Minako Komukai

Minako Komukai

Minako Komukai at Asia Adult Expo 2010
Native name 小向 美奈子
Born Minako Komukai
(1985-05-27) May 27, 1985
Kanagawa, Japan
Occupation
Years active 2001–present
Website www.minakokomukai.com

Minako Komukai (小向 美奈子 Komukai Minako, born May 27, 1985 in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese gravure model, actress, erotic dancer and AV idol.

Life and career

Early career

After dropping out of school, at age 15 Komukai began her career as a "gravure model" and a swimsuit model.[1] In 2001 she had a guest-star role as a schoolgirl in the Nippon Television comedy Danjiki: Buddhist Diet Secrets (歓迎！ダンジキ御一行様 Kangei! Danjiki Goikkosama).[2] For her appearances as a gravure idol and on television, she was selected as a "Fuji Television Visual Queen" for 2001.[3] The next year she starred in the anime series Whistle! (ホイッスル！), voicing the part of the boy hero Sho Kazamatsuri, broadcast in 2002 in 39 episodes on the Animax TV network.[4][5] In 2003 Komukai starred in her first movie, the horror film Chain (チェーン) directed by Atsushi Shimizu and released to theaters on July 19, 2003.[6]

Komukai was cast as Princess Freezia in the Toei's August 2003 theatrical release of Bakuryū Sentai Abaranger Deluxe: Abare Summer Is Freezing Cold!, part of the long-running Super Sentai series.[7] She returned to TV work starring as high school girl Rion Kano in the TV Tokyo romantic supernatural series Vampire Host (ヴァンパイアホスト　～夜型愛人専門店～) which was broadcast from April to June 2004.[8] She also starred in a very different role as the female sword fighter Sayuri in the period action drama Ranbu: Enbu kenshi (ＲＡＮＢＵ 艶舞剣士), which reached theaters in November 2004.[9]

In addition to modeling and acting, Komukai also appeared at Japanese video game events and eventually became acquainted with Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima, appearing as a guest on his HIDECHAN! Radio show in 2006.[10]

Drug problems

In September 2008, Komukai's agent R.I.P. (株式会社リップ) announced that they were cancelling her exclusive contract because her poor health, mental instability and absences for the past few years had made it impossible for them to continue their support.[11] In November of that same year, Komukai stirred the gravure world with her allegations that the industry was full of seedy types who attempt to solicit prostitution work out of the models although she denied any participation in prostitution activities herself.[1] In January 2009, she was arrested on drug charges. She was convicted in Tokyo District Court in February 2009 of drug law violations for using methamphetamines and was sentenced to 18 months in prison suspended for three years. At the trial Komukai said she had been using drugs since mid-2007 under coercion from the man she had been dating.[12][13] Komukai published a tell-all autobiography in November 2009 titled I'm Really Sorry (いっぱい、ごめんネ。 Ippai, gomen ne) (ISBN 978-4198628581) in which she talks about dropping out of high school, early sexual activity and her drug problems.[10][14]

Komukai starred in the 2010 Toei film Flower and Snake 3 (花と蛇３ Hana to hebi 3) directed by Yusuke Narita. This was a sequel to Toei's sadomasochistic-themed 2004 film Flower and Snake, which was itself a remake of the classic 1974 version (Flower and Snake).[15] The Japan Times reviewer's opinion of her acting abilities was not flattering.[16] In 2010, Komukai started a career as a stripper.[17]

When Tokyo police broke up a group of Japanese and Iranian drug dealers in October 2010, they found Komukai's name listed as a customer and in February 2011, they issued a warrant for her arrest. Komukai had left Japan by this time and was in Manila. In a February 14 interview in Manila, she denied the drug allegations, said she was "not afraid of getting arrested" and would soon be returning to Japan.[18][19] Komukai was arrested for a second time on drug charges for alleged possession of methamphetamines at Tokyo's Narita International Airport when she returned from Manila on February 25, 2011.[20] In March 2011, Komukai, who denied she was a customer of the drug gang, was released due to lack of evidence.[21]

