List of Japanese adult video awards (1991–2008)


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 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 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.

1st Tokyo Sports Awards (1991)

AV Award Best Actress
  • Kasumi Yuka
'No AV Awards given 1992–1997'''''

8th Tokyo Sports Awards (1998)

AV Award Best Actress
  • Sena Wakana
AV Award Best Actor
AV Award Best Actress
AV Award Best Actor
  • Ryuji Yamamoto

    Takeshi Kitano Entertainment Awards (2000–2006)

The Takeshi Kitano Entertainment Awards 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.

1st Takeshi Kitano Awards (2000)

Star AV Actress
  • Mami Goto
Star AV Actor
Star AV Actress
Star AV Actor
  • Shiratama Dango

    3rd Takeshi Kitano Awards (2002)

Star AV Actress
  • Ryōko Mitake
Star AV Actor
  • Mong Mong
Best AV Title
  • Dora Eman from Natural High starring Kyoka & Uta Komori

    4th Takeshi Kitano Awards (2003)

Star AV Actress
Star AV Actor
  • No Award
Best AV Title
  • Battle Without Foreplay? from Crystal-Eizou starring Yayoi Fujino, Reiko Honda, Ryo Aoi, Hikari Tomosaki, Ayaya Hanasaki & Maho Hayami

    5th Takeshi Kitano Awards (2004)

Star AV Actress
Star AV Actor
  • No Award
Best AV Title
Star AV Actress
  • DEVI
Star AV Actor
  • No Award
Best AV Title
  • Expo 2005 from SHY, starring Yaya Matsushima, Mari Takeuchi, Haruka Yanase and Aki Yato

    7th Takeshi Kitano Awards (2006)

Star AV Actress
Star AV Actor
  • No Award
Best AV Title
  • ''No Award''

    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, Max-A, SexiA, VIP and others. For a time it sponsored a fan vote based competition called the Adult Video Grand Prix 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
  • Manami Suzuki

    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. The voting period was from November 12 to December 12, 1999 and the winners were announced December 24, 1999.
Grand Prix Winner
  • Riko Akina
Best Newcomer Award
  • Riko Akina
Best Breasts Award
  • Mai Shiina
Most Beautiful Actress Award
  • Riko Akina
Best Nasty Actress Award
  • Sayuri Honjyou

    2000 X City Grand Prix Awards

'No information on results'''''

2001 X City Grand Prix Awards

Voting was done by making selections by e-mail from the official site. Voting ended December 27, 2001:
Best Actress Award
  • Ai Nagase
  • Ami Ayukawa
Also nominated for Best Actress were Momo Kanda and Koharu Tohno
Best New Actress Award
  • Hitomi Hayasaka
  • Megumi Osawa
  • Ai Kurosawa
Also nominated for Best New Actress were Asuka Ozora and Ayumi Tahara
Best Video Title Award
Best Breasts Award
  • Hikari Kisugi
Best Lolita Award
  • Asuka Ozora
Prettiest Face Award
  • Megumi Osawa
Best Mature Actress Award
Results of the voting:
Best Actress Award
Best New Actress Award
Best Video Title Award
Best Breasts Award
Best Lolita Award
  • Sayaka Tsutsumi
Prettiest Face Award
  • Senna Kurosaki
'''Nastiest Actress Award'''

2003 X City Grand Prix Awards

Results of the voting:
Best Actress Award
Also nominated for Best Actress were Naho Ozawa, Nao Oikawa, Ran Asakawa, Rei Ito, Sakurako Tokiwa, Izumi Hasegawa and Mai Haruna
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
Best Video Title Award
Best Breasts Award
Prettiest Face Award
Results of the voting:
Best Actress Award
Best New Actress Award
Best Video Title Award
  • Naho Ozawa Reverse Soap Heaven from Alice Japan
  • Complete Body Riko Tachibana from Leo
Best Body Award
The Soft On Demand 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
  • Super High Class Soap Lady from SOD starring Natsumi Kawahama, Ruri Asase and Chiharu Moritaka

    2003 SOD Awards

The 2003 SOD Award 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. Hostess for the awards ceremony was future AV superstar Nana Natsume making her first appearance for SOD.
'''Best Actress Award'''

2004 SOD Awards

'No information'''''

