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'''Naomi Tani''' ([http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/谷ナオミ谷ナオミ] - ''Tani Naomi'') is a [[Japanese]] [[actress]] who is best known for her appearances in Nikkatsu's Roman Porno films with an S&M theme during the 1970s.

==Life and career==
===Early career===
Born October 20, 1948 in the Hakata ward of Fukuoka, Naomi Tani moved to Tokyo at the age of 18. After arrival in Tokyo, she was featured in a photo layout in ''Weekly Taishu / Popular Weekly'' (週刊大衆 - ''Shukan Taishu'')<ref>Tani, Naomi. Interviewed by Hamamoto, Maki. (1998). "Naomi Tani - An Interview with Nikkatsu's Queen of SM" (Conducted in January 1998 in Kyushu, Japan) in ''Asian Cult Cinema'' Number 19, April 1998. p.39</ref>. This appearance led to offers for roles in "Pink films", the low-budget, independent soft-core pornographic films which dominated Japan's domestic cinema at this time. Her debut was in the 1967 film ''Special''. She took her screen name "Tani" from the novelist Junichiro Tanizaki and "Naomi" from the central character in his important early work ''Naomi'' ''aka'' ''A Fool's Love''. "Tani," or "valley," is also a Japanese slang word for the cleavage between the breasts. Consequently, Ms. Tani may have had a variety of puns in mind when she later opened a restaurant calling it the "Ohtani" (Big Breasts or Big Tani).<ref>Weisser, Thomas and Yuko Mihara Weisser. (1998). ''Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films''. Vital Books : Asian Cult Cinema Publications; Miami. p.270. ISBN 1-889288-52-7</ref>

Tani's early films were principally with the small companies that were making ''pink films'' independent of the large studio system in the 1960s. In her pre-Nikkatsu career, she appeared in comedies, dramas, and action films, but it was the S&M genre which would make Tani a star. Her first experience with an S&M film was in one episode of the omnibus film ''Memoirs Of A Modern Female Doctor'' (1967),<ref>Weisser, 269.</ref> and her first full-fledged S&M leading role was in director Masanao Sakao's ''Female Bodies in a Brutal Scenario'' (1967), in which she plays a prostitute who repeatedly escapes from, and then captured and tortured by the ''yakuza''. Tani would play similar roles for Sakao in other films such as ''Virgins With Bad Reputations'', also made in 1967.<ref>Weisser, p.139</ref>

The same year Tani had a minor role in director Mamoru Watanabe's ''Slave Widow'', which starred major "pink" actresses Noriko Tatsumi and Mari lwai. Impressed with Tani, Watanabe, considered one of the "Pillars of Pink," cast Tani in her first leading role for his next film, ''Bed of Violent Desires'' (1967). Typical of the sex-thriller ''pink films'' made by Koei studio in the years before Nikkatsu took over the genre in the 1970s, in this film, Tani plays the role of a daughter who seeks bloody revenge against her mother and her lover after they kill Tani's father for his money.<ref>Weisser, p.62, 394-395</ref>

During this early stage of her career, Tani sometimes worked at prominent ''pink film'' producer/director Koji Wakamatsu's independent studio. She worked several times with the prolific director Shinya Yamamoto in such films as ''Degenerate'' (1967), ''Memoirs Of Modern Love: Curious Age'' (1967) and ''Season For Rapists'' (1969).<ref>Weisser, p.113.</ref> Also during this period she became friends with the SM author, Oniroku Dan, with whom she would work throughout her film career. Dan was secretly writing S&M film scripts under the pseudonym Matsugoro Kuroiwa while working as a high school English teacher.<ref>Tani (Interview), p.39</ref> Tani's "pretty face, beautiful fair skin... and 96cm (38") large breasts<ref>{{cite web |url=http://xxx.xcity.jp/SHIN-TOHO/HISTORY/N_TANI/index.html|title=Naomi Tani|accessdate=2007-03-03|language=English|work=xxx.xcity.jp/SHIN-TOHO/}}</ref> as well as her acting abilities helped make her a popular actress in the late 1960s. She reportedly appeared in more than 200 films before her work with Nikkatsu, for which she is best known today.<ref> Weisser, p.333</ref> Even at this early stage of her career, working for Dokuritsu and other smaller studios, Tani had already established herself as the "Queen of Pink."."<ref name="Konuma-22">Konuma, Masaru. (1998). Interviewed by Thomas and Yuko Mihara Weisser on November 6, 1998, in ''Asian Cult Cinema'', #22, 1st Quarter, 1999. p.22</ref> In 1972, she directed two films from Oniroku Dan stories, ''Sex Killer'' and ''Starved Sex Beast''. Commenting on her own directorial style, Tani noted, "I accentuated scenes with a lot of torture and bondage."<ref>Tani (Interview), p.44</ref>

