Prior to making Japanese adult videos, Maria Ozawa was a model who appeared posing semi nude on Japanese magazines and amateur adult websites. In 2005, while other large adult video companies in Japan had signed new actresses with exotic bloodlines like Nana at Moodyz, Tina Yuzuki at Max-A, S1 Video decided they quickly needed to explore and follow the trend and pursue a contract with an exotic-mixed beauty. Thus begins the reign of Canadian Japanese beauty Maria Ozawa in the AV world with an exclusive contract with S1 Videos. To the astonishment of many, Maria’s videos flew off the shelves, video launches and autograph signing were jam packed and S1 video even won the 2006 AVOpen Award for best group video which featured Maria, beating 15 other AV companies including Soft on Demand’s mega 500 Person Sex video.

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