When Yua Mikami retired last summer at the age of 30 and after carving out one of the most successful careers in Japanese porn ever, speculation was rife over what she would do next.
For a start, she appeared to date two male celebrities at the same time.
She has since focused on developing a line of apparel under the brand name MISTREASS, as she had announced she would last year (and a long-term passion project for her). She models for the brand too.
Sadly, some things have not gone quite to plan.
Mikami announced on social media yesterday that she was going to take action against the people who have defamed her on social media.
Some netizens had reacted negatively to Mikami’s recent collaboration with a hat brand CA4LA because she was a former adult video performer.
The issue has been widely reported in the mainstream media, which always uses euphemisms like “sexy actress” to talk about AV stars past and present.
Mikami has reacted with spunk, calling the criticism “discrimination” and telling people to “take responsibilities for your words.” She has submitted a disclosure request to identify the users, presumably so she can then take legal action against them for slander and obstruction of her business interests (or perhaps she just hopes to shame the critics by exposing their real names).
As unpleasant as some of the comments were, there is no hiding the fact that Mikami used to be a porn star — a fact that she certainly does not conceal herself — and that certain people may have a negative opinion about such a person modeling for a fashion brand. That is literally a form discrimination in that it is making a distinction between two types of people, but may be inevitable to some extent.
And we suspect it is not possible to sue people for just having and expressing such an opinion.
