, better known as just , is a Japanese actress.
She was born in
Saitama Prefecture
is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Saitama Prefecture has a population of 7,338,536 (1 January 2020) and has a geographic area of 3,797 km2 (1,466 sq mi). Saitama Prefecture borders Tochigi Prefecture ...
. When she graduated from high-school she decided to focus her career entirely on acting.
As of 2009, she shortened her stage name and is now simply going by "Natsuna" (夏菜). In 2012, she landed the coveted lead role in the
NHK
, also known as NHK, is a Japanese public broadcaster. NHK, which has always been known by this romanized initialism in Japanese, is a statutory corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee.
NHK operates two terrestri ...
Asadora
, colloquially known as , is a serialized, 15 minutes per episode, Japanese television drama program series broadcast in the mornings by Japanese public broadcaster NHK. The first such series aired in 1961 with the black-and-white , starring Take ...
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Jun to Ai
is a Japanese television drama series. It debuted on October 1, 2012, and was broadcast until March 30, 2013. It is about a girl named Jun Kanō, raised in Miyakojima, Okinawa, who moves to Osaka to work in a hotel. There she meets a man named It ...
Kiraware Matsuko no Issho
is a 2006 Japanese musical film written and directed by Tetsuya Nakashima. It is based on a Japanese novel by Muneki Yamada.
It has not yet received North American distribution, though in its North American premiere at the 2007 New York Asian ...
TV Asahi
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, 2007), Nao Yamamoto
* ''Kodoku no Kake: Itoshiki Hitoyo'' (TBS, 2007), Mika Inui
* ''
Mop Girl
is a television drama series based on the novel of the same title by ; it recounts the adventures of Momoko Hasegawa, played by Keiko Kitagawa, who possesses the ability to travel back in time upon contact with belongings of a deceased person wit ...
Daimajin Kanon
is a Japanese ''tokusatsu'' television drama produced by Kadokawa Pictures and broadcast on TV Tokyo. The series premiered on April 2, 2010. The series retells the story of the original '' Daimajin'' film in a modern Japanese setting. Planned to ...
'' (
TV Tokyo
JOTX-DTV (channel 7), branded as and known colloquially as , is a television station headquartered in the Sumitomo Fudosan Roppongi Grand Tower in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan, owned and operated by the subsidiary of listed certified b ...
, 2010), Saki Uehara
* ''Quartet'' (
MBS
MBS may refer for:
People
* Mohammed bin Salman (born 1985), crown prince and prime minister of Saudi Arabia
* Mohan Bikram Singh (born 1935), Nepalese politician
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* MBS International Airport (IATA code: MBS), Freeland, Michigan, US
* Mari ...
Fuji TV
JOCX-DTV (channel 8), branded as and colloquially known as CX, is a Japanese television station based in Odaiba, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Owned and operated by the it is the key station of the Fuji News Network (FNN) and the Fuji Network Sys ...
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* NTV (Bangladesh), a Bengali-language satellite television channel in Bangladesh
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Jun to Ai
is a Japanese television drama series. It debuted on October 1, 2012, and was broadcast until March 30, 2013. It is about a girl named Jun Kanō, raised in Miyakojima, Okinawa, who moves to Osaka to work in a hotel. There she meets a man named It ...
'' (
NHK
, also known as NHK, is a Japanese public broadcaster. NHK, which has always been known by this romanized initialism in Japanese, is a statutory corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee.
NHK operates two terrestri ...
, 2012), Jun Machida
* ''Doubles: Futari no Keiji'' (TV Asahi, 2013), Aki Miyata
* ''Jun to Ai Special: Fujiko no Kareina Ichinichi'' (NHK BS Premium, 2013), Jun Machida
* ''Jinsei ga Tokimeku Katazuke no Mahou'' (NTV, 2013), Kaoru Futagotamagawa
* ''Yonimo Kimyōna Monogatari: '13 Aki no Tokubetsu Hen "0.03 Frame no Onna"'' (Fuji TV, 2013)
* ''
Kamen Teacher
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tooru Fujisawa. It was serialized in Shueisha‘s ''Weekly Young Jump'' magazine from 2006 to 2007. A sequel manga, titled ''Kamen Teacher Black'' was published in the same magazine from ...
