Japanese actress Sora Aoi, who is hugely popular in China, gave birth to twin boys on Wednesday and reported their safe delivery to her fans from her hospital bed in a live online video viewed more than 1 million times.

Smiling at the camera, Aoi said "I did it, Yay!" in the video with a simultaneous interpretation in Mandarin that was streamed by online broadcaster Abema TV.

The 35-year-old former adult film actress has many fans in mainland China and Taiwan, where pirated versions of her videos are still popular.

The birth was done via cesarean section.