Tetsuya Takehora studied at the , He entered the film industry as an assistant director at Ōkura Pictures (
OP Eiga), in which capacity he worked for five years. He made his directorial debut with (2004), and won the Best New Director award at the
Pink Grand Prix the same year for . Takehora's films are generally in a light, erotic-comic vein, and have proven popular with
pink film audiences and critics. and a four-film career retrospective show at the third annual R18 Love Cinema Showcase held at Tokyo's Theatre
PolePole Higashi-Nakano in 2006. ==Award-winning films==