is a Japanese actress and TV personality. In 1999, she won the

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for "Best Newcomer" for her performance in ''Give It All''; in

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, she received a "Best Actress" nomination for ''

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''.

Selected filmography

Films

* ''

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'' (1998) * '' GTO'' (1999) * ''

'' (2000) * ''Ekiden'' (2000) * ''Suki'' (2001) * ''

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'' (2001) * '' Gangushurisha'' (2002) * ''

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'' (2002) * ''

Drugstore Girl is a 2004 Japanese comedy film directed by the Japanese filmmaker Katsuhide Motoki about a young student who works in a convenience store, and five middle-aged men who develop crushes on her. The film is set in a rural town and features lacro ...

'' (2003) * '' A Day on the Planet'' (2004) * ''Legend of Nin Nin Ninga Hattori'' (2004) * '' Ubume no Natsu'' (2005) * '' The Suspect: Muroi Shinji'' (2005) * '' Tripping'' (2006) * '' Waiting in the Dark'' (2006) * '' Gegege no Kitaro'' (2007) * ''

Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms is a one-volume manga written and illustrated by Fumiyo Kōno. The two connected stories were first published in Japan by Futabasha in '' Weekly Manga Action'' in 2003 and 2004, then collected in a single ''tankōbon'' volume in 2004. The s ...

'' (2007) * ''The Silver Season'' (2008) * '' 10 Promises to My Dog'' (2008) * ''

Mōryō no Hako is a Japanese novel by Natsuhiko Kyogoku. It is the second novel in the ''Kyōgokudō'' series that began with ''Summer of the Ubume''. The novel has been turned into a live action feature film, a manga, and an anime television series. S ...

'' (2008) * ''Yamazakura'' (2008) * ''

The Taste of Fish is a Japanese manga series by Masaharu Nabeshima with art by Mitsuo Hashimoto. It has been adapted into a 2008 Japanese film directed by Shingo Matsubara. The film was intended to be part of a series. Film Cast *Takao Osawa (Shuntaro Akag ...

'' (2008) * ''Kitaro and the Millennium Curse'' (2008) * ''Flowers'' (2010) * '' Genji Monogatari: Sennen no Nazo'' (2011) * ''

The Wings of the Kirin is a 2012 Japanese film directed by Nobuhiro Doi. Plot A man's body is found under the statue of a winged kirin in the Nihombashi area of Tokyo. A suspect named Yashima has a car accident and falls unconscious while he is attempting to run aw ...

'' (2012), Tokiko Kanamori * ''Desperate Sunflowers'' (2016) * ''The Katsuragi Murder Case'' (2016) * ''Dear Etranger'' (2017) * '' The Crimes That Bind'' (2018), Tokiko Kanamori * ''Inubu: The Dog Club'' (2021), Mitsuko Kadowaki * ''Fukuda-mura Jiken'' (2023), Shizuko Sawada

Television

* ''

Taira no Kiyomori was a military leader and ''kugyō'' of the late Heian period of Japan. He established the first samurai-dominated administrative government in the history of Japan. Early life Kiyomori was born in Heian-kyō, Japan, in 1118 as the first so ...

'' (2012) – Yura Gozen * ''

Hana Moyu is a 2015 Japanese historical drama television series, the 54th NHK ''taiga'' drama. The series stars Mao Inoue as Sugi Fumi, a sister of Meiji Restoration scholar Yoshida Shōin. It premiered on January 4, 2015, and ended on December 13, 201 ...

'' (2015) – Mōri Yasuko * ''Akira and Akira'' (2017) – Ai Kitamura * ''North Light'' (2020) * '' The Grand Family'' (2021)

References

External links

* * 1980 births Living people Japanese actresses People from Kurume {{Japan-actor-stub