Hotaru (ほたる) is a Japanese actress. While studying at Tama Art University, she began her acting career performing in an underground theater company. In 1993, she made her film debut in Mibōjin mofuku no modae (Widow: Bliss in a Mourning Dress), directed by Takahisa Zeze. Since then, she has appeared in numerous pink films, as well as independent films, direct-to-video films, and television dramas. In 2007, she left the theater company and changed her name to Hotaru. She made her directorial debut with the film Kisushite (Kiss Me), released at K's cinema in Shinjuku, Tokyo.

KNOWN FOR

Female Prisoner No. 701 Scorpion: Gaiden
2011
Mutchiri mibôjin: Abakareta himegoto
2025
Agonizing Screening: The Silver Screen’s Big Tits Beauties
2017
Lovely Orica
2023
The House of Sin and Blood
2026
Perverted Family
2018
Onna fukuen'ya: Biashi nurebasami
2008
Miboujin kaseifu: Nakadashi no yuuwaku
2009
Shokuba hi-jiru: Mashô no yubi tsukai
2023
Oboreru futari: Fuyakeru hodo aishite
2016
Captive Market
2012
Treasure Ship: Latitudes of Lust
2014

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
26
Directing
1
Producing
1
2026
The House of Sin and Blood
2025
The Dog and Catfish
2025
Mutchiri mibôjin: Abakareta himegoto
2023
Shokuba hi-jiru: Mashô no yubi tsukai
2023
Lovely Orica
2022
Yamabuki
2021
Night Trainee: Her Secret
2021
Short Story Collection: Things That Pass Away
as Nobue
2018
Perverted Family
as Shizue
2018
The Beach of Reunion: The Woman Who Slept with Regret
as Shizue
2017
Agonizing Screening: The Silver Screen’s Big Tits Beauties
as Wa Sanjô
2017
Momoiro e-hon: Itte miyou, yatte miyou!
as Shizue
2016
Silent Suffer
as Kazuko
2016
Oboreru futari: Fuyakeru hodo aishite
as Girlfriend
2015
Sanchû Uprising: Voices at Dawn
2014
Treasure Ship: Latitudes of Lust
as Erotic photo model woman: Suzume
2014
School Uniform Diary: Innocent Hip Movements
as Yoshiko Kinoshita
2013
Dark Apartment Wife Who Wants to Become Pregnant
as Middle-aged woman
2012
Captive Market
as Yasuko
2011
Female Prisoner No. 701 Scorpion: Gaiden
2011
Inran sen ichiya: Kôkotsu no yogari
as Chiaki Watanabe
2010
Drifting Clouds
2010
Chikan densha: Yumeyubi de shirimeguri
as Mei Machida
2010
A Dentist's Abnormal Love
as Yuko Kado
2009
Miboujin kaseifu: Nakadashi no yuuwaku
as Kazuyo Igarashi
2008
Onna fukuen'ya: Biashi nurebasami
as Sanae Kubota