===Nikkatsu===
[[Image:naomitani.jpg|189px|left|Naomi Tani]]
Throughout the 1960s, softcore pornographic "Pink Films" had been produced in Japan by small, independent studios. In 1971, however, Nikkatsu, the country's oldest film studio, had entered the "Pink Film" market with its high-budget and quality "Roman Porno" series.<ref>Macias, Patrick. (2001). "Nikkatsu's Roman Porno" in ''TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion''. Cadence Books, San Francisco. pages=187-188. ISBN 1-56931-681-3</ref>
Besides appearing in Nikkatsu's first experiment in the ''pink film'' in 1968, ''Tokyo Bathhouse'', which featured over 30 sex-film stars in cameo appearances,<ref>Weisser, p.434.</ref> Tani's first official ''Roman porno'' for Nikkatsu was in a minor role as a nurse in ''Sensuous Beasts'' (1972). Unlike her starring roles for smaller studios, she played a supporting role in this film. Preferring to continue starring in lower-budget films rather than playing supporting roles for Nikkatsu's leading Roman Porno actresses, she did not stay with Nikkatsu at this time.<ref>Tani (Interview), p.41</ref><ref>Weisser, p.374-375</ref>

Even when Nikkatsu began asking Tani to work for their studio in major roles, she refused for years because Nikkatsu was reluctant to enter the S&M genre with its ''Roman Porno'' series..<ref name="Konuma-22"/> Feeling that S&M was her destiny, Tani consented to work at Nikkatsu only on the condition that her first film be based on Oniroku Dan's novel, ''Flower and Snake''..<ref name="Konuma-22"/> Nikkatsu agreed. Directed by Masaru Konuma, this 1974 film became a major hit for Nikkatsu, and established the S&M genre of Roman Porno film which would continue to be profitable for the studio throughout the 1970s and early 1980s.

Tani's next film for Nikkatsu, ''Wife to be Sacrificed'' (1974) was also directed by Konuma, though, unlike most of her films for the studio, this one was not based on an Oniroku Dan novel. It became an even bigger hit than ''Flower and Snake'', and one of Nikkatsu's all-time top five money-makers. Tani's female co-star from ''Wife to be Sacrificed'', Terumi Azuma, would return in the 1975 film, ''Cruelty: Black Rose Torture'', and the two would be paired in several other films until Azuma began starring in her own films in 1976.<ref>Weisser, p.302</ref> The title introduced Nikkatsu's nickname for Tani ("Black Rose"), which would be re-used in later film titles.<ref>Weisser, p.67</ref> In Konuma's 1977 parody of the ''Roman porn'' genre, ''In the Realm of Sex'', Tani appears as herself, stalked by a perverted middle-aged fan who wants to perform an S&M session with her. Tani manages to reverse the roles by binding and torturing the fan instead.<ref>Weisser, p.209.</ref>

Besides Konuma, Tani worked for many of the other most prominent ''Roman porno'' directors while at Nikkatsu. "Violent pink" director Yasuharu Hasebe commented, "I regret that I only worked with her once... a very short scene at a greenhouse in ''Rape!'' The segment was only long enough for her to get assaulted by the rapist."<ref>Hasebe, Yasuharu. (1999). Interviewed by Thomas and Yuko Mihara Weisser in Tokyo. ''Asian Cult Cinema'' #25, 4th Quarter 1999, p.42.</ref> Tani starred in director Koyu Ohara's Nikkatsu ''Roman pornos'', ''Fascination: Portrait of a Lady'' (1977), ''Rope Hell'' (1978) and ''Fairy in a Cage'' (1977) which had Tani playing the role of a wealthy business woman who is tortured by the sadistic head of the inquisition branch of the Japanese military during World War II.<ref>Weisser, p.136-138</ref>

Director Shogoro Nishimura's 1978 film, ''Lady Black Rose'', contained two notorious scenes which are often selected as examples of the ''Roman porno'' S&M genre. In one, gallons of water are forced into Tani's mouth through a funnel while her stomach can be seen enlarging. Tani points out that scenes like these were often tricks, though no special effects were involved. "I was simply good at sucking my belly into a small ball and then expanding it."."<ref>Tani (Interview), p.43.</ref> In the other, gallons of brandy are similarly poured into Tani's vagina while her body can be seen flushing from pale white to a drunken red. The film is alternately praised and condemned as "the ultimate woman-as-an-object" film.<ref>Weisser, p.222-223.</ref> Tani's last film, ''Rope and Skin'' (1979) was also directed by Nishimura, once again based on an Oniroku Dan novel, and had a part for fellow "Pink queen," Junko Miyashita. As Tani's farewell performance, Nikkatsu gave this critically-acclaimed yakuza period-piece a big budget.<ref>Weisser, p.353</ref>

