is a Japanese actress and former gravure idol.

Career

Television

She made her acting debut in 1992 in the TBS drama ''Obenkyō''. In 1994, she was chosen

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Visual Queen. Two years later, Hinagata received the Golden Arrow Graph prize. In 1997 she was awarded a Special Prize at the 10th annual Japan Glasses Best Dressed Awards. She appeared on the Fuji TV program Iron Chef as a judge in "Battle Banana". Hinagata has appeared in at least 25 television roles, including the Fuji Television production ''

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Film

Hinagata had the assignment of playing herself in a voice role in Crayon Shin-chan: Great Adventure in Henderland. She also appeared in a ''

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'' film, and in the 2004 ''

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Radio

Additionally, she has hosted five radio programs. She regularly appears on television variety shows, and has acted on stage. In commercials, she has represented Nissin Foods'

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, Mitsubishi (now Nippon) Oil,

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' Sawayaka Budō, Pola Cosmetics, and Japan Tobacco's Yamucha-rō beverages. She has released five photo books and published two collections of essays.

Personal life

In May 1998, Hinagata married with commercial director Kazuma Yamamoto. After she gave birth to her daughter on May 11, 2000, she was able to balance between work and parenting with the help of her fellow mothers. They divorced on November 28, 2003. In 2013, she remarried with actor

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Filmography

Films

*'' Crayon Shin-chan: Great Adventure in Henderland'' (1996), herself (voice) *''

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'' (2014), Noriko Higuchi *''Nomitori Samurai'' (2018)

Television

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'' (2014), Ikumatsu

References

External links

Hinagata Akiko at Suns EntertainmentAkiko Hinagata blog
at TV Drama Database * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hinagata, Akiko 1978 births Living people Japanese actresses Japanese gravure idols Japanese television personalities