 In 1988 she starred in one of Nikkatsu's last "Roman Porno" films, , and in 1993 she would star in another theatrical Big-Bust title (), for Excess Films, Nikkatsu's post-"Roman Porno" line of theatrical softcore pornography.During the late 1980s and early 1990s, Kikuchi also appeared in a number of photobooks, mostly with the BDSM theme of rope bondage.In 2003, she was working as a lecturer/demonstrator at the AV Cultures School, a school started by male AV actor, Shinji Kubo, to train future AV directors.