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- Kumamoto-native Hashimoto Ai debuted in 2008 via an audition at Sony's Newcome that her mother pushed her to attend. Her mother loves celebrities. She has two sisters with her being the middle one. Her mother believed she is the one daughter who could make it in the audition. Immediately after the audition Ai disbelieved she would win. She began modelling in Seventeen magazine in 2010 and also made her acting debut in that year in Give And Go where she was the main character. She continued with roles in Confessions and Sadako 3D. Ai was awarded the prize as Rookie of The Year at the 36th Japan Academy Program in 2013. She ceased modelling in 2014. Hashimoto likes manga, karaoke and bicycling. She states that while she memorizes her scripts she avoids trying to understand the character from the lines and instead understand the spirit and motivation. Hashimoto is obsessed with eating tomatoes and cites the number three as her favourite.
- Ai Mikami was born on 26 October 2000 in Tokyo, Japan. She is an actress, known for Girl Gun Lady (2021), Fujimi Lovers (2024) and More Than Words (2022).
- Ai Yoshikawa was born on 28 October 1999 in Tokyo, Japan. She is an actress, known for Honey Lemon Soda (2021), My Undead Yokai Girlfriend (2024) and Tomorrow, I'll Be Someone's Girlfriend (2022).
- Ami Tomite was born on 17 March 1994 in Kanagawa, Japan. She is an actress, known for Antiporno (2016), Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger (2012) and Tag (2015).
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Anna Yamada was born on 8 January 2001 in Saitama, Japan. She is an actress, known for Hiraite (2021), Sumika Sumire (2016) and Missions of Love (2018).- Aoi Morikawa was born on 17 June 1995 in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. She is an actress, known for Ninja the Monster (2015), Chanpon tabetaka (2015) and Love and Lies (2017).
- Born Tsuzaki Ayame in Kobe, Japan. She is fourth of five sisters. Her family was affected by the earthquake of 1995 and lived in a shelter for a year. She became active in the entertainment industry initially as a gravure model and variety show participant before receiving credited roles on the small and big screens. She won the 29th Horipro Tarento Scout Caravan and debuted in the gravure magazine, Weekly Young Sunday. She made audiences happy and excited showcasing her body in various productions. Naturally, she also began doing commercials and represented Sapporo beer among other things. She became famous in acting for the role of Miki in Cutey Honey Live. She was cast in Radiance, which was showcased at TIFF (Toronto international Film Festival) and Cannes in 2017. Her favourite phrase is 'I Will Do.' One of her favourite serials is Neon Genesis Evangelion. Ayame married a man, who also hailed from Hyogo, after meeting him at a game of mahjong in July of 2016 and obtained a divorce 16 months later. She remains managed by Horipro.
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- Erina Mano was born on 11 April 1991 in Zama, Kanagawa, Japan. She is an actress, known for Kamen Rider Movie War Ultimatum: Kamen Rider vs. Kamen Rider Wizard & Fourze (2012), Kamen Rider Movie War Mega Max: Kamen Rider vs. Kamen Rider Fourze & OOO (2011) and Tag (2015). She has been married to Gaku Shibasaki since 18 April 2018.
- Kanna Hashimoto was born on 3 February 1999 in Fukuoka, Japan. She is an actress, known for Sailor Suit and Machine Gun: Graduation (2016), Gintama Live Action the Movie (2017) and Assassination Classroom (2015).
- Kyoko Hinami was born on 6 February 1994 in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. She is an actress, known for Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger (2012), Princess Sakura: Forbidden Pleasures (2013) and The Forest of Love (2019).
- Yonago in Tottori Prefecture is a bustling small town on the sea of Japan and where Yamamoto Maika was born on October 13th, 1997. She entered the ranks of professionals when she became the fourteenth Mitsui ReHouse girl in 2011. Rehouse is a Japanese realty. She obtained a small screen role next and subsequently moved to Tokyo the year after while still studying to complete high school. She became a model for Nicola fashion magazine in 2013. She cut her hair and played the ugly and antagonistic girl to Komatsu Nana's sympathetic character in the remake of After The Rain. She was subsequently cast in the Tokyo Ghoul sequel for 2019. Maika is managed by the Biz talent agency.
- Minami Hamabe was born on 29 August 2000 in Ishikawa, Japan. She is an actress, known for Godzilla Minus One (2023), Shin Kamen Rider (2023) and Let Me Eat Your Pancreas (2017).
- The New York born Kadowaki Mugi began her career on television in the serial Misaki Nanbâ Wan and has since appeared alternately on the small and big screens. She had practiced classical ballet until the age of fourteen something that would later become handy. She was signed to Blooming Agency, but has since switched to Humanite. She maintains a boyish look with a short hair cut despite her appearance in Sailor Fuku to Uchujin ('Sailor Uniform And The Alien') as a schoolgirl and in Ai No Uzu (Love's Whirlpool') as someone involved in sexual adventures and orgies. Either way, she was cast as a boy in the late 2016/early 2017 touring musical Watashi Wa Shingo ('My Name Is Shingo'). She cites cooking and watching movie as favorite activities.
