Asami Jō

Female adult bio
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alias= Yumi Kayama
Ayuko Kunitachi
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nihongo|Asami Jō|城 麻美|Jō Asami|born September 15, 1975 is a Japanese AV Idol from Tokyo. Tokusatsu fans also know her as the villain Shibolena in the Super Sentai series Denji Sentai Megaranger.

Life and career

Jō was born in Tokyo and was a TV commercial model before starting a career in pornography.cite web |url=http://vinfo.xcity.jp/english/info.html?ID=DV183|title="No Cut 4 Hours　Asami Jo"|accessdate=2007-06-09|publisher= [http://avidol.xcity.jp/english/index.html AV Idol Directory] |language=English] Most Japanese AVs involve some form of documentary style. [cite web |last=Schönherr|first=Johannes|url=http://www.midnighteye.com/features/company-matsuo-and-the-world-of-japanese-adult-video.shtml|title=Japanese AV - A Short Introduction|date=December 29, 2006|accessdate=2007-05-29|publisher= [http://www.midnighteye.com Midnight Eye] |language=English] Asami Jō's videos, however, are mainly in the fictional style of the "pink film" and early AV. [Schönherr. "These films, even though shot on video, just continued the pink film tradition and adhered to the pink film rules and limitations."]

She debuted with the Alice Japan label in October 1995.cite web |url=http://homepage3.nifty.com/kurokami/years/years_1995.htm|title=1995|accessdate=2007-07-21|publisher= [http://homepage3.nifty.com/kurokami/index.html AV nihongo2|研究所 (AV Research Laboratory)] ] Her February 1996 release for the same label, "Love Potion", told the story of a woman (Jō) who supports her boyfriend financially while he is studying to become a lawyer. She employs sex as a means to make cosmetic sales. [cite web |url=http://vinfo.xcity.jp/english/info.html?ID=KA1778|title="Love Potion"|accessdate=2007-07-17|publisher= [http://avidol.xcity.jp/english/index.html AV Idol Directory] |language=English] "Thrilling Club: A Scandalous Night With You" (April 1996), had Jō as a married woman who meets an old classmate, with whom she and her husband engage in a menage-a-trois. [cite web |url=http://vinfo.xcity.jp/english/info.html?ID=KA1786|title="Thrilling Club"|accessdate=2007-07-17|publisher= [http://avidol.xcity.jp/english/index.html AV Idol Directory] |language=English]

In "The Beautiful Slave" (May 1996), she played the role of a young woman who is unhappy with the marriage her parents have arranged for her. [cite web |url=http://vinfo.xcity.jp/english/info.html?ID=KA1789|title="The Beautiful Slave"|accessdate=2007-07-17|publisher= [http://avidol.xcity.jp/english/index.html AV Idol Directory] |language=English] "Obscene Model" (June 1996) had Jō in the role of a woman who acts like a cat in heat. When she is taken to a veterinarian, she engages in animalistic sex with him. [cite web |url=http://vinfo.xcity.jp/english/info.html?ID=KA1794|title="Obscene Model"|accessdate=2007-07-17|publisher= [http://avidol.xcity.jp/english/index.html AV Idol Directory] |language=English]

In "Top Secret Is Full Nude", released in July 1996, she played a woman who is raped by a man who is later hired by her husband, for whose company she also works. [cite web |url=http://vinfo.xcity.jp/english/info.html?ID=KA1798|title="Top Secret Is Full Nude"|accessdate=2007-07-17|publisher= [http://avidol.xcity.jp/english/index.html AV Idol Directory] |language=English] "Almost Broken" was an organized crime melodrama with Jō escaping from a gang and becoming involved in telephone sex. Like the previously-described videos, this August 1996 release was an Alice Japan production. [cite web |url=http://vinfo.xcity.jp/english/info.html?ID=KA1802|title="Almost Broken"|accessdate=2007-07-17|publisher= [http://avidol.xcity.jp/english/index.html AV Idol Directory] |language=English]

Asami Jō later appeared in such mainstream films as "Weather Girl R" aka "Weatherwoman 2" (1996), the sequel to the Kei Mizutani hit, "Weather Girl" (1993). [cite web |url=http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/person/p0763310.htm|title=nihongo2|城麻美 (Jō Asami)|accessdate=2007-05-01|language=Japanese|publisher=Japanese Movie Database] She became a TV commentator, and from 1995-1998 she was a regular on the nighttime TV show "Gilgamesh Night". [cite web |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0186748/fullcredits|title=Full cast and crew for "Gilgamesh Night"|accessdate=2007-07-17|language=Japanese|publisher=Internet Movie Database]

Appearances

Adult Videos

* "Koi ni dakarete" (December 19, 1995)
* "A Sensual Heroine"
* "Sweet Heart"
* "Thrilling Love" (April 12, 1996)
* "Serious Condition of Love" (August 9, 1996)

Image video

* Gilgame Angel: Asami Jo (1995)

V Cinema

* "La Blue Girl Live 2: Live Birth of the Demon Child" (February 24, 1996)
* "La Blue Girl Live 3: Lady Ninja" (February 24, 1996)
* "Lady Ninja: Reflections of Darkness" (April 13, 1996)
* "Nippon Bicycle Race Academy - It's Youth!" (May 3, 1997)
* "Denji sentai Megaranger vs Carranger" (March 13, 1998)
* "Tokyo Night Wars" (May 1, 1998)
* "Underage Sex Offender Report" (July 1, 1998)
* "Seiju sentai Gingaman vs Megaranger" (March 12, 1999)

Movies

* "A Weatherwoman 2" (1997)
* "Break Heat" (February 14, 1998)

TV Shows

* "Gilgamesh Night" (April, 1995 - March 28, 1998)
* "HEN" (1996)
* "Shiyo yo 2" (1996)
* "Denji Sentai Megaranger" (1997-1998)

Pictorial Books

* "Sora" (Eichi Press, March 1997) ISBN 4-7542-1154-5
* "Asami Jo Pictorial" (Scholar, September 1995) ISBN 4-7962-0315-X
* "Hinano" (Eichi Press, June 1996) ISBN 4-7542-1127-8

Notes

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