===Tani's style===
Known for her remarkable dedication to her work, Tani would perform even the most extreme of S&M scenes without complaint. During the twelve years she worked as an actress, she never went to the beach or allowed herself to get a suntan, feeling that it was important to keep her skin very white, so that it could be seen turning red during some of the scenes involving such things as whippings or melting candle wax tortures.<ref>Tani (Interview), p.43-44</ref> Tani wrote in 1998 "The woman's naked body must not only be seen as a sensual object, but must also be able to express emotion; so, I did my best to keep Naomi Tani's body as close as possible to perfect condition."<ref name="Introduction-9">Tani, Naomi. (1998) "Introduction" in Weisser, ''Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films'', p.9</ref> When Tani was asked if she ever found herself sexually aroused while making a film, she stressed the artistry behind her performances, commenting that the face of a woman in actual sexual ecstacy would likely cause laughter. Instead, she says, "An actress has the responsibility to excite the audience, not herself."<ref>Tani (Interview), p.45</ref> She further states, "... to gain sympathy from the audience, I engaged in elaborate discussions with the filmmakers concerning Naomi Tani's torture scenes, to insure that they were both cruel and beautiful."<ref>Tani ("Introduction"), p.12</ref> Her willingness to submit herself to scenes of extreme physical difficulty led director Shinya Yamamoto to famously utter, "Naomi Tani is a monster!"<ref>Tani (Interview), p.40</ref> The quality of her performances was recognized by the mainstream Japanese film establishment. She was nominated for best actress by the Japanese Academy for two of her Nikkatsu ''Roman Porno'' films, ''Black Rose Ascending'' (1975),<ref name="Tani_Interview_46">Tani (Interview), p.46</ref> and ''Flesh of the Rose'', (1978).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0849437/awards|title=Awards for Naomi Tani|accessdate=2007-03-03|work=IMDB}}</ref> Director Masaru Konuma says as an actress Tani was, "Stylish. No matter what she did-- her behavior, her attitude, her body-- everything became a perfect picture."<ref>Konuma, p.24</ref>

===Retirement===
In 1979, after reigning for five years as Nikkatsu's "Queen Of S&M,"<ref>{{cite web |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20070223032258/http://www.wildjapan.co.uk/pinku.php|archivedate=February 23, 2007|url=http://www.wildjapan.co.uk/pinku.php|title=Japanese "Pink Eiga" - A Short History Of The Japanese Sex Film Of The 1970s|accessdate=2007-02-18 |last=Chinchen|first=Jonny|year=2004|work=www.wildjapan.co.uk}}</ref> Tani retired suddenly and unexpectedly at the height of her popularity. She later gave her reason as, "I never wanted to disappoint my fans by showing an unflattering face. That's why I've always refused to do a ''comeback''. Nobody is free from aging. I want to exist in the audience's memory as a ''forever blooming flower''."<ref> Weisser, p.333 </ref>
[[Image:Naomi Tani CD.jpg|thumb|right|240px|CD re-release of Naomi Tani's vocal album, ''Modae no Heya'']]
She celebrated her retirement by issuing a vocal album entitled ''Modae no Heya.'' On this disc's recent re-release in CD format, a reviewer commented of Tani's vocals, "There’s a worldliness in her voice and a maturity which suggests she’s seen it all... There is however a fragility to her voice, a cracking sense of the truly erotic, the unseen, the taboo which drapes each syllable... hearing music which would usually be readily associated with a mid-70s Samurai movie bedding down with such muted eroticism is more than a winning formula."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=25412|title=TANI NAOMI - Modae No Heya|accessdate=2007-04-28|work=www.boomkat.com|language=English}}</ref>

Tani notes that she immediately felt much more relaxed upon retirement. "I didn't have to worry about going out in the sun. I could suddenly enjoy the outdoors, golf and the beach."<ref name="Tani_Interview_46"/> Her early retirement from film was clouded by difficulty however. In 1981 she was hit by a car while walking her dog, and had to undergo extensive rehabilitation for three years. This difficult period in her life continued with her 1984 divorce from her husband. After the divorce, she opened the Ohtani restaurant in Kumamoto which became highly successful, and which she currently owns.<ref name="Tani_Interview_47">Tani (Interview), p.47</ref> In 1996 she also opened "Yours Naomi", a video store near Hakata which specializes in erotic cinema, especially Nikkatsu's Roman Porno films. She comments that "Many young people (in their 20s and 30s) who used to buy the mindless AV [Adult Video] junk have shifted to 'Roman Porn' after being introduced to it."<ref name="Tani_Interview_47"/>