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Tokyo native Komatsu Nana was born in 1996 and began her career starring in a short film, called Tadaima, before immediately graduating to movies like Close Range Love and The World Of Kanako. Prior to these, however, she was a popular account holder on Instagram and a model. As such, it is no surprise that photography is one of Nana's hobbies. She issued a photo collection of her work on Turkey's Trabzon port in 2016. She was scouted while still in elementary school in Tokyo's Harajuku district. By 2015 she had already won the 38th Japan Academy Prize: Newcomers Of The Year award. She has since added several awards to her roster. The model and actress was dating Korean rapper G-Dragon before also being linked to Drowning Love co-star Masaki Suda. She should not be confused with a character from the manga and film series Nana with the same name. She is signed to Stardust Promotion and enjoys travelling and playing the flute while disliking spiders and karaoke.- Natsumi Okamoto is known for Kakegurui (2018), Back Street Girls: Gokudols (2019) and Shôto puroguramu (2022).
- Rena Takeda was born on 27 July 1997 in Iwaki, Japan. She is an actress, known for Kamen Rider Amazons (2016), Assassination Classroom (2015) and Denei Shojo: Video Girl Mai 2019 (2019).
- Born in 1986, Satomi began acting professionally in 2003 at age 17 and has not looked back since. Satomi began her acting career in 2003 when she starred in the drama Kimi wa petto (2003), starring Jun Matsumoto and Koyuki. She has devoted equal time to television serials and the world of movies and in the process won several awards such as Best Actress at both the 27th Japan Academy Prize and 46th Blue Ribbon Awards for My Grandpa.
She is known to Japanese television drama audiences for her portrayal as Saeko Takahashi in the Shitsuren Chocolatier (2014). she gained popularity by appearing in a Shitsuren Chocolatier (2014) with Jun Matsumoto in 2014. She was the most searched for actress on Yahoo Japan in 2014 following roles like Shitsuren Chocolatier. - Sei Shiraishi was born on 10 August 1998 in Kanagawa, Japan. She is an actress, known for I's (2018), Prince of Legend (2019) and Ooku (2023).
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Shizuoka City native Hirose Suzu was born four years following her model and actress sister, Alice Hirose. Her real name is Ooishi Suzuka, but she chose her alias to synchronize with her older sister. She played basketball at high school. She was scouted when her mother and she attended an event for Seventeen magazine for which her sister modelled. She was a model for Japan's Seventeen magazine beginning 2012. She was in an advertisement for wedding planning at age sixteen in 2014 and was rumoured to have been caught going to a love hotel with a Johnny's Junior member at age seventeen the next year. The report was denied. She began her on-screen career in 2013, but it was her role in 2015's Umimachi Diary (a.k.a. 'Our Little Sister') next to Haruka Ayase that got her noticed. The film, which was shown at the Toronto International Film Festival, was nominated for multiple awards in Japan. Hirose won the Newcomer Of The Year award at the Japan Academy Awards. She was in another film by Kore-eda Hirokazu two years later, namely The Third Murder, which was also showcased at TIFF in Canada. She has been doing commercials since 2013 and even appearing in videos. She has done multiple commercials including one for a beverage called Match, which also featured her sister. She soon became the most prolific corporate advertiser in Japan. She caused controversy when she belittled film and sound technicians on a variety show. Naturally, she swiftly backtracked, which made her look unsteadfast. A reported survey reported that she was the most unpopular celebrity among twenty-something females in Japan. This survey's results, however, were never officially published. She denied reports of being in a relationship with Ryo Narita. She graduated from high school in 2017 and announced she would pursue her career and not attend college. Also in 2017, she released the obligatory CD release which comes with all Japanese actresses. This one was a cover of Ruriiro No Chikyu by Seiko Matsuda. During a radio broadcast she mentioned that her mother is quirky sometimes and told her children that their mother is a worm. When her mother objected via a message on the mobile Suzu posted the image of the message online. Her older brother Ooishi Koya was arrested for drunk driving and an accident in January of 2018. She has a pet dog. Her favourite foods are sweet potato, chives and meat. Suzu was tested and confirmed positive for COVID-19 in October of 2020. Suzu is represented by Foster agency.- Tokyo born Araki Yuuko came to the mortal coil as Ishii Yuko on 15.12.1993. She was born in the capital city, but lived in Kanagawa for a couple of years. She is managed by Stardust Promotion and was recruited while in fifth-grade and eleven years old at Takeshita street of Harajuku in 2004. Her debut leading film role was Ikari O Nagero in May 2008 and her first leading television serial role was Fuji Television's Love Love Alien in 2016. She became an exclusive model for the magazine Non-No. She released her first photograph book, entitled Girlfriend, in 2017. She attended both Ferris and Keisen Universities. She was adored for her fans also because she promised to reply to all messages on her blogs. She loves Momoiro Clover Z, Angerne and Morning Musume. She has been a member of the cult group Happy Science since childhood. Consequently, she has never been on a date with any man, which is perhaps ironic became the religion claims its mission is to make everybody happy.
- Yuno Ohara was born on 8 October 1999 in Kagoshima, Japan. She is an actress, known for All But Divorced (2021), Nare no Hate no Bokura (2023) and All of Them Are Troublesome Girls! (2019).
- Tina Tamashiro was born on 8 October 1997 in Okinawa, Japan. She is an actress, known for XxxHolic (2022), Dolmen X (2018) and AI Amok (2020).
