Maria Yumeno was born in
Tokyo, Japan on August 17, 1978, according to her standard profiles but an interview published in 2003 declares that the "24-year-old from Tokyo is in fact a 30-year-old from
Yamaguchi." She made her debut in adult videos in late 1998 with the
h.m.p. release
The Wild Bust. Soon afterwards she appeared in a nude pictorial set for the Japanese men's magazine
Bejean. Yumeno made several more videos in 1999 with h.m.p. and at the
1999 Tokyo Sports Film Awards, she was given the Best AV Actress Award. She went on to work with a number of other major AV studios of that period including
Crystal-Eizou,
CineMagic,
V&R Planning,
Kuki,
Atlas21 and
Alice Japan including making the
S&M themed
Masochistic Room Service for Kuki in March 2000. She also starred in some early S&M and bondage works for
Attackers. Yumeno appeared in the erotic science fiction film
I.K.U., released in Japan in May, 2001, in the role of Reiko number 2. The movie had previously premiered at the
Sundance Film Festival in January 2000. In October 2002, Yumeno starred in the
pink film directed and written by
Daisuke Yamanouchi and released by Xces Film. For a long time, there has been a connection between AV and the Japaneses wrestling community and on November 4, 2002, Yumeno made her pro wrestling debut participating in a Women's Erotic Wrestling (WEW) match in Yokohama. In April and May 2003, she also took part in live action hardcore erotic wrestling matches for Adult Video Wrestling (AVW) with the losers having sex with the referees and others. Also participating were AV actors
Taka Kato and
Chocoball Mukai (a former professional wrestler). A six-hour video,
AVW Fuck Down!, was released in June 2003.
Retirement and comeback Yumeno's interview published in September 2003 states that she had retired from the adult video industry a few months earlier. Yumeno also had a role in the
manga-based live action film version of released in October 2004. In a voice role, Yumeno played the lead character, Rina, in the adult
anime OVA which came out in Japan in October 2004.
Dark Tours was released in the United States in August 2006 with English subtitles and/or dubbing. In 2005, Yumeno appeared with fellow AV actresses Hitomi Hayasaka, Naho Ozawa and Ran Monbu as well as AV actor
Chocoball Mukai in the erotic comedy film , which had its debut at the
Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival in February 2005 and was later shown theatrically in Tokyo in August 2005. The film, starring
gravure idol Miku Matsumoto, was subsequently released on DVD. Yumeno was back performing in adult videos in December 2005 with
Super Bust Female Doctor for "mature woman" specialist studio
Madonna, followed by further mature videos,
Voluptuous Mature Nakadashi for
Glory Quest in 2006 and
Bewitching Lady for
Maxing Stargate in 2007. She has continued to appear in occasional adult videos for the
Madonna studio and "mature woman" specialist
Goro Tameike and also works as a media personality or . ==Partial filmography==