Sasa Handa

Sasa Handa is a Japanese model, actress and former AV Idol who was born on April 18, 1985 in Okinawa, Japan. She has also used the name Chieri Haruyama. Under the name Chieri Haruyama she appeared in a number of wrestling cat-fight videos beginning in September 2003. The DVD series, Idol Fight MetoMix, was produced from full-length live wrestling tournaments with the women attired in bikinis. She appeared in volumes 1-2, 3, 4, 6, 7 and 8 of the series released over the period from September 2003 to October 2004. August 2005, she was using the name Sasa Handa and was featured in the erotic horror V-Cinema film Onna Onmyoji - Jain kakusei directed by Shoji Tsuyoshi and released by TMC. Handa also appeared in other media including a regular role in the TV show Yarisugi koji as well as appearances on the TV Asahi variety show Kusano Kid and the TV Tokyo documentary Kyuuyo meisai. In February 2006 she appeared in the movie Tokyo Daigaku Monogatari as the character Eri Suzuki, in what was her first nude role. Tokyo Daigaku Monogatari was produced by the adult video studio Soft On Demand and soon afterwards that studio announced that Handa had signed with them as an AV actress. She made her AV debut with SOD in July 2006 with the video Debut. Despite only performing in AV for the second half of 2006, Handa received a number of awards for that year's work. In addition to continuing her AV career, in 2007 Handa also appeared in the role of Koichi Omote in three V-Cinema releases of the popular erotic comedy action series Kekko Kamen: Kekko Kamen Royale, Kekko Kamen Premium and Kekko Kamen Forever. Her co-star in the series was fellow AV actress Maria Ozawa. She was also a featured player in the May 2007 theatrical movie, Zero Woman R, part of the Zero Woman film series. Later in 2007, Handa starred in the V-Cinema erotic horror production Undead Pool, also known as Attack Girls Swim Team vs the Unliving Dead, which was released in Japan in December 2007. Handa retired from the AV industry in 2010 after four years and nearly fifty titles in order to pursue a mainstream acting career. Her retirement video set was a success. In December 2010, Handa starred in the dark fantasy movie Ai no Ejiki Jokyoshi Haruka no Kokuhaku. In 2011 she played the character Sanae Onoda in the live-action web series adaptation of the manga Futari Ecchi. Handa joined another former AV Idol, Kurumi Morishita, to co-star in the December 2012 romantic fantasy Love Me for Hundreds of Years directed by Toshiro Enomoto and written by Shinji Imaoka.