| Birthdate | August 8, 1979 [1] |
|---|---|
| Birth location | Tokyo, Japan |
| Measurements | 86(65-D)-59-85(cm) 34-23-34(inch) |
| Height | 1.56 m (5 ft 11⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 45 kg (99 lb; 7.1 st) |
| Eye colour | Brown |
| Hair colour | Brown |
| Ethnicity | Japanese |
| Alias(es) | Wazumi Kawashima Kazumi Kawashima |
Azumi Kawashima (川島和津実 Kawashima Azumi), born August 8, 1979 in Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese idol and Adult Video actress (or so-called "AV idol")."[2] Kawashima was already known as a "gravure princess" at the time of her AV debut in December of 1998.[3] By May, 1999 she was called one of the most popular AV idols,[4] and "the number one AV idol" by August of that year.[5][6]
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Life and career
Azumi Kawashima was born in Tokyo on August 8, 1979, and enjoys swimming and walking.[7] She became a favorite among fans of the Japanese AV principally because her "classical elegant beauty", as her appearances are not as extreme or hardcore as many other such videos.[8] Kawashima's debut video was Promise released under the Try-Heart Corporation's Sexia's label in December 1998.[9][3] In January 1999, Kawashima starred in Naive, for the Shy label. Her next video for Sexia, I Want To Hold You (February 1999), was a sex-oriented drama.[10] She was back at Shy for the April 1999 release, Natural. This video was judged a well-acted drama with great sex scenes, involving gangsters and an assassination plot.[11]
Kawashima followed popular AV idol Haruki Mizuno[12] in Sexia's Pretty Wife series. Kawashima's entry, the seventh in the series, was subtitled Dangerous Love Triangle and released in May 1999. She played the role of a woman who is the victim of her wicked mother-in-law. Hoping to save her son from what she believes to be his wife's demoralizing influence, the mother hires two men to rape her. She hopes that if her son witnesses his wife having sex with other men, he will then divorce her. Instead, the entire group join up to scold the mother for being too controlling. The video ends with the mother awakening, discovering it's all been a dream, and taking it as a message to leave her son's house. ActionJAV judges this video "Another great action packed movie performed by the legendary Azumi Kawa[13][14]
Less than a year after her debut, Kawashima's popularity prompted Sexia to release a retrospective video, Azu-mi-x, which included scenes from her first video as well as new material.[5] Sexia's February 2000 multi-star video, ALL STARS: Erotic Lips Selection, had Kawashima on the same tape as fellow Pretty Wife veteran, Haruki Mizuno.[15] A second retrospective video, Azu-mi-x II: Wazumi's Filmography, was released in September 2000 in a "permanent collector's edition".[6] Kawashima's last releases, a video entitled Memory, and a DVD named Complete Azumi Kawashima, came out in July 2003.[2][16]
In addition to her video career, Kawashima's portfolio includes the release of 9 photobooks released from 1999 to 2003.[17] Outside of her adult work, Kawashima also had a major part in the 1999 V-Cinema horror film Demon Killer or Junreiki 殉霊鬼（じゅんれいき) directed by Seki Akitsugu where six men and women staying at a villa are attacked by a killer.[18][19]
Selected filmography
| Video title[20] | Company | Director | Release date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Promise/Appointment 約束 |
Try-Heart/Sexia SEA-081 |
Greate Kazu | December 18, 1998 |
| Naive 純真 |
Shy シャイ企画 FE-409 |
Takehiro Yasuda | January 31, 1999 |
| I Want To Hold You 抱きしめたい |
Try-Heart/Sexia SEA-092 |
Shion Kageura | February 26, 1999 |
| Genuine"/"Purity 生粋 |
Shy FE-418 |
Kunihiro Hasegawa | March 23, 1999 |
| Natural | Shy FE-425 |
Hitoshi Mochinaga | April 30, 1999 |
| Pretty Wife 7, Dangerous Love Triangle プリティワイフ７ あぶない三角関係 |
Try-Heart/Sexia SEA-105 |
Makoto Nimekoji | May 21, 1999 |
| Memories | Shy FE-433 |
Hitoshi Mochinaga | June 18, 1999 |
| Azu-mi-x あづ・みっ・くす Compilation with some new material |
Try-Heart/Sexia SEA-121 |
Futoshi Sakura | August 14, 1999 |
| SEXIA COLLECTION 1999 セクシアコレクション1999 With Haruna Miwa, Kaori Shimizu, Mika Sanada & Ryo Aihara |
Try-Heart/Sexia SEA-143 |
Ebisu The Great | December 10, 1999 |
| ALL STARS: Erotic Lips Selection Compilation with other actresses |
Try-Heart/Sexia SEA-153 |
Ebisu The Great | February 18, 2000 |
| Last Kiss | Sexia/Kasakura KAN-014 |
May 19, 2000 | |
| 10th. Anniversary The SHY History M&A With Momo Aida |
Shy FEDX-009 |
June 26, 2000 | |
| Azu-mi-x II: Wazumi's Filmography Compilation video |
Try-Heart/Sexia SEA-185 |
Goody | September 22, 2000 |
| Forever | Shy FEDV-048 |
March 3, 2001 | |
| Pretty Wife Remix プリティワイフ Re-mix With Izumi Morino, Konomi Katori, Ryo Aihara, Yuka Asato & Yuuna Miyazawa |
Try-Heart/Sexia SEA-215 |
May 31, 2001 | |
| Return | Shy FE-622 |
September 27, 2001 | |
| OFFSIDE: The Best Selection Compilation with 15 other actresses |
Raising Company/Off Side OSD-060 |
December 12, 2001 | |
| Complete Azumi Kawashima コンプリート 川島和津実 |
Raising Company/Off Side OSD-108 |
July 10, 2003 | |
| Memory: Azumi Kawashima 記憶 川島和津実 |
Try-Heart/Sexia SEA-332 |
Mark Spell | July 19, 2003 |
Notes
- ^ Infobox data from: "川島 和津実 - Kawashima Adumi" (in Japanese). 'Web I-dic' (Idol Dictionary). http://i-dic.dorachan.com/data?kwsadm00. Retrieved 2007-06-13.
