Kazuya Sawaki (沢木和也)

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Kazuya Sawaki (沢木和也)
Date of Birth: March 25, 1967
Date of Death: June 19, 2021
Birthplace: Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan
Nationality: Japanese
Height: 171 cm
Weight: 66 kg
Blood Type: O
Occupation: Adult-Video Actor / Entrepreneur
Professional Debut: 1988.

EDUCATION BACKGROUND

School/University: Not reliably publicly documented.
Degree/Field of Study: Not publicly documented.
Academic Qualifications: Not publicly documented.

SKILLS & COMPETENCIES

• On-camera performance

• Improvisational performance

• Communication and interpersonal skills

• Public appearances and media interviews

• Entertainment-industry experience

• Business and entrepreneurship

• Customer-facing hospitality skills

WORK & EXPERIENCE

1988: Began his professional career as an adult-video actor in his twenties. He became known as a veteran performer from the early era of Japanese adult video.

1990s: Built a long-running career and became known by the nickname “King of Nanpa” (ナンパの帝王).

2013: Founded and operated the traveling host business IN BLISS, adding entrepreneurship to his professional activities.

2020: Publicly disclosed that he had been diagnosed with stage-IV cancer and began documenting his final period of life through an “end-of-life” project.

2021: His book 伝説のAV男優 沢木和也の「終活」—癌で良かった was published, documenting his career, personal history, and reflections on the industry.

VIDEO / CAREER DATA

Career start: 1988
Professional experience: Approximately 33 years until his death in 2021.
Industry era: Japanese adult-video industry from the late 1980s through the 2020s.

GUEST APPROXIMATE EARNINGS — USD

Self-reported peak fee: Approximately ¥60,000 per filming day, equivalent to roughly US$400 at ¥150/USD. Sawaki stated this was his peak-level rate.

Self-reported peak annual income: Approximately ¥20 million, equivalent to roughly US$133,000 at ¥150/USD.

Early-career fee: Approximately ¥30,000 after his initial period, according to his own account.

Important: These are historical self-reported earnings, not audited financial records or estimates of his lifetime wealth.

BECOMING AN ADULT-FILM ACTOR

Sawaki described finding work through a classified advertisement and entering the AV industry in 1988. He initially asked an AV director whether he could make a living in the industry and was told that leading male performers could earn roughly ¥800,000–¥1,000,000 per month at the time. This encouraged him to continue pursuing the career.

LANGUAGES

Japanese: Native / primary documented language.
English: Professional proficiency not publicly documented.
Other Languages: Not publicly documented.

NOTE

Kazuya Sawaki died on June 19, 2021, at age 54. His career and personal experiences were later documented in his 2021 book, which covers his youth, AV career, controversies, and final period of life.