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{{Short description|Japanese actress from Tokyo}}
{{Infobox adult biography
| name = Asami Jō
| native_name = 城麻美
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| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|09|15|df=yes}}<ref>Infobox data from: {{cite web|url=http://urabon-navigator.com/profiles/n0506&mode=movies|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120101030729/http://urabon-navigator.com/profiles/n0506&mode=movies|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-01-01|title=Asami Joh (Filmography) |accessdate=2015-03-22|publisher=Urabon Navigator}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
| death_date
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| height = {{convert|1.62|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| alias = Yumi Kayama<br />Ayuko Kunitachi
| website
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{{nihongo|'''Asami Jō'''
== Life and career ==
===
Jō was born in Tokyo on September 15, 1975, and was a TV commercial model before starting a career in the adult entertainment industry.<ref name="No Cut 4 Hours">{{cite web |url=http://xxx.xcity.jp/release/detail/?id=7350|title=''No Cut 4 Hours Asami Jo''|accessdate=2010-10-19|publisher= AV Idol Directory}}</ref> She was appearing on the late-night TV show [[Gilgamesh Night]] when she made her debut in adult videos (AV) at age twenty for the [[Alice Japan]] studio with ''A Bare Skin Jennu'' in October 1995.<ref name="debut">{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090302072015/http://homepage3.nifty.com/kurokami/years/years_1995.htm|archivedate=2009-03-02|url=http://homepage3.nifty.com/kurokami/years/years_1995.htm|title=1995|accessdate=2007-07-21|publisher= AV {{nihongo2|研究所}} (AV Research Laboratory)|language=Japanese}}</ref>
While many Japanese AVs involve some form of documentary style,<ref>{{cite web |last=Schönherr|first=Johannes|url=http://www.midnighteye.com/features/company-matsuo-and-the-world-of-japanese-adult-video.shtml|title=Japanese AV - A Short Introduction|date=December 29, 2006|accessdate=2007-05-29|publisher= Midnight Eye| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070523065028/http://www.midnighteye.com/features/company-matsuo-and-the-world-of-japanese-adult-video.shtml| archivedate= 23 May 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref> Asami Jō's videos are mainly in the fictional style of the ''[[pink film]]'' and early AV.<ref>Schönherr. "These films, even though shot on video, just continued the pink film tradition and adhered to the pink film rules and limitations."</ref> Her February 1996 release for Alice Japan, ''Love Potion'', told the story of a woman who supports her boyfriend financially while he is studying to become a lawyer. She employs sex as a means to make cosmetic sales.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://xxx.xcity.jp/release/detail/?id=3423|title=''Love Potion''|accessdate=2010-10-19|publisher= AV Idol Directory}}</ref> ''Thrilling Club: A Scandalous Night With You'' (April 1996), had Jō as a married woman who meets an old classmate, with whom she and her husband engage in a menage-a-trois.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://xxx.xcity.jp/release/detail/?id=3442|title=''Thrilling Club''|accessdate=2010-10-19|publisher= AV Idol Directory}}</ref>
In ''The Beautiful Slave'' (May 1996), she played the role of a young woman who is unhappy with the marriage her parents have arranged for her.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://xxx.xcity.jp/avod/detail/?id=3450|title=''The Beautiful Slave''|accessdate=2010-10-19|publisher= AV Idol Directory}}</ref> ''Obscene Model'' (June 1996) had Jō in the role of a woman who acts like a cat in heat and when she is taken to a veterinarian engages in wild sex with him.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://xxx.xcity.jp/avod/detail/?id=3460|title=''Obscene Model''|accessdate=2010-10-19|publisher= AV Idol Directory}}</ref>