- The short-haired Mitsushima Hikari was born in Okinawa, which is Japan's southernmost prefecture and mostly occupied by the American military since World War II. Mitsushima's grandmother was French-American. Her siblings are a model, a basketball player and an actor. Hikari began her entertainment career in the band Folder and all-girl Folder 5 between 1997 and 2003. before beginning acting intermittently. She did some gravure modelling. She began taking on consistent acting roles in 2009 with Pride and Sion Sono's exotic Love Exposure. Her performance in Love Exposure won her accolades. Hikari starred in the comedy Sawako Decides (2010), which was written and directed by Yuya Ishii, whom she subsequently married in late 2010. They divorced less than six years later. Hikari won the award for Best Actress at the Fantasia Film Festival. The film itself won the award for Best Feature.
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Kaho was born on 30 June 1991 in Tokyo, Japan. She is an actress, known for A Gentle Breeze in the Village (2007), Tôkyô shôjo (2008) and Utatama (2008).- Haruka Fukuhara was born on 28 August 1998 in Saitama, Japan. She is an actress, known for Ressha Sentai ToQger vs. Kyoryuger: The Movie (2015), Ano hana ga saku oka de, kimi to mata deaetara (2023) and Ressha Sentai ToQger: The Movie - Galaxy Line SOS (2014).
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Takayuki Yamada was born on October 20, 1983. He first started out co-starring in a handful of dramas before making a big splash on Waterboys (2003). He followed up with Fireboys (2004), his award winning performance in Sekai no chûshin de, ai wo sakebu (2004), Churasan 3, H2 and legendary independent master piece The Rakugo Movie (2012). His remarkable acting makes sets him apart among the younger generation of Japanese actors.- Gô Ayano was born on 26 January 1982 in Gifu, Japan. He is an actor, known for Rage (2016), The Light Shines Only There (2014) and The Snow White Murder Case (2014). He has been married to Yui Sakuma since 31 December 2022.
- Shinnosuke Mitsushima was born on 30 May 1989 in Okinawa, Japan. He is an actor, known for Erased (2016), Blade of the Immortal (2017) and Napping Princess (2017).
- Hiyori Sakurada was born on 19 December 2002 in Chiba, Japan. She is an actress, known for Our Secret Diary (2023), Criminal Syndrome (2017) and Silent (2022).
- Yurika Nakamura was born on 4 March 1997 in Kanagawa, Japan. She is an actress, known for The Long Goodbye (2014), Kakegurui (2018) and Intâfon ga naru toki (2023).
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Yûna Taira was born on 12 November 1998 in Kobe, Japan. She is an actress, known for ReLIFE (2017), Mumon: The Land of Stealth (2017) and Hanii (2018).- Taishi Nakagawa was born on 14 June 1998 in Tokyo, Japan. He is an actor, known for ReLIFE (2017), Kids on the Slope (2018) and Your Lie in April (2016).
- Ryunosuke Kamiki was born in Fujimi. He was diagnosed with a rare disease soon after he was born and was lucky enough to become one of the 1% who survived the disease. To celebrate this miracle, his mother decided to register him as a child actor in an agency to record his growth. He acted in his first TV ad when he was 2 & quickly became one of the best child actors of his generation. He debuted in TV drama when he was 6, playing the stepson of the main character Takeshi Kurosawa (played by Japanese idol Masahiro Nakai) in the 1999's TV drama Good News. He also appeared briefly as a supporting actor in the 1998's drama Happy Mania and as since acted in numerous TV dramas, including Quiz (2000), Namida o fuite (2000), Mukodono! (2001), Wedding Planner(2001), Tantei Kazoku(2002). As he got older, he also started to act in big screen productions such as Insutoru (2004), Otosan no backdrop (2004), Ren'ai-shousetsu (2004) & Survive Style 5+ (2005).
2005 was an important year in his career. He became the sole leading actor of a movie for the first time in Takashi Miike's Yokai daisenso (The Great Yokai War). The film was shown in Venice Film Festival that year, but he missed the red carpet because of jet lag and tiredness from the flight to Venice. His performance is widely praised both in Japan and internationally, winning him the Newcomer of the Year of 29th Japan Academy Prize. He also starred in the TV drama Aikurushii that year & became friends with his co-star Kanata Hongo, a fellow child actor.
In 2007, he got his first sole leading role in a TV drama in detective drama Tantei Gakuen Q, playing alongside with many of his future high school classmates and friends including Mirai Shida & Hey! Say! JUMP's Ryosuke Yamada. He starred in an NHK Asadora (Dondo Hare (2007) for the first time, playing the brother of the leading female character. Other works that year also include Little DJ: Chiisana koi no monogatari, Toku no sora ni kieta and he is the leading stars in all of these film.
Kamiki spent most of the year 2008 shooting the TV drama Kaze no gaaden in Hokkaido. The drama was written by famous Japanese screenwriter So Kuramoto, and Kamiki played the mentally-disabled son of the main character, Sadami Shiratori, who is starred by Kamiki's favourite actor Kiichi Nakai. Kamiki developed a father-and-son kind of friendship with Kiichi Nakai during filming.
In 2010, he played one of his most famous characters in the TV series Keizoku 2: SPEC: Juichi Ninomae. His character was so widely loved that the producer of the series tried everything he could to get him to appear in the follow-up movie series of the show. In 2012, he played the famous Japanese tragic hero Minamoto no Yoshitsune in the NHK Taiga drama Taira no Kiyomori. As he also played young Minamoto no Yoshitsune in NHK 2005's Taiga drama Yoshitsune, he literately portrayed the life of Minamoto no Yoshitsune on small screens.
