is a Japanese AV idol, or porn star who has had an extremely prolific career while performing for several prominent adult video companies.

Life and career

Hino was born March 7, 1986 in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. In July 2005 she debuted at age 19 on the Crystal-Eizou company's Venus label in the video G's Curiosity - Hikari Hino (Gの好奇心 妃乃ひかり). Crystal-Eizou promoted her video appearances by offering fans a chance to buy a pair of her "T-Back" panties in an auction ending on January 21, 2006. Hino was the subject of two further panty-auctions in March and June 2006. Hino remained with Crystal-Eizou for a year, making about one video a month, before she moved on to Moodyz, one of the largest studios in the Japanese porn industry, in July 2006. She has continued to make videos with Moodyz through 2009 but has also made numerous videos with several other companies as well including a number of more hardcore S&M works for the Attackers and Dogma studios.

Hino stands out in the AV field, where an average career spans about a year, with five to ten videos total.
, more than four years after her debut, Hikari Hino is featured in 254 DVDs listed at Amazon.co.jp. In addition, her 2007 video for Moodyz, Super Deluxe Body Special (超絶品ボディーSPECIAL), won the 8th Place runner-up award at the 2007 Vegas Night Awards sponsored by Moodyz and 22 other AV companies and her 2008 video Roomshare was the Wanz Factory nominee for the 2009 AV Grand Prix.