In ''Top Secret Is Full Nude'', released in July 1996, she played a woman who is raped by a man who is later hired by her husband, for whose company she also works.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://xxx.xcity.jp/release/detail/?id=3470|title=''Top Secret Is Full Nude''|accessdate=2010-10-19|publisher= AV Idol Directory}}</ref> ''Almost Broken'' was an organized crime melodrama with Jō escaping from a gang and becoming involved in telephone sex. Like the previously-described videos, this August 1996 release was an [[Alice Japan]] production.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://xxx.xcity.jp/release/detail/?id=3480|title=''Almost Broken''|accessdate=2010-10-19|publisher= AV Idol Directory}}</ref>
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Jō was a regular cast member on the erotic-themed nighttime TV show ''[[Gilgamesh Night]]'' from 1995 to 1998.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0186748/fullcredits|title=Full cast and crew for "Gilgamesh Night"|accessdate=2007-07-17|publisher=[[Internet Movie Database|IMDb]]}}</ref> In April 1996 she played the character "Kaoru" in the theatrical film {{nihongo|''Kunoichi Ninpo Cho Gekijo Ban Ninja Getsueisho''|くノ一忍法帖 劇場版 忍者月影抄}}, part of a long running series of "Female Ninja" (Kunoichi) movies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=86800|script-title=ja:くノ一忍法帖 劇場版 忍者月影抄|publisher=AllCinema|language=Japanese|accessdate=2015-03-22}}</ref> Beginning in February 1996, she also starred in a number of direct-to-video [[V-cinema]] productions including ''[[La Blue Girl|La Blue Girl Live 2: Live Birth of the Demon Child]]'' and ''[[La Blue Girl|La Blue Girl Live 3: Lady Ninja]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/person/p0763310.htm|script-title=ja:城麻美|publisher=[[Japanese Movie Database|JMDB]]|language=Japanese|accessdate=2015-03-22}}</ref>
Also in 1996, she starred in the fantasy comedy TV series ''[[Hen (manga)|HEN Vol. 2]]'' broadcast by [[TV Asahi]] from May to June 1996.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=86574|title=ＨＥＮ Vol.2 ちずるちゃんとあずみちゃん|publisher=AllCinema|language=Japanese|accessdate=2015-03-22}}</ref> Later in 1996, she starred in another TV show, ''Shiyou yo 2: Onna kyōshi Nazuna no baai'', a comedy broadcast on [[TV Asahi]] from November to December 1996.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=87739|script-title=ja:しようよ２ 女教師ナズナの場合|publisher=AllCinema|language=Japanese|accessdate=2015-03-22}}</ref>
Jō landed a more extensive TV role in [[Denji Sentai Megaranger]] playing the character of Shibolena, an android from the Evil Electric Kingdom Nezirejia who was modeled after the long dead daughter of the leader of Nejirejia invasion party. She also appeared in the series as her younger android sibling Hizumina. This [[TV Asahi]] series ran in 51 installments from February 1997 to February 1998.<ref>{{cite book|last=Clements|first=Jonathan|author2=Motoko Tamamuro |title=The Dorama Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese TV Drama Since 1953|year=2003|publisher=Stone Bridge Press|___location=Berkeley|isbn=1-88065681-7|pages=184–185}}</ref> She reprised the character of Shibolena for the [[V-cinema]] production {{nihongo|''Denji Sentai Megaranger vs. Carranger''|電磁戦隊メガレンジャーVSカーレンジャー| Denji Sentai Megarenjā tai Kārenjā}} originally released in March 1998.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://shop.toei-video.co.jp/products/detail.php?product_id=4453&transactionid=f2c5c613a82d7471776b1b171a705f26a38d0e66|title=電磁戦隊メガレンジャーVSカーレンジャ|publisher=Toei Video|language=Japanese|accessdate=2015-03-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=87864|script-title=ja:電磁戦隊メガレンジャーＶＳカーレンジャー|publisher=AllCinema|language=Japanese|accessdate=2015-03-23}}</ref>
== Appearances ==
=== Adult Videos ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Release date<ref>Filmography based on: {{cite web|url=http://urabon-navigator.com/profiles/n0506&mode=movies|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120101030729/http://urabon-navigator.com/profiles/n0506&mode=movies|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-01-01|title=Asami Joh (Filmography) |accessdate=2007-08-04|publisher=Urabon Navigator}} ''and'' {{cite web |url=http://xxx.xcity.jp/idol/detail/?id=1653&style=simple|title=Asami Joh|accessdate=2010-10-19|publisher= AV Idol Directory}}, {{cite web |url=http://xcity.jp/idol/detail/?id=1653&style=simple|title=城麻美 (Jō Asami)|accessdate=2010-10-19|publisher= AV Idol Directory|language=Japanese}}</ref>
