is a Japanese actress. She was given a Best New Talent award at the 2009
Yokohama Film Festival. Naka became famous by appearing in ''Hachi One Diver'' (2008) and played the lead, Hana Adachi, in ''
Yankee-kun to Megane-chan'' (2010).
Personal life
Naka has a Swedish grandfather, making her one-quarter Swedish and three-quarters Japanese. She was named Riisa after
Leonardo da Vinci
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Mona Lisa
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'' painting which her grandfather had an affection for.
She was given a Best New Talent award at the 2009 Yokohama Film Festival and became famous by appearing in ''Hachi One Diver'', a drama that aired in 2008.
Naka co-starred with actor
Akiyoshi Nakao in ''
Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo'' in 2010 and again in the NHK drama ''Tsurukame Josanin'', which aired in August 2012. They started dating after the filming for the drama ended in October 2012.
In spring 2013, it was announced that Naka would marry Nakao, with the wedding being held on March 21, 2013. On October 4, 2013, Naka gave birth to the couple's first child, a son at a hospital in
Tokyo
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Her skills are Japanese dancing, piano and swimming.
Filmography
Dramas
* ''
My Boss My Hero
is a Japanese television drama broadcast by Nippon Television (NTV). It is a remake of the South Korean movie of My Boss, My Hero, It aired in Japan during the summer of 2006.
Synopsis
The show is about , also known as "Tornado", a 27-year-o ...
'' (2006) - Chiba Akane
* ''Yakusha Damashii'' (2006) - episode 7 guest
* ''Broccoli'' (2007)
* ''
Ultraman Mebius
is a Japanese television series produced by Tsuburaya Productions and Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting. It is the 20th TV series and 40th anniversary production in the Ultra Series, which first began in 1966. It premiered on the Tokyo Broadcasting Sys ...
'' (2007) - episode 40 guest
* ''Jodan janai'' (2007) - Hirose Karen
* ''
Sexy Voice and Robo
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Iou Kuroda. It was originally serialized in the ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Spirits Zōkan Ikki'' (re-branded as ''Monthly Ikki'' in 2003) between November 2000 and December 2002, with i ...
'' (2007) - episode 5 guest
* ''Binbō Danshi'' (2008) - Shinjo Sumire
* ''
Hachi One Diver'' (2008) - Soyo Nakashizu/ Milk
* ''
Gakko ja Oshierarenai!'' (2008) - Yokoyama Eri
* ''
Kami no Shizuku'' (2009) - co-starring - Shinohara Miyabi
* ''Ninkyou Helper'' (2009) - Haruna Misora
* ''Koibana: Suika to Bansoukou'' (2009)
* ''
Yankee-kun to Megane-chan'' (2010) - Hana Adachi (lead)
* ''
The Japanese The Japanese Don't Know'' (2010) - Kano Haruko (lead)
* ''Sayonara Aruma'' (2010) - Takahashi Fumiko
* ''Party wa Owatta'' (2011) - Toake
* ''Shiawase ni Narou yo'' (2011) - Sakuragi Marika
* ''
Lucky Seven'' (2012) - Mizuno Asuka
* ''Tsurukame Maternity Center'' (2012) - Onodera Mariya
* ''
Resident – 5-nin no Kenshui
is a 2012 Japanese television drama series.
Cast
*Riisa Naka as Shizuku Miyama
*Kento Hayashi as Yazawa Kei
*Takahisa Masuda as Manaka Junichi
* Aya Omasa as Hinako Koiwai
* Anna Ishibashi as Sachi Shinjo
* Yukiyoshi Ozawa as Kazuki Miyajima
* ...
'' (2012) - Miyama Shizuku
* ''Lucky Seven SP'' (2013) - Mizuno Asuka
* ''Cold Case'' (2016)
* ''I love You Just a Little Bit'' (2017) - Reika Arishima
* ''Black Leather Notebook'' (2017) - Namiko Yamada
* ''Plage ~ Wakeari bakari no share house'' (2017) - Koike Miwa
* ''
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'' (2020) - Megumi Katori
* ''Koisuru Hahatachi'' (2020) - Kanbara Mari
* ''
Alice in Borderland
is a Japanese suspense manga series written and illustrated by Haro Aso. It was first serialized in Shogakukan's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Shōnen Sunday S'' from November 2010 to March 2015, and later moved to ''Weekly Shōnen Sund ...
