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| - Hitomi Kobayashi (小林ひとみ Kobayashi Hitomi, Tokyo, September 2, 1965 -) is a Japanese actress and AV (Adult Video) idol. Her popularity in the mid-1980s, the early days of the Japanese AV, earned her the title "Queen of AV." After making her debut as a non-pornographic photobook and "image video" model, Kobayashi entered the AV field in 1986. Because of her rapid popularity, Nikkatsu, Japan's leading producer of softcore pornography at the time, hired her to appear in theatrical films in 1987. After marriage and a semi-retirement beginning in 1989, Kobayashi fully returned to the AV industry in 1998. She announced her retirement in 2003 with a big-budget, though controversial, two-volume farewell adult video.
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