An Announcement from Dogma
Dogma’s leader, TOHJIRO, had been undergoing medical treatment for some time. We regret to announce that he passed away on July 17, 2026, at the age of 70. His funeral was held privately on July 21, attended only by close family members.
TOHJIRO was not only Dogma’s director. To all of us on the staff, he was our absolute boss. Even when he made impossible demands that left us thinking, “You bastard!”, we could feel the tremendous intensity he brought to everything he did. Looking back, we believe the time we spent with him was irreplaceable.
He was also someone who spared no effort when it came to entertaining others. At Dogma’s year-end parties and events, he would prepare enormous quantities of food himself and serve it with great enthusiasm. At a hot-spring event in Hakone, he sat completely naked in a circle with a large group of fans, talking with them. Even when he was approaching sixty, he appeared at a semen-themed shoot dressed in a white full-body suit, shouting and dancing as he rallied a hundred members of the bukkake squad.
TOHJIRO was a director not only of actresses, but of male performers, staff members, and everyone else in the industry around him. Countless people, ourselves included, were motivated by the desire to meet his expectations and earn his approval. He was a born director who would stop at nothing to bring out a person’s full commitment.
Among fans, he was known as a maverick genius of hardcore pornography. His uncompromising style inspired fear and respect throughout the industry, and he gradually became a solitary, singular figure. But what was the true essence of “TOHJIRO-ism”?
There was an actress who regularly appeared in TOHJIRO’s productions and repeatedly crossed boundaries she had previously refused to cross. Recently, she told us the following:
“Fans at the time said that TOHJIRO had brainwashed me, but during the long meetings before filming, almost everything we talked about had nothing to do with the shoot. I think he kept chatting with me because he was trying to ease my nervousness. When filming ended, a bouquet of flowers would appear, and everyone would applaud. No matter how filthy my body was, a staff member would always carry me on their back to the bathroom. Why did someone like me, who disliked hardcore material, appear in so many TOHJIRO productions? The biggest reason was that he treated me with extraordinary care.”
We believe that the true essence of TOHJIRO-ism was, in fact, something very simple. We saw many actresses endure extraordinarily grueling shoots, only to finish by sobbing like children and then emerge with bright, relieved expressions. From watching him, we learned the pride and responsibility required of a company that produces hardcore work.
What Dogma must do now, without TOHJIRO, is carry forward the principles and methods he left behind as his legacy, and transform them into something meaningful in our own way.
To everyone who supported TOHJIRO during his lifetime, all of us on the staff offer our deepest and most heartfelt gratitude for your tremendous kindness and support.