'' (2020–2022) - Mira Kanō
* ''Tokyo MER: Mobile Emergency Room'' (2021) - Chiaki Takanawa
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Movies
* ''The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
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'' (2006) - Makoto Konno (lead)
* ''Island Times'' (2006) - Yuki
* ''Shibuya-ku Maruyama-cho'' (2006) - Yumi
* ''Chi-chan wa Yukyu no Muko'' (2008) - Chigusa Utashima
* ''Gachi Boy'' (2008) - Akane Igarashi
* ''It's So Quiet'' (2008) - Chizuru
* ''Jun Kissa Isobe
is a 2008 Japanese film directed by Keisuke Yoshida. It was in the Narrative Feature Competition at the 2008 Hawaii International Film Festival
The Hawai'i International Film Festival (HIFF) is an annual film festival held in the United Stat ...
'' (2008) - Sakiko Isobe
* ''An Encyclopedia of Unconventional Women'' (2009) - Ryoko
* ''Pandora no Hako'' (2009) - Mabo
* '' Summer Wars'' (2009) - Yumi Jinnouchi
* '' Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time'' (2010) - Akari Yoshiyama (lead)
* '' Zebraman 2: Attack on Zebra City'' (2010) - Zebra Queen/Yui
* ''Hara ga Kore Nande
is a 2011 Japanese comedy film directed by Yuya Ishii.
Cast
* Riisa Naka as Mitsuko
* Aoi Nakamura
* Shigeyuki Totsugi
is a Japanese actor, TV personality, voice actor, screenwriter, theatre director, and singer. His real name and former sta ...
'' (2011) - Hara Mitsuko
* ''Moteki
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mitsurō Kubo. It was serialized in ''Evening'' magazine from 2008 to 2010, with its chapters collected into four ''tankōbon'' volumes by Kodansha. It was adapted into a Japanese televi ...
'' (2011) - Ai
* ''Young Black Jack'' (2011) - Yuna
* '' Brave Hearts: Umizaru'' (2012) - Mika
* '' The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji'' (2014)[
* '' The Mole Song: Hong Kong Capriccio'' (2016)][
* '' A Forest of Wool and Steel'' (2018) - Eri Hamano
* ''My Dad Is a Heel Wrestler'' (2018) - Michiko
* ''Love At Least'' (2018)
* ''Brothers in Brothel'' (2021) - Ibuki
* ''The Mole Song: Final'' (2021)]
Plays
* ''Dokurojo no Shichinin'' (2011)
Dubbing
* ''Trolls World Tour
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'' (2020) - Queen Barb
Music videos
* ''Kimi wa Boku ni Niteiru'' (2005) - See-Saw
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* ''Captain Straydum'' (2006) - Cyborg
* ''Nostalgia'' (2010) - Ikimono Gakari
The romanization of the group's name does not have the hyphen according to Sony's websites for their albums. is a Japanese pop rock duo from Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan consisting of Yoshiki Mizuno and Kiyoe Yoshioka. The group started in Februa ...
* ''Honto Wa Kowai Ai To Romance'' (2010) - Keisuke Kuwata
is a Japanese multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, and frontman for the Southern All Stars, as well of his own solo band, the Kuwata band. He has also done a significant amount of scoring music for films. He went to Aoyama Gakuin University ...
* ''Boku Kimi Believer'' (2010) - Ghostnote
Discography
* as Zebra Queen (2010)
References
External links
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Amuze profile
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1989 births
Living people
Actors from Nagasaki Prefecture
Japanese female models
Japanese people of Swedish descent
Models from Nagasaki Prefecture
Amuse Inc. talents
21st-century Japanese actresses
21st-century Japanese women singers