BREAKING: Honoka Ashina's X Got COMPROMISED, Fuu Watari Nears RETIREMENT

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If you’re a JAV fan and quite active on X, chances are you might’ve gotten this text from a JAV actress earlier this month.

Honestly, the content itself wasn't particularly interesting. It was the kind of message most people would delete without a second thought.

But the account that sent it makes it even more interesting and gossip-worthy.

The message was apparently sent from a subaccount owned by Dahlia’s Honoka Ashina. You might remember her debut with Dahlia.

And by now, you've probably already figured out where this story is going. Yes, one of her accounts was compromised.

The moment I saw users on X discussing receiving an unexpected DM from the actress, I immediately checked Honoka's main account. Sure enough, she had warned her fans earlier about the same thing: that her secondary account had been compromised.

According to Honoka, both the email address and password connected to the account had been changed, leaving her completely locked out. In other words, she no longer has any control over it whatsoever.

And it was only the beginning of the problem. Because users abruptly started receiving suspicious messages from the compromised account asking users to click links and vote in some kind of influencer contest.

And thankfully, most fans saved themselves from the attack by recognizing and acting on it fast.

But what's interesting is that Honoka isn't the only one dealing with this right now. It seems like there have been similar instances in the past. Not long ago, JAV studio DINO also released a statement regarding another actress, Sawa Yamashita.

The situation sounded almost identical: her account was compromised, her email password was changed. And the worst thing she was kicked out of her own account.

What even Honoka didn’t see coming was that the account was reportedly transformed into an online casino promotion page, and just like that, Honoka saw years of fan engagement vanish into thin air in seconds.

Eventually, the account was banned altogether, which meant the 30,000 followers Sawa had spent years building effectively disappeared overnight.

And that’s the part that hurts the most because people often underestimate how much effort actresses put into social media.

To succeed in today's cutthroat JAV industry, having a strong online presence isn't optional anymore. You have to constantly post, reply to comments, and upload photos. Stay active, stay visible. day after day. month after month. Sometimes for years.

Unforeseen events happen, like a hacker gets in or an actress gets shadowbanned completely.

When I witnessed Rei Kamiki’s Instagram get suspended again not long after being restored, and now another actress losing control of her X account, I couldn't help but think about how exhausting this must be.

Especially because most actresses don't have decades-long careers.

For many of them, social media is one of the few ways to maintain a direct connection with fans while their careers are active. Yet unlike influencers, they're often operating under completely different limitations. JAV actresses literally walk on thin ice, and their accounts can be suspended any moment.

This honestly explains why some actresses gradually lose interest in social media after establishing themselves. Because after spending years building an audience, watching it disappear due to a hack or suspension must feel incredibly frustrating.

And lately, these incidents seem to be happening more and more often.

That's the unfortunate reality of social media for JAV actresses. The audience sees the selfies, but the actresses see the stress that comes with keeping the accounts alive.

Well, another retirement tweet hit the radar. This time, it's Fuu Watari.

The actress announced that she will officially retire from the JAV industry on July 18, 2026. And honestly, after reading her message, what struck me wasn't grief. It was gratitude.

A lot of retirement announcements are filled with regret, and most sound exhausted. Others leave you wondering whether the decision was really their own.

Fuu's felt different. From beginning to end, it read like someone looking back on a chapter of her life with genuine appreciation.

Since entering the industry, she says she's experienced things she never imagined. She still remembers the excitement of her very first shoot. The nervousness. The anticipation. The feeling of stepping into something completely new.

Of course, not every moment was easy; there were difficult days too. But what stood out to me was one particular line. She said this was probably the first time in her life she had dedicated herself "120%" to something continuously for an entire year and a half.

You can feel how much that period meant to her, even though it was only for a brief time.

What surprised me even more was how openly she spoke about her insecurities because, despite building a career and attracting fans, Fuu admits she has never been a particularly confident person. In her own words, she often found herself wondering: "Why me, when there are so many cute girls out there?" That line honestly felt very human.

Because behind every actress fans admire, there's often someone quietly questioning themselves far more than people realize, and according to Fuu, it was the fans who helped carry her through those moments.

She recalled her very first release event, admitting she was terrified nobody would show up.

Just imagine that feeling for a second: preparing for your first fan event while wondering whether anyone even cares enough to attend. Then fans start arriving, and from that point on, she says she is constantly supported by fans who attend events, encourage her, and continue showing up throughout her journey.

That's the part that seems to mean the most to her. Not her JAVs but the fans who made it special

Which is probably why her final message wasn't really about retirement at all. It was about saying thank you.

Fuu revealed that she hopes to spend her remaining events sharing stories, expressing her gratitude, and creating a few final memories with the people who supported her from the beginning. That's probably the best kind of farewell an actress can have.

There's still about a month remaining before she finally hangs up her heels, and if you’re a fan, you shouldn’t really be thinking of missing it.

And judging from the way she wrote her message, I don't think Fuu Watari wants this final chapter to be remembered with grief. I think she wants it to be remembered with gratitude, and after reading her words, it's hard not to feel the same way.

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