AV idol
Akane has said that she takes pride in her career as an AV idol, and her January 2007 video, "Gals' Battle Royal ～Hotaru Kurenai X Chihiro Shina～", makes a theme of that professionalism. The plot of the video has two accomplished AV performers trying to outdo each other in a competition of sexual acts. Practices employed in the contest include fellatio, "paizuri" and urination. The video was re-released in Blu-ray format in July. A similar competition-themed video was "Versus, Hotaru Akane vs. Satoko Tachibana", which pitted Akane against another top AV idol in a competition over who is the most skilled erotic performer. "Magic Mirror The Two-way Mirror Car; Hot Body In Yokohama" follows the exploits of four AV idols, Akane and Hikari Hino among them, cruising the streets of Yokohama picking up amateur men with whom to frolic in a specially-equipped car. In "Hotaru Akane and Misaki Aso Versus 40-Year-Old Virgins" from September 2007, the fictional plot has Akane team with fellow AV idol Misaki Aso to give a group of sexually inexperienced males their first intimate encounters with the opposite sex.