Yui Hatano
Career
Hatano debuted in July 2008 and built one of the largest and longest filmographies in JAV history, appearing across nearly every major studio and topping FANZA sales charts in 2018 and 2019. Nicknamed “Sekai no Hatano” — the World’s Hatano — for an international following unusual among performers who never relocated abroad. She has crossed into pink film, mainstream cinema and video games, and was featured on a limited-edition Taiwanese transit card in 2015.
Signature: Sheer range of distribution: she has worked for essentially every major label in the industry, which is close to unheard of in a market built on exclusive contracts.
Index score — The Pornstar Ranked Performer Index v3.0
Scores are normalised within a single ranking's field, so this breakdown is Yui Hatano's placement inside The 20 Best Japanese Pornstars of 2026 — the largest field she appears in. Her rank on each of the other 1 ranking below was computed against that ranking's own field and is not the same measurement.
Full award record4 entries
- 2014DMM Adult Awards — Best Actress
- 2018Sky PerfecTV! — Most Appearances Actress
- 2019Sky PerfecTV! — Most Appearances Actress
- 2019GEO TV × Men’s Cyzo — Grand Prix
Best known for
Studios
Mainstream credits
- Film In Search of Spirits (2013)
- Film Sashimi (2015)
- Yakuza series likeness
- Idol units me-me* and T♡Project
- Taiwan EasyCard feature (2015)
Ranked alongside
Sources and verification2 sources
- Current 2026 activity level; most recent confirmed agency status is 2019
- Birthplace contested three ways: English Wikipedia states Tokyo (citing a Mens-v.com interview); Japanese Wikipedia gives her agency’s official profile as Kyoto Prefecture but notes that since roughly 2019 she has stated on television that her actual hometown is Okayama. No version is adequately sourced, so birthplace has been removed pending a citable resolution.
- Height given as 165cm on English Wikipedia (uncited) vs 163cm on Japanese Wikipedia
