Erena So
So Hoi-lam, known professionally as Erena So and So Hoi-lam, is a Hong Kong-based pornographic actress under the FALENO Star Agency. She is the first Hong Kong porn actress to debut in Japan.
Life and career
So was born an only child in Hong Kong on 9 February 1997. She has stated that she was first interested in sex at the age of 12 after seeing erotic pictures and porn. She was a badminton team member while she attended primary and secondary school. After secondary school, So debuted under with the stage name "Tung So" in 2016. She was the heroine of Wilfred Lau's music video "不一定" and starred in ' by. The latter, however, was not screened for unknown reasons. After her contract expired, she went freelance.So operated an Instagram account with 70,000 followers, though this was closed after it was reported, leaving her suicidal. Her replacement account launched with a photo with one eye covered, a reference to by Hong Kong police in the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests. In 2021, So starred in ' under her real name and started her Patreon account, where she sold photo collections. The following year, she shared her experiences with love and sex on and filmed a clip of herself walking braless at inspired by a similar trend in Japan.
So was introduced to FALENO Star by a Taiwanese company. In March 2023, So debuted as an AV actress in Japan, becoming the first AV actress from Hong Kong in Japan and the first foreign AV actress from that company. Her first work was Born And Raised In Hong Kong – Newcomer Erena AV debut, which sold 2,000 copies. She was interviewed by HK01, BBC, and Hong Kong Inmedia in 2023. When So debuted, some netizens created satirical posts mimicking an official press release by Kevin Yeung, Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism, based on the original press release congratulating Michelle Yeoh. The Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau responded that the press release was fake and contacted the police about the posts.