Japanese Adult Video Awards

Japanese Adult Video Awards

Although pornography in Japan has a long history and is a major business, until recently, the adult video industry did not develop a broad-based set of awards for sales or performance such as the AVN Awards in American pornography.

That has changed in recent years, and the two primary awards given at present (which are covered in separate articles) are the AV Grand Prix for retail and internet videos and the Adult Broadcasting Awards for programs broadcast on Japanese satellite TV.

This text is focused on the various earlier Japanese adult video awards given in the period 1991–2008, none of which are presently active. Some were given only infrequently and many were limited to particular studios or groups of companies.

Tokyo Sports Film Awards (1991–1999)

The Tokyo Sports Film Awards (東京スポーツ映画大賞) are sponsored by the Japanese tabloid newspaper Tokyo Sports. The award ceremonies are always held in January for movies in the previous year. The first awards were given in 1991 for the 1990 cinema year. The awards were for mainstream movies but occasionally awards were also given for adult video work. The sometimes idiosyncratic selections were made by famed filmmaker and actor Takeshi Kitano. Adult awards ended with the establishment of the Takeshi Kitano Entertainment Awards in 2000.[1][2][3]

1st Tokyo Sports Awards (1991)

AV Award Best Actress

No AV Awards given 1992–1997

8th Tokyo Sports Awards (1998)

AV Award Best Actress

AV Award Best Actor

9th Tokyo Sports Awards (1999)

AV Award Best Actress

AV Award Best Actor

Takeshi Kitano Entertainment Awards (2000–2006)

The Takeshi Kitano Entertainment Awards (ビートたけしのエンターテインメント賞) were begun by Tokyo Sports in 2000 for the 1999 entertainment year. They run in parallel with the Tokyo Sports Film Awards. Filmmaker, director and actor Takeshi Kitano is the head of the screening committee. Awards are given in the Performing Arts but from the start they have included categories for adult video work. The adult awards ceased after the 2006 presentations.[1][2][3]

1st Takeshi Kitano Awards (2000)

Star AV Actress

Star AV Actor

2nd Takeshi Kitano Awards (2001)

Star AV Actress

Star AV Actor

3rd Takeshi Kitano Awards (2002)

Star AV Actress

Star AV Actor

Best AV Title

4th Takeshi Kitano Awards (2003)

Star AV Actress

Star AV Actor

Best AV Title

5th Takeshi Kitano Awards (2004)

Star AV Actress

Star AV Actor

Best AV Title

6th Takeshi Kitano Awards (2005)

Star AV Actress

Star AV Actor

Best AV Title

7th Takeshi Kitano Awards (2006)

Star AV Actress

Star AV Actor

Best AV Title

X City Adult Video Grand Prix Awards (1998–2004)

X City, the "BIGGEST ADULT SITE IN JAPAN!!", is the website of the Kuki Inc. conglomerate of adult video producers which includes Alice Japan, Media Station (Cosmos Plan), Max-A, SexiA, VIP and others.[8] For a time it sponsored a fan vote based competition called the Adult Video Grand Prix (or Grandprix) which gave awards in various categories. Voting was done at the official website usually in November and early December for works and actresses nominated for that year. Results were announced in late December. Most of the nominees and awards for actresses and videos are from companies associated with Kuki.

X City AV '98 Awards

Best AV Idol Award[9][10]

The City AVGY '99 Awards

Determined by fan e-mail votes from the official website. Votes were for New Faces, Big Breasts, Most Beautiful and Wildest. The overall Grand Prix winner was chosen from a combination these votes.[11] The voting period was from November 12 to December 12, 1999 and the winners were announced December 24, 1999.[12]

Grand Prix Winner

Best Newcomer Award

Best Breasts Award

Most Beautiful Actress Award

Best Nasty Actress Award

2000 X City Grand Prix Awards

No information on results[13]

2001 X City Grand Prix Awards

Voting was done by making selections by e-mail from the official site. Voting ended December 27, 2001:[14]

Best Actress Award

Also nominated for Best Actress were Momo Kanda and Koharu Tohno[15]

Best New Actress Award

Also nominated for Best New Actress were Asuka Ozora and Ayumi Tahara[15]

Best Video Title Award

Best Breasts Award

Best Lolita Award

Prettiest Face Award

Best Mature Actress Award

2002 X City Grand Prix Awards

Results of the voting:[16]

Best Actress Award

Best New Actress Award

Best Video Title Award

Best Breasts Award

Best Lolita Award

Prettiest Face Award

Nastiest Actress Award

2003 X City Grand Prix Awards

Results of the voting:[17]

