Sora Aoi also known as Sola Aoi is a Japanese AV idol, nude model, and media personality. In addition to being a multiple award winning actress in the AV field, she has also attained mainstream media recognition.Sora Aoi was born on November 11, 1983 in Tokyo. As a student she worked at various part-time jobs in the food-service industry, such as pizza parlours, pubs and sushi bars as she studied with the intent of becoming a pre-school teacher. While in her third year in high school, Aoi was scouted in Shibuya by a talent agency for gravure modelling. When asked how her stage name was chosen, Aoi explained, "My agency asked what color I liked. I said blue ("aoi" in Japanese). He also asked what I like in general. I said sky ("Sora" in Japanese). So, he chose Aoi Sora (means "Blue Sky" in Japanese)

Aoi made her debut as a nude model in November 2001, then made her debut in adult videos (AV) at age eighteen in July 2002, with Happy Go Lucky! for the Alice Japan studio,part of the Kuki Inc. group which also included the Max-A company and was one of Japan's largest producers of pornography at the time.

In late April 2010, Aoi's Twitter account was discovered by many Chinese netizens. The social networking site is officially blocked by China's firewall. Fans of the AV model began distributing software allowing them to bypass the Golden Shield Project or "The Great Firewall of China". Following the 2010 Yushu earthquake in Qinghai Province, China, Sora Aoi announced that she would raise funds to donate to the earthquake victims. This was received by a mixed response by Chinese netizens online, with some praising her actions, others finding it controversial.

She starred as a zombie-killing stripper in the May 2010 horror film Big Tits Zombie, a film adaption of the cult manga Kyonyū Dragon.