4th Annual SOD Awards 2005

The 4th SOD Award 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.
SOD Award
Best Actress Award
Actress Awards for Excellence
  • Shou Nishino
  • Emi Kitagawa
  • Kaho Kasumi
  • Aya Koizumi
Best Director Award
  • Itaka & Smithring Powder
  • CHAIN Shu
Director Award for Excellence
  • 槍ヶ崎一
Best New Director Award
Manufacturer's Excellence Award
  • 1st Place: SOD Create
  • 2nd Place: Natural High
  • 3rd Place: Deep's
Writer's Award
  • Nobuyoshi Hirabayashi
Actor's Award
  • Tomohiro Abe
Supporting Actress Award
  • Minaki Saotome
Cinematographer Award
  • Kazuaki Yoshizawa
Still Photographer Award
  • Hisayuki Ubukata
Sound Award
  • Hideki Fujioka
Best Rental Video Award
The 5th and last SOD Award ceremony was held in Tokyo on December 14, 2006. The SOD awards were subsequently replaced by the broader based AV Open competition.
SOD Award
  • Sasa Handa
Best Actress Award
Actress Awards for Excellence
  • Hotaru Akane
  • Kaho Kasumi
  • Emi Tojo
  • Tsugumi Nagasawa
  • Sasa Handa
  • YOKO
Best New Actress Award
  • Sasa Handa
Best Director Award
  • Yakumo Matsubara
Director Awards for Excellence
  • Itaka & Smithring Powder
  • GORI
  • Yukitsugu Tsuchiya
  • Nomao Beidu
Best New Director Award
  • Keita No. 1
Manufacturer's Excellence Award
  • 1st Place: SOD Create
  • 2nd Place: IEnergy
  • 3rd Place: Natural High
New Manufacturer Award
  • AKNR

    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 contest which was determined by fan voting:
Academy Award Prize
Awards for excellence
  • Best Friend 2 starring Karen Kisaragi and Kasumi Misato, and directed by Goro Tameike
  • Ayaya Cos 3 starring Ran Monbu and directed by Hideto Aki
  • It's the Occupation of Million's Girls! starring nao, Miyuki Uehara, Kyoko Nakajima, Asuka Sawaguchi and Miyu Sugiura, and directed by Goro Tameike
  • Cosplay Superstar Hitomi Hayasaka starring Hitomi Hayasaka and directed by Ryoichi Murakami

    AV Actress Grand Prix 2006

The Hirorin awards 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.
AV Grand Prix Winner
Best Actress Winner
Best Actress Awards for Excellence
Best New Actress Winner
Best New Actress Awards for Excellence
  • Tsugumi Nagasawa
  • Sasa Handa
  • Rin Aoki
  • Megumi Haruka
  • Arai Mieko
  • Azumi Harusaki
Best Video Award
  • Nana Natsume for Face Within Japan, Body Within a Vehicle!! from SOD
Special Award
The D-1 Climax 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.

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.
Director's Grand Prix Award
  • TOHJIRO for M Drug - Female Meat Toilet - Mayura Hoshitsuki with Mayura Hoshitsuki
  • Hitoshi Nimura for The Most Naughty Thing In This World with Ramu Amamiya & Airu Kaede
  • Baba The Babee for Shit Freedom with Kokona Nanami & Ami Nishimura

    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" for Best Actress.
Director's Grand Prix Award
  • TOHJIRO for Getting High On Lesbian Fist-fucking - A Young Girl Dream Is To Be Fist-fucked with Maki Tomoda & Chihiro Hasegawa
  • Itaka Smithering for Pheromone Drug - Ecstasy With a Big Bang with Akane Mochida
  • Hitoshi Nimura for Hermaphrodite - Lesbian Climax with Riko Tachibana & Hina Otsuka
Erotic Cinderella Award for Best Actress
  • Maki Tomoda
Kurumi Morishita Award
  • Yui Matsuno

    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.
Director's Grand Prix Award
  • Hitoshi Nimura for Why Pussy Loves Pussy - Lesbian School Girls Addicted To Orgasm with Kasumi Nanase, Rika Nagasawa & Rina Yuki
  • Baba The Babee for Black Baby Zero with Rico
  • Hiroshi Washimoto for No-Bra Salon - The Ultimate Treatment with Reiko Katahara, Saki Tsuji, Yuu Tsuyuno, Haruna Yokoyama & Ayu Akihara

    Moodyz Awards (2001–2008)

The Moodyz Awards began in 2001 as part of a year-end bonenkai 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. The following awards were given:
Moodyz Award
  • Dream School 2 starring Mio Okazaki, Bunko Kanazawa, Izumi Seika, Mami Goto, Megumi Shirasaki, Ran Fujimaru, Anna Kuramoto & Nana Mizuno, directed by Taikei Shimizu.
Best Actress Award
  • Mayu Koizumi
Best Director Award
  • Taikei Shimizu
Special Actress Awards
  • Momoka
  • Marina Kyono
Special Award Title
  • ''Real Train Molester''

    2002 Moodyz Awards

The party and awards ceremony were held in Ebisu, Tokyo on December 18, 2002, with 400 people in attendance. Awards were given in the following categories:
Moodyz Award
  • Dream School 5 starring Nao Oikawa, Izumi Seika, Yumiko Anzai, Karen, Marina Kyono, Nanami Yusa & Yui Fujimoto, directed by Taikei Shimizu.
Best Actress Award
Best Director Award
Best Newcomer Award
  • Ran Monbu
Special Actress Award
  • Four Moodyz idols featured in Moodyz Daughter 1, directed by Akira Shibahara.
Special Award Title
  • starring Hinako and directed by Shigeru Akagi.

