Ai Iijima Retiring
03/05/2007 @ 11:11 am
Worldwide TV feeds are saying former teen AV idol Ai Iijiama (real name: Mitsuko Ishii) and current TV panelist extraordinaire, [who studied computer graphics design at New York University in late 1990s], is retiring from Japanese show business, due to, according to rumor mills: health reasons… developing.
NEWS UPDATE: Japanese ****artist****? Ai Iijima (饭岛爱) is retiring from the entertainment world because of health reasons. Her agency has confirmed that Ai will be retiring as early as late March 2007, after fulfilling all her jobs on hand.
From famous AV (adult video) idol to TV celebrity, and to popular book author… Ai Iijima has been one of the most talk about Japanese artists (?) for years.
Ai Iijima (born Mitsuko Ishii, 1972) made her AV debut in late teens, and starred in over 100 of rape and violence sex videos before retiring from the porn business. Ai then became a mainstream TV celebrity, appearing in various variety and talk shows.
Ai Iijima then created lots of controversy in 2000 with her semi-autobiographical novel, “Platonic Sex,” which revealed her rather painful teen years.
Some famous authors were ridiculing the book initially, but the book still managed to become a bestseller, and was made into TV series.
Ai Iijima has been facing health problems since late 2006, believe to be some kidney related problems.
UNQUOTE
March 6th, 2007 at 2:41 pm