Another important work by Kamiki's the Japanese Academy-Award winning film Kirishima, bukatsu yamerutteyo (The Kirishima Thing) in 2012. While almost the entire young Japanese acting generation shined in the film, he still managed to give an impressive performance as the leading star. He also influenced other young actors, many acting for the first time, to give their best performance as a senior actor.
2013 was another productive year as the first year after he graduated from high school & became a full-time actor. Apart from continuing to act in the SPEC series film & acting in the TV mini-series Kogure shashinkan, he acted alongside Sho Sakurai in the TV drama Kazoku geemu. His performance was so great that he won best supporting actor at the 77th Drama Academy Awards while the highly-praised drama swept the awards. In 2015, he co-starred with Takeru Satoh in the well-received comic-based movie Bakuman as Akito Takagi. While the movie's about 2 high school students working hard as professional Japanese manga artists for Jump Magazine, he has said that Akito Takagi's 1 of the roles that's most like himself, as he has been a long-time manga lover.
He's widely loved & appreciated by many famous Japanese actors as well as screenwriters. He worked with well-acclaimed Japanese screenwriter & director, Kankuro Kudo for the 1st time in 2011, playing the main character in the TV drama 11 nin mo iru!. They worked together again in the 2016 film Too Young to Die & for the 2019 NHK Taiga drama Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Banashi.
He has also worked w/ director Keishi Ohtomo several times, who's famous for making good comics-adapted movies. He played Sojiro Seta in the 2011 film Ruroni Kenshin: Kyoto taika-hen (Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno) & Ruroni Kenshin: Densetsu no saigo-hen (Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends). As a fan of the original manga series Ruroni Kenshin & Sojiro Seta, he practiced for the role even before he was officially cast for it. He was the 1st choice for Rei Kiriyama, the main character of 3-gatsu no raion zenpen (March Comes in Like a Lion) (2017), even getting a rank for amateur shogi players during his preparation for the role as Rei Kiriyama.
Apart from his acting career, Kamiki has a stunning career as a voice actor. He became 1 of the favorite voice actors of Hayao Miyazaki when he was young, voicing Bo in his Oscar-winning animation movies Spirited Away in 2001. His performance was so good that Miyazaki invited him to work in another well-acclaimed animated movie of Studio Ghibli, Howl's Moving Castle, in 2004. He also played the major character in Ghibli Museum exclusive short film, The Day I Harvested a Planet.
He stated working with animation director Hiromasa Yonebayashi while the latter was still working at Studio Ghibli. In 2010, Yonebayashi based the main character Sho, from his directorial debut The Secret World of Arrietty, on Ryunosuke, inviting him to become the voice of the character. After Yonebayashi started his own animation studio, Studio Ponoc, he invited Ryunosuke, to dub for the main male character, Peter, in the studio's first feature-length animation, Mary and the Witch's Flower in 2017.
Other famous animation directors he has worked with include Mamoru Hosoda & Masayuki Kojima. He voiced the main character of Masayuki Kojima's Piano no mori (Piano Forest) in 2007, playing Mamoru Hosoda as well as the enjoyable & well-received film Sama uozu (Summer Wars) in 2009. He also worked as a voice actor in a Doraemon movie (Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur 2006) and the 2011 animated movie The Princess and the Pilot.
His highlight in his career as a voice actor came in 2016 when he voiced the main character in Makoto Shinkai's widely renowned animated romantic fantasy drama film, Your Name. As his character Taki Tachibana switches bodies with the major female character Mitsuha, he gave a critically acclaimed voice acting performance for both Taki and Mitsuha in Taki's body, winning Best Actor at the 11th Seiyu Awards. The film was a worldwide success at the box office. It garnered widespread acclaim from critics and the general public. It also became one of the best-selling films worldwide and the second highest grossed domestic films in Japanese film history, making him the only actor who starred in all 3 top-grossing Japanese domestic films (The other two are Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle).
He enjoys photographing and has even won an award for his photographs. He's also a big fan of railway & an enthusiastic manga lover. - Actor
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Masaki Suda was born on 21 February 1993 in Minoh, Japan. He is an actor, known for Wilderness: Part One (2017), We Made a Beautiful Bouquet (2021) and The Boy and the Heron (2023). He has been married to Nana Komatsu since 15 November 2021.- An actor's actor whose versatility allows him to deftly assume a wide range of characters, Shiina's first true breakthrough performance was in the 1993 film Nûdo no yoru (1993) opposite 'Jinpachi Netzu'. His portrayal of a young yakuza enamored with his boss led to a Best New Actor Award at the 9th Takasaki Film Festival. Since then Shiina has kept busy with regular roles in television dramas, further filling out his burgeoning filmography with lead film roles and the infrequent return to his roots in live theater.
Shiina has largely managed to keep his private life private, which is quite a feat in a country with particularly overzealous paparazzi. The actor declines to talk much about himself in interviews, citing that his personal life is largely irrelevant for audiences that should be occupied with his characters instead. According to an interview with Yomiuri Shinbun, however, we do know that he was once quite the soccer player, with presumably enough talent to match his aspirations to play in Japan's professional league. When he attended Aoyama Gakuin University, though, he fell in love with acting and that was that. Also, according to the folks at his artist management firm, Humanite, he's talented in the boxing ring.
