BREAKING: Mao Hamasaki's Explosive Interview Sets Internet On Fire!

When Mao Hamasaki suddenly announced her retirement at the Taiwan Adult Expo last August, it was surprising for most JAV fans, including me. For someone who had been in the game since 2012, starred in over a combined 2,000 JAVs throughout her career, and had been charming her Mandarin-speaking fans across Asia, this was not the exit most of us saw coming.

And now, almost a year later, the truth is finally out. Not via X or an official press statement, but in a no-holes-barred interview on ViuTV’s program Evening Blow - The Grievance Club. Let’s just say, this isn’t your usual retirement gossip. It’s more of a full-blown confession… one that left me stunned.

I tuned in expecting a polished explanation, maybe the classic “pursuing new dreams” line we always hear from departing JAV actresses. Instead, what I got was someone finally unburdening herself of years of silence, humiliation, and neglect.

But let us rewind first.

Mao, now 31, was scouted for her striking looks and F-cup figure at the tender age of 18. Her early career was meteoric, to say the least, and her ability to speak fluent Mandarin & Korean helped her carve out a niche among the rare leagues of multilingual JAV actresses. She was adored by fans in Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Korea, and beyond. But beneath the surface, in her own words, was a grueling, punishing reality.

At the peak of her career, Mao revealed she sometimes filmed two JAVs a day. To keep herself camera-ready at all times, particularly for ‘orgasm’ scenes, she was drinking up to 10 liters of water a day to prevent fluid loss. But it ended up rather hurting her bladder. Recurrent bladder infections, cystitis, and, scariest of all, water intoxication. “There was one time,” she recalled, “I drank so much water that when the director gave instructions, I couldn’t process a word. My brain had just… shut off.”

But nothing, and I mean nothing, prepared me for the earthquake story she went on to reveal.

Mao was filming a bondage scene literally tied to a tree, no less, when a sudden earthquake hit. The crew panicked and bolted, leaving her literally bound and abandoned. “I thought, this is real SM now,” she joked bitterly. It took ten minutes for the staff to remember that Mao was still tied up outside. Ten minutes. Alone. Shackled. During an earthquake.

If that doesn’t scream neglect, I don’t know what does.

But the final nail in the coffin? The moment Mao realized she had enough came not during filming, but at an airport.

She was flying to Taiwan for a promotional event. Her manager couldn’t join her, and no replacement was sent. Worse still, the agency had misspelled her name on the flight ticket. Thirteen years in the industry, and they didn’t even get her name right!

“I was stranded at the airport, trying to buy a new ticket, trying to fix their mistake while they were already on the plane,” she recounted. The most insulting part? When she finally reached Taiwan after sorting everything out on her own, the manager didn’t apologize; he accused her of booking it wrong.

“At that moment,” she said, “I just felt cold. Thirteen years… and they still couldn’t type my name right.”

It was at that very moment that Mao made the most pivotal decision of her life. She didn’t wait for a press conference or confront her agency over this. She took center stage, publicly, at that adult expo in Taiwan, and announced her retirement. No fanfare, no clout-chasing on her retirement, just shilling plain facts.

These days, Mao goes by 'DJ Mao', spinning tracks in clubs worldwide instead of filming JAVs. And it’s likely so that she’s feeling fully liberated for the first time in her career.

And honestly, I think she’s finally in control of her own story, one beat drop at a time. If you know, you know.