    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. Awards presented were:
Moodyz Award
  • Digital Mosaic Vol. 11 starring An Nanba, directed by Sabbath Horinaka
Best Actress Award
Best Director Award
Best Newcomer Award
  • Moe Kimishima
Special Actress Award
  • Manami Suzuki
Special Award Title
  • Women Who Want to See the Penis series 1-9
Best Sales Award
  • Dream School 7 starring An Nanba, Kay, Izumi Seika, Ruri Anno, Hikaru Kawai & Saya Hyozaki, directed by Taikei Shimizu

    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. The 2004 awards for the Moodyz company were:

Moodyz

Moodyz Award
  • Digital Mosaic Vol. 37 starring Hikari Kisugi and directed by Tadanori Usami
Best Actress Award
Actress Awards
  • Hikari Kisugi
  • Kirari Koizumi
  • Kyoko Ayana
  • Yui Haruka
Best Director Award
  • KINGDOM
Director Awards
Best Newcomer Award
  • Yui Haruka
Newcomer Awards
  • Miki Uehara
  • nana
  • Rin Nonomiya
  • MIREI
  • Kaede Fujisaki
  • Ayu Mayumi
Special Awards Titles
  • Bukkake Nakadashi Anal Fuck starring An Nanba and directed by Katsuyuki Hasegawa.
  • Dosukoi starring Sakura Sakurada, Yuria Yoshinaga, Kirari Koizumi, Mai Haruna, Syouko Mikami, Mai Tamura, Naho Asakura & Yuu Kanzaki, directed by Yakumo Matsubara.
  • Life in Prison for Sexual Woman and Sexual Jail House both starring Sara Ilyuin, Koyuki Morisaki, Yuu Ichinose, Shizuka Kitayama, Chika Kazeno, Aoi, Chiaki Sakai & Saki Yumemura, and both directed by KINGDOM.
Special Actress Awards
  • Kirari Koizumi
  • Kaede Fujisaki
Special Director Awards
Some of the other studios associated with the Hokuto Corporation also presented awards for their staff at the 2004 ceremony.
S1 No. 1 Style Awards
'''Attackers Awards'''

2005 Moodyz Awards

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

Moodyz

Moodyz Award
  • A Queendom of Eros starring Miki Komori, Ayano Azusa, Yuna Takizawa, Chihiro Hara, Shuri Himesaki & Jun Seto, directed by KINGDOM.
Best Actress Award
Best Director Award
  • Wataru Ishibashi
Best Newcomer Award
  • Natsumi Yoshioka
Special Actress Awards
Special Award Titles
  • Celeb x Bitch Yuna Takizawa starring Yuna Takizawa & Celeb x Bitch Sayuki starring Sayuki.

    S1

Best Actress Award
Best Newcomer Award
S1 Award
Special Award
  • Megu Shirosaki
Best Director Award
  • AZNA
Best Actress Award
  • Mina Nakano
IdeaPocket Award
Best Director Award
  • Katsuyuki Hasegawa
Best Actress Award
  • Ruka Uehara
Attackers Award
  • Slave Island starring Syuri Himesaki, Ryoko Mizusaki & Kyōko Kazama, and directed by Kenzo Nagira

    Madonna

Best Actress Award
Madonna Award
  • Widow's Obscene Desire starring Kyōko Aizome and directed by HiroA

    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.
Best Actress Award
Best Title Award
Best Director Award
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.
Best Actress Award
Best Title Award
  • Hyper-Risky Mosaic Mihiro starring Mihiro, and directed by Hideto Aki - S1 studio
  • Hyper-Risky Mosaic Akiho Yoshizawa starring Akiho Yoshizawa, and directed by Hideto Aki - S1 studio
  • AV Consent starring Minori Hatsune and directed by Seishiro Bando - S1 studio
  • Active Announcer, Shock!! Real Name AV Debut - Aya Tanaka starring Aya Tanaka and directed by Tatsuya Aoki - Moodyz studio
  • Newcomer - Giri Giri Mosaic starring Yui Hamana and directed by KENGO - S1 studio
Best Director Award
The 2008 Moodyz Awards were even more broad-based than the 2007 Vegas Night with 37 AV producers participating.
Best Actress Award
Best Title
Best Director Award