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10 Facts About Tadashi Yoyogi

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Tadashi Yoyogi is a Japanese director of pink film and adult videos.

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Tadashi Yoyogi is known as the "Father of Japanese Adult Video" and has been credited with establishing the model in his early work for many of the adult videos produced since.

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Tadashi Yoyogi was born in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan on March 18,1938.

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Tadashi Yoyogi started directing first for the small Prima Project company and then with Watanabe Pro from 1974.

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Tadashi Yoyogi directed his first adult video in November 1981 and soon afterwards founded his own company, Athena Eizou.

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Aizome and Tadashi Yoyogi would go on to collaborate on a number of other softcore and hardcore projects in the next few years including the August 1982 theatrical film Karei Naru ai no Henreki Aizome Kyoko directed by Tadashi Yoyogi for Joy Pack Film as well as the March 1983 Joy Pack release Kyoko Aizome's Somber Reminiscence.

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Tadashi Yoyogi began his popular AV series Document: The Onanie in 1982, shot in the pseudo-documentary style with an interview with the actress that would become a major component in many subsequent adult videos.

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Tadashi Yoyogi produced the first of his "Onanie" series of theatrical films with The Onanie for the Million Film studio in November 1982.

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Tadashi Yoyogi has continued directing at Athena Eizou where he maintains a weekly diary and many of his early works are available for download.

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Tadashi Yoyogi's activities have attracted the attention of the world of academia.