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ABOUT Hideto Aki

Life and career

Hideto Aki was born in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan in 1970. He tells how AV Idol Hitomi Kobayashi came to his neighborhood video rental shop when he was 17 and he shook hands with her and more than 10 years later he still remembered how small and cute her hand was. He said about the event (in his 1999 "Diary"): "At the time I didn't even imagine that I would do this kind of work. Now, I can't imagine doing anything else."

Although he says he always enjoyed pink films, especially the "Four Devils" (or "Four Heavenly Kings of Pink"), he is doubtful about trying to use dramatic stories in AV. He prefers to work in the documentary style much used in Japanese porn, feeling that fiction and sex don't mix well ("If so, it is better [to] watch pink cinema"). He says he has to do it sometimes when the production side wants it or if they are using a famous actress but he describes dramatic AV as "director's masturbation".

In a series of "Behind-the-scenes Diaries" from March to December 1999, he describes his techniques and methods of working with actresses while making videos for the Kuki studio. He also directed for the adult channel Cherry Bomb on Japanese satellite TV network SKY Perfect. Aki continued with Kuki through 2002 when he began directing regularly for KMP. By the end of 2004 he began working with S1 No. 1 Style, and since that time, although he has continued to work for KMP and occasionally for Moodyz and other studios, he has directed more than 200 videos for S1.

At S1, he has directed the debut videos for that company of such AV superstars as Yua Aida, Sora Aoi, Rin Aoki, Yuma Asami, Honoka, Mihiro, Maria Ozawa, Akiho Yoshizawa and Tina Yuzuki (Rio).

Awards

Moodyz Awards
2004 Director Award
2006 Best Director Award
2006 2nd Place Best Title Award: New Face Risky Mosaic (新人　ギリギリモザイク　麻美ゆま)
2006 3rd Place Best Title Award: Sell Debut x Risky Mosaic (セル初　ギリギリモザイク　穂花)
2007 Best Director Award
2007 Best Title Award: Hyper-Risky Mosaic Mihiro (ハイパーギリギリモザイクみひろ)
2007 2nd Place Best Title Award: Hyper-Risky Mosaic Akiho Yoshizawa (ハイパーギリギリモザイク吉沢明歩)
2008 2nd Place Best Director Award
2008 3rd Place Best Title Award: Special Bath House Tsubaki 8 Hours (ハイパー×ギリギリモザイク特殊浴場TSUBAKI8時間)
AV Grand Prix Awards

2009 Grand Prix Highest Award: Double Risky Mosaic, Rio & Yuma (Wギリモザ Rioとゆま)
(This video also won the DVD Sales Award, Retailers Award, Best Package Design and Best Featured Actress Video awards)

Source: Wikipedia