AV debut

In October 2011 she entered the adult video (AV) industry as an exclusive actress for the company Alice Japan with the video AV Actress Minako Komukai.[22][23] It was reported that she was being paid 100 million yen (nearly US$1 million) for a five film contract.[24] Her AV debut film was a huge commercial success, selling over 200.000 copies in a field where 10,000 copies constitute a hit. In early 2012 with AV sales generally declining due to internet competition, other adult studios were also looking to sign big names from other areas of entertainment, a so-called "Minako Komukai effect."[12][25] Komukai began appearing in videos for a new studio, Moodyz, in July 2014.[26] Her first video for Moodyz, titled Anal Bukkake Fuck Now!, won the Grand Prix award and the Super Heavyweight Class First Place award at the AV Open 2014 competition in November 2014.[26][27][28]

More drug problems

In February 2015, Komukai was arrested for drug possession for the third time. The arrest, made by narcotics officers at her apartment in the Ebisu, Shibuya area of Tokyo, was for 0.1 grams of methamphetamine. It was reported that Komukai admitted to the allegations. Friends said that she had seemed distracted since the November AV Open 2014 awards and had cancelled work and taken time off.[26][29][30]

Filmography

Theatrical Films

Television

Adult videos (AV)

Released[31] Video title Company Director Notes
2010-01-07 Dangerous Stripper SOD
SDNI-001 		Non-sex video
2011-10-14 (DVD)
2011-11-11 (Blu-ray)		 AV Actress Minako Komukai
AV女優 小向美奈子		 Alice Japan
DV-1313 (DVD)
AJBD-0004 (Blu-ray)		 Ryuichi Arisugawa AV debut
2011-12-09 (DVD)
2012-01-13 (Blu-ray)		 Arousal Minako Komukai
挑発 小向美奈子		 Alice Japan
DV-1336 (DVD)
AJBD-0007 (Blu-ray)		 Ryuichi Arisugawa
2012-02-10 (DVD)
2012-03-09 (Blu-ray)		 Infinity Minako Komukai
∞　小向美奈子		 Alice Japan
DV-1355 (DVD)
AJBD-0008 (Blu-ray)		 Ryuichi Arisugawa
2012-06-22 Minako Komukai Complete
小向美奈子 コンプリート		 Alice Japan
DV-1405		 Ryuichi Arisugawa Compilation of her first three videos for Alice Japan
2013-02-22 (DVD)
2013-03-22 (Blu-ray)		 Minako Komukai x Alice Japan - Special Featuring Comprehensive Footage From Popular Series
小向美奈子×アリスＪＡＰＡＮ　人気シリーズ完全網羅スペシャル　小向美奈子		 Alice Japan
DV-1481
AJBD-0012 (Blu-ray)		 Ryuichi Arisugawa
2013-12-13 Big Dynamite Minako Komukai
巨乳ダイナマイト　小向美奈子		 Alice Japan
DV-1576		 Tiger Kosakai
2014-02-01 Beach Queen Minako Komukai
BEACH QUEEN 小向美奈子		 Alice Japan
DV-1596		 Zack Arai
2014-04-11 Rape Deviation Minako Komukai
レイプ狂い　小向美奈子		 Alice Japan
DV-1617		 Zack Arai
2014-07-01 Anal Bukkake Fuck Now!
ぶっかけ中出しアナルFUCK！		 Moodyz AV Open
AVOP-009		 Katsuyuki Hasegawa Won the Grand Prix award at AV Open 2014
2014-09-01 Real Creampies At The Celebrity Soapland
芸能人真性中出しソープランド		 Moodyz Gati
MIGD-606		 天現寺駆
2014-10-13 Orgasm Sex That Will Not Stop Despite 10 Ejaculations in 1 Day, Genuine Nakadashi Ver.
1日10回射精しても止まらないオーガズムSEX 真性中出しVer.		 Moodyz Gati
MIGD-617		 TAKE-D
2014-12-01 Celebrity Mind Blowing Creampie Sex
理性の吹き飛んだ芸能人と中出し性交		 Moodyz Gati
MIGD-622		 cobo
2015-02-13 Completely Supervised By Attackers, Violatedd Right in Front of the Husband - A Couple Weighed Down With Grief
アタッカーズ完全監修 夫の目の前で犯されて― 哀しみを背負った夫婦		 Moodyz Gati
MIGD-635

