Akari Matsunaga: Secret Weapon Unleashed! Will SOD Welcome Another Major Star?
This is SOD's big gift to all of you!
After watching so many films, I believe everyone knows how studios handle their actresses. Usually, the more prominent the actress, the more they use a slow-drip marketing approach. So, when we see an actress with just one cover image and nothing else, we know she's one in a million—a true expert!
Take this one, "Matsunaga Akari (Matsunaga Akari)," for example. The cover mentions that before her debut, she was a female employee at SOD, working in the PR department, and she's a long-groomed talent of the SOD group—groomed? Where's the grooming? Anyone who's been following social media knows that back in October last year, an account called "matsunaga@SOD PR Department" popped up on Twitter, and it started sharing her daily life as a corporate drone at the studio: cleaning the toilets at 9 AM, holding PR meetings at 10 AM, organizing outfits for actress events at 1 PM in the afternoon... I don't know how many people actually care about her job details, but I do know that even without showing her face, her appearance is incredibly attractive. Plus, it's almost a given that SOD's female employees who are good at social media will eventually dive into the industry, so the calls for her to shoot AV were overwhelming. Back then, when she was still going by "matsunaga," she said she had no intention of doing AV!
Of course, you know it, I know it, and even the one-eyed monster knows it—this is all just a ploy, but it's incredibly effective. Her fan page has already surpassed 100,000 followers, and recently, she started a countdown, saying she had some big news to share:
Then, she changed her name, and from now on, she's SOD's female employee and actress, Matsunaga Akari (Matsunaga Akari). Her first work drops on April Fool's Day! Some might find it weird—why is there only one cover image and a few photo sets, nothing more? The answer is just like what I said at the beginning: because Matsunaga Akari (Matsunaga Akari) has been so successful with her social media game and built up a huge following, they're using this tease to reap the rewards.
With Matsunaga Akari (Matsunaga Akari)'s current momentum, she'll at least reach the level of "Miyazaki Rin (Miyazaki Suzu)" when she first debuted. If she's lucky, the best example to follow is her senior "Shibasaki Haru (Shibasaki Haru)" becoming an exclusive SOD Star actress. Going forward, we'll see her balancing her role as a female employee while releasing films, and once the timing is right, she should officially announce herself as a full-time AV actress.
Worth looking forward to!