(born November 23, 1975) is a
Japanese
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model
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and actress. As an 18-year-old, she made her model debut on
Japan
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ese fashion magazine ''
JJ'' in March 1994. She was one of the top models for the magazine until 2001, when she temporarily quit modelling to concentrate on her acting career. She is now working for the fashion magazine ''
CLASSY''.
Biography
Hatano was born in the
Saitama prefecture
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in 1975. She attended Urawa Gakuin High School, in
Urawa, Saitama, and began her modeling career during her high school days by appearing in ''JJ''. She graduated from the in
Tokyo
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with a degree in figurative arts.
Career
For several years she was one of the top fashion models in Japan. Standing 168 cm tall, she was one of the tallest Japanese models at the time.
Hatano made her TV debut in the drama , in 1997, playing a small role. Some of the dramas she appeared became instant hits in Japan, helping her to establish herself in the Japanese TV industry.
Some of the TV dramas she has appeared in:
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She is starring in the drama series .
Private life
She enjoys and . Playing piano is one of her favourite pastimes. In 2004 she married Takashi Kashiwabara, also an actor, and temporarily quit her acting career. But the marriage soon ended in a divorce and in 2005 she was back in the entertainment industry. Before the marriage, she was known as but after her come back she decided to change her name and adopted the name .
On August 21, 2008, Hatano announced her intention to marry
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, by whom she has been pregnant for two months beforehand.
References and further reading
External links
Official siteTokyo Love Collection Home pageProfile
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1975 births
Living people
Actors from Saitama Prefecture
Japanese actresses
Japanese female models
Models from Saitama Prefecture