, also known as Lisa Kudō is a Japanese actress and

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. She was born on October 4, 1983, in

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, Japan.

Life and career

Kudō began her entertainment career as a "gravure" (non-nude) model in several DVD releases in 2005 and 2006. She made her film debut starring in the small town drama ''Sleeping Flower'' in October 2005. The next year, she played the character Chiharu Tanaka in the live action film version of the

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'', which was released to theaters in July 2006. She also had a leading role in the November 2006 film which also starred

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and

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. Kudō also appeared in television dramas in 2006, first in the TV movie broadcast on

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(NTV) on March 18, 2006 and in the

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(TBS) series which ran from July to September 2006. She was featured as a

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in the game , released June 29, 2006, where the player can take photos of the digital model. A limited edition of the game was released that was bundled with the

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she wears in-game, a DVD and pictures of her. In 2007 Kudō appeared in an episode of the NTV comedy as well as continuing her career as a gravure model. Kudō starred in the title role for the low-budget horror film ''Rika: The Zombie Killer'' directed by

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which was released theatrically in Japan in February 2008 and as a DVD with English subtitles as ''Zombie Hunter Rika'' in September 2009. In August 2008, Kudō performed in the NTV war drama based on an event which occurred late in

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and in May 2009, she appeared in the two part TBS TV movie playing Rino Kinoshita.

Filmography

Movies

* (2005) * (2006) * (2006) * (2008)

Television

* (2006) * (2007) Episode 6 * (2008) * (2009)

References

External links

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