For those who do want little smidgens of insight from the usually private actor, he does have his own personal homepage (www.kippei.net). It is pretty bare bones and unpolished, with only occasional notes from the man himself, but these days it's fun to see a website that's not overproduced or pretentious. - Anna Ishii was born on 11 July 1998 in Tokyo, Japan. She is an actress, known for Solomon's Perjury (2015), Girl's Step (2015) and The Blue Hearts (2017).
- Utano Aoi is known for Girl Gun Lady (2021), Extremely Inappropriate! (2024) and Ya Boy Kongming! (2023).
- Rio Uchida was born on 27 September 1991 in Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan. She is an actress, known for Kamen Rider Super Movie War Genesis: Kamen Rider vs. Kamen Rider Ghost & Drive (2015), Kamen Rider Movie War Full Throttle: Kamen Rider vs. Kamen Rider Drive & Gaim (2014) and Kamen Rider Drive: Surprise Future (2015).
- Yukino Kishii was born on 11 February 1992 in Kanagawa, Japan. She is an actress, known for Small, Slow But Steady (2022), Kami wa Mikaeri wo Motomeru (2022) and One Day, You Will Reach the Sea (2022).
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Sairi Itô was born on 4 May 1994 in Chiba, Chiba, Japan. She is an actress, known for Suzume (2022), We Couldn't Become Adults (2021) and The Last Cop: Episode 0 (2016).- Hinako Sakurai was born on 2 April 1997 in Okayama, Japan. She is an actress, known for The Last Cop: Episode 0 (2016), Love You as the World Ends (2021) and Secret Unrequited Love (2019).
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Sugiura Asami was only nineteen when she starred in Kiss Me Or Kill Me: Todokanakutemo Aaishiteru. It is safe to say that the former occurred given how she went on to star in various exploitation, adult, gravure and action features. She had opted against attending university after receiving permission from her parents and worked as a waitress, in telemarketing and at a pachinko parlour before being introduced to the movie industry by a friend. It was a role involving taking one's clothes off and she grabbed the opportunity. She was offered a modelling job at an adult magazine and for a studio in 2005. She changed agents twice in 2006. She opted to be simply known as Asami before using her full name in 2008. That did not last. She reverted back to 'Asami' only in 2009. The Machine Girl films brought attention to her at a different level and were publicity successes. Was it her intense gaze, her mini-skirted legs, liberated wiles or the weapon infused arms? She met director Iguchi Noboru in 2007 and would go on to appear in several of his films. She starred in several pink and pornographic films before announcing her departure from the scene for a transition into mainstream films in 2008. She did not shy away from provocative roles however. Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival of Japan gave her a special performance award in 2014. Asami likes reptiles, watching films and karaoke. Asami plays the piano and the saxophone. She has several photo books to her name.- With parents in the show business perhaps it is not surprising that Ando Sakura would become an actress and, moreover, also end up marrying an actor. She was born to actor/director Okuda Eiji and celebrity Kazu Ando on 18.02.1986. Her great grandfather was prime minister Tsuyoshi. Her older sister is director Ando Momoko. She saw her father on stage at age five and decided to become an actress while in second grade. She was often ill as a child. Her disease made her dizzy, lose her balance and more throughout her childhood. Her brain would shut down. She would opt for her mother's maiden surname for her professional career. Sono Sion picked her for his film Love Exposure and gave her a major start on the big screen. She won an award as the Best Supporting Actress for her work in it at the 31st Yokohama Film Festival. Earlier her father cast her in his film Kaze No Sotogawa ('Outside The Wind') alongside her mother and sister. She has since appeared in multiple movies and serials and won several more awards. She married actor Emoto Tasuku in 2012. She had met him on a train in 2008 and had obtained her father's permission to date and marry. She was a boxer in 100 Yen Love, which was fortunate since she had practiced boxing when she was fourteen-years-old. She gave birth to her first child, a girl, in 2017. She won the award for Best Actress at the 42nd Japan Academy Prize for her work on 2018's Shoplifters. By then she was considered one of several top young actresses in Japan next to Yu Aoi, Miyazaki Aoi and perhaps Aso Kumiko. Interestingly, she had earlier decided to retire and focus on raising her child. She is a graduate of Gakushuin Women's College.
- Yuki Sakurai was born on 10 February 1987 in Fukuoka, Japan. She is an actress, known for Where Florence Sleeps (2016), Tag (2015) and Sankaku Mado no Sotogawa wa Yoru (2021).
- Rie Kitahara debuted in the music industry by passing the audition for AKB48 in June 2008 and later appeared in AKB's next single, Oogoe Diamond. Since then, she has been an active member, appearing in each music video, interviews, variety shows, and performances. When Rie graduates from AKB, she said that she wants to become a famous actress, but has already started doing so by starring in the comedy movie, Graffreeter Toki and making her voice acting debut in the anime series Gakko; no Kowai Uwasa: Shin Hanako-san ga Kita!! and of course, appearing in the AKB48 TV series, Majisuka Gakuen. Apart from AKB48 and acting, she appears in the AKB48 sub-unit called Not Yet with fellow AKB members Yuko Oshima, Rino Sashihara, and Yui Yokoyama.
- Aika Sawaguchi was born on 24 February 2003 in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. She is an actress, known for Satsutaba to Onsen (2023), Extremely Inappropriate! (2024) and Green Bullet (2022).
- Nana Asakawa was born on 3 April 1999 in Saitama, Japan. She is an actress, known for Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove It (2019), Back Street Girls: Gokudols (2019) and Bloody Chainsaw Girl Returns: Revenge of Nero (2019).