References

  1. 1 2 小向美奈子賣淫　前男友轉賣其「下體照」. NowNews (in Japanese). March 16, 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
  2. ↑ 第７話 (in Japanese). NTV. Retrieved 2013-09-11. External link in |publisher= (help)
  3. ↑ フジテレビビジュアルクイーンの悲劇......沢尻、小向、華原朋美まで (in Japanese). woman.infoseek.co.jp. Retrieved 2013-09-12. External link in |publisher= (help)
  4. ↑ ホイッスル！ (in Japanese). All Cinema. Retrieved 2013-09-11. External link in |publisher= (help)
  5. ↑ Clements, Jonathan; McCarthy, Helen (2006). The Anime Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917 (Revised and Expanded edition). p. 721. ISBN 1-933330-10-4.
  6. ↑ チェーン (in Japanese). All Cinema. Retrieved 2013-09-11. External link in |publisher= (help)
  7. ↑ "劇場版爆竜戦隊アバレンジャー DELUXE アバレサマーはキンキン中！" (in Japanese). MovieWalker. Retrieved 2013-09-11. External link in |publisher= (help)
  8. ↑ ヴァンパイアホスト ～夜型愛人専門店～ (in Japanese). All Cinema. Retrieved 2013-09-11. External link in |publisher= (help)
  9. ↑ "RANBU 艶舞剣士" (in Japanese). MovieWalker. Retrieved 2013-09-11. External link in |publisher= (help)
  10. 1 2 "Metal Gear Nut Turned Stripper Is Now A Fugitive". kotaku.com. Retrieved 2013-09-14. External link in |publisher= (help)
  11. ↑ ～小向美奈子 専属契約解除のご報告～ (in Japanese). megalodon.jp/. Retrieved 2013-09-11. External link in |publisher= (help)
  12. 1 2 小向美奈子"ストリップ回帰"の理由…ＡＶバカ売れなのに～. ZakZak (in Japanese). January 27, 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
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  17. ↑ 小向美奈子を温かい縄で緊縛　ＳＭは「生涯、俺のエクスタシー」. ZakZak (in Japanese). January 12, 2011. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
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  19. ↑ "Actress Minako Komukai issued arrest warrant for drugs, flees country". Tokyo Reporter. Retrieved 2013-09-11. External link in |publisher= (help)
  20. ↑ Kyodo News (February 27, 2011). "Actress Komukai arrested at Narita". The Japan Times.
  21. ↑ タレント小向美奈子さん釈放 覚せい剤購入「証拠ない」 (in Japanese). www.47news.jp. March 18, 2011. Retrieved 2013-09-11. External link in |publisher= (help)
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  23. ↑ アソコでうごめく極太張形…小向美奈子"壮絶ＡＶ"全６章. ZakZak (in Japanese). September 14, 2011. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
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  25. ↑ Bull, Brett (February 26, 2012). "AV stars out to play despite hard times". Japan Times. Retrieved 2013-09-10. External link in |publisher= (help)
  26. 1 2 3 Takahashi, Amy (February 10, 2015). "Disappearance from spotlight preceded drug arrest of AV actress Minako Komukai". Tokyo Reporter. Retrieved 2015-03-02.
  27. ↑ "ぶっかけ中出しアナルFUCK！" (in Japanese). Moodyz. Retrieved 2015-03-02.
  28. ↑ "AV OPEN 2014 結果発表" (in Japanese). AV Open 2014 Official Site. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
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