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Who Is The Smiling Japanese Actress In The Viral 'JAV' GIF, And Where Does It Come From? The 'Saika Kawakita Smile' Meme Explained
Dozens of posts with a GIF of a Japanese adult film actress looking at the camera and smiling lustfully have gone viral on X / Twitter over the past couple of days, enamoring those who lay their eyes upon it.
As the bookmark ratio on the original post has climbed to shamelessly high levels and hundreds of voices cried out, "Source!" in replies, people more capable of controlling themselves adopted the GIF into a caption meme format.
So who is the AV actress in the viral GIF and where does it come from? We have the answers ready.
Who Is AV Actress Saika Kawakita?
The woman in the viral GIF is a 25-year-old Japanese adult film actress, or AV idol, Saika Kawakita. She made her debut in 2018 and is currently one of the most popular actresses in the Japanese Adult Video (JAV) industry. As of December 2024, Kawakita appeared in over 54 films, including the one the viral GIF comes from.
Saika Kawakita has an official Instagram, on which she has over 1.1 million followers, and a Threads account with over 250,000 people following her as of early December 2024.
Which Video Does Saika Kawakita Smile GIF Come From?
The viral GIF comes from the softcore erotic film OAE-214 ALL NUDE Saika Kawakita, released in January 2022, and can be found at the 1:30:42 mark. In the clip, Kawakita looks at the camera, meant to be a POV perspective, giving it a lustful smile before standing up and walking away.
Saika Kawakita Smile GIF In Memes
The GIF was first shared on Tumblr back in July 2023, but it didn't go viral until early December 2024 when X user @TheFlawlessMan reposted it without a caption. And no caption was needed for it to get roughly 40 million views, 131,000 likes and a suspiciously high number of goonmarks in just two days.
Following the viral post, X user @oh_itsjustapril shared the source of the GIF for those who desperately sought it, while others started to use the GIF as a caption format for memes, sharing just how grateful they feel in certain situations and exactly how they could show that gratitude.
The ubiquitous presence of Saika Kawakita's face on X has also led to people posting meta memes about not being able to escape it on their timelines.
For the full history of Saika Kawakita Smile GIF, be sure to check out Know Your Meme's encyclopedia entry for more information.
