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Translated by Ex-S Woo

A sultry woman who is erotic and elegant, Ran Asakawa has a huge number of dedicated fans. Enjoy an English interview with her!

Interviewer: So let's get started. When was your debut?
Ran: Last July.

Interviewer: What did you do before you debuted?
Ran: I quit Jr College before I started doing this.

Interviewer: So why did you decide to become an AV actress then?
Ran: Well, I wanted to study to get a decent but I can't do that while I have a regular 9-5 job, right? So I picked AVs.

Interviewer: But you did get scouted for this at first, right?

Ran: No, I found out where the office was and pretty much sold myself.

Interviewer: Seriously?
Ran: It's pretty rare for someone to come up to do it on their own. I mean, I do understand your need to make money, but I'm sure that there were other ways to make money. Yeah. So I did work at clubs at the like for a while but I just couldn't stand the people. Same thing with the brothels.

Interviewer: I see. So then I suppose doing AVs is the logical thing to do.
Ran: Actually, I was thinking about strip dancing right before I went to the office.

Interviewer: What!? Asakawa Ran did stripping before her AV debut!? What brought that on?
Ran: Well, you don't really have any customers when you strip.

Interviewer: Oh, I see. You must really be bad with the customers then. So did you actually get up on stage and everything?
Ran: Nope. I went into a club that did that and I asked about the hours and it was just way too long. I figured that I was better off just working at the club I was at so I decided to back out.

Interviewer: Still, didn't you think that you might happen on some rich guy and then you'll be set?
Ran: Ahh--I didn't think of that possibility (laughs).

Interviewer: Anyway, how many tapes have you made so far?
Ran: It should be around 100.

Interviewer: Huh? That's more than I thought. Did you do that many?
Ran: There's a lot where there's another girl or one of those mix bag tapes.

Interviewer: I see. Then how about ones where you the only star?
Ran: Uhh...around 10, I think.

Interviewer: Now it's too small! I figured that once you got to your level they would offer more tapes of you by yourself...but am I wrong?
Ran: Well, I'm signed on for regular tapes so that's pretty much how it works out.

Interviewer: Hmm. But you're really pretty now that I see you like this (up close) so it's hard to figure out why they decided to put you on those tapes only.
Ran: I'm guessing it's because youngish, loli looking women were in around the time I signed up.

Interviewer: Well, it's true that you have that aura around you that makes you seem almost frightening at first. You face is pretty big, too.
Ran: You're making me sound like some monster! (laughs)

Interviewer: Then again, even Nagase Ai started out as a really minor star until she made her big break. Maybe that's whats happening to you right now. There's a lot of your tapes being released right now.
Ran: Yeah, I'm really happy that I'm starting to gain popularity. Still, I'm only doing the regular tapes. So I do get the feeling that I'm being limited at times.

Interviewer: How odd.
Ran: Well, I'm not really good at acting.

Interviewer: I think being as pretty as you are should be good enough.
Ran: Oh, I'm not that pretty (laughs). My stomach sticks out a bit and I have a real big complex about my face.

Interviewer: No way! Why! Are you stupid or something? What about your face?
Ran: Everyone tells me that I look really freaky when I get angry. One of the girls I worked with recently got so curious about it that she asked the staff to make sure that I was okay.

Interviewer: Oh come on. You're talking about expressions, not your face.
Ran: (laughs) But I still don't like my face.

Interviewer: Hmmm, then I guess you're the enemy of all the not-so-pretty women out there then. I mean, you're bound to have someone call you ugly no matter how cute or pretty you are. I bet you never experienced that.
Ran: Well, I did hear "your gut is sticking out" quite a few times (laughs).

Interviewer: Well, you'd have to be pretty picky to notice that. I like it looks quite nice, sexy actually. Well anyway, I doubt you're going to get my complaints about your looks.
Ran: Hmm, really? Oh my.

Interviewer: What do you mean, "Oh my" ? I bet you were really popular back in school.
Ran: (surprised) What! I wasn't popular at all. I did track during school so I had my hair cut short, my body was tanned, and I was alsoa about 10kg heavier.

Interviewer: I see...well, there are a lot of pretty people out there that don't seem to be aware of that fact. The first time I saw you on screen was by one of those tapes by Dream Chat and I still remember being totally taken in when you came on. That's when I became a huge fan of yours...and why you're here right now.
Ran: Why thank you! (shakes hand) My pussy is very thankful for you support (laughs).

Interviewer: (laughs). Did you like to have sex before you started this work?
Ran: That's a secret (laughs). Well, I just like to have sex.

