22 Facts About Nana Natsume

Nana Natsume is a Japanese film actress, a former AV idol and a well-known celebrity in Japan.

Nana Natsume began her entertainment career with appearances in On Girls' File and Cure Sick Night, local late night television shows in Osaka.

Nana Natsume was scouted for work in pornography in 2002.

Nana Natsume was featured in a photobook entitled 727 in July 2002 and in an "image" DVD called nana which was released in November 2002.

Nana Natsume appeared for the Soft On Demand adult video company as the host of their AV Awards ceremony at Tokyo's Shinjuku Century Hyatt hotel on November 26,2003.

In November 2005, she appeared in her first bukakke movie, Nana Natsume Showered by Semen directed by Kazuhiko Matsumoto, the man who is usually credited with inventing that genre of Japanese pornography.

Nana Natsume has received recognition several times, from the media, the AV industry, and from fans.

Nana Natsume received the Best AV Actress prize at the Tokyo Sports 5th annual Takeshi Kitano Awards in 2004.

Nana Natsume won multiple awards at the 2005 SOD Awards, one for Best Actress and the SOD Grand Prize for contributions to company sales and image and she was awarded the Best Actress prize at the 2006 SOD Awards.

Nana Natsume earned mention in a Mainichi Shimbun story in 2006 by starring in Dirty DVD for Girls, a pornographic video targeted for women.

Nana Natsume remained with SOD for her entire career, usually making about one video a month.

Nana Natsume's retirement video, released in October 2007, was an 8 disk, over 16 hour package with scenes chronicling her entire body of work from her debut.

In 2007, she was a DJ on her FM Chisato radio show Nana Natsume's Sparkling Moonbow in Osaka.

Nana Natsume was one of the SOD girls on the TV Osaka variety show NeoHappy in 2006 and its successor DIVA in 2007.

Since her retirement from the AV industry, Nana Natsume has continued her work in mainstream media.

Nana Natsume was a regular Thursday reporter on the NTV information variety show Johnny Word of Mouth from December, 2007 until the show ended in March 2008.

Nana Natsume had a featured role playing Rumi Osaki in the TV Tokyo cosplay ghost story Guren Onna broadcast in 12 episodes from January 11 to March 28,2008.

Nana Natsume starred in the low-budget action-horror film Yoroi Samurai Zombie which debuted in 2008 at the South Korean Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival and was released theatrically in Japan in February 2009.

Nana Natsume plays a vicious gang boss in the 2008 movie Sasori directed by Joe Ma.

Nana Natsume was the voice of a character in the Sega video game Ryu Ga Gotoku 2 or Yakuza 2 for PlayStation 2 released on December 7,2006.

Nana Natsume was engaged to publicize the August 2008 Nintendo DS supernatural ghost story game You Mustn't Look from video game producer Dimple.

Also in late 2007, Nana Natsume was able to fulfill a long-time wish by opening a "Healing Salon" called TORICO in Osaka which uses aromatic massage oils to heal and relieve fatigue.