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"I would never say I’m a porn star. I would never call myself … I can say porn actress, yes, but porn star? I’m not a star, yet. If I become famous, sure I’m gonna call myself—yeah, I’m a porn star. But I don’t know for now. For now, I am just another girl who is sharing her life—sometimes nude, sometimes porn."

"Bismillah, I am having soto banjar. I put so much sambal, because I love spicy food. So good."

"I never denied what I did in the past. I admit that my background is (the) adult industry and which I cannot change. I never said I can change what I did. Right now, what I’m doing is I am living in peace, and I (am) studying every day and living in a peaceful space that I wanted. And that doesn’t affect any of your life."

"In KL, I wear the hijab for the first time throughout the whole day because I wanted to visit the mosques and meet with Muslim people."

"I didn’t like doing it, but when someone pays you to do a job, you do the job, and you do your best."

"I know it sounds weird nowadays, but she wanted to be a housewife and a mother. When I ask her why years later, she said she had achieved everything she wanted to achieve. Her dream was to come here and entertain."

"From growing up around Miyoshi for four years, I didn’t sense a lot of joy, but I felt her strength and her determination. Miyoshi got what she wanted by just being smart and quiet."

"I wish somebody would help me right now, I didn’t expect and have nothing in my mind."

"She looks gorgeous on the screen. Since she trusted me very well, I thought she was my natural choice from the beginning."

"Asia is a region with countries very close to Japan, and I feel that the cultures and peoples' thoughts have something in common. Also, every country is beautiful, has delicious food and can be enjoyed with all five senses. I would like to see Asia and Japan stimulate each other."

"Anime in the ‘90s was overflowing with ambition…Anime [today] which are trying to be similar to previous hits can never be better than the originals. Going forward, I want to be part of projects that aren’t trying to be ‘like’ something that came before."

"It may have brought positivity in terms of the effect on the economy, but for every boom there will be a bust. However, nobody expects the bust to happen. Before it does go bust though, another boom will come along. Booms are only good when you observe them from afar. You’ll only be hurt if you get caught in its midst."

"Maybe I’m just dense, but I didn’t even realize that a boom was happening. I might have felt like it was a boom if it was as natural as how you’d see certain products every time you stopped by the convenience store – not seeing watermelons only in the summer, but something that would always be on the shelves throughout the seasons. Discounting the anime shops, you’d rarely get to see anime songs on display in HMV or Tower Records. It felt like [anime was] being given the cold shoulder. Anime songs are too much of a niche genre which means that the CDs are in the same way, only sold in niche retailers. People who liked me were embarrassed about it, telling me that “I can’t openly admit that I like you” – with that kind of situation, I couldn’t really feel that there was a boom at all."

"As far as I'm concerned, I don't really care much about it. Then what's the best performance? I think I should just do 120% of what I can do now and I believe that what needs to be done will come when it needs to be done. In other words, I think, " Now, eight years later, there must be a point to doing this." In the first place, the work itself is like a twisted time and space, like there is no time at all. And since we are voice actors, we only need to use our mental faculties and a little bit of our physical voice. It's not good to be too proud, but I tried not to think about the eight years."

"Eventually, the success of our job depends on fans' support, and I want them to take a long time before they evaluate our performances. I think fans will feel our enthusiasm and I want to live up to their expectations."

"Rather than to make a living, hmmm. Whether I could become a voice actress or not, is was too uncertain, and I thought the possibility that I could become a voice actress was very small. I was familiar with the work of nurses from my childhood because of my family business, so I decided to become a nurse. But I happened to find a magazine Debut, and from that moment all of the things worked well and I thought perhaps I really could become a voice actress."

"Because of the fast pace of the industry, it’s common to fill voice actors’ schedules with as much work as possible, get them up on stage, and build up all the buzz you can. That’ll make you feel like you’re an absolutely essential individual, but in just three years all that could change. I don’t want companies to go chasing after small yet quick and easy profits, but they don’t really have any intention of developing voice actors long-term."

