Hitomi Kobayashi

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Hitomi Kobayashi
Hitomi Kobayashi (1963/65-) Japanese adult performer and model
Hitomi Kobayashi (1963/65-) Japanese adult performer and model
Birthdate: September 2, 1965 [1]
Birth location: Tokyo, Japan
Measurements: B:82cm(D-65)-W:58cm-H:88cm
Height: 1.51 m (4 ft 11 in)
Shoe size: 21cm
Natural bust: Yes
Blood Group: AB
Orientation: Heterosexual
Ethnicity: Japanese
Hitomi Kobayashi at IMDb

Contents

[edit] Life and career

[edit] AV debut

Hitomi Kobayashi was born Yukari Ishii (石井ゆかり - Ishii Yukari) in Tokyo on September 2, 1965 according to her official profile.[2] In an interview in the Weekly Post (週刊ポスト) just before her retirement in 2003, she confessed to have actually been born in 1963.[3]

She made her debut using the stage name Kaori Matsumoto (松本かおり - Matsumoto Kaori) in May of 1986 in a photobook and 'image video' both titled Pounding: 19-year-old Kaori (ときめき・かおり19歳 - Tokimeki: Kaori Jukyusai)[3] She changed her stage name to Hitomi Kobayashi the same month and made her AV debut with a video entitled Prohibited Relations (禁じられた関係).[3]

[edit] Theatrical career

By 1988, Kobayashi was already known as the Queen of AV. Nikkatsu, which had been the leader of Japanese theatrical pornography since the inception of its Roman Porno series in 1971, was rapidly losing its audience to the AV industry. Though the studio had publicly condemned the AVs for years, in an attempt to lure some of Kobayashi's AV fans into the theater, Nikkatsu hired the AV Queen to star in her own series of films. The first of these, Hitomi Kobayashi's Secret Pleasure (小林ひとみ 奥戯快感　艶 - Kobayashi Hitomi ougi kaikan: tsuya), released in January of 1987, was called, "little more than a Playboy or Penthouse lingerie special."[4]

The second, Hitomi Kobayashi's Heavy Petting (ハード・ペッティング - Hard Petting), released in March 1987, was part of Nikkatsu's new "Roman X" line, which was supposedly more "hardcore." However, Japan's practice of censorship by fogging out genitals made this move into "hardcore" rather pointless. Both of these first two films were judged little more than AVs on film, and were not popular with either AV fans or the critics, who preferred Nikkatsu's older Roman Porno style. The third in this series, Hitomi Kobayashi's Young Girl Story (小林ひとみの令嬢物語 - Kobayashi Hitomi no reijo monogatari) (12/19/1987), came closest to the old Nikkatsu style, in that it had some semblance of a plot, but by now it was too late for the studio. It would declare bankruptcy in 1988.[5]

Kobayashi put her AV performances on hold for a few years beginning in 1989 to concentrate on family matters. During this period, she never completely ceased appearing in AVs, and worked occasionally as a stripper.[3] One of her more notable roles during this period was as AV actress Mizuki Mahoro in the 1997 V-cinema Destroying Mosaic (モザイク崩し).[6] Her true return to the AV industry was in 1998.

[edit] Hitomi Kobayashi FINAL

In an industry in which the normal career spans only a year or two, by 2003, Kobayashi had worked in the AV field for over a decade and a half. The 39 AVs in which she had starred had sold over 600,000 copies, earning about 6 billion yen. According to an adult entertainment reporter for Shukan Shincho, "She laid the foundations for the golden age of adult video."[7]

Wishing to end her Adult Video career on a high-note, Kobayashi and her manager/husband advertised for investors in one last, 2-volume, two-and-a-half-hour AV opus. Kobayashi sought 35 investors who would invest 500,000 yen each, for the privilege of a dinner with Kobayashi, having their names listed in the video's credits, and an exclusive viewing of the video.[7]

The video was released in two volumes as Hitomi Kobayashi FINAL - Disc1 and Disc2 (12/19/2003), (12/31/2003)[8] Controversy followed in the wake its release when some fans reported they were also promised dividends from their investment, but had received none. It was claimed that Kobayashi had got over 50 investors for the project, but that her husband had used the money to pay personal debt and for recreational activities unrelated to the film. Insufficient communication with the investors, the shutting down of the film's website, the company repeatedly changing its name, and changing reports on whether or not the film made a profit added to investor complaints.[9]

Kobayashi was last reported working as a hostess at a nightclub in Roppongi.[9]

