Adult Broadcasting Awards - 2011 Awards

2011 Awards

The Official Website for the 2011 SKY! TV Awards (スカパー！アダルト放送大賞2011) opened on November 25, 2010 and began accepting applications for nominations on December 12, 2010. The voting and application process ended on February 8, 2011. The award ceremony was held on March 7, 2011 at a hotel ballroom in Tokyo's Chiyoda district with an audience of 400 guests invited by lottery. The event was sponsored by the SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation Adult Programming Ethics Committee (JSAT株式会社、成人番組倫理委員会) and the CS (Communications Satellite) Broadcasting Adult Programming Ethics Committee (CS放送成人番組倫理委員会).

Five actresses were nominated for the Best Actress Award: Yu Asakura (Ch. 911), Tsubasa Amami (Ch. 371), Jessica Kizaki (Ch. 905, 914, 915), Kei Megumi (Ch. 942) and Azumi Harusaki (Ch. 912). Nominated for Best New Actress were Uta Kohaku (Ch. 946), Kaori Sakura (Ch. 944, 901), Nina (Ch. 945) and Ai Haneda (Ch. 110-115). The five actresses nominated for Best Mature Actress were: Yu Kawakami (Ch. 110-115), Yayoi Yanagida (Ch. 100-108), Fumie Tokikoshi (Ch. 900), Misa Yuki (Ch. 910) and Nanako Mori (Ch. 904). Hikaru Shiina (Ch. 904) was also nominated for Best New Actress but she was unable to attend and her nomination was withdrawn.

Awards were also given by various media organizations including internet service provider and web portal Livedoor, newspapers Tokyo Sports and Yukan Fuji, and tabloid magazine Shukan Asahi Geino. The winners of the 2011 Adult Broadcasting Awards and the channels they represented were:

Best Actress Award

• Yu Asakura (KMP Channel 911)

Best New Actress Award

• Ai Haneda (Perfect Choice 110-115)

Best Mature Actress Award

• Yu Kawakami (Perfect Choice 110-115)

Best Program Award

• Beautiful Lesbian Alumni (美しき同窓生レズ, Utsukushiki dōsōsei rezu?) with Yumi Kazama and Misa Yuki (Zap TV), produced by Nadeshiko

Best HD Program Award

• No Panty News (東京女子アナノーパンＮＥＷＳ, Tōkyō joshi ananōpan NEWS?) with Uta Kohaku (Paradise TV HD Channel 946)

Livedoor Award

• Jessica Kizaki (Cherry Bomb 905, 914, 915)

Tokyo Sports Award

• Azumi Harusaki (Manzox Channel 912)

Yukan Fuji Award

• Yayoi Yanagida (Power Plat 100-108)

Shukan Asahi Geino Award

• Tsubasa Amami (ENTA! 371)

Best Actor Award

• Hiroshi Shimabukuro (島袋 浩?) (for his contributions to the adult video industry over many years)

Last year's winners in the Best Actress and Best New Actress categories, Saori Hara and Shelly Fujii, presented the trophies to this year's honorees. Hara had also earlier promoted voting for the event with a PR visit to the offices of the tabloid paper Weekly Taishū (Shukan Taishu) in January 2011 where she commented that it has taken time for her to realize the full significance of her 2010 Best Actress Award.