actress
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In 2011 Yamada won the Grand Prix at Ciao Girl 2011 Audition, and joined the talent agency
Amuse Inc.
is a Japanese entertainment company that provides artist management services. The artists include idols, musicians, and so on.
Amuse produces TV and radio programs, commercial films, and movies. Other interests are in publication, music software ...
She attended the audition because she wanted the
Nintendo 3DS
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, which was the prize of the Grand Prix. Since then, she has been active as a
model
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for the magazine '' Ciao''.
In 2013 she played the role of Emi Natsume in '' Keiji no Manazashi'', which was broadcast on TBS, and made her first appearance in a TV drama. In the comic ''JS・JC Moderu Monogatari'' published in the same year, the story of how she became active as a Ciao Girl was written by Mea Sakisaka and published under the title of ''Fairy Smile ~ Anna Yamada Monogatari ~''.
In 2015, Yamada starred as Yui in the live-action drama of Nao Maita's original manga ''
Age 12
is a Japanese slice of life romance manga, romance ''shōjo manga, shōjo'' manga series written and illustrated by Nao Maita. It began serialization in August 2012 in Shogakukan's ''Ciao (magazine), Ciao'' manga magazine and ended in Octobe ...
''.
She made her first appearance in the movie '' Too Young to Die!'' released in 2016.
In the January 23, 2017 issue of
Weekly Playboy
, also known as or ''WPB'', is a Japanese weekly magazine published by Shueisha since 1966. Although the magazine publishes a variety of news and special interest articles, columns, celebrity interviews, and manga, it is considered an Pornographi ...
, released in 2017, she was featured as one of the eight "Sugokawa 2017".
She starred in the movie ''Misumisou'', released in 2018. The same year, she starred in the TV drama ''
Sachiiro no One Room
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hakuri. The manga was first published in Square Enix and Pixiv's web manga magazine ''Gangan Pixiv'' since February 22, 2017 and reached more than 75 million viewers as of June 2017. A tele ...
''.
She released her first photo book in 2019. The same year, she won the Best Newcomer Award at the 41st
Yokohama Film Festival
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for her performance in her movie ''Chiisana Koi no Uta''.
In 2020, she participated in the #SaveWithStories project by
Save the Children
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by storytelling the picture book ''Tebukuro wo Kaini''. In December of the same year, she released her first calendar.
In 2021, she ranked 3rd in the Next Break Female Talent BEST 10 by Talent Power Ranking. In March of the same year, she participated in the photo exhibition Vol.3 of ''Watashi no Toritakatta Joyū-ten'' under the nomination of photographer Takahiro Sakai.
Filmography
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Age 12
is a Japanese slice of life romance manga, romance ''shōjo manga, shōjo'' manga series written and illustrated by Nao Maita. It began serialization in August 2012 in Shogakukan's ''Ciao (magazine), Ciao'' manga magazine and ended in Octobe ...