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Adult videos

  • Prohibited Relations (禁じられた関係) (1986) (AV debut)
  • Milky Devil (10/15/1986)
  • Sexy Violence (3/10/1987)
  • Zoom Up Special (9/25/1987)
  • The Bible (11/15/1987)
  • Sex Triangle vol.2 (5/15/1988)
  • Zoom Up All Stars (9/25/1988)
  • La Valse (ラ・ヴァルス - La valuse: watashi bokosaremashita) (2/15/1990) ＫＵＫＩ
  • Sucking Lady (10/15/1993)
  • Cock Sucking Lady (12/24/1993)
  • Alice Memories Vol. 1 (3/7/1997)
  • Immoral Bonds (11/26/1998)
  • Topaz (11/27/1998)
  • Video CD Special Vol 15 (2/27/1999)
  • Immoral Baptism (3/23/1999)
  • Immoral Bonds (5/21/1999)
  • Madame Throat Deep Spot (6/28/1999)
  • Neo Video CD Special Vol.1 (7/20/1999)
  • Big Tits Tank Angels 6 (8/18/1999)
  • Madame Throat (9/10/1999)
  • Molesting Sexy Teachers (9/22/1999)
  • Extreme Privacy (9/25/1999)
  • Neo Video CD Special Vol.5 (11/20/1999)
  • KUKI Best Actresses Vol. 11 (12/10/1999)
  • Nasty Female Teacher (12/20/1999)
  • Big Tits Tank Angels 7 (2/18/2000)
  • KUKI DVD Buyer Boy 01 (3/4/2000)
  • Extreme Privacy (3/10/2000)
  • Stimulant (3/22/2000)
  • KUKI Best Collection Vol.4 (4/14/2000)
  • KUKI DVD Buyer Boy 03 (5/2/2000)
  • Stimulant (5/26/2000)
  • Perfect Sniper (6/29/2000), (7/21/2000)
  • CRUSH (8/14/2000), (9/29/2000)
  • ATLAS MEGA-MIX vol.#2 (11/17/2000)
  • Immoral Bonds (11/17/2000)
  • Hitomi Kobayashi Special (11/17/2000), (2/23/2001)
  • Big Tits Tank Angels 8 (1/18/2001)
  • Costume Play Royale (2/16/2001)
  • KUKI Best Collection VOL.4 (2/23/2001)
  • Lesbian Wives (3/16/2001)
  • Lesbian Love Juice (4/13/2001)
  • School Teacher (7/31/2001)
  • Lesbian Wives (9/21/2001)
  • BEST 4 Hours - Hitomi Kobayashi (12/27/2002)
  • Hitomi Kobayashi - BOX (12/19/2003)
  • Hitomi Kobayashi FINAL - Disc1 (12/19/2003), (12/31/2003)
  • Hitomi Kobayashi FINAL - Disc2 (12/19/2003), (12/31/2003)
  • Best of the AV QUEEN (4/23/2004)
  • Uncut 4 Hours / Hitomi Kobayashi (7/16/2004)
  • THE 80's GREATEST IDOLS (8/13/2004)
  • Slave Secretary ‚d‚w 3 (6/23/2006)[10]

[edit] Selected theatrical releases

  • The Petting (ザ・ペッティング - Za Pettingu) (8/1986)
  • Hitomi Kobayashi's Secret Pleasure (小林ひとみ 奥戯快感　艶 - Kobayashi Hitomi ougi kaikan: tsuya) (1/6/1987)
  • Hitomi Kobayashi's Heavy Petting (ハード・ペッティング - Hard Petting) (3/28/1987)
  • Hitomi Kobayashi vs. 高杉レイ Double Petting) (小林ひとみＶＳ高杉レイ　ダブルペッティング) (7/18/1987)
  • Hitomi Kobayashi's Young Girl Story (小林ひとみの令嬢物語 - Kobayashi Hitomi no reijo monogatari) (12/19/1987)
  • Sure-Fire Death 4: We Will Avenge You (Hissatsu 4: Urami harashimasu) (1987)
  • Evil Dead Trap (死霊の罠 - Shiryo no wana) (5/14/1988)
  • Guys Who Never Learn II (1988)
  • Kyoko Aizome vs. Hitomi Kobayashi: Sexual Excitement Competition (愛染恭子ＶＳ小林ひとみ　発情くらべ ) (2/2/2001)[11]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Infobox data from: Avidol Profile (English) and
    AVチャンネル 小林ひとみ 詳細情報 (Japanese)
  2. ^ 小林 ひとみ - Kobayashi Hitomi Profile at Web I-dic
  3. ^ a b c d 小林ひとみ (Kikuchi Eri) (Japanese). Japanese Wikipedia. Retrieved on March 19, 2007.
  4. ^ Weisser, Thomas and Yuko Mihara Weisser. 1998. Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films. Vital Books : Asian Cult Cinema Publications. Miami. (ISBN 1-889288-52-7), p.221
  5. ^ Weisser, p.221-222
  6. ^ 小林ひとみ (Kobayashi Hitomi) (Japanese). JMDB. Retrieved on March 19, 2007.
  7. ^ a b "Porno queen seeks investors' plug as she goes out with a bang" at mainichi-msn.co.jp, July 18, 2003
  8. ^ Hitomi Kobayashi Avidol Profile
  9. ^ a b "Porn star blows wads pumping out final flop" at Mainichi-msn.co.jp, March 25, 2004
  10. ^ AV Filmography from: Avidol Profile
  11. ^ Sources for Theatrical releases: Hitomi Kobayashi at IMDB and 小林ひとみ (Kobayashi Hitomi) (Japanese). JMDB. Retrieved on March 19, 2007.

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