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He Kidnapped and Killed a Japanese Porn Star
The tragic death of model and adult actress Rina Arano
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This case is currently ongoing and new information is being released daily as media outlets receive information. Here is what we know so far about the death of Rina Arano.
The porn and sex industry in Japan is huge as most people who have visited online sites like PornHUB or other sex websites know. According to the Tokyo Weekender,
The Japanese porn industry is estimated to be worth more than $20 billion, which shouldn’t be surprising once you consider that Japan produces twice as many X-rated movies as the United States. According to one veteran porn performer, this comes out to over 5,000 titles a year or 14 pornographic films being released in Japan every single day.
There are various studios that produce this porn or JAV (Japanese Adult Videos) but because their market is so big, there are many small independent producers as well. And many young women decide to skip the middle man altogether and freelance. Taking on projects from private photographers and fetish enthusiasts, they make their living modeling for anyone who will pay for their services.
This case involves a typical middle-class Japanese office worker named Hiroyuki Sanpei and a model/adult actress named Rina Arano. The two met through online social media as Rina was an independent model who used her social media profiles with various “stage names” to gain customers.
It was revealed that Rina freelanced for photo shoots and videos as a nude model and would find customers online who would sometimes pay her up to 100,000 yen ($1000) per shoot. She was involved in doujin (fan-made sexually explicit) modeling as well as other S & M Fetish-type interests. She would meet these clients and often go to their homes for the shoots.
Unfortunately, an average officer worker Hiroyuki contacted Rina, picked her up from the station…
