Hitomi Tanaka

Career

Tanaka became the most prominent bakunyu performer of the late 2000s and 2010s, working primarily with the Oppai and Moodyz labels. She built a substantial Western following without ever relocating or working directly in the US industry, reflected in an AVN Fan Award in 2016 and a Pornhub Award in 2020. She announced her retirement via Twitter on 28 February 2022, with a final release that April.

Signature: Won American fan awards while working entirely inside the Japanese studio system — recognition that normally requires relocating.

Index score — The Pornstar Ranked Performer Index v3.0

Scores are normalised within a single ranking's field, so this breakdown is Hitomi Tanaka's placement inside The 20 Best Japanese Pornstars of 2026 — the largest field she appears in. Her rank on each of the other 2 rankings below was computed against that ranking's own field and is not the same measurement.

Full award record2 entries

• 2016AVN Fan Awards — Favorite Breasts
• 2020Pornhub Awards — Award recipient

Studios

Official links

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Ranked alongside

• Brandi Love
• Cherie DeVille
• Angela White
• Romi Rain
• Small Hands
• Stormy Daniels

Sources and verification2 sources

Last audited 25 August 2026 · Wikidata — Hitomi Tanaka · ja.wikipedia — Hitomi (AV女優) — real name 田中瞳 (Tanaka Hitomi)

Not yet confirmed:

• Height given as 155cm here vs 156cm on Japanese Wikipedia