During the late 1990s Tani's work enjoyed a renewed surge of interest. ''Wife to be Sacrificed'' was released theatrically in the U.S. in 1998, playing in San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York City.<ref>Ranaletta, Ray. (1998). "Wife to be Sacrificed - Coming to a Theater Near You?" in ''Asian Cult Cinema'', # 19 (April 1998), p.49-50</ref> In preparation for this event, Tani was interviewed by the U.S. publication, ''Asian Cult Cinema'' for its April, 1998 issue. Surprised by this attention from the U.S., Tani commented "I didn't think U.S. movie fans were interested in me or my movies. I thought Americans ignored my films because of the SM theme, since these movies give the impression of being abusive toward women. Regardless of the filmmaker's intent - the intellectual or artistic merit - I thought Americans viewed these productions as politically incorrect."<ref name="Introduction-9"/> This attention from the U.S. again brought Tani to the attention of the domestic Japanese media. At the time, Tani wrote, "the fact that people are still interested in me - after almost 20 years away from the screen - fills me with buoyancy and surprise. It embarrasses me, too."<ref name="Introduction-9"/> In this retrospective atmosphere, Tani was finally persuaded to return to film in 2000 to appear in Hideo Nakata's documentary on director Masaru Konuma entitled ''Sadistic and Masochistic''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cinemasie.com/fr/fiche/personne/taninaomi/portrait.html|title=TANI Naomi|accessdate=2007-03-03|language=French|work=www.cinemasie.com}}</ref>

==Magazine appearances==
* December 15, 1975 ''Heibon Punch'' (平凡パンチ) (nude)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tisen.jp/pukiwiki/index.php?cmd=read&page=%CA%BF%CB%DE%A5%D1%A5%F3%A5%C11975&word=%C3%AB%A5%CA%A5%AA%A5%DF|title=平凡パンチ1975 |date=2006-11-23|accessdate=2007-05-10|language=Japanese|work=[http://tisen.jp/pukiwiki/index.php?FrontPage 知誕Wiki]}}</ref>
* November 16, 1976 ''Weekly Playboy'' (nude)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tisen.jp/pukiwiki/index.php?%BD%B5%A5%D7%A5%EC1976|title=週プレ1976|date=2007-02-22|accessdate=2007-05-09|language=Japanese|work=[http://tisen.jp/pukiwiki/index.php?FrontPage 知誕Wiki]}}</ref>
* November 7, 1977 ''Heibon Punch'' (平凡パンチ) (nude)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tisen.jp/pukiwiki/index.php?cmd=read&page=%CA%BF%CB%DE%A5%D1%A5%F3%A5%C11977&word=%C3%AB%A5%CA%A5%AA%A5%DF|title=平凡パンチ1977|date=2006-11-23|accessdate=2007-05-10|language=Japanese|work=[http://tisen.jp/pukiwiki/index.php?FrontPage 知誕Wiki]}}</ref>
* July 17, 1979 ''Weekly Playboy'' (nude)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tisen.jp/pukiwiki/index.php?%BD%B5%A5%D7%A5%EC1979|title=週プレ1979|date=2006-11-24|accessdate=2007-05-09|language=Japanese|work=[http://tisen.jp/pukiwiki/index.php?FrontPage 知誕Wiki]}}</ref>
* October 22, 2002 ''Weekly Playboy'' (nude)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tisen.jp/pukiwiki/index.php?cmd=read&page=%BD%B5%A5%D7%A5%EC2002&word=%C3%AB%A5%CA%A5%AA%A5%DF|title=週プレ2002|date=2007-01-22|accessdate=2007-05-10|language=Japanese|work=[http://tisen.jp/pukiwiki/index.php?FrontPage 知誕Wiki]}}</ref>
* April 15, 2003 ''Weekly Playboy'' (nude)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tisen.jp/pukiwiki/index.php?cmd=read&page=%BD%B5%A5%D7%A5%EC2003&word=%C3%AB%A5%CA%A5%AA%A5%DF|title=週プレ2003|date=2006-11-24|accessdate=2007-05-10|language=Japanese|work=[http://tisen.jp/pukiwiki/index.php?FrontPage 知誕Wiki]}}</ref>

