We have heard various reports of gravure models, singers, and actresses in Japan getting the coronavirus over the past few months, but what about AV idols? Inevitably, they are also at risk and one example is Japanese porn star Mikako Abe, who contracted the coronavirus last month.
Her agency, ARCHE Production, announced the news on April 27 and Abe was since then recuperating and quarantining at home. This period officially ended yesterday, May 6, and she has apparently now recovered and can get back to work soon after a few more days of rest.
Making her debut in 2012 and known for her tiny breasts, Abe is a 27-year-old porn veteran as well as a singer and keen gamer.
The porn industry, like the general entertainment world, is actually far more likely to detect infections because people are tested very regularly due to the intimate nature of the shoots. For a whole day, the cast and crew of a production are in close proximity with one another — in the performers’ case, extreme proximity indeed. It only makes sense that it is in producers’ interests to ensure no one is infected and take swift action when an infection is found.
With Japan’s infections rising (though still very low numbers compared to many other countries) and vaccinations for the general public still a long, long way off, Tokyo is nominally under a state of emergency, though this mostly means that libraries and a few commercial facilities like major department stores are closed.
We wonder/worry how SOD Land is doing in Shinjuku. Though it has installed surprisingly hi-tech antiviral measures, we expect patrons are put off by visiting a relatively small venue during a pandemic, even if it does off give them the chance to interact with genuine porn stars.