Interviewer: I figured as much. I mean, that's the feeling I get when I watch your stuff. I noticed that there's a lot of thrusting scenes in your films. How do you feel about them?
Ran: Well, you know how it's the guy that's fucking me that's holding the camera, right? We have to stop whenever they have to change the angle so it's pretty annoying.

Interviewer: It lowers the tension?
Ran: Yeah. I mean, it's a cock inside my pussy so of course it feels good for me. So if they stop in the middle, my pussy starts feeling really cold. It's crying "ram that big cock inside me" (laughs).

Interviewer: I see. So I guess the director get's off since he's doing whatever he feels like but I guess you don't get much release.
Ran: Well, I am usually satisfied by the end.

Interviewer: ...which would mean that you basically enjoy the sex you have on screen.
Ran: Well, it makes my pussy feel good (laughs). Uh, could I loosen my belt a bit?

Interviewer: What?
Ran: I just ate so my stomach is full.

Interviewer: Oh, feel free. Hey, can I take a look at your stomach while at it?
Ran: No way! I don't show my body naked except on camera.

Interviewer: Showing your belly isn't the same as being naked.
Ran: Hmm...okay, but just 2cm though. Here (shows her stomach a little).

Interviewer: Oooh! It's Asakawa Ran's stomach live! I'm so happy!
Ran: You're weird (laughs).

Interviewer: And I know it. By the way, I see a lot of hardcore action when I see you but what about kissing?
Ran: I love to kiss, but I don't know frenching that much.

Interviewer: Really? But you do it all the time on camera.
Ran: Well, that's true but...it's like sex. It depends on who I'm doing it with.

Interviewer: Like your boyfriend?
Ran: I don't have one right now (lahghs). I don't have much luck with men.

Interviewer: Oh really? Great. I hope you stay that way. What?
Ran: Oh come on (laughs). I want a guy!

Interviewer: Really? How about me?
Ran: Let's continue the interview.

Interviewer: Sheesh. Oh yeah, I was wondering about this for a long time, but I noticed you have no problems admitting that you do AVs in magazines and the like, but do the people around you know as well?
Ran: Pretty much everyone but my parents.

Interviewer: And you're fine with that?
Ran: Oh, I'm perfectly fine with it. I think it's normal. Actually, I more perplexed about people who do think hard about those things.

Interviewer: What? Are you serious...? Well, then what if your parents knew?
Ran: I don't mind it too much. I mean, I'm an adult now and I chose this line of work due to my own free will. Of course, I know that they'll be reall angry if they did find out, but I don't think it would really affect me either way.

Interviewer: Oh, really? Wow. But I bet the people that do know point their fingers are you behind your back.
Ran: That's true. There are people like that. Of course I'm against things like that, but I don't really care if they don't understand my position and actually, I'm just satified if the people I care about do understand. There's no reason for people I'm not friends with to try to understand me.

Interviewer: Hmm, that sounds more like a foreign way of thinking than a Japanese one. Were you always like that?
Ran: Well, it was by the time I realized it myself (laughs). I mean, there are some common ways of thinking that I agree with but I think most of it is a load of bull. I don't see why I need to follow other people advice on how I should lead my own life. So anyway, I don't really care if other people find out that I'm doing AVs.

Interviewer: Then how was your impression of the AV industry before you entered it?
Ran: Well, I didn't think I would be able to just strip on camera and have the dick of some guy I don't know inside my pussy when I saw it. But after I did it I was like "Hey, this isn't that hard after all" (laughs).

Interviewer: How's it like to have sex in front of other people?
Ran: Embarrassing (laughs). It feels good but it's still embarrassing. I think you'd notice this if you watch my tapes, but my eyes are always closed when I'm having sex. Of course, I feel even more embarrassed after it's all finished.

Interviewer: You're considered a popular AV star now, but how was it like when you started out?
Ran: Like I said before, Loricon style girls were in when I started out. I look pretty mature so there wasn't too much work for me at first. I think I only did about 10 tapes the first 6 months combined. That's how unpopular I was (laughs).

Interviewer: Were you always comfortable with having sex in front of the camera though?
Ran: Yeah. I mean, AVs are like that. I do remember suddenly crying after the first shooting I did though. I was wondering what I was doing to myself.

Interviewer: But you didn't think about quitting.
Ran: That I didn't. It wasn't really a question of the work being hard on me.

Interviewer: So you started just banging guys afterwards.
Ran: Of course. I mean, I'm going to be fucked by them anyway, I might as well enjoy it. I get fucked pretty much everyday now (laughs).

