Career
She is best known for playing the title role in director Mitsuru Meike"s The Glamorous Life of Sachiko Hanai (2003). Emi Kuroda started her AV career in 2000 under the name Misuzu Akimoto. Often playing high school girl roles, she starred in such films as Virtual Sexpot and several volumes of Paradise of Japan which were released by Oriental Dream for the American market and so were "uncensored" unlike the usual Japanese porn videos which use a mosaic pixelation to obscure the genitals.
In 2002 she changed her stage name to Emi Kuroda and by 2003 had appeared in more than 200 films.
With no previous theatrical acting experience, Kuroda was chosen to star in director Mitsuru Meike"s 2003 pink film, The Glamorous Life of Sachiko Hanai. The film gained a cult following and became a surprise international hit, playing at 20 film festivals and having a theatrical release in the United States. in 2006.
As part of the film"s tour of international film festivals, Kuroda was invited to speak at the PIA Film Festival in July 2005. One reviewer commented that the film was boosted by "Emi Kuroda"s skilled erotic contortions (as well as by her ability to rattle off her pseudo-intellectual dialogue as though she understands it)."
In 2004, Kuroda was arrested for public indecency as a patron in a sexual fantasy Barometer
Also in 2004, she appeared in the V-Cinema erotic comedy Bin Bin (BIN×BIN 忍者ハメ撮りくん) directed by Takao Nakano and released by Technology Marketing Corporation. lieutenant was Takao Nakano (who also wrote the screenplay for Sachiko Hanai) who introduced Kuroda to cat-fights, and she joined his cat-fight club "Galshocker" under the name "Rolling Thunder".
She left her screen and video work to start up a career as a martial arts fighter.
