 (Japanese Adult TV Awards 2007)" (in Japanese). www.avact-lab.net. March 28, 2007. http://www.avact-lab.net/archives/53386854.html. Retrieved 2009-07-08. ^{[dead link]}
5. ^ Takatoshi, Naoi (2007-02-02). "2006年度ピンク映画ベスト10＋α" (in Japanese). www.walkerplus.com. http://www.walkerplus.com/movie/report/report4640.html. Retrieved 2009-07-08. "【藍山みなみ】2006年に最も印象に残った女優は藍山みなみ。実力派とされながらなかなか主演に恵まれなかった彼女だが、渡邊元嗣監督の「萌えメイド　未成熟なご奉仕」で主演デビューすると、一般公開された「絶倫絶女（おじさん天国）」「熟母・娘　乱交」など次々と主役に抜てきされた。中でも「怪談・牡丹灯籠」のリメイク「熟母・娘　乱交」の幽霊役の美しさは尋常ではなかった。" 
6. ^ "Best Ten of 2006 (２００６年度ベストテン)" (in Japanese). P*G Website. http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~p-g/award/2006.htm. Retrieved January 18, 2009. 
7. ^ "卒業イベント" (in Japanese). Official Blog. http://blog.livedoor.jp/aoyamaminami/archives/50847375.html. Retrieved 2010-05-17. 
8. ^ "June 2007" (in Japanese). mblog.dmm.co.jp/attackers. http://mblog.dmm.co.jp/attackers/blog/2007/06/. Retrieved 2010-05-17. 
9. ^ "2009年度ベストテン (Best 10 of 2009)" (in Japanese). P*G Website. http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~p-g/award/2009.htm. Retrieved 2010-03-25. 
10. ^ Filmography from "Minami Aoyama 藍山みなみ". Urabon Navigator. http://urabon-navigator.com/profiles/n0625&mode=movies. Retrieved 2009-07-28. ,"Minami Aoyama". AV Idol Directory. http://xxx.xcity.jp/avod/idol/detail/?id=2656&style=simple. Retrieved 2010-10-13. , "藍山みなみ (アオヤマミナミ)" (in Japanese). AV Idol Directory. http://xcity.jp/avod/idol/detail/?id=2656&style=simple. Retrieved 2010-10-13.  and "DVD通販 > AV女優 > 藍山みなみ" (in Japanese). DMM. http://www.dmm.co.jp/mono/dvd/-/list/=/article=actress/id=7574/. Retrieved 2010-05-17. 

External links

• Minami Aoyama's official blog (in Japanese)

Awards and achievements
Pink Grand Prix
Preceded by Konatsu for Paid Companionship Story: Girls Who Want to Do It	Pink Grand Prix for Best Actress Minami Aoyama 2006 for Uncle's Paradise	Succeeded by Rinako Hirasawa for New Tokyo Decadence – The Slave

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Name	Aoyama, Minami
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Date of birth	May 28, 1982
Place of birth	Tokyo, Japan
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