is a Japanese actress.

Personal life

Tsutsui graduated from Kōfu Daiichi High School in Yamanashi Prefecture. She dropped out of

Aoyama Gakuin University is a private Christian university in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. Originally established in 1874 by missionaries from the Methodist Episcopal Church, it was reconfigured in its current form in 1949 as part of Aoyama Gakuin. Aoyama Gakuin Universit ...

. She later graduated from the

Waseda University , abbreviated as , is a private university, private research university in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Founded in 1882 as the ''Tōkyō Senmon Gakkō'' by Ōkuma Shigenobu, the school was formally renamed Waseda University in 1902. The university has numerou ...

School of Social Sciences. As well as acting, Tsutsui can figure skate, play the flute, and perform Japanese buyō (dance).

Biography

In 1981, while studying at

, she was impressed after seeing a performance of the Third Stage performing at the Waseda University Theater Study Group. In 1982, when she took the examination at the Waseda University again, she passed and joined the Third Stage where she performed her first role. She appeared subsequently in most works performed by the theatre company.

Filmography

Television

; NHK ; Tokyo Broadcasting System ; Nippon TV ; Fuji Television ; TV Asahi ; TV Tokyo ; Wowow ; Netflix

Films

Variety programmes

Awards

References

External links

* * - {{DEFAULTSORT:Tsutsui, Mariko Japanese film actresses Japanese stage actresses Japanese television actresses 1960 births Living people Actors from Yamanashi Prefecture Waseda University alumni 20th-century Japanese actresses 21st-century Japanese actresses