Career

AV Career (2011-2016)

She debuted in April 2011 in an omnibus work. Initially planning to quit after six months, she was inspired by her agency-mate Minami Kojima's spectacular debut and decided to continue.

  • 2013: Ranked #1 in DMM's Annual AV Actress Rankings
  • December 2013: Selected as AAK 4th generation member (ranked 1st in voting)
  • April 2014: Won Platinum Best Actress Award at DMM Awards 2014
  • July 2014: Ranked 3rd in SEGA's popularity vote for Yakuza 0, earning a role in the game
  • September 2015: Became a member of Ebisu Muscats
  • November 2015: Announced retirement at Japan Adult Expo 2015
  • May 1-20, 2016: Final performances at Asakusa Rock-za
  • May 20, 2016: Official retirement from AV industry

In just 5 years, she appeared in approximately 300 solo works. Including re-edits, she was involved in roughly 1,000 titles on DMM. Along with Kokomi Naruse, Hibiki Otsuki, and Yui Hatano, she helped ignite the "Kikatan" (planned-unit actress) boom.

Return as Influencer (2019-)

In June 2019, she opened new Twitter and Instagram accounts, returning to the entertainment world after losing 13kg compared to her AV career days.

  • August 2019: Launched YouTube channel "Ai Channel" (あいちゃんねる)
  • December 2019: Published style book Renatus (Futabasha)
  • June 2020: Launched sub-channel "Yurutto Aichin"
  • August 2020: Appointed as Japanese Sake Culture Ambassador (with Mana Sakura & Minami Kojima)
  • November 2020: Miss iD 2021 Finalist
  • April 2021: Won Miss iD 2021 Executive Committee Chair Special Award
  • May 2022: Special performance at Asakusa Rock-za
  • September 2022: Appeared as Special Guest Model at Kindai Mahjong Swimsuit Festival 2022

Entrepreneur & Producer

  • 2020: Launched "Ai Project" on YouTube to discover "the next Ai Uehara"
  • December 2021: Opened men's beauty salon "Men's Beauty UPU" in Shinjuku, Tokyo
  • April 2022: Opened concept cafe "Eternal Stage produced by Ai Uehara" in Akihabara
  • November 2022: Opened 2nd beauty salon in Chiba (later rebranded "Beauty Salon UPU CHIBA")
  • February 2023: Launched photography event "Ai Photo Session"
  • March 2023: Opened lemon sour bar "LEMON produced by Ai Uehara" in Shibuya
  • Joined video distribution platform "HandSome" as board director
  • As of 2025, she manages 7 companies domestically and internationally

AI Project

  • March 2023: Launched "AI uehara project" — distributed free LoRA training data for Stable Diffusion using her NFT photo sets
  • May 2023: Held "Ai Uehara AI Image Contest" and selected the best AI-generated work
  • June 2023: Published the world's first AI gravure photo book of a real person: Ai Uehara "Rebirth" on Amazon Kindle. Ranked #1 in Photography, Design, and Art categories
  • January 2024: Announced full-scale launch of "Uehara AI" with commercial LoRA model release
  • July 2025: Joined Hong Kong virtual idol label "GME Aidol Music Label" as AI artist "AI_Uehara"
  • August 2025: Released 1st digital single "ice pop crush" worldwide