Wikipedia Draft:Minami Aizawa

Minami Aizawa（相沢 みなみ）is an adult video actress (AV) from Japan. As of October 2021, she is represented by the Forty Four Management（フォーティーフォーマネジメント）firm. She is also the winner of the 2019 Best Adult Actress Award from FANZA.

Early life
Born on June 14, 1996, in Hong Kong, returnee Minami Aizawa spent her time in the United States until the lower grades of elementary school. Due to her father’s business relationship, she lived in Orange County, Los Angeles, USA for 7 and a half years before she returned to Japan. She then transferred to a Japanese elementary school where she faced language barriers. Being a returnee, she finds Japanese difficult due to the complexity of the Japanese 4-character compound (Yojijukugo).

AV debut and background
She grew up in a so-called wealthy family and grew up in a strict family with a curfew at 16:00 in elementary school and 19:00 in high school. At home, she is enthusiastic about studying, and her speciality is English

The reason for her debut was that she was scouted in the downtown area when she was in her first year of college. During her freshman in college, she worked part-time in a clothing store in Shinjuku. She met the scout (the current president) on the street in downtown Shinjuku and invited her to be a sexy actress. She had been scouted as a magazine model several times, thanks to her cute and pretty face. However, she kept refusing to be a sexy actress out of anxiety and suspicion of the AV industry. Even so, the president continued to persuade her for a year, and she had never had such enthusiasm. In the second year of being a scout, she decided to follow where she belongs as she hates being a sober person. In 2016, Minami Aizawa made her official debut.

Her agency has belonged to 44 groups E-point since her debut. The agency is responsible for arranging the actresses' schedules. However, her agency is so small that the president himself takes care of Minami's activities, and she was probably the only hope of the whole firm. In order to avoid letting her parents know about her AV debut, she was careful on both the firm and the studio side, such as finishing shootings by 21:00 and sending her home before the curfew.

Despite her efforts and care, her stage name was immediately revealed by the notice of her best friend. Needless to think, the parents had a lot of opposition to halting her activities for 5 months. The story was later passed to the friends in high school, but there was no negative reaction from them.

Being a newcomer, Minami Aizawa was not well-known at first, as there were not even 40 people at her first event. Only 8 people had attended her fan meeting. On the other side, the agency was looking for opportunities and relations outside of the AV industry. At that time, she was not popular, and no magazines were willing to do the shooting with her. Of all the companies the agency had contacted, only one accepted the offer, a kindness she would never forget.

Minami's efforts finally paid off. Some cooperating studios extended their contracts with her even further. Just when everything seemed to be on track, the president was diagnosed with leukaemia. Eventually, she got better. However, the president suffered from the disease. The small agency had no funds, and Minami could only run her schedules herself without a manager. Wherever she attends events or films, she does herself, giving all her best. Minami Aizawa has finally become more and more popular in the industry and has normalised for the FANZA Adult Award in 2019. The FANZA Adult Award, started in 2014, is an Oscar Award for the AV industry, and it is also a recognition of fame and achievements for the award winners. Minami's contract with IdeaPocket has been extended with the best deals. They also reward excellent post-production work with high sales. During the FANZA Adult Award campaign, the agency had no experience in running campaigns, other than that the president was hospitalised. Meanwhile, opponents were working hard to earn votes. However, thanks to valuable support from friends and fans, she won the Best Actress Award on May 12, 2019.

Later, her popularity extended even further. Even though hundreds of people attended her large-scale event, she still did not forget the small cards and snacks which she usually prepares for the events. Minami won the award, and the president was hospitalised again. There he wrote an article, "The Legend of Minami Aizawa, Cinderella" on his Twitter. From his article, many fans have realised how many hardships she went through. Since then, she is known as the "Cinderella" of the AV industry.

After the scouting office president died in October 2019, she became independent from the agency in March 2020, where she continued pursuing her career. She has been active in both filming and social media since she came back from hiatus in 2020. The same year in December, she was ranked 7th in the「FLASH 2020 active sexiest actress BEST100」. In April 2021, she ranked 17th in Asahi Geino「2021 Active AV Actress SEXY General Ranking」. Furthermore, “I-novel-Minami Aizawa”, based on her interview with the Nobuhiro Motohashi, was published in June 2021. She was chosen as the 40th “FLASH 2021 Sexy Actress” in August.

Trading Card

 * AVC JUICY HONEY COLLECTION CARD PLUS#5（December 15, 2019、Mint）
 * Libido NFT, LIBIDO TRADING CARD IEO#001 (September, 2021)

Photobook

 * aiminami（December 13, 2020、Saibunkan Publishing、Photo：Suzuki Gota）ISBN 978-4775606322

TV

 * Momosanpo（February, 2018、Enter!959）as a guest
 * Carefully listen to Taro ~ Star status (secret) report ~ (June 7, 2019, TV Tokyo) Watch guest
 * Already! Bakarism-san's super H! (August 2, 2020, Fuji TV ONE)
 * Sexy Actress Karaoke Grand Prix ~ With Glittering Memories ~ (March 31, 2021, BS SKY PerfecTV)

Radio

 * Nemu Chiki（August 1、August 8, 2021、TBS Radio）

Web TV

 * Abeno Channel（September 3, October 1, 2017, December 2, 2018, October 2, 2019、Enter!959）
 * Gokuraku Tonbo KAKERUTV（September 13, 2018、AbemaTV）
 * Speed Wagon Monday The NIGHT（June 11, September 3, September 10, 2019 、AbemaTV）第4代女性準レギュラー
 * Naked Director Episode 3, 4（All episode released in August, 2019、Netflix） - with Kobayashi Ryoko
 * Kochi Kachi TV Episode 0, 9 – 12（December 18, 2020, February 12 – March 5, 2021、FANZA unlimited Channel）
 * Spring Panty Festival 2021（March 30, 2021、Spring Panty Festival Official Website） - cast member

Movie

 * The relationship between cats and crotch（September 13, 2019、OP Eiga） - Akane Tobe

Game

 * Shinjuku Scout Battle（December 2, 2019、DMM GAMES） - Former Deriheru· Miss Aizawa

Overseas Activities

 * Taiwan photography conference (July 6, 2018)
 * 2019 “TRE Taipei International Adult Exhibition” (August 2-4, 2019)
 * Taiwan Sanli TV Station “Variety Hot” program (September 10, 2019)
 * WAVE nightclub opening press conference (October 25, 2019)
 * 號同志大遊行 (October 26, 2019)
 * 號國光幫幫忙 (November 20, 2019)

Awards

 * On May 12, 2019, she received the Best Actress Award from FANZA Adult Award