! Video title
! Company
! Director
! Notes
|-
| October 20, 1995
| ''A Bare Skin Jennu''<br />{{nihongo2|素肌ジェンヌ}}
| [[Alice Japan]]<br />KA-1756
| Yuji Sakamoto
| AV Debut<ref name="debut" />
|-
| VHS:November 17, 1995<br />VCD:May 22, 1998
| ''My Pure Lady''
| [[Alice Japan]]<br />KA-1762 (VHS)<br />DC-031 (VCD)
| Kyosuke Murayama
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|-
| December 19, 1995
| ''Hold Me, Love Me''<br />{{nihongo2|恋に抱かれて}}
| [[Atlas21]] Oz<br />OZ-5123
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|-
| January 26, 1996
| ''Sensual Heroine''<br />{{nihongo2|官能ヒロイン}}
| [[Alice Japan]]<br />KA-1775
| [[TOHJIRO]]
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|-
| February 23, 1996
| ''Love Potion''
| [[Alice Japan]]<br />KA-1778
| Futoshi Kamino
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|-
| April 19, 1996
| ''Thrilling Club: A Scandalous Night With You''<br />{{nihongo2|スリリング ラブ スキャンダルな夜をあなたと}}
| [[Alice Japan]]<br />KA-1786
| Yuji Sakamoto
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|-
| May 17, 1996
| ''The Beautiful Slave''<br />{{nihongo2|美顔隷壌}}
| [[Alice Japan]]<br />KA-1789
| Kyosuke Murayama
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|-
| June 14, 1996
| ''Obscene Model''/''Y-Setsu Model''<br />{{nihongo2|猥褻モデル}}
| [[Alice Japan]]<br />KA-1794
| Kyosuke Murayama
|
|-
| July 12, 1996
| ''Top Secret Is Full Nude''<br />{{nihongo2|アソコはフルヌード}}
| [[Alice Japan]]<br />KA-1798
| Kenryu Namiri
|
|-
| August 6, 1996
| ''Super Collection Asami Jo''<br />{{nihongo2|城麻美 スーパーコレクション}}
| [[Alice Japan]]<br />DID-02
|
| CD-ROM
|-
| August 9, 1996
| ''Almost Broken''<br />aka ''Serious Condition of Love''<br />{{nihongo2|壊れかけの愛辱}}
| [[Alice Japan]]<br />KA-1802
| Kenryu Namiri
|
|-
| October 11, 2000
| ''No Cut 4 Hours: Asami Jo''<br />{{nihongo2|ノーカット4時間！！ 城麻美}}
| [[Alice Japan]]<br />DV-183
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| Compilation DVD containing 4 videos, including ''My Pure Lady''
|-
| December 24, 2000
| ''No Cut 4 Hours: Asami Jo vol. 2''<br />{{nihongo2|ノーカット4時間！！ 城麻美}}
| [[Alice Japan]]<br />DV-202
|
| Compilation DVD of her earlier videos
|-
| February 17, 2006
| ''Alice Memorial 1995''<br />{{nihongo2|アリス・メモリアル 1995}}
| [[Alice Japan]]<br />DV-583
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| Compilation with other actresses
|}
=== Image video ===
* Gilgame Angel: Asami Jo (1995)
=== V-Cinema ===
* ''[[La Blue Girl|La Blue Girl Live 2: Live Birth of the Demon Child]]'' (February 24, 1996)
* ''[[La Blue Girl|La Blue Girl Live 3: Lady Ninja]]'' (February 24, 1996)
* ''Lady Ninja: Reflections of Darkness'' (April 13, 1996)
* ''Nippon Bicycle Race Academy - It's Youth!'' (May 3, 1997)
* ''Denji Sentai Megaranger vs Carranger'' (March 13, 1998)
* ''Tokyo Night Wars'' (May 1, 1998)
* ''Underage Sex Offender Report'' (July 1, 1998)
* ''Seiju Sentai Gingaman vs Megaranger'' (March 12, 1999)
=== Movies ===
* {{nihongo|''Kunoichi Ninpo Cho Gekijo Ban Ninja Getsueisho''|くノ一忍法帖 劇場版 忍者月影抄}} (April 1996)
* ''Break Heat'' バクの胃袋を開け! (February 14, 1998) as Ginko Ishida [https://web.archive.org/web/19991006182507/http://www.jrss.co.jp/cinerocket/break/p03.html]
=== TV shows ===
* ''[[Gilgamesh Night]]'' (April, 1995 - March 28, 1998)
* ''[[Hen (manga)#Live action|HEN]]'' (1996)
* {{nihongo|''Shiyou yo 2''|しようよ２ 女教師ナズナの場合}} (1996)
* {{nihongo|''Weatherwoman 2: Ryoko PuriPuri''|お天気お姉さん２ リョーコＰｕｒｉＰｕｒｉ}} (1997)
* ''[[Denji Sentai Megaranger]]'' (1997–1998)
== Pictorial Books ==
* "Asami Jo Pictorial" (Scholar, September 1995) {{ISBN|4-7962-0315-X}}
* "Hinano" (Eichi Press, June 1996) {{ISBN|4-7542-1127-8}}
* "Sora" (Eichi Press, March 1997) {{ISBN|4-7542-1154-5}}
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0433614|Asami Jō}}
* {{JMDB name|0763310}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.alicejapan.co.jp/actress.php?actress_id=b7fbef20e3f9afa53c629d2d7a33b4a1|title=Asami Jō at Alice Japan|language=Japanese}}
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