() is a Japanese model,
gravure idol, and actress born on 1982-04-03 in
Higashiōsaka, Osaka and raised in Tokyo, Japan.
Her birth name was , and she formerly worked under the name . She graduated from the private
Horikoshi High School, the same school attended by talent such as
Yoko Minamino,
Yōko Oginome,
Ai Katō, and
Masumi Miyazaki.
History
In 1993, Nakane joined the Nezumikko Club, an all-girl idol group composed of Nakane,
Natsu Itō,
Kana Itō,
Sato Higashi, Ami Yamazaki,
Emiko Inoue,
Juri Miyazawa, and
Chiaki Nakajima
is a unisex Japanese given name used mostly by females and is occasionally used as a surname.
Possible writings
Chiaki can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
*千秋, "thousand, autumn"
*千明, "thousand, light"
*千晶, ...
.
The group was created to ride on the popularity of such groups as
Onyanko Club. The group released two albums, both in 1993. In 1996, she began working as a
gravure idol, gaining success due to having a larger bust for her age. Nakane began appearing in 1999 in
drama series, as well as in variety, sports, educational, and other television programs.
She married Japanese baseball player
Tsuyoshi Wada on 2005-12-10.
She gave birth to their first daughter on September 13, 2006.
Nakane has been a spokesperson for
MSN
MSN (meaning Microsoft Network) is a web portal and related collection of Internet services and apps for Windows and mobile devices, provided by Microsoft and launched on August 24, 1995, alongside the release of Windows 95.
The Microsoft Net ...
at the WPB Expo in Tokyo.
She helped launch a "morning wake-up call" service in 2002 by personally calling five customers selected at random as part of the service.
In 2004, she participated in a
Yahoo! chat session to promote the release of her DVD box set ''Nakane Kasumi Memories Box "Merci!"'' in which over 6700 individuals participated by submitting over 3700 questions.
She is represented by the talent management firm
Big Apple.
Media
Filmography
*
Gun Crazy 3: The Big Gundown (2003)
DVD and video releases
* (January 2001, ,
Shueisha)
*''S’il vous plait'' (April 2003, ,
Takeshobo)
* (2004-07-16, , Shueisha)
* (November 2005, , Takeshobo)
Photo books
* (September 1999, ,
Home-sha)
* (September 2000, , Home-sha)
* (April 2001, , Kodansha)
* (August 2001, ,
DigiCube)
* (December 2001, , Shueisha)
* (September 2002, ,
DigiCube)
* (September 2002, ,
Shogakukan, ''Young Sunday Special Graphic Vol.2'')
* (November 2002, , Home-sha, includes a DVD)
* (November 2002, , Takeshobo)
* (2003-04-26, ,
Pioneer LDC)
*''S’il vous plait'' (April 2003, , Takeshobo)
* (2003-07-04, ,
Takeshobo)
* (August 2003, ,
DigiCube)
* (November 2003, , Kodansha)
* (January 2004, , Shogakukan)
* (2004-04-02, , Shueisha)
*''Unplugged'' (2004-12-01, ,
Gakken
is a Japanese publishing company founded in 1947 by Hideto Furuoka, which also produces educational toys. Their annual sales is reported at ¥ 90 billion ($789 million US).
Gakken publishes educational books and magazines and produces other ...
)
*''Shizuku'' (2005-12-19)
* (2005-12-22, ,
Kodansha
is a Japanese privately-held publishing company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo. Kodansha is the largest Japanese publishing company, and it produces the manga magazines ''Nakayoshi'', ''Afternoon'', ''Evening'', ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' an ...
)
*''Style'' (2006-01-25, , Traidia)
Other books
* (February 2006, ,
Futabasha)
Media sources:
References
External links
Kasumi Nakane official profile*
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Japanese gravure idols
Japanese women television personalities
Living people
1982 births
People from Higashiōsaka
Horikoshi High School alumni