is a Japanese actress and singer.

History

Nao was born in

Ikoma, Nara is a city in the northwestern end of Nara Prefecture, Japan. It was founded on November 1, 1971. As of April 1, 2017, the city had an estimated population of 120,741, with 49,672 households. It had a population density of 2,300 persons per km², ...

on 8 February 1985 and grew up in

Kawanishi, Hyōgo 270px, Lake Chimyo 270px, Aerial view of Kawanishi city center 270px, Tada-in is a city located in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 155,165 and a population density of 2900 persons per km². The total area of ...

. Winning Japan's

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started her modeling career in earnest. She attended the

Tokyo College of Music is a private music school in Toshima, Tokyo, Japan. It was founded as in Kanda, Tokyo, in 1907. History The college moved to Toshima in Tokyo in 1924 after the original campus was destroyed by the Great Kantō earthquake. Some notable gradu ...

Discography

Singles

# 007.07.11Moonshine ～Tsukiakari～ (Moonshine～月あかり～) # 007.12.19Rain # 008.02.27Nagareru Kumo Yori mo Hayaku (流れる雲よりもはやく)

Albums

# 006.10.18dolce # 007.10.10poco A poco # 008.02.27Eiga Chest Original Soundtrack (映画「チェスト」オリジナル・サウンドトラック) # 009.02.04pf

Filmography

Television

*''Ko inu no warutu'' (2004) Nao plays the

Minute Waltz The Waltz in D-flat major, Op. 64, No. 1, sometimes known as "" (French for "Waltz of the puppy"), and popularly known in English as the Minute Waltz, is a piano waltz by Polish composer and virtuoso Frédéric Chopin. It is dedicated to the Co ...

. *''

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'' (2004) as Michiko Asaeda *''Honjitsu mo Hare. Ijo Nashi'' (2009) as Saimon Ulala *'' Ohitorisama (2009)'' *'' GEGEGE no Nyobo'' (2010) as Nunoe Iida *''Control'' (2011) as Rio Segawa *'' Dear Sister'' (2014) as ''Hazuki Fukazawa'' *'' A Song to the Sun'' (2015, corporate with Vietnamese Television) as Asami *''Hayako Sensei, Kekkon Surutte Honto Desu Ka?'' (2016) as Hayako Tatsuki *''Totto-chan!'' (2017) as Chō Kuroyanagi *''

Manpuku , sometimes romanized as ''Mampuku'', is a Japanese television drama series and the 99th Asadora series, following ''Hanbun, Aoi''. It premiered on 1 October 2018, and concluded on 30 March 2019. The series is based on the lives of Momofuku Andō ...

'' (2018) *''Yū-san no Nyōbō'' (2021) as Makiko Ishihara

Films

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'' (2008) as Ann Minase *''Angel Sign'' (2019)

Dubbing

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'' as Christine Palmer (

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) *''

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'' as Christine Palmer (Rachel McAdams)

References

External links

Matsushita Nao official siteMatsushita Nao pianist side official site
Japanese pianists Japanese women pianists Japanese actresses Japanese female models Living people 1985 births Asadora lead actors 21st-century Japanese pianists 21st-century Japanese women musicians 21st-century women pianists {{Japan-actor-stub