Mitani Akari (美谷 朱里?), Kanagawa Prefecture, April 15, 1997),^[1] is a Japanese pornographic actress and AV Idol. During her period as an independent actress she participated in more than 100 pornographic films.

Mitani was born in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, on April 15, 1997. She made her debut in the adult film industry in July 2017 under the role of a "college student". Later, in 2019, she clarified that it was a role.^[2]

In an interview she stated that she began to have an interest in Pornographic videos in high school.^[3] Subsequently, due to her interest, she met an adult film director through a mutual acquaintance.

On March 12, 2019, she participated in a Vanilla Sky program.

In the same year, she was nominated for Breakthrough Actress at the Adult Broadcast Awards, and won the "FLASH" award.

She was also nominated for best actress at the "FANZA Adult Awards 2019.

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In October 2019, she was nominated for the "Geo TV x Men's Saizo ADULT AWARD 2019" (originally "ゲオTV×メンズサイゾー ADULT AWARD 2019").^[4]

In April 2020, she announced that she would stop being an independent actress and become an exclusive actress for Honnaka and Das Studios.^[5] In August 2020, she was ranked ninth in terms of popularity for the first six months by Fanza monthly magazine.

In December of the same year, she was chosen as the twenty-fifth sexiest actress of all time by the readers of FLASH magazine.^[6]

In an interview she explained that she learned to dance at the age of 310 and later attended a dance academy where she assimilated various genres, especially panking.

She is often praised by adult film critics for her movements in the amazon position.

She is also known as the "Kikatan Monster" due to her numerous appearances as a freelance actress.

In a 2020 interview, she stated that she began regularly attending the gym and regularly danced and performed Yoga.^[7]