Miki Sakai (''Sakai Miki'', 酒井美紀), born 21 February 1978 in
Aoi-ku, Shizuoka,
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
is an
actress and
J-pop idol singer.
As a teenager she made her feature film debut in the 1995
Shunji Iwai film ''
Love Letter'' playing the role of Itsuki Fujii as a young girl. The film was a huge box-office success and Miki picked up a number of awards for her role including a
Japanese Academy Award for 'Newcomer of the Year'.
She also starred in ''Hagusen nagashi'' (1996) on TV as well as in numerous other television series and movies. Miki's portrayal of the character Tomie in the 2001 horror movie ''
Tomie: Re-birth'' was one of the more popular interpretations of the role.
In January 2008, Miki Sakai appeared in the 10-hour long TV historical drama ''
Tokugawa Fūunroku Hachidai Shōgun Yoshimune is a television program broadcast on January 2, 2008, on the TV Tokyo network in Japan. It was the 28th in the annual ''Shinshun Wide Jidaigeki'' series. Ten hours long, it began at 2:00 p.m. and ran until midnight.
The production stars Masa ...
''.
Filmography
Film
* ''
Love Letter'' (1995)
* ''Himeyuri no Tō'' (1995)
* ''Nagareita shichinin'' (1997)
* ''Abduction'' (1997), Mayo
* ''To Love'' (1997), Mitsu Morita
* ''
Juvenile
Juvenile may refer to:
*Juvenile status, or minor (law), prior to adulthood
*Juvenile (organism)
*Juvenile (rapper) (born 1975), American rapper
* ''Juvenile'' (2000 film), Japanese film
* ''Juvenile'' (2017 film)
*Juvenile (greyhounds), a greyho ...
'' (2000), Noriko Kinoshita
* ''
Tomie: Re-birth'' (2001),
Tomie Kawakami
* ''
Samayou Yaiba
is a 2009 Japanese film directed by shouichi Mashiko and produced by Toei based on the novel, ''Samayou Yaiba'' (2004) by Keigo Higashino. The film is also known under the English title ''The Hovering Blade''.
Plot
The only daughter of widowe ...
'' (2009), Wakako Kijima
* ''
Kamen Rider OOO Wonderful: The Shogun and the 21 Core Medals'' (2011)
* ''You Are Brilliant Like a Spica'' (2019)
* ''Talking the Pictures'' (2019)
* ''Akira and Akira'' (2022)
Television
* ''Hakusen Nagashi'' (1996), Sonoko Nanakura
* ''Hakusen Nagashi: Spring at Age 19'' (1997), Sonoko Nanakura
* ''Hakusen Nagashi: The Wind at Age 20'' (1999), Sonoko Nanakura
* ''
Aoi Tokugawa Sandai
is a 2000 Japanese historical drama television series and the 39th NHK taiga drama. The series respectively stars Masahiko Tsugawa, Toshiyuki Nishida, and Onoe Tatsunosuke II as the first three Tokugawa shōguns. It aired from January 9 to Dec ...
'' (2000),
Tokugawa Masako
* ''Hakusen Nagashi: The Poem of Travels'' (2001), Sonoko Nanakura
* ''Hakusen Nagashi: Age 25'' (2003), Sonoko Nanakura
* ''Hakusen Nagashi: The Final: Even as the Times of Dreaming have Passed'' (2005), Sonoko Nanakura
* ''
Tokugawa Fūunroku Hachidai Shōgun Yoshimune is a television program broadcast on January 2, 2008, on the TV Tokyo network in Japan. It was the 28th in the annual ''Shinshun Wide Jidaigeki'' series. Ten hours long, it began at 2:00 p.m. and ran until midnight.
The production stars Masa ...
'' (2008)
* ''
Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju'' (2018), Oei
* ''Because We Forget Everything'' (2022)
Awards
References
External links
Official profile
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1978 births
Living people
Japanese actresses
People from Shizuoka (city)
Musicians from Shizuoka Prefecture
21st-century Japanese singers
21st-century Japanese women singers
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