Career
That same year, she started a career as junior idol, posing for the photo-book Shōjo Ami/Ami Yamazaki (少女亜美/山崎亜美) () by Shōji Ōtake. She soon left her entertainment career to concentrate on school but returned to show business in 2002 when she starred in the erotic action V-cinema production Female Prisoner Kaori - Escape from Detention Punishment Chamber (女囚カオリ・監禁懲罰房からの脱獄). In 2007, at age 26, Yamazaki entered the adult video (AV) industry, making her AV debut in February 2007 with Age 26 Ami Yamazaki - Ex-Idol Unit Nezumikko Club for the Woman label, part of the Soft On Demand group of companies.
She continued appearing in AVs through 2007 and 2008 for Woman, Idea Pocket and Attackers.