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• An Nanba, also known as Ann Nanba, is a former Japanese adult video (AV) actress who had a long and prolific career in the adult entertainment industry. Born in Tokyo on March 7, 1984, she was outgoing and looked much older than her age. She decided to begin an AV career after being robbed and needed money. Her debut video, Number.1!, was released in October 2002 by Moodyz when she was 18, and she was credited with being a driving force in that studio's success.
  
  Nanba continued making movies with Moodyz for the rest of her career at the rate of one or often two videos per month. She also occasionally made non-AV videos, such as her non-sex gravure title for Shuffle, Naked / An Nanba, released in July 2003, filmed in Okinawa. Moodyz is known for its extreme videos, and Nanba participated in various porn genres popular at the studio, including bukkake, anal sex, bondage, interracial sex with black actors, urination, and simulated rape.
  
  Nanba was the most celebrated actress at Moodyz during her long career with the studio, receiving the Best Actress Award at the Moodyz Awards three years running, in 2003, 2004, and 2005. Her 2003 videos Digital Mosaic Vol. 11 and Dream School 7 respectively won the top prize Moodyz Award and the Best Sales Award that year, and her 2004 work Bukkake Nakadashi Anal Fuck was the recipient of a Special Award.
  
  In October 2005, after more than 50 straight original videos for one company, Nanba began appearing in videos for other AV studios, beginning with start-up companies Opera and Cross. She also worked with Attackers, a studio specializing in the S&M and simulated rape genres. Nanba has been called the "Queen of Hardcore" for her many extreme videos and has declared her dedication to her profession: "I will work my best to bring the fans the best movies."

• Nanba, a popular Japanese actress, received one of the Best Actress Awards for Excellence at the 2006 AV Actress Grand Prix. She starred in several erotic softcore V-cinema productions and was the subject of a documentary in 2006. Nanba also appeared on TV in Episode 31 of the TV Asahi crime drama Tokumei Kakarichō Tadano Hitoshi. She was also popular in China due to commercials she made for a Taiwan lemon vodka drink.
  
  Nanba's retirement was an elaborate Ann-Project by Moodyz, which filmed a series of 8 videos for eight different studios over several weeks. The videos were released starting February 1, 2008, with the last being a virtual sex work for Moodyz, My Eternal Girlfriend, An Nanba. The retirement project included a memorial book and DVD, introducing the new generation of actresses at Moodyz.
  
  In 2012, Nanba finished 11th in a poll of customers by major Japanese adult video distributor DMM to choose the 100 all-time best AV actresses to celebrate the 30th anniversary of adult videos in Japan. Nanba is an avid fan of video games and owns several game consoles, including a Sony PS2, PS3, PSP, Microsoft Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, and DS. She has her own game blog on Beside Games.
  
  In 2006, Gebet released An Nanba Cosplay Yakyuken, a two-hour UMD format PSP game and video featuring Nanba in a game of "yakyuken" and AV Idols. The game and video were released for the PSP and Blu-ray for the PS3.