'' (NTV, 2014), Maya Gatō
* ''Gokuaku Ganbo'' Episode 1 (Fuji TV, 2014), Satomi Yashiki
* ''Last Doctor: Kansatsui Akita no Kenshi Houkoku'' Episode 1 (TV Tokyo, 2014), Rika Suyama
* ''Ōedo Sōsamō 2015: Onmitsu Dōshin, Aku o Kiru!'' (TV Tokyo, 2015), Okichi Shiranui
* ''Meikyū Sousa'' (TV Asahi, 2015), Asako Takasu
* ''Scoop Yūgun Kisha Kyōichi Fuse'' (TBS, 2015), Eriko Kayama
* ''Hotel Concierge'' (TBS, 2015), Arisa Takagaki
* ''Watashitachi ga Propose Sarenainoniwa, 101 no Riyū ga Atte Dana'' Season 2 Episode 3 (LaLa TV, 2015), Yuri
* '' Specialist'' (TV Asahi, 2016), Maria Azuma
Ranma ½
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. It was serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from August 1987 to March 1996, with the chapters collected into 38 ''tankōbon'' volumes by Shogakukan. The st ...
'' (NTV, 2011),
Ranma Saotome
is a Character (arts), fictional character and the titular protagonist of the manga series ''Ranma ½'', created by Rumiko Takahashi. Ranma is a Japanese teenage boy who has trained in martial arts since early childhood. As a result of falling ...
(female)
Films
* ''
Kimi ni Todoke
is a Japanese '' shōjo'' romance manga by Karuho Shiina. It was published by Shueisha in ''Bessatsu Margaret'' from 2005 to 2017 and collected in 30 ''tankōbon'' volumes. In 2008, it won the Best Shōjo Manga award in the 32nd Annual ...
'' (2010), Ayane Yano
* ''
Gantz
''Gantz'' (stylized as ''GANTZ'') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiroya Oku. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Young Jump'' from June 2000 to June 2013, with its chapters collected i ...
Clover
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'' (2014), Shiori Tsutsui
* ''Nagashiya Teppei'' (2015), Akemi Shiina
* ''Kagami no Naka no Egao Tachi'' (2015), Mari Takahashi
* ''Tanuma Ryokan no Kiseki'' (2015), Nao Nishikawa
* ''
Fullmetal Alchemist
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa. It was serialized in Square Enix's shōnen manga, ''shōnen'' manga anthology magazine ''Gangan Comics#Monthly Shōnen Gangan, Monthly Shōnen Gangan'' between July 20 ...
'' (2017), Maria Ross
* ''
Saki
Hector Hugh Munro (18 December 1870 – 14 November 1916), better known by the pen name Saki and also frequently as H. H. Munro, was a British writer whose witty, mischievous and sometimes macabre stories satirize Edwardian society and cultur ...
'' (2017), Yasuko Fujita
* ''
ReLIFE
is a Japanese manga series in webtoon format written and illustrated by Yayoiso. The individual chapters were released by NHN Japan on the Comico website from October 12, 2013, to March 16, 2018, for a total of 15 compiled ''tankōbon'' vo ...
The Door into Summer
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'' (2021), Suzu Shiraishi
* ''189'' (2021)
Commercials
* ''Mobit'' (2011)
* ''
Japan Post Service
, is a Japanese post, logistics and courier headquartered in Tokyo. It is part of the Japan Post Holdings group.
History
Japan Post was formed on 1 October 2007 after the privatisation of its predecessor, Japan Post. On October 1, 2012, Japan ...
Unicharm
is a Japanese company that manufactures disposable hygiene products, household cleaning products, specializing in the manufacture of diapers for both babies and adult incontinence, feminine hygiene products and pet care products.
The company h ...
'' – Sofy (2012)
* ''
Choya Umeshu
, or Choya, is a Japanese company headquartered in Habikino, Osaka, Japan, which specializes in the production and sales of '' umeshu'' plum liqueur. Its other main businesses include brandy, sake, wine, and foods. The company started producing ...
New National Theatre Tokyo
The is Japan's first and foremost national centre for the performing arts, including opera, ballet, contemporary dance and drama. It is located in the Shinjuku area of Tokyo. Since 1997 more than 650 productions were staged. There are about 300 pe ...
, January 14, 2009 – January 27, 2009), Mayu Sakurai
* ''Nurui Doku'' (Kinokuniya Hall, September 13, 2013 – September 26, 2013), Yuri Kumada
Bibliography
Photobooks
* ''Natsuna Gantz/K'' (
Shueisha
(lit. "Gathering of Intellect Publishing Co., Ltd.") is a Japanese company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The company was established in 1925 as the entertainment-related publishing division of Japanese publisher Shogakukan. The foll ...
, April 22, 2011),
* ''727_8766'' (Tokyo News Service, May 23, 2013),
* ''The Gravure'' (Shueisha, January 27, 2014),