Best Actress Award

Also nominated for Best Actress were Naho Ozawa, Nao Oikawa, Ran Asakawa, Rei Ito, Sakurako Tokiwa, Izumi Hasegawa and Mai Haruna[18]

Best New Actress Award

Also nominated for Best New Actress were Akiho Yoshizawa, Miyuki Uehara, Hijiri Kayama, Mirano Matsushita, Yuki Maioka, Yuna Mizumoto and Yuria Yoshinaga[18]

Best Video Title Award

Best Breasts Award

Prettiest Face Award

2004 X City Grand Prix Awards

Results of the voting:[19]

Best Actress Award

Best New Actress Award

Best Video Title Award

Best Body Award

SOD AV Awards (2002–2006)

The Soft On Demand (SOD) porn conglomerate had its own Grand Prix awards before it sponsored the AV Open. The first awards were presented in 2002 and the 5th and last event took place in Tokyo in 2006. As usual with studio awards, prizes were given to actresses and staff from the SOD group of companies.

2002 SOD Awards

Best Video[20]

2003 SOD Awards

The 2003 SOD Award (SOD大賞) ceremony was held on November 26, 2003 at the Century Hyatt hotel in Shinjuku, Tokyo, a 40 million yen party with 500 attendees mostly devoted to professional wrestling with AV awards and actresses as a side attraction. Actresses from the American porn company Vivid Entertainment were also part of the scene.[21][22] Hostess for the awards ceremony was future AV superstar Nana Natsume making her first appearance for SOD.[23]

Best Actress Award

2004 SOD Awards

No information

4th Annual SOD Awards 2005

The 4th SOD Award (2005年 第４回 SOD大賞) ceremony was held December 14, 2005 at the Hotel New Otani Tokyo. In addition to the awards, the inauguration of the AV Open competition in association with Tokyo Sports was announced and representatives from the various studios involved in the AV Open contest were present.[24][25]

SOD Award (for contributions to company sales and image)

Best Actress Award

Actress Awards for Excellence

Best Director Award

Director Award for Excellence

Best New Director Award

Manufacturer's Excellence Award

Writer's Award

Actor's Award

Supporting Actress Award

Cinematographer Award

Still Photographer Award

Sound Award

Best Rental Video Award

5th Annual SOD Awards 2006

The 5th and last SOD Award (2006年第5回SOD大賞) ceremony was held in Tokyo on December 14, 2006. The SOD awards were subsequently replaced by the broader based AV Open competition.[26][27]

SOD Award (for contributions to company sales and image)

Best Actress Award (based on sales)

Actress Awards for Excellence

Best New Actress Award (based on sales)

Best Director Award (based on sales)

Director Awards for Excellence

Best New Director Award

Manufacturer's Excellence Award

New Manufacturer Award

KMP Million Academy Award Prize 2004

At a ceremony held in Tokyo on December 15, 2004, the KMP studio announced the winners of their in-house Million Academy Award Prize (ミリオンアカデミー大賞受賞) contest which was determined by fan voting:[28]

Academy Award Prize

Awards for excellence

AV Actress Grand Prix 2006

The Hirorin awards (ヒロリン大賞２００６) were determined by a combination of viewer votes and total sales of videos. This award from the "AV Actress Hirorin Fan Blog" website seems to have been given only for 2006. It should be distinguished from the 2006 AV Open contest awards and from the later AV Grand Prix competition.[29][30]

AV Grand Prix Winner

Best Actress Winner

Best Actress Awards for Excellence

Best New Actress Winner

Best New Actress Awards for Excellence

Best Video Award

Special Award

Dogma D-1 Climax Awards (2005–2007)

The D-1 Climax (D-1　クライマックス) awards were a competition among directors. The AV studio Dogma invited a number of directors to produce a video under the Dogma label. The winner was determined by sales of the video over a three-month period and judges' votes.[31]

1st D-1 Climax Awards 2005

Nine directors were chosen for the first competition. Videos were released on September 15, 2005 as Dogma D1-001 through D1-009. Dogma also released a DVD with scenes from the videos and a bonus video of the D-1 Climax ceremonies.[31][32][33]

Director's Grand Prix Award

2nd D-1 Climax Awards 2006

For the second contest, 11 directors competed with videos released by Dogma on September 15, 2006 as a series of DVDs numbered D1-201 through D1-211. Once again, a video was released with selected scenes plus the D-1 Climax ceremony. The award ceremonies which took place on December 20, 2006 also featured an open audition for 42 prospective actresses and the "Erotic Cinderella Award" (エロシンデレラ) for Best Actress.[31][32][34]

