[7] Akira (then known as Osawa) quickly became known for prolific output and willingness to appear in extreme or highly fetishist roles.

She became a regular go-to-actress for studios like Dogma or Natural High and even performed the most demanding type of roles that included anal sex, S&M, enemas, and urolagnia.

[13] Akira was on hand in January 2011 to help launch a new label Atom (アトム) for one of Japan's largest AV producers, Soft On Demand (SOD).

[14] On 19 November 2011, she starred in W Monster - Golden Showers Anal And Creampies along with fellow AV actress Marica Hase.

In June 2012, the Taiwan online news service NowNews selected her at number five in their list of the Ten Top Japanese AV actresses under her previous name of Yuka Osawa.

[20] Akira retired from active performing around late 2012, and only made some sporadic AV appearances in 2014 and 2015 like the tentacle-porn themed 2-Hole Tentacular Confinement for Moodyz.

[22][23] Akira debuted as a photographer in 2008 under her birth name, Fareeza Terunuma, and in 2009 appeared as the subject of her own exhibition at the 12th Geisai Art Fair.

[26][27] As Terunuma, she held a photo exhibition in Tokyo in May–June 2009[25] and later that year in November 2009, she was one of a group of well-known artists who were invited to design T-shirts to raise money for the victims of Typhoon Morakot.