A wave of farewell videos hit this month in a year that has been brutal for JAV retirements. First is Kana Momonogi, who wraps up a 10-year stretch at Idea Pocket. She’s been stagnant for a while now, but Kana is certainly going down as one of Idea Pockets' legends. Her retirement is a mostly tame affair that starts with a pretty nice POV blowjob. What stood out was an NTR scenario where Kana got fucked hard and roughly one last time. Fans will know she liked her fair share of the rough stuff in her career. Kana departs to become an online influencer and to tour theme parks from all over the world.

JUR-053 Aya Ueha Retires. Her J-cup breasts overflow with sex appeal just by breathing, and her final sexual encounter is a tropical creampie documentary.

Next is Aya Ueha, and she departs Madonna after 3 and a half years. A pretty short career even by AV standards. Probably the biggest shame of them all, as she hasn’t been around as long as the others. The cover seems to feature the island and outdoor setting; however, the sex scenes do not use them at all. Kind of a bait and switch if you wanted to see Aya in the fucking by the seaside. However, the last two scenes are rock solid and are going to make you miss Aya and her droopy naturals.

MIDA-277 AV Retirement: H-Cup Ai Sayama, Born in the Heisei Era. Farewell to Boobs, Thank You for 18 Years of Heisei and Reiwa! Special Edition!!

Ai Sayama bows out after 18 years of doing porn. Her AV career is old enough to watch her porn now. Ai has always struck me as someone made for porn just by her looks. Watch her in action, and you see the book’s contents match its cover. The most emotional of our departing trio, she even stops some scenes to let out some tears. The video actually has a very interesting concept scene in the middle. It’s basically roleplaying a fan of Ai Sayama from back in 2007, and in 2025, played by two men. One uses their new smartphone and the other a VR headset. She starts fucking them one at a time before they break the time barrier to fuck her together.

It's honestly a really interesting concept to see in porn and the scene that gets Ai in her feels and cries as she imagines all her fans who have supported her over the years. A pretty good retirement video to close out on. Still on the board for their final videos this year are Akari Mitani and Arina Hashimoto, with many more to trickle in 2026, and I’m not ready.

Speaking of Arina, her penultimate film is a Dream Woman video. A famous series by Moodyz that was revived this year it’s all about the facials. Arina gets her pretty face properly painted in this bukkake throwback. I’m never a huge fan of bukkake’s because they end up with the actress closing her eyes as she’s blinded by cum. To her credit, Arina takes all the loads with a big smile on her face and even does a little Gokkun tease scene. Always nice to see actresses stretch themselves a little when on the final stretch.

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Akari Mitani is also barreling to the end of her career, and she’s doing it with gusto. Putting out banger videos, and this DAS video is no exception. Here she plays a nerdy woman who wants to get physical with her coworker. He’s not expecting much from her, but when she shows up with sexy outfits, he sees a whole new side of her. The outfits are so fun and are the “Reverse” variety, so a sexy version of a schoolgirl outfit or maid style. Akari sings as the nerdy and awkward girl, a role she’s surprisingly good at. She keeps the character even as she is doing more and more debauched acts. The final scene has some casual face fucking and deepthroating by Akari. Where she just pounds her head all the way to his hilt. I could keep going on, a fantastic video, and I might have more to say about this in my Best Videos of 2025.

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We’ve got a bunch of names leaving JAV, but there are tons entering porn, and some of these new and upcoming names deserve a look. Names and legs like Yuka Miyoshi. She’s a new debut from this year, and she’s really impressed me so far. Cute with a slender figure and nice ass, and fine legs. She’s nice, but what took it over the top has been her performance. In this Masseuse video, she looked like an old pro at work. She was so playful, seductive, and attentive. From how she used her hands and mouth, you can tell Yuka’s been around the block. I noted Yuka in my piece about upcoming newbies to keep an eye on. Really excited to see more from this promising Premium rookie.

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Moka Haruhi is an upcoming Gal who floored me with her latest video. She’s a cute and spunky Gal with a skinny body and little bolt-ons. She’s caught my eye before, but like with Yuka, it was her performing that got my attention. This is an adaptation of a Hentai manga about a man meeting a wild and free Gal who starts up a casual relationship with him. She is just so fun and playful and flirty.

There’s a part when she’s sucking him off, and he’s melting down over her touch. So, she rests her head against her hand and shoots him a look like she’s barely trying. The film is filled with these small moments of Moka just teasing and toying with the man. I’d call this film a light Femdom video with Moka’s dom being much cuter and more playful than the usual affair. There’s some Male anal play, but it doesn’t last too long. Overall, this video really won me over with Moka. If she puts on more performances like this, sign me up for the Moka train.

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Now for a pair of oddities by SOD, weird porn being their go-to. First is this new athletics series called the Nude Sports Test. The title says exactly what the video is. We see Rei stretch, run, and jump while nude. It’s pretty sex light with the first real sex scene coming in at about an hour into the film, and there are only two of them. These types of films are only really oddities to watch mainly for the novelty, and I have to say I actually liked it. I got a kick seeing Rei’s tits flop while she did the high jump. Even more so when they tested her pelvic floor muscles to see how many marbles her vagina can hold. Just fun for the novelty, and there’s nothing wrong with that.

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Rei’s video was strange and fun, but Yuna Ogura’s latest is just plain strange and not in a big, showy, and fun way, but in a more unsettling way. A Pseudo-documentary about Yuna Ogura, the AV actress herself, and how she has gone missing as a camera crew goes looking for her. They find that she’s fallen in with a disturbing fringe religious sect that believes in the mystical powers of sex (you know where we are going with this). They use her in rituals involving over-the-top, eyes rolling back, ahegao sex.

It all has a creepy, disturbing vibe to it, with each scene being a different flavor of that. The film also uses interviews with staff and actors, and even changes the aspect ratio and resolution during a “found footage” scene. It’s pretty creative and, as a fan of retro porn, it was fun seeing the handheld scene with her and the leader. Yuna’s had an interesting run lately; she has really dialed into weirder and bigger concepts for her films. Nice to see an actress keep herself on her toes with her video choices. It’s all weird and dark, but I found it quite enjoyable and compelling to see through.

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