Tennis Player Ayano Sonoda Wants to Sue JAV Producer for Using Her Photo Without Permission
MASSIVE CONTROVERSY! Tennis player Ayano Sonoda is furious and wants to sue JAV producer E-Body over a film released on the 17th of this month that completely imitates her. Besides using a photo of her, they also want to use her name.
Let’s explain the situation properly.
Everything started when JAV producer E-Body announced the release of the film with the code EBWH-359. The film is about a tennis player who dedicated 19 years to the sport, competed in school tournaments, but is also a masochist who wants to satisfy her desires.
The cover shows actress “Marika Sonoda” playing tennis:
Tennis Player Ayano Sonoda Wants to Sue JAV Producer for Using Her Photo Without Permission
Now let’s get into the whole controversy. There is a real Japanese tennis player named Ayano Sonoda, and one of her fans noticed that the cover of this JAV and the actress’ surname were extremely similar to the tennis player’s.
Check out the original photo:
The film didn’t even try to hide it: they really wanted to make an adult parody of her. The Ayano fan who noticed the similarity informed the tennis player, who became furious!
In a post on her Twitter, she said:
“🆘 Request for help 💢
I was informed by a follower that there is someone using, without my permission, a photo that I posted in the past on the adult site FANZA, with clearly edited modifications made to the image.
I don’t know whether the name was chosen intentionally or not, but it seems the person is called Sonoda-san.
This photo was taken by Mr. Yoshinobu Terao. Is there no way to take legal action against this?”
After her tweet, the situation exploded, and many comments appeared from people disappointed that the producers had copied the tennis player so blatantly.
In another tweet, Ayano Sonoda thanked everyone for the massive support she received and explained that the biggest problem was that they never contacted her and used her photo without permission. She said she is consulting with a lawyer to find out what measures can be taken.
After learning about the controversy, FANZA, an online store that sells adult content such as JAV films, removed the movie.
Ayano Sonoda found out that the film had been removed from FANZA and thanked everyone who acted in her favor and sent her kind words.
I don’t know if she will still sue the producers or what the next chapters of this controversy will be, but it is not exactly uncommon for JAV films attempting to imitate famous people to appear.
For example, do you know the mega seiyuu Sora Amamiya? The voice actress behind Aqua from KonoSuba and Chizuru from Kanojo Okarishimasu? Many years ago, they took an actress who looked very similar to Sora and made an adult film. In that movie, the actress even cosplays as Aqua!
This is a photo of seiyuu Sora Amamiya:
And here is the cover of a JAV film with code RKI-496 that imitates Sora:
So yeah.