== Sources ==
* Konuma, Masaru. (1998). Interviewed by Thomas and Yuko Mihara Weisser on November 6, 1998, in ''Asian Cult Cinema'', #22, 1st Quarter, 1999. p.19-28.
* Miura, Jun. (2004). 永遠のＳＭ女優　谷ナオミ (''Naomi Tani : The Eternal SM Actress''). コアマガジン (Core Magazine): Tokyo. (in Japanese). ISBN 4-877346-77-5
* {{cite web |url=http://www.citwf.com/person337352.htm|title=NAOMI TANI|accessdate=2007-03-04|work=at [http://www.citwf.com/ The Complete Index to World Film]|language=English}}
* {{imdb name|id=0849437|name=Naomi Tani}}
* {{cite web |url=http://moguradan1996.at.infoseek.co.jp/work/hihokan5a.html|title=Naomi Tani - Showa Karesusuki|accessdate=2007-03-03|format= |work=infoseek.co.jp|language=Japanese}}
* {{cite web |url=http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/person/p0263710.htm|title=谷ナオミ (Tani Naomi)|accessdate=2007-02-18 |language=Japanese|work=[http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/ JMDB]}}
* Tani, Naomi. Interviewed by Hamamoto, Maki. (1998). "Naomi Tani - An Interview with Nikkatsu's Queen of SM" (Conducted in January 1998 in Kyushu, Japan) in ''Asian Cult Cinema'' Number 19, April 1998. P.39-48.
* Tani, Naomi. (1998). "Introduction" in Weisser, Thomas and Yuko Mihara Weisser. ''Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films'' Vital Books : Asian Cult Cinema Publications: Miami. ISBN 1-889288-52-7. pp.9-12
* {{cite web |url=http://www.cinemasie.com/fr/fiche/personne/taninaomi/portrait.html|title=TANI Naomi|accessdate=2007-03-03|language=French|format= |work=www.cinemasie.com}}
* {{cite web |url=http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=25412|title=TANI NAOMI - Modae No Heya (CD Review)|accessdate=2007-04-01|language=English|work=www.boomkat.com}}
* {{cite web |url=http://www.zootropefilms.fr/madame-yoshino/Yoshino-DP.pdf|title=La Vie Secrete de Madame Yoshino (review of ''Nureta tsubo'' (1976), with biographical sketch)|accessdate=2007-04-03|language=French|format=PDF|work=www.cinemasie.com}}
* Weisser, Thomas; Yuko Mihara Weisser (1998). Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films. Miami: Vital Books : Asian Cult Cinema Publications. ISBN 1-889288-52-7.

== Big tit movies / pictures of Naomi Tani ==
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* [http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=%E8%B0%B7%E3%83%8A%E3%82%AA%E3%83%9F&tag=boobpedia-22&index=blended&linkCode=ur2&camp=247&creative=1211 谷ナオミ (Naomi Tani)] at Amazon Japan </protect>

==External links==
* {{cite web |url=http://www.cultsirens.com/tani/tani.htm|title=Naomi Tani |accessdate=July 30, 2008|publisher=[http://www.cultsirens.com/index.htm Cult Sirens]|language=English}}

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Mika Tan

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'''Mika Tan''' (born '''Saraswati Miyoko Taetafa''' on November 27, 1977) is an [[American]] [[porn star]] and [[fetish model|fetish]]/pantyhose model.

==Background==

Born on the Hawaiian island of Oahu to a Japanese/Samoan father and a [[Japanese]]/[[Taiwanese]] mother. She was adopted at age 3 by her grandmother and her biological sister was raised by an aunt. She was raised primarily by her grandmother who was an established Hawaiian/Japanese folk dancer, singer, and proprietor of several massage parlors. Mika mother's side was full of models and musicians. Her father's side is full of military servicemen and women, including her sister who is in the U.S. Marines and helps with her official website. As a "Navy brat", Mika traveled across the United States and parts of Europe, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Africa before she went to high school.

Some adult distribution companies market Loni and Mika as cousins, but it is incorrect. She is, however, related to pinup model Josie Lee.

==Education and early career==
She worked as a child model, as an extra in television, commercials, and theater, appeared in an infomercial, and at one point was a member of the Movement Company dance troupe of Guam where she performed modern jazz and ballet.

She attended San Diego State University where she earned a Bachelor's degree in Biochemistry and an Associate's degree in Psychology. To earn extra money while in college, Mika did nude art modeling and tried her hand at stripping.

Mika has studied classical voice at the Magdalena Perés School of Voice and is a graduate of the John Robert Powers finishing school.

