It's never hard for an actor or actress in any country to translate their career in porn into mainstream success, but Japanese actress Sola Aoi is one of the lucky few that have managed to pull it off. According to Want China Times (link below), she's got her own line of lingerie, which is selling like hot cakes in China.
She has sold 700,000 articles of lingerie to date under the brand name Spakeys. Her popularity as an adult video star subsequently led to celebrity status as a media personality in Japan and further afield, which Aoi is now making use of to market her new product line.
Aoi's time in the porn industry and as a film and television actor saw her accumulate some 14.9 million Chinese fans on Sina Weibo. This meant that as soon as Aoi launched her new lingerie line, the news was quickly shared more than 20,000 times.
Aoi is selling the lingerie for 1,288 yuan (US$207) a set and the magazine suggested that the price was set after consultation with industry experts.
Hey, more power to her. Porn ends eventually for everyone, so you've got to look out for number one.
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Sola in Man, Woman, and the Wall (2007)