"For me, filmmaking is but a means of achieving things that one cannot achieve with either literature or music."

"I think that when I play roles I become a completely different person for that time. But of course it is a virtual, an unreal person. Playing those roles gives me great pleasure and enjoyment. I think what happens with the audience is that they themselves identify maybe with one of the characters -- it might be any character in a movie -- and for a time they can enjoy being somebody else and enjoy another life for awhile. It gives them that opportunity."

"Luck, fate, destiny, karma. No matter how well one might be able to sing or dance or how beautiful one is, I think something else comes into play. I am a person who didn't want to become an actress at all. But the fact that I ended up being an actress indicates to me that there is something of destiny involved. So I don't think it is something that you can study to become."

"[In Senran Kagura] I got to play an attractive, erotic lady. I heard them mention a battle, but I chose not to focus on that. I was more interested in the part of the lady and whether I’d do a good job playing her. […] Miyabi is very honest and frank, and very lovely. You might think she’s relaxed enough to doze off, but she is aware of everything going on around her. You definitely get the sense of her being a girl. As far as what we have in common: we have a different sense of style from everyone else."

"[Senran Kagura]’s an intense, fiery battle. There are also sexy elements. But speaking personally, I get to voice Asuka in each release in the series. As Homura’s best friend, we get to experience these battles as they unfold. This is a story with a lot of heart. That’s why these battles are important."

"Well, Asuka is… a person with a strong sense of justice. As far as things that we have in common… hmm. I wonder. If it was up to you to decide, what qualities would we share? Personally speaking, I think one thing we have in common is integrity. We won’t compromise our beliefs. That’s my answer. In regard to my tastes, recently I’ve been playing social games. I was always a gamer, so I was able to play through all of Senran Kagura. I also enjoy mountain climbing."

"An ideal teacher for me is someone who never lacks love, even when they have to be strict. I find it heartwarming to think of teachers being able to carefully watch over each individual (student)."

"I think it was inevitable (not having enough time for school due to Morning Musume) at that time, and there's aspects of myself that only exist because of that time."

"When we’re introduced to Izu in episode one, we know nothing. But I believe that moving forward, Izu will continue to learn and evolve by working alongside the protagonist, Aruto. Therefore, it’s a role where a lot is up in the air. Part of the charm is that it’s unpredictable."

"It is true that I intentionally try to keep it (my private life) from everyone. I don't like to show off my private life. Maybe that's why it makes me mysterious?"

"I used to love frilly lolita fashion, so I was so excited when I first saw what I would be wearing as Izu (in Kamen Rider Zero-One movie). Her shoes are interestingly shaped, and the material of the the tights and leather. I want people to appreciate all the little details. Izu maybe the admirable grown-up lady to kids, but I'm sure they'll be astonished by her strange outfit and blue eyes. She'll gradually learn more emotion so I'd like it if they could get hooked on that aspect. I hope they'd all be like "I want Izu too", or "I want to be Izu's President!"

"I read often but, the genre I go to is mystery. I like to write my own stories but as you know, people often die in mysteries, so someone often dies in my stories. Also, I like to go to art galleries on my day offs."

"I honestly have no idea why I was chosen, I’m surprised by it. I’m excited to see where this takes me."

"When I’m told to laugh, I begin laughing. Even during filming, when I’m told to crack up, I end up being the only one who cracks up."

"I want to be a kind and gentle wife who gives her husband warm encouragement when he comes home from work."

"I loved playing Go Go, because the character's so extreme. And she's pretty close to my real character. Especially the fact that she liked her sword with a lot of accessories."

"Japan is very much a TV-centred entertainment industry. So when you talk about big stars in Japan, generally they are people who are on television. I work mostly in movies."

"I've been playing these schoolgirl roles in all my movies. Every time I went to the set, it felt like I was going to school."