Hikaru Natsumi

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Hikaru Natsumi
Born1973
DiedNovember 4, 2002 (aged 29)
NationalityJapanese
Occupation(s)Writer, sex worker

Hikaru Natsumi (菜摘ひかる, Natsumi Hikaru, 1973 – November 4, 2002) was a Japanese writer and sex worker. She is best known for her blog The Sexual Adventures of Hikaru Natsumi (菜摘ひかるの性的冒険), which was published as a book in 1998.

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Biography

Early life and career

Natsumi was born in 1973 in the Kantō region of Japan. [1] While in high school, she contributed writing and manga to manga magazines specializing in adult comics that were edited by Yoshiaki Shioyama  [ ja ]. [2] After graduating high school, Natsumi began working as a clerk at a clothing store. [1] She later transitioned to the water trade, [1] alternately working as an erotic masseuse, at image clubs, and in soaplands. [3] She additionally worked as a nude model for erotic books and adult films, though after being arrested for indecent exposure after stripping nude on a street in Shinjuku for a photo shoot in 1996, she retired from modeling. [3]

In the mid-1990s, Natsumi began publishing a blog about her experiences as a sex worker titled The Sexual Adventures of Hikaru Natsumi (菜摘ひかるの性的冒険). The blog was later published as a book by the Japanese publishing house Yosensha in 1998; [4] its success prompted Natsumi to become a full-time author of novels and manga. "Vulgarity Drifting Diary", an English-language column by Natsumi, was published in the American manga magazine Pulp . The column lasted until early 2002. Pulp's team was divided on Natsumi's treatment of vulgarity (ex: fascination with vomit), and was surprised to find that women were less disgusted by it than men. [5]

Personal life and death

In her writing, Natsumi referenced having once been married to an unnamed husband whom she divorced. [1] She reported having a troubled relationship with her parents, particularly her father. [6]

On November 4, 2002, Natsumi died at the age of 29. [1] The cause of death was not released, beyond that she had been in poor health since mid-2002 and experienced a "sudden change in health". [7] A private funeral was held. [8] In February 2003, a commemorative issue of the literary magazine Bungei was published in Natsumi's memory. Among the contributors to the issue were Rika Kayama  [ ja ], Yukari Fujimoto, Amari Hayashi  [ ja ], and Naito Yamada  [ ja ], the lattermost of whom regularly collaborated with Natsumi as the illustrator on her manga works. [9]

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Bibliography

  • Kayama, Rika (February 1, 2003). "菜摘ひかるの可憐な"たたかい" 『書くこと』は『切り売り』ではない". Bungei (in Japanese). 42 (1). Kawade Shobō Shinsha: 110–121.

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