Great finds but what is the deal with the name changes? Does anyone know enough about the Japanese adult industry to try to explain that? It isn't very common to change names so frequently, is it? Sometimes actresses will use a different alias for off-camera work but it's easier to understand that and that's not what "Azumi Nakama" is doing with her video releases.
It's really difficult to track all her releases so this forum has become the best source for information about her!
Miho Ichiki is still her best name. It can't be helping her popularity if even her hardcore fans have a hard time tracking her releases due to the name changes.
She is most likely mixed up with the Yakuza and has to (is forced to) use a new alias when she gets new porn contracts, or she isn't a native Japanese and changes name for immigration reasons.
I guess, but the Yakuza aren't stupid and they would still know who she is as would any immigration service. Her name changes seem to affect her fans mostly because we don't know her by her real name unlike people who would be involved in legal (or semi-legal) matters like contracts. It's unusual and of the handful of JAV stars I know about, she's the only one I can think of who changes names so frequently.
She's now bordering close to 5 years in the industry and my theory on the name changes is she's probably someone who desperately wants to make a lot of money and fast, but her management is not managing her the way she wants because there isn't a big market for a girl like her in JAV so she's most likely the one spearheading the name changes to bypass her contractual obligations and shoot more AV. This probably pisses her managers off and they eventually drop her, which would explain why she suddenly disappears and reappears every few months. She's been very willing to perform more and more extreme acts on camera compared to other JAV actresses like Hitomi Tanaka who has been around longer than her but has done way less extreme acts on camera because she is still very popular. That to me signals her desire to do whatever it takes to get paid even if it means alienating her managers and fans.
We'll see what happens with her. Whatever the case, I hope she makes more videos!