- Mei Nagano was born on 24 September 1999 in Tokyo, Japan. She is an actress, known for Hell's Garden (2021), Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (2012) and Mom, Is That You?! (2023).
- Momoko Tanabe was born on 21 August 1999 in Kanagawa, Japan. She is an actress, known for Girl Gun Lady (2021), Laid-Back Camp (2020) and Natsume Sôseki no Tsuma (2016).
- Natsuki Deguchi is known for The Curry Songs (2020), Honeko Akabane's Bodyguards (2024) and Drawing Closer (2024).
- Nana Mori was born on 31 August 2001 in Osaka, Japan. She is an actress, known for Weathering with You (2019), Insomniacs After School (2023) and Mr. Hiiragi's Homeroom (2019).
- Haruka Ayase was born Aya Tademaru in Hiroshima on March 24, 1985. She's a former gravure idol who has gone on to become a mainstream model, singer & actress. She was athletic during her school days & participated in several sports. She began acting with an appearance in NTV TV's "The Files of the Young Kindaichi 3 (2001)" starring Jun Matsumoto in 2001, the short film Justice in 2002, the feature-length Jam Films of 2002 and finally Amemasu No Kawa in 2004. Her debut single, called Piriodo, was released in 2006, making the Japanese charts' top 10. She has subsequently appeared in diverse roles such as a teacher in Oppai Volleyball, as a cyborg in My Girlfriend Is A Cyborg, a blind masseuse in the historical action film Ichi and as a nurse in the Edo period drama, Jin.
Due to the roles as well as her physical appearance, she has become a popular figure in Japan, the subject of photo books, a corporate spokesperson & hostess of many TV shows. She has won several awards & has been nominated for more.
She's signed to the Horipro Talent Agency, where she got her start after competing in the 25th Horipro Talent Scout Caravan upon moving to Tokyo. She cites karaoke as one of her favorite pastimes. - Seira Anzai is known for Ôjôgiwa no imi wo shire! (2023), Trillion Game (2023) and Why Didn't I Tell You a Million Times? (2023).
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Kiko Mizuhara started her modeling career at the age of twelve when she entered an audition contest for Seventeen magazine in which readers selected their favorite new face for the magazine.
she has been continuously appearing in the big screen and has been part of Japanese dramas Shitsuren Chocolatier. Shitsuren Chocolatier (2014) is the official debut of Kiko Mizuhara in Japanese dramas.- Shioli Kutsuna was born in Australia, but moved to Japan at age 14 in order to pursue a career in acting.
Shioli won the 11th Japan Bishojo Contest in 2006. This award honors the most beautiful young girl in Japan. Her first role came the following year when she was a member of the cast of 3 Nen B Gumi Kinpachi Sensei 8, which was a TBD TV school drama. Two years later she achieved a main character role for the serial Tsugumi Nitobe in 7 Mannin Tantei Nitobe. In that year she also appeared in her first movie, Guardian Angel. Her appearance in Back Pages garnered her the 85th Kinema Junpo Award for Best Actress in 2010.
Shioli graduated from Horikoshi High School in Tokyo in 2011, but dropped out of Asia University, where she was starting Arts, in 2013 in advance of her third year due to the pressures of acting, thus breaking an earlier vow to persist no matter what.
She has won several other awards since her earlier ones including 9th Clarino Beautiful Legs Award in the teen category in 2011 and Newcomer Of The Year, which came in 2014, some five years after she began her career, at the 37th Japan Academy Prize. She was one of four girls on the road in Petaru Dansu and was cast in the Hollywood production for a Deadpool sequel, scheduled for release in 2018.
It was reported that she was dating actor Shôta Matsuda in 2013. Shioli has done quite a bit of corporate advertising for companies such as Epson, MOS Burger and Pocky and others. She suffered some blow-back for the Pocky work due to the popularity of her predecessor, Yui Aragaki. She is represented by Oscar Promotion. - Kokoro Morita was born on 11 February 2000 in Tokyo, Japan. She is an actress, known for The Files of Young Kindaichi (2022), Escape from the History Maze (2020) and Keshigomu wo kureta joshi wo sukininatta. (2022).
- Shuri is a Japanese actress. She is the daughter of actor Mizutani Yutaka and actress/singer Ito Ran. Trained in classical ballet and aspired to be a ballerina, she had to give up her dream because of injuries. It was after her dancing career was prematurely over that she started to seriously consider acting. She admitted that even though she had been interested in acting when she's young, she was originally reluctant to pursue it as a career for fear of living under the shadow of her parents. She made her debut during college and ended up dropping out to focus on acting.
Shuri won the 42nd Japan Academy Award for Newcomer of the Year, for her role in "Love At Least". She is represented by Top Coat - In April 2015, she made her debut at the age of 14, when she was chosen from 7851 applicants to play the lead role in famous TV commercial of a Japanese energy drink. In July 2016, she was chosen as "Miss Seventeen 2016" and became an exclusive model for Seventeen magazine, which she continued until she quit in March 2021. She has 8th grade in Japanese calligraphy called Shodo.
