Saori Hara
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Saori Hara (born Mai Kato, 1 January 1988, Hiroshima, Japan) is a Japanese former AV idol, model and actress who has also used the names Mai Nanami and Miyabi Matsunoi. She started as a child performer under the name Mai Nanami, singing the theme song Spicy Days for the animated TV show The Marshmallow Times in 2004. She re-emerged as Saori Hara in August 2008 and made her AV debut in January 2009 with Real Celebrity Saori Hara: Miraculous AV Debut for SOD at age 21, reported to have sold 100,000 copies. She published her autobiography My Real Name Is Mai Kato: Why I Became an AV Actress in December 2009, and in February 2014 returned to the entertainment industry as Miyabi Matsunoi, acting in mainstream film and television including GARO.
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- Saori Hara as a young woman in a brown buttoned shirt by a chain-link fence (EDGE: identity via TMDB person page) — TMDB
- Miyabi Matsunoi (Saori Hara) in a navy lace-trimmed dress, studio portrait — TMDB
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- Born
- 1 January 1988, Hiroshima, Japan
- Career
- Saori Hara, real name Mai Kato, is a Japanese former AV idol, model and actress who has also used the names Mai Nanami and Miyabi Matsunoi. She started as a child performer under the name Mai Nanami, singing the theme song Spicy Days for the animated TV show The Marshmallow Times in 2004. She re-emerged as Saori Hara in August 2008 and made her AV debut in January 2009 with Real Celebrity Saori Hara: Miraculous AV Debut for SOD at age 21, reported to have sold 100,000 copies. She published her autobiography My Real Name Is Mai Kato: Why I Became an AV Actress in December 2009, and in February 2014 returned to the entertainment industry as Miyabi Matsunoi, acting in mainstream film and television including GARO.
- Country
- Japan
- Note
- Portrait: Wikimedia Commons TIFF 2017 photo as Miyabi Matsunoi, black top, face visible (PASS CLEAN). FLAG: former child performer in non-adult work (as Mai Nanami); AV debut at 21 in January 2009. FLAG: AV-to-mainstream crossover - now acts as Miyabi Matsunoi.
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Image credit: Wikimedia Commons, Miyabi Matsunoi (Saori Hara) at the Tokyo International Film Festival 2017, black top, face visible (PASS CLEAN)