Despite her aptitude for science, she found she did not enjoy the work as she was more of a "people person", and worked in sales & marketing in the timeshare industry for [[Dennis Hof]]. Hof was later quoted as saying, "She is straight as an arrow; I had no idea she leaned that way; I would have approached her to work for my Moonlite Bunny Ranch back then!" She tried her hand at acting in California but stopped after the realization that the [[casting couch]] was not a myth. Mika has been quoted as saying, "For the record, no adult entertainment director, producer, or crewman has ever sexually harassed me EVER. If I have to fuck for work, then I'll just fuck for work. Sure, the sex acts are documented, but at least the payoff is guaranteed in porn."

==Adult film career==
Mika was discovered at an am/pm by porn director Jack Pearl. Initially she tried to work only with her former husband but began working with other males in the industry to pursue her adult film career. Mika stated in an interview, "He was just too jealous and couldn't handle me working with other men". She quit to work on her marriage. His inability to forget about her working with other men put a strain on their relationship and they divorced. Mika also had a third trimester miscarriage in this period, which she described as the worst time of her life.<

Among her sex film aficionados, she is known for her intense and loud orgasms on screen, and is noted for her work ethic and professionalism on set. She works with both men and women of various races in her films, always displaying a voraciousness and enthusiasm matched by few.

Tan has married twice: First to Ray Shannon and then to Alec Knight (another worker in the adult industry). She has been romantically connected with fellow adult industry workers.

Tan has been called the "[[Susan Lucci]] of Porn", having been nominated many times, but not winning any [[AVN award]]s until 2006 when she won for best oral sex scene. She was quoted lamenting bittersweetly on the matter, "I'm no longer the Susan Lucci of porn. What am I going to call myself now? I don't have a tagline."

Tan does primarily [[Sexual fetishism|fetish]]-oriented work, including work as a [[dominatrix]] and sub for the Kink.com group of companies, mostly the "Men in Pain" and "Mean Bitches" websites, where her intense performances have made her a favourite. Tan classifies herself far more as a fetish model than a porn star - indeed, according to her official listed bio on her website, Tan states: "For the record, I do not consider myself a pornstar and any girl who has done less than 250 films shouldn't either." Though Tan still does hardcore sex films, she also does features with a story-driven nature, such as her recent 2006 "Memoirs of a Modern-Day Geisha" (from [[VCA Pictures|VCA]]).

As of December 2007, Mika has done over 1,350 fetish and hardcore scenes for video and the internet. She also takes orders for custom videos through her website: Fans are told to submit a script, scenario, and choice of cast, in return for which she will make the custom video for a nominal fee plus production costs.

Wicked contract star [[Kaylani Lei]] stepped down as the host on the ''Me So Horny'' internet radio show on [[KSEX]]. Tan stepped in to keep Lei's seat warm as host, alongside [[Annie Cruz]]. Just before [[Kaylani Lei]] returned with a new co-host, Kitty Langdon, Tan herself left the U.S. in June 2007 to handle some family legal issues for several months. Shortly after, the cast and crew from KSEX all moved to RUDE.TV.

As with many other seasoned adult video performers, she has moved into production, with her debut film featuring heterosexual Asian-American men in hardcore scenes. She is currently semi-retired, managing four shoot locations, working as a certified makeup artist, studying film editing & post-production marketing, and working as an independent consultant preparing random, time-coded quality control reports for the largest adult DVD distribution company in the Valley, ensuring their fetish films do not contain scenes depicting non-consensual penetration while bound (rape scenarios), abduction, or other acts which may be considered obscene or illegal for US standards.

In March 2009, she began working as a legal prostitute at the Bunny Ranch brothel in Nevada.

==Awards==
*2007 [[AVN Award]] for Underrated Starlet of the Year (Unrecognized Excellence)
*2006 [[Adam Film World]] award for "Best Asian Starlet"
*2006 [[XRCO Award#Unsung Siren|XRCO Award]] for Unsung Siren

==Trivia==

* She is one-half Japanese, one-fourth Taiwanese, and one-fourth Samoan.
* Her first (birth) name is that of the Hindu goddess of learning, Saraswati
* Tan is called the "Susan Lucci of Porn", having been nominated many times, but never won any AVN award]]s.
* Tan is classically-trained in voice and once belonged to the Movement Company Dance Troupe (ballet, modern jazz).
* Tan models pantyhose for [[Akira Lane]]'s website, Pantyhose Lane.
* Tan won the Adam Film World for "Best Asian Starlet" in 2006.