- ^ a b "Complete Azumi Kawashima". AV Idol Directory. http://vinfo.xcity.jp/english/info.html?ID=OSD108. Retrieved 2007-06-13.
- ^ a b "PROMISE". AV Idol Directory. http://vinfo.xcity.jp/english/info.html?ID=SEA081. Retrieved 2007-06-13.
- ^ "Pretty Wife 7". AV Idol Directory. http://vinfo.xcity.jp/english/info.html?ID=SEA105. Retrieved 2007-06-13.
- ^ a b "Azu-mi-x". AV Idol Directory. http://vinfo.xcity.jp/english/info.html?ID=SEA121. Retrieved 2007-06-13.
- ^ a b "Azu-mi-x II". AV Idol Directory. http://vinfo.xcity.jp/english/info.html?ID=SEA185. Retrieved 2007-06-13.
- ^ "Azumi (Kawashima Azumi)". AV Idol Directory. http://avidol.xcity.jp/english/info.html?aid=589. Retrieved 2007-06-13.
- ^ "Azumi Kawashima". www.actionjav.com. http://www.actionjav.com/model.cfm?actress_filename=azumi_kawashima. Retrieved 2007-07-29.
- ^ "1998". AV 研究所 (AV Research Laboratory). http://homepage3.nifty.com/kurokami/years/years_1998.htm. Retrieved 2007-07-21.
- ^ "I Want To Hold You". AV Idol Directory. http://vinfo.xcity.jp/english/info.html?ID=SEA092. Retrieved 2007-07-29.
- ^ "Natural". www.actionjav.com. http://www.actionjav.com/title.cfm?iid=1116. Retrieved 2007-07-29.
- ^ "Pretty Wife 4". AV Idol Directory. http://vinfo.xcity.jp/english/info.html?ID=SEA050. Retrieved 2007-06-23.
- ^ "Pretty Wife 7". www.actionjav.com. http://www.actionjav.com/title.cfm?iid=2058. Retrieved 2007-07-29.
- ^ "Pretty Wife 7". AV Idol Directory. http://vinfo.xcity.jp/english/info.html?ID=SEA105. Retrieved 2007-07-29.
- ^ "ALL STARS". AV Idol Directory. http://vinfo.xcity.jp/english/info.html?ID=SEA153. Retrieved 2007-07-29.
- ^ "Memory: Azumi Kawashima". AV Idol Directory. http://vinfo.xcity.jp/english/info.html?ID=SEA332. Retrieved 2007-07-29.
- ^ "Azumi Kawashima 川島和津実 Books". Urabon Navigator. http://jans-web.com/profiles/n0438&mode=books2. Retrieved 20090-06-20.
- ^ "殉霊鬼（じゅんれいき）(1999)" (in Japanese). AllCinema. http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=234168. Retrieved 20090-06-20.
- ^ "殉霊鬼 (VIDEO)" (in Japanese). Japanese Horror Movie Database. http://www.fjmovie.com/horror/j/t6/64.html. Retrieved 20090-06-20.
- ^ Filmography from "Azumi (Kawashima Azumi)". AV Idol Directory. http://avidol.xcity.jp/english/info.html?aid=589. Retrieved 2007-06-19. and "川島和津実 (Kawashima Azumi)" (in Japanese). AV Idol Directoryz. http://avidol.xcity.jp/japan/info.html?aid=589. Retrieved 2007-06-18. and "Azumi Kawashima (Filmography)". Urabon Navigator 1997-2006. http://jans-web.com/profiles/n0438&mode=movies. Retrieved 2007-08-08.
References
- "Azumi (Kawashima Azumi)". AV Idol Directory. http://avidol.xcity.jp/english/info.html?aid=589. Retrieved 2007-06-13.
- "川島 和津実 - Kawashima Adumi" (in Japanese). 'Web I-dic' (Idol Dictionary). http://i-dic.dorachan.com/data?kwsadm00. Retrieved 2007-06-13.
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