Best JAV Actresses of 2025 Part 2: A Delayed Farewell, An Underrated Gem, and One Last Dance

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This year saw a huge wave of Freelance actresses move under Exclusive contracts. Mina Kitano was the lone renegade who pushed back against the wave of Tantai to return to her Kikatan days. A bold choice considering how hard it can be for freelancers, but Mina has always been bold since debuting. After leaving exclusivity, she hit the ground running in the midyear and has found no shortage of studios to work with. Getting back on that horse and grinding her way across labels.

Mina got on the skinny trend this year, and I have to say, I’m liking what I see. She’s slimmed down and looks prettier than ever. While not as full as before, her ass is still banging. Meanwhile, her bolt-on tits are boltier than ever and stick out even more now thanks to her weight loss. Her lighter weight and slimmer waist have made Mina’s body look even more pornstar like than ever before.

On the performing side, Mina is as strong as she’s ever been. She started strong and has only gained in confidence and experience in the years since. A true professional who brings her A-game to most videos and one who plays the slut role as well as anyone else today. Mina is going against the current, but I wouldn’t bet against her success. 2026 should be a great year for her, too.

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Just when I think we’re done, Yuki Takeuchi pulls us back in. Yuki actually announced her retirement this year, but had to postpone it because of personal setbacks. Unfortunate for her, but fortunately for fans, that means more time with Yuki and what a tear she’s been on for the past couple of years. Since becoming a Freelancer, Yuki looks free and free to be herself. Not only that, Yuki’s gotten into fitness hard recently with her post porn activities settled into making style fitness content.

Yuki doesn’t have much to work with and is pretty flat in all areas, but she’s worked herself into a solid and toned figure. That skinny and slim body of hers has added some definition and muscle to her upper body and abs. She’s also gained more flexibility, which she’ll show off with limber positions from time to time. That core strength and flexibility can be seen in her hip riding. Yuki’s always been a nice rider, but she’s next level now with her fitness.

As for her performing, she’s taken a jump up, too. Her videos have her going so hard and uninhibited. Being close to retiring seems to have unleashed her and let her hair down, so to speak. Meanwhile, thanks to her sporty and bodybuilding interests, she’s gotten even tanner and darker-skinned. She’s toned and tanned up even more while her performances have her going all in. When Yuki does retire, she’ll do so after giving all she has left to JAV.

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Hikaru Minazuki was everywhere in 2025. If a studio needed someone for a crazy video concept, chances are she was there. If they needed a warm body for a big group sex video, chances are she was there. If they had some wild hardcore title planned, chances are she was there. Hikaru continued to light it up on the freelance game in 2025 as a role player in many titles. Always a good face to see in videos from mid to smaller-sized labels.

Hikaru’s output and amount of work haven’t shown up in her popularity just yet, which is a shame. Her popularity has increased year over year, and I would not be surprised if this year has her best ranking yet. Fans have slowly warmed up to this wild chick as she shoves herself down their throats. While her popularity isn’t in the top tier, her demand among studios is and shows little signs of slowing down.

This cutesy chick with the Yaeba teeth, with her youthful looks, is an ideal match for those innocent-type roles. However, the real Hikaru is a straight-up freaky deaky. She is down to star in some wild and hardcore smut, especially as a top-notch deep throater. Small-chested with a tight body and a nice tushy, Hikaru makes her living with her lively performing. Maybe 2026 will be Hikaru’s breakout year; she is certainly deserving of so.

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Waka Misono has consistently been great since her breakout 2020. A top-down quality actress who does it all. She rides well, fucks hard, deepthroats, swallows, and squirts like a fountain. As a top freelancer, she has dipped her toe in a little bit of everything while dropping tons of titles. She ended last year with her Squid Game parody, which went viral when an actor on the show reposted it (it’s actually quite good too). So, she shocked fans when she decided to go under exclusive contracts. Freelancing has been so good to her and fits her free spirit so well.

Despite the change, her output hardly slowed down this year as there was plenty of FL Waka to enjoy. Not only that her exclusive deal a triple deal with Das, Attackers, and Moodyz, which means there’s plenty of Waka to enjoy month to month. This year, Waka also regained some of her lost weight, which gave her a fuller figure, with her tits and ass looking as good as they have in the past. Maybe exclusive era Waka will be as good as freelance era Waka; time will tell. What is known is that Waka’s final year as a freelancer was consistently excellent and set the bar high.

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2025 was Akari Mitani’s Last Dance in JAV and Akari’s year was filled with fantastic performances as she went all out in her final titles. What else is there to say about Akari other than she’s been a fantastic actress throughout her career? Great ass, fit body, and an OK set of tits at best, but it’s her performing that made her special. Great at acting in any sort of plot you needed, a chameleon who transformed into her characters. In bed, she was even better and let loose as few others do.

Some actresses come across as just that, actresses who are doing their job. Nothing wrong with that, and she certainly had jobs like that. But when Akari was at her best, it felt like watching someone who genuinely enjoyed the eroticism. This was an experience for her just as it was for the viewer. If she was dominating another girl or guy, she relished messing with them. If she was supposed to submit, she submitted wholeheartedly. Truly a one of a kind who brought her unique self into her videos, JAV will miss Akari Mitani.

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That wraps up my picks for Best Actresses in 2025. What are yours?

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