* ''Flynt Digital (Hustler)'':
** ''Naked News Network''

* ''Playboy TV'':
** ''Nightcalls 411''
** ''Spice Hotel''
** ''Weekend Flash''
** ''Sexy Urban Legend''
** ''Totally Busted''

* ''KSEX Radio'':
** ''Me So Horny Radio Showgram''

* Magazine Publications:
** ''Adams Fim World (US)''
** ''FHM-The Girls of FHM Asia: Special Collectors' Edition (UK)''
** ''Hustler (De)''
** ''Hustler's Taboo (US)''
** ''Oriental Dolls (US)''
** ''Penthouse (De)''

* Other Media Work:
** ''LA Nitelife''
** ''Eating Out: Mika Tan''
** ''Inside Erotica

She is now moving into production, with her debut film featuring heterosexual Asian-American men in hardcore scenes.

{{GFDL}}
[[Category:Adult models]]
[[Category:Porn stars]]
[[Category:Dominatrixes]]

Aiko Tanaka

2009-04-13T21:53:37Z

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'''Aiko Tanaka''' is a [[Japanese]] [[glamour model]] and [[actress]].

Aiko Tanaka was born in Tokyo, Japan. She is 75% Japanese and 25% Korean. Her career began in elementary school as a model for catalogs and commercial ads.

Wanting to pursue a career in acting, Aiko came to the U.S. and studied theater and dance during college. She danced professionally and eventually landed a spot as a recurring dancer on ''Soul Train'' (1999).
[[Image:Aiko-Tanaka.jpg|200px|left]]
During her pursuit of acting, Aiko was invited to attend numerous car shows, expos, and other events as a model. Simultaneously, Aiko appeared on television shows such as MTV's ''The Grind'' (1999), ''Malcolm & Eddie'', ''The Man Show'', ''My Wife and Kids'' (2002), and ''Howard Stern''' (2003).

She has also appeared in a handful of music videos (for Destiny's Child, The Offspring, Afroman) and feature-length films (''The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift'' (2006), ''Finishing the Game'' (2007), and more). More recently, she has done stand-up comedy and continues to pursue a career in film and television.

==External links==
* [http://www.kailayu.com/aiko.html Aiko Tanaka Interview] by [[Kaila Yu]].

''The text in this article is based on the <u>deleted</u> Wikipedia article "Aiko Tanaka" used under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. See Boobpedia's copyright notice.''

[[Category:Glamour models]]
[[Category:Actresses]]

Ace

2009-04-13T21:44:01Z

Pisomojado:

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'''Ace''' (born [[February 19]], [[1989]]) is a [[Swedish]] glamour, fetish and pin-up [[model]], best known as a ''handy-maiden'' or "side 9 pigen" (''page 9 girl'') in the Danish magazine ''Ekstra Bladet''.

==External links==
* [http://ekstrabladet.dk/side9/arkiv/] Eksta Bladet archives
* [http://ekstrabladet.dk/side9/side9artikler/article1112467.ece/] Eksta Bladet article about Ace
* [http://ekstrabladet.dk/side9/article1112470.ece] Eksta Bladet 450x650 pic of Ace

Ace

2009-04-13T21:37:48Z

Pisomojado: Where to find the girl

Talk:Main Page/Archive 1

2009-04-13T05:34:10Z

Pisomojado:

Please use this talk page sparingly. It is for discussing topics which affect the entire Boobpedia project. Conversations about specific pages or categories should be carried out on their respective talk pages.

== Two Articles that either need merging, or one needs to be deleted. ==

As I have neither the capability or authority to delete an entire page, and I don't know how to merge them. I move that the [[Kianna]] and [[Kianna Dior]] pages either be merged or the stub article of [[Kianna]] be deleted.

This affects more than one article, I believe it belongs here. [[User:DDrendar|DDrendar]]

* Merging articles is easy. Say you have two articles, "Jane D." and "Jane Von Doe," and everything should really be under "Jane Von Doe." Take any useful info from the "Jane D." article, add it to the "Jane Von Doe" article, and then replace the "Jane D." article with <nowiki>#REDIRECT [[Jane Von Doe]]</nowiki>. Voila, you've merged the articles. :) [[User:The Honorable|The Honorable]] 15:24, 26 April 2008 (EDT)

== Claimed Bust Size versus Apparent Bust Size ==

I think we should add another category to bio box.... Apparent Bust. It could be agreed upon in the discussion of each. It is ridiculous to have a DDD saying she is a GG. Just because it says it somewhere referenceable makes it no more correct. Jennifer Love Hewitt could put DDD on her website... Would we list it just because of that. It probably should just be in the standard format of A-G, etc. Single letters only, so a DD is an 'E', a DDD is a 'F', a EE is an 'F', etc. I guess the only complicated part would be some people not realizing that smaller girls can have a larger cup size due to the small frame. I think we could work it out... Thoughts??

