(born 1975) is a Japanese model and

actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a Character (arts), character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek ...

Life and career

Ono began her career as a

fashion Fashion is a form of self-expression and autonomy at a particular period and place and in a specific context, of clothing, footwear, lifestyle, accessories, makeup, hairstyle, and body posture. The term implies a look defined by the fashion in ...

and

gravure model A model is a person with a role either to promote, display or advertise commercial products (notably fashion clothing in fashion shows) or to serve as a visual aid for people who are creating works of art or to pose for photography. Though mo ...

and was featured as the 1997

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swimsuit Campaign Model. In 1998, she starred in the erotic action-thriller

V-cinema Direct-to-video or straight-to-video refers to the release of a film, TV series, short or special to the public immediately on home video formats rather than an initial theatrical release or television premiere. This distribution strategy was p ...

production '' Zero Woman Returns'', part of the long-running "Zero Woman" series. A year later she appeared in the

yakuza , also known as , are members of transnational organized crime syndicates originating in Japan. The Japanese police and media, by request of the police, call them , while the ''yakuza'' call themselves . The English equivalent for the term ...

film which was released in July 1999. Ono also had a featured role in the January 2002 drama . She was also a regular on the TBS variety show which was broadcast from 1998 to 2002. She left the entertainment field in 2002 to pursue a business career as an

esthetician Cosmetology (from Greek , ''kosmētikos'', "beautifying"; and , ''-logia'') is the study and application of beauty treatment. Branches of specialty include hairstyling, skin care, cosmetics, manicures/pedicures, non-permanent hair removal such a ...

Filmography

* '' Zero Woman: Saigo no shirei'' (1998 aka ''Zero Woman Returns'') -

* (1999) * (2000) * (2002)

References

External links

* 1975 births Living people Japanese female adult models Place of birth missing (living people) {{Japan-actor-stub