AKANE KATAHIRA

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On January 1, adult video (AV) label Muteki released the debut film of a former member of Japan’s national synchronized swimming team. The former athlete stars as Akane Katahira (@katahira_akane) in “Shock! Top Mermaid In Global Competition Makes Debut For Muteki” which is billed by the label as “maximizing a beautiful athletic body and a splendid G-cup chest for dynamic sex.” Prior to her transition from pool to porn, the 26-year-old Tokyo native anticipated her gigantic chest posing a problem — as was the case when she competed as a swimmer — but, she tells Nikkan Spa!, such a concern proved to be overblown. “When my chest began to grow during my first year of high school, it became a hindrance in competition — a synchronized swimmer can’t boast of having such a body,” the actress says. The difference was apparent when she observed the top swimmers from overseas.

“Their limbs were long, and their carriage movement very elegant,” she remembers. During her first appearance before a camera, however, the photographer and staff members put her mind at ease. “When I was praised after the shooting finished, I had the feeling that the inner conflict I experienced until that point was gone,” she says. Katahira had her first sexual experience at the age of 14. “At that age, it was painful,” she remembers.