Director's Grand Prix Award

Erotic Cinderella Award for Best Actress

Kurumi Morishita Award

3rd D-1 Climax Awards 2007

In the third and last competition, 14 directors produced videos, released by Dogma on September 15, 2007 as a series of DVDs numbered D1-301 through D1-314. There was also an open audition for 60 aspiring porn actresses as part of the award ceremonies held on December 29, 2007.[32][35][36]

Director's Grand Prix Award

Moodyz Awards (2001–2008)

The Moodyz Awards began in 2001 as part of a year-end bonenkai (忘年会) party held for Moodyz actresses and staff to honor achievements during the year. Awards were given for actresses, directors, and video titles with the most prestigious prize being the Moodyz Award.

2001 Moodyz Awards

The party and award ceremony were held at the 'NEPUSHISU" Restaurant in Shibuya, Tokyo on December 27, 2001 with 217 participants.[37] The following awards were given:[38]

Moodyz Award

Best Actress Award

Best Director Award

Special Actress Awards

Special Award Title

2002 Moodyz Awards

The party and awards ceremony were held in Ebisu, Tokyo on December 18, 2002 with 400 people in attendance.[40] Awards were given in the following categories:[38]

Moodyz Award

Best Actress Award

Best Director Award

Best Newcomer Award

Special Actress Award

Special Award Title

2003 Moodyz Awards

Held in Ebisu, Tokyo on December 17, 2003 with more than 700 people participating including actresses and actors, managers, friends, directors and staff, and the press.[44] Awards presented were:[38]

Moodyz Award

Best Actress Award

Best Director Award

Best Newcomer Award

Special Actress Award

Special Award Title

Best Sales Award

2004 Moodyz Awards

The ceremony took place on December 22, 2004 at a hotel in Shinjuku, Tokyo with about 120 AV actresses present. Also represented at the party in addition to Moodyz were AV studios Attackers, Madonna and IdeaPocket.[45][46] The 2004 awards for the Moodyz company were:[47]

Moodyz

Moodyz Award

Best Actress Award

Actress Awards

Best Director Award

Director Awards

Best Newcomer Award

Newcomer Awards

Special Awards Titles

Special Actress Awards

Special Director Awards

Other studios

Some of the other studios associated with the Hokuto Corporation also presented awards for their staff at the 2004 ceremony.[46]

S1 No. 1 Style Awards

Best Newcomer Award
  • MEW
Special Actress Award
S1 Award
  • Sell Debut (セル初) starring Sora Aoi and directed by Hideto Aki

Attackers Awards

Best Actress Award
  • Ruka Uehara
Attackers Award
  • Psychic Agent Ruka (サイキックエージェント 留華) starring Ruka Uehara with Serina Komuro & Aoi, and directed by Kiwanosuke[51]

2005 Moodyz Awards

Held in Tokyo in December 2005 with over 1000 in attendance including more than 300 actresses.[52] For 2005, manufacturers S1 No. 1 Style, IdeaPocket, Attackers and Madonna also presented separate awards for their companies at the ceremony.[53]

Moodyz

Moodyz Award

Best Actress Award

Best Director Award

Best Newcomer Award

Special Actress Awards

Special Award Titles

S1

Best Actress Award

Best Newcomer Award

S1 Award

IdeaPocket

Special Award

Best Director Award

Best Actress Award

IdeaPocket Award

Attackers

Best Director Award

Best Actress Award

Attackers Award

Madonna

Best Actress Award

Madonna Award

2006 Moodyz Awards

For the 2006 combined awards held in Tokyo on December 19, 2006, the participating studios included not only Moodyz but also S1 No. 1 Style, IdeaPocket, Attackers, Madonna, Cross, Premium, Opera, Yellow, Hajime-Kikaku and Goro Tameike, all associated with the Hokuto Corporation and selling their products via the DMM website. A fashion show and entertainment by erotic-rock band "Campakex" were part of the ceremony.[56]

Best Actress Award

Best Title Award

Best Director Award

2007 Vegas Night

In 2007 the awards were sponsored by Moodyz and 22 other AV manufacturers who distribute their products through DMM, the online distribution arm of the Hokuto Corporation. The field for award nominations was widened to include these other companies, including actresses and directors from S1 No. 1 Style who won the majority of the awards. The ceremony was held in Las Vegas, Nevada on December 17, 2007.[57][58]

Best Actress Award

Best Title Award

Best Director Award

2008 Moodyz Awards

The 2008 Moodyz Awards were even more broad-based than the 2007 Vegas Night with 37 AV producers participating.[59]

Best Actress Award

Best Title

Best Director Award

Notes

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