Interviewer: Let's move on to your private life. How old were you when you first hard sex and who did you do it with?
Ran: 19 at a love hotel. It was with a salary man I was going out with at the time.

Interviewer: Could you elaborate on what you did with him?
Ran: Well, we took seperate showers and then we got on the bed and started kissing. I wasn't very hardcore back then (laughs). He then used both his hands to fondle my breasts and later sucked on them. Then his tongle slowly worked its way down my body until it finally reached my crotch. Then he spread my pussy lips and peered inside.

Interviewer: But wouldn't the lights have been off by then?
Ran: Exactly. He actually got out a lighter to see inside me.

Interviewer: I see.
Ran: So in the dark... my pussy was the only thing that could be seen (laughs). He then licked my clit and pussy until it was nice and wet. Of course it was my first time so I was like "Ahhn, don't lick when I go pee-pee" (laughs). He then slowly inserted a finger inside me to see how it was inside. After a while he slowly began to thrust inside with his fingers. Then I told him that I'll get on top so then I got on him and started licking his nipples. I then touched his cock and I noticed that it was really getting hard. Of course, there's only one reason a cock would get hard, right (laughs)? So that's when I sucked a cock for the first time.

Interviewer: How was it like?
Ran: Well, the only thing that was on my mind at the time was a sex article from one of those women's magazines that said "Be careful not to have your teetch touch your boyfriend's penis when performing fellatio" (laughs). When I began to do it my boyfriend said "Careful not to get your teeth on it" so I realized how right that article was (laughs). So I basically sucked him off with my teeth covered under my lips.

Interviewer: So how did you feel afterwards?
Ran: Well, at first I had my doubts if sucking on the place where you piss could possibly feel good but he told me that he felt good, which made incredibly happy. But his cock was really big and my jaw began to hurt after awhile (laughs).

Interviewer: By the way, did you lick the thing that's hanging under it?
Ran: Well, I didn't know much about sex at the time so I knew that having your cock sucked could feel good but I didn't know that it rang true for your balls as well. That's why I didn't suck his balls. Anyway, after I did it for a while he told me that he was ready to put it inside me so we ended up fucking missionary style afterwards.

Interviewer: How did it feel inside you?
Ran: It hurt a lot. He went easy on me at first because he knew that it was my first time but he eventually got caught up on how good his dick was feeling and he started just pumping away. It really hurt when he penetrated all the way inside me but I just closed my eyes and tried to hold in the pain.

Interviewer: How long did it take for you to start enjoying sex?
Ran: Around the 10th time we did it. My pussy wasn't as tight and it actually started getting wet naturally so the dick started going in a lot easier. My G-spot is right near the womb so I always come when his dick would rub it. My clit also got sensitive enough to come even if he was just licking my clit. It's all his fault that my pure body turned into a horny one (laughs).

Interviewer: So how many people have you had sex with in your private life?
Ran: Ummm, maybe about a 100? I don't have a boyfriend right now though so much of the fucking I get now is from work.

Interviewer: What do you want to do from now on?
Ran: Well, I know I can't do AVs forever, so I've been studying on my free time so that I can find work afterwards. The work has been getting a lot of fun though, so I want to continue on for at least another year.

Interviewer: What's fun about being an AV actress?
Ran: Well, there's a lot of things I do while doing AVs and the work is slightly different every day. I hate doing the same thing every day (laughs), but the work I do would change locations every time I do it and stuff like that. I even get to experience things that I can't in a normal daily situation...like bondage (laughs). So it's in a lot of fun in that sense.

Interviewer: Then how about things that you don't like about being in the spotlight?
Ran: Well, the thing I hate the most are those people who just flatter me even if they're thinking something that's completely opposite. Oh, that and other girls on the set.

Interviewer: They annoy you?
Ran: No, it's not about me liking them or not. It's just that I only have interest in men when I have any sexual contact, so I feel uncomfortable if there's a girl on the set even if she's not doing anything.

Interviewer: Then would you do a lesbian scene with you two lick each other's pussy?
Ran: Ahhh!! No way! Pass! I don't even want to think about it.

Interviewer: Hearing that makes me want to see you do it even more.
Ran: It's not happening.

Interviewer: Finally, what would you do if you had to fuck me for work?
Ran: Well, if it was for work I would do it with you.

Interviewer: The "if it's for work" get's to me, but I'll make sure to buy more videos of yours from now on!
Ran: Now go back home (laughs).

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