Ai Iijima Is Quitting The Biz, So Let's Look At Her Sexy Pics For The Last Time
Thursday, April 12, 2007

Too bad former Japanese porn star (okay, that's AV idol for you) Ai Iijima is quitting showbiz.

Ai Iijima, a gutsy woman who grappled her way out of the porno world to become a multi-talented and much respected performer, has announced she will retire from showbiz at the tender age of 34, according to Shukan Gendai (3/17).

The gaudy, heavily made-up Iijima certainly had her detractors, but her climb from stick flick slapper to actress, best-selling author and social commentator was a notable one that saw her garner friends across a wide spectrum.

But Iijima now looks likely to spend the rest of March saying good-bye as she draws a close to one of the more remarkable careers in the cutthroat Japanese entertainment world.

"She went to ask for help from a producer at TBS, saying that she was as mad as hell and not going to take it anymore," a TBS insider tells Shukan Gendai.

Iijima found her way into the world of adult movies in 1992 and quickly became an AV star. She then was given a position as a hostess on the legendary late night TV program "Gilgamesh Night." Her main claim to fame at the time was lifting up her skirt, thrusting out her buttocks and flashing her "T-back," the Japanese term for what's known normally as a G-string or thong. It wasn't long before she was known as the "T-Back Queen."

Iijima brought out her debut single in 1993 and started showing up on mainstream variety programs during the same year. It wasn't long before respectability came about and Ai turned into a TV regular.

When Iijima turned 28 in 2000, she released "Platonic Sex," an autobiography later made into a movie, which told sordid tales of her experience in prostitution and adult movies. "Platonic Sex" was a mega-hit, selling 1.7 million copies and turning Iijima's trademark phrase "watashi teki ni" (my way) into one of the words of the year.



If you're smart, you can still download on P2P her old video where she plays a high school teener abducted by some dork and "raped." It's pretty hot, especially when you know she would become a "serious actress" years after that.

Here is Ai Iijima now (circa 2001): older, wiser, prettier [click to enlarge].








Here are some old Ai Iijima photos [click for larger versions] from the 1990s.







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