For example http://www.boobpedia.com/boobs/Rebecca_Jessop Says "H" but I would say her apparent cup size is "E"..... [[User:Msjayhawk|msjayhawk]] 16:06, 24 June 2008 (EDT)

* Concerning DD=E: There already is a category for this, explaining the standardised Boobpedia bra size: {{cl|bra size}}. Only single letters, each one converted by the bra size template.
* The cup sizes in {{cl|by cup size}} are organised that way too, implying that DDD = EE = F.
* Concerning the H of Rebecca Jessop: To my eye she has more than just E. Maybe not H, but more than E. Which leads us to the next topic:
* Concerning "apparent" bust size: There's no way of measuring this subjective impression. Articles would end up in endless editing wars, because everyone thinks the model has another cup size. And none of them is reliable. Encyclopedic content cannot contain assumptions or speculations, only facts. If a model says she has DDD, it's a fact that she said it. If this is really true, this is another question which can be discussed either on a talk page or in an article itself, if there are sources proving that the model lied or added a few Ds to appear more important.
* ''"Jennifer Love Hewitt could put DDD on her website... Would we list it just because of that?"'' Yes, we would. Exactly. Perhaps with a comment in the article that this is unlikely, compared with other models proved to have a DDD cup. Double and triple cup letters are an American invention anyway. That's why I introduced {{cl|bra size}}. It's comparable, although some countries may have slight differences in cup sizes (and every man who really knows a woman with a cup size larger than D or E knows that even the different bra manufacturers and brands have completely different sizes. Just go shopping with such a woman. In one shop she'll find a 34F that fits perfectly, in another a 36F or 34G or 34H, and in a shop with French bras just another size).

: Regards

: [[User:Prophecy|Prophecy]] 17:33, 24 June 2008 (EDT)

Hya Regarding the size of breasts

I have to say I see many Ladies claim to be bigger than they are as a headline 40 H is much better than 40 DD.

Bra size vary so much its unreal for example a normal everyday bra non underwired for me I would buy a 40 H to HH cup.

Now when I buy beautiful lacy underwired bras I buy them in 38 to 40 J cup because they tend to be smaller cups in pretty bras.

so when I add pics on my top ten amateur site do I say Secretchicks 40 H boobs or Secretchicks 30 J boobs ?? because I will fit in both bras lol

Secretchick

== Articles with new pictures & Busty women you may not know Sections ==

How is the "Articles with new pictures" updated? In the past week, I've created a few articles which have newly uploaded pictures. But they were never on there. Why not?

And how are the beautiful, busty women chosen for the "Busty women you may not know" section? Is it random or are they handpicked?

:These rarley get updated.[[User:Apara|Apara]] 17:24, 28 August 2008 (EDT)
::Then the "Articles with new pictures" is very misleading. It should be merged with "Busty women you may not know" or removed altogether. Or, have it post up the articles with the latest photo uploads.[[User:Cost|Cost]] 14:45, 9 October 2008 (EDT)
::: In my opinion, the section "articles with new pictures" is not only misleading, but obsolete and should be deleted. It suggests that Boobpedia is a picture archive or a nice gallery with changing pictures every day. That's why we have trouble with massive picture uploaders sometimes. That's no wonder if even the front page encourages uploading new pictures all the time without expanding, developing and sourcing articles. [[User:Prophecy|Prophecy]] 15:03, 9 October 2008 (EDT)
::::That actually makes sense. I was wondering why there's so many pictures uploading the past month or 2. It could have to do something with it. [[User:Apara|Apara]] 18:02, 9 October 2008 (EDT)
:While we're at this, I'm also getting a bit bored of seeing [[Alix Lakehurst]] as the featured article every time. --[[User:LikeMnatural|LikeMnatural]] 01:38, 6 February 2009 (EST)

==Yes But More! ==
Boobpedia is an absolutely wonderful start, but the world needs us to broaden our scope. The time has come for sister sites like Asianpedia, Bootypedia, Vanillapedia, Fetishpedia, Gaypedia, etc. Ultimately the goal should be an all-encompassing Pornopedia, the information hub for porn collectors of all stripes. Right now, the needs of those collectors are only being served in a substandard manner by whatever info they can scrounge from message boards and pay sites. We need to harness that scrounging energy and convert it to article writing energy for Pornopedia! Please, Boobpedia, agree with me, and I will work hard for you.[[User:Pisomojado|Pisomojado]] 01:34, 13 April 2009 (EDT)