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Ken Yasuda was born on 8 December 1973 in Hokkaido, Japan. He is an actor and director, known for Howl's Moving Castle (2004), Spirited Away (2001) and Itoshi no Irene (2018).- She was born in Iwata, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan on June 3, 1987. Her father Nagasawa Kazuaki was a professional football player and on Japan's national team who later became a coach for Jubilo Iwata. She won the Toho Cinderella contest in 1999 and joined the entertainment business in 2000 with the film Crossfire. At twelve she was the youngest winner of the contest ever. She attended the celebrity mill Horikoshi High School of Tokyo. As with most Japanese celebrities the shorthaired Nagasawa has acted in a mixture of feature-length films and television serial, done adult gravure modelling and released the obligatory single, in this case Sailor Suit And Machine Gun in which she also acted in 2006. She had also immediately jumped into the product promotion game and promoted hot sauce among other products. She won the Best Supporting Actress Prize (again the youngest ever) at the 28th Japanese Academy Awards for Crying Out Love, In the Centre Of The World in 2005. Her role in the 2011 film Moteki heralded her arrival as an adult. She was connected to Arashi's Ninomiya Kazunari for several years. She was next romantically linked with Iseya Yusuke. They had met on the set of Onna Nobunaga in 2012. She went through an inexplicable slump around 2013, but made a comeback as a voice actress in the role of the sexy Miki in the pan-Asian hit Kimi No Na Wa. She became a spokeswoman for Taiwan Tourism in Japan for 2017 and 2018. Masami collects stickers.
- Shôta Sometani was born on 3 September 1992 in Tokyo, Japan. He is an actor, known for Himizu (2011), The Boy and the Beast (2015) and Parasyte: Part 1 (2014). He has been married to Rinko Kikuchi since 31 December 2014.
- Yumena Yanai was born on 21 June 2000 in Koriyama, Fukushima, Japan. She is an actress, known for Laid-Back Camp (2020), Mr. Hiiragi's Homeroom (2019) and He Won't Kill, She Won't Die (2019).
- Yurina Hirate was born on 25 June 2001 in Kitanagoya, Japan. She is an actress, known for Hibiki: Shôsetsuka ni naru hôhô (2018), Sankaku Mado no Sotogawa wa Yoru (2021) and The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill (2021).
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Takeda Rina was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. She claims she decided to become an actress at age six. She has an older and younger brother. The younger brother is actor Takeda kazuma who has found roles in Rina's movies. She became interested in karate through her father Takeda Takeshi. She was ten when she saw her father lose a karate match and resolved to make up for it. She began practicing karate. Takeda obtained the opportunity to showcase her skills at her dojo for producer Fuyuhiko Nishi in June 2008. The producer was looking for talent. He invited her to audition for the movie High Kick Girl, which became her first movie role. Her father and brother were in the film. She also sang in the film and the song was released as a single called High Kick Girl. The film was a hit, spun various follow-ups and cemented her as an action star. Director Iguchi Noboru and Takeda were at the USA premier of horror movie Dead Sushi at the 2012 Austin Fantastic Fest. Takeda won the Best Actress award. She was in the Indonesian movie Bushido Spirit in 2014. This was her first work outside Japan. She was in a Thai production called Devil Lover in 2015 and a South Korean production next. She gave a martial arts demonstration and threw the first pitch at the Chiba Lotte Marines and Seibu Lions baseball game in 2014. Actress Fueki Yuko and Rina Takeda visited the Shwedagon Pagoda in Myanmar on the 24th of November 2014. They were slated to appear in a Burmese-Japanese production. She was in a French documentary called Dragon Girls in 2017. The Burmese production Yangon Runway was finally slated for release in 2018. She has a black belt in karate. She does commercial work and advertising for the likes of Credit Saison. Her performance in that specific commercial made her famous. She cites an admiration for actors Tetsuya Takeda and Jackie Chan.- Yumemi Ishida is known for The Files of Young Kindaichi (2022), Re/Member (2022) and New Nobunaga Chronicle: High School is a Battlefield (2022).
- Kotona Minami is known for Knuckle Girl (2023), Ice Cream Fever (2023) and The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House (2023).
- Momoko Fukuchi was born on 26 October 1997 in Tokyo, Japan. She is an actress, known for The Women in the Lakes (2024), Otoko kopîraitâ, ikukyu wo toru. (2021) and Leave in Summer (2022).
- Rio Teramoto is known for Girl Gun Lady (2021), 36,000 Seconds in a Day (2022) and Jitenshya-san no Takahashi-kun (2022).
- Ryôko Yonekura was born on 1 August 1975 in Yokohama, Japan. She is an actress, known for Musashi (2003), The Negotiator: The Movie (2010) and Tenki yohou no koibito (2000).
- Yuzuka Nakaya was born on 24 February 1998 in Tokyo, Japan. She is an actress, known for Prisoners of the Ghostland (2021), The Forest of Love: Deep Cut (2020) and The Forest of Love (2019).
- Actress and model. She was born on September 13th, 1996 in Tokyo. When she studied Japanese Culture in the Faculty of Literaturel, Teito University, she caught the eye of casting and she appeared in a commercial. After that, she started working as a freelance actress, and when she won the "Miss Kanojo no ID 2016" sponsored by Kodansha, she started acting in earnest. She starred in the 2019 theatrical release of She Is Dawn Darkness (directed by Harika Abe), which will have its world premiere at the Jeonju International Film Festival. Other major appearances in recent years include the movie "Machi no Ue de" (directed by Rikiya Imaizumi), Rolling Marbles (2021) by Ken'ichi Ugana or TV drama Yuridano kandano (2019), and several music videos. In 2022 she make a role lead Eien ga Tôrisugiteiku (2022), the personal project of Makoto Toda
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She born September 4, 1998 in Chiba (Japan).
