Yumika Hayashi

Yumika Hayashi (林由美香, Hayashi Yumika?, June 27, 1970 – June 28, 2005) was a Japanese AV idol and pink film actress. She earned the title of "Japan's Original Adult Video Queen" during a 16-year career in which she starred in nearly 200 AVs and appeared in over 180 films. Also a prominent pink film actress, Hayashi was the subject of a documentary in 1997, and she was awarded Best Actress at the Pink Grand Prix awards in 2004, and a special Career Award the following year. Her death on June 28, 2005, after celebrating her 35th birthday, ended one of the longest careers in the AV field, and made front-page news in Tokyo. Following her death, Hayashi was the subject of several theatrical retrospectives, a 382-page biography, and a second special Career Award at the Pink Grand Prix.