Sora Aoi (あおい そら), born November 11, 1983 (Scorpio) in Tokyo, Japan. AV actress and television performer. The reason I’m introducing her in this “Sea of Romance” series is that I recently discovered (well, it was actually the month before last) that every one of her films has something to it.

That film is Sora Aoi: Little Princess. Looking back, it’s still an extremely classic AV: a warm atmosphere, gentle movements, a tight plot. Even more heart-stirring is how Sora Aoi looks in this film. Her face still carries a trace of childishness (see the image above), but once you see her body, no one would call her “childish.” There’s a poem in The Precious Mirror for Judging Flowers that describes Yuan Baozhu like this:

Her dancing sleeves are light, too frail to bear themselves; even moonlit water cannot match her clarity. Ever since she took the name Pearl, her radiance has grown a hundredfold. Her slender waist is so very pitiable; her whole life’s grace came naturally from heaven. Her romantic charm has a soul-stealing place all its own; only then do you believe an immortal walks among men.

The first time I saw Sora Aoi, I felt this was exactly what Yuan Baozhu must have looked like, only with heavier makeup. Visually speaking, I think Sora Aoi is utterly perfect. If AV actresses were ranked into tiers, she would certainly belong to the very top tier (and honestly, even without any ranking system, she still would). Her bright, innocent face, her hair black and glossy, her slender fingers, and her just-right figure paired with her ample breasts (described as “baby face, big breasts, slim legs”!). And then there are her supple, ever-changing positions, and the greedy look on her face as she licks and swallows semen… For an actress in this line of work, what could matter more than that?

In Sora Aoi Collection 1 (a compilation of many clips), there’s a segment where she performs with a male actor in a way that feels remarkably like “real boyfriend and girlfriend.” Snow-white, she playfully props her foot on his back one moment, then sweetly takes him in little bites from top to bottom the next… And in Sora Aoi: Little Princess too, dressed in a princess costume, she’s not yet so forward, her movements still slightly stiff — a classmate told me that was one of her early works…

By age, Sora Aoi is much older than me, so I can’t quite bring myself to think of her as some kind of older or younger sister (laughs). Besides her AV work, I also know about her Weibo, her films, her charitable donations — but I know of no scandals involving her; even if there were any, they probably wouldn’t reach my ears. Maybe in the future I’ll keep an eye on whether she makes more films. The unfortunate part is, there’s no way for me to buy the genuine release to support her!