Shimizu Ayano, better known as Ano is a soloist, model, actress and a former member of You'll Melt More!, she joined the group on September 21, 2013, and left on September 30, 2019. On late 2020 she launched her solo career and in August of 2021 started the band "I's", the group runs parallel to her solo activities, her fan club is called "CLUB DENTAL MOUSE".
On 2022, she played the role of "Taki" in the Nextflix production Adam by Eve: A Live in Animation (2022).
On March 12 of 2022 she announced her major debut under the label TOY'S FACTORY, on the same day she announced her 1st major single "AIDA", the single was picked as the ending song of the Anime Tiger & Bunny.- Yumi Wakatsuki was born on 27 June 1994 in Shizuoka, Japan. She is an actress, known for Girls, Be Lucky (2021), Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku (2020) and Bad Boys J (2013). She has been married to Reo Tamaoki since 10 December 2021.
- Born in Tokyo, Japan Tsuchiya Tao received her first break in Tokyo Sonata, which would go on to become a popular movie and even win the Un Certain Regard - Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 2008. Prior to that she had appeared in a 2007 commercial for Gamesoft. She was chosen for the commercial after auditioning at 2005's Super Heroine Audition Miss Phoenix. Renbutsu Misako won the contest, Sekido Yuki and Mizutani Riho were runners-up, but Tao ranked third, alongside Takagi Koto and Kawaharada Maari, which accorded her a management contract. She attended an all-girl high school. She continued to act in movies and on television including the Rurouni Kenshin adaptation where she played a boyish heiress to a dojo and in NHK's Mare in 2015 where they reportedly picked her out of over 2,000 auditioning actresses. She was romantically linked to co-star Yamazaki Kento in 2016 and 2017, but a relationship was not confirmed. They remained silent after being photographed together outside a barbecue restaurant late one night. She was awarded the Newcomer Of The Year award at the 39th Japan Academy Prize in 2016 for her role in Orange. She has a blog she updates daily. It became news when one day in 2016 she did not update it with a post. She was the dancer in Sia's Arrive video and sang the theme song for the Ballerina anime in 2017. Tao has had surgery for ankyloglossia in order to speak and enunciate better. She lists playing the flute, piano and shamisen as well as dancing as skills and loves to ski, read and watch films. Her younger brother is actor Tsuchiya Shimba who is two years younger than her. She herself is two years younger than her sister. Her given name was inspired by a dream her mother had while pregnant, which included a girl with the unusual name Tao. Tao means 'Phoenix,' which she took as an omen when auditioning in 2005.
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Nikaido Fumi has been active in the movie industry a dozen years and already has as many nominations and wins to her name. She was born in American outpost Okinawa in 1994 and first appeared on screen in 2009. She had won an award celebrating young actresses for the film Himizu at the Venice Film Festival by 2011. She was also newcomer of the year at the 36th Japan Academy in the same year. Nikaido was scouted by Sony Music Artists at age twelve after her photograph appeared in the Okinawan edition of Picture Book Of Beautiful Girls, which is a free publication that features local amateurs as models. Coincidentally, she had dreamt of being an actress. This afforded her the opportunity to pitch products in advertisements as early as 2007. She also took advantage of her physique to do modelling for Nicola magazine. She commuted between Okinawa and Tokyo for work until moving to Tokyo for high school. More recently she has expressed a dislike for acting in serials and stated that she wants to act in movies only. Nikaido enrolled in Keio university of Tokyo, where she resides, and studied management and English. Her father is a Tokyo native cook and her mother is an Okinawan who took her to the cinema often. Her favourite foods are turnip and steak. No word on whether she likes them together or if she prefers to consume these separately.- Minori Hagiwara was born on 6 March 1997 in Nagoya, Japan. She is an actress, known for Nare no hate (2021), Kei×Yaku: Dangerous Partners (2022) and As the Gods Will (2014).
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Yumi Kawai is known for Plan 75 (2022), Shigatsu ni nareba kanojo wa (2024) and Higashino Keigo Samayou Yaiba (2021).- Actress
Kyôko Yoshine was born on 28 February 1997 in Tokyo, Japan. She is an actress, known for Arc (2021), The Last Cinderella (2013) and Kasane (2018).- Hana Sugisaki was born on 2 October 1997 in Tokyo, Japan. She is an actress, known for Blade of the Immortal (2017), Her Love Boils Bathwater (2016) and Bleach (2018).
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Introduced in May 2010 through the Hagane No Onna (Woman Of Steel) drama serial and the Tokyo Disney Sea commercial of 2011, Kasumi's first big break came through a role in her first feature film 2011's Gyaru Basara. Her older sister is gravure idol Airi Arimura and her favourite activities are cooking and going for a stroll. She has become in-demand and has several projects lined up stretching over two years into the future.
Kasumi Arimura gained popularity by appearing in a Shitsuren Chocolatier (2014) and topped the list of most expect talents.- Mio Imada is a Japanese actress and model from Fukuoka. Imada began her acting and modeling career in 2015 after being labeled "Prettiest Girl in Fukuoka" by a local advertising agency. Her acting big break was in 2018 when she was cast as Airi Maya for the notable Japanese drama series Boys Over Flowers Season 2.