is a Japanese

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 ...

turned activist for the legalization of cannabis in Japan.

Biography

Saya Takagi started smoking cannabis when she was 17.Pioneer Japanese cannabis activist Saya Takagi on running for office, getting arrested & more
''Cannabislifenetwork.com'', 31 January 2018 In 1994, she became famous with her the role of ''Kashiwagi Reiko'' in the Japanese drama film ''Okane ga Nai''. In 2012, after the

2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami The occurred at 14:46 JST (05:46 UTC) on 11 March. The magnitude 9.0–9.1 (M) undersea megathrust earthquake had an epicenter in the Pacific Ocean, east of the Oshika Peninsula of the Tōhoku region, and lasted approximately six minutes ...

, Saya Takagi decided to abandon the world of entertainment to become more involved in environmental activism, and adopted a self-sufficient lifestyle.Masa Tanizawa
Saya Takagi's fight for cannabis legalisation
''Metropolisjapan.com'', 17 June 2016 In 2016, Saya Takagi, then manager for the Cannabis Inspection Committee, ran for an

Upper House An upper house is one of two Debate chamber, chambers of a bicameralism, bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house.''Bicameralism'' (1997) by George Tsebelis The house formally designated as the upper house is usually smalle ...

seat with the

New Renaissance Party The was a minor political party in Japan. History The NRP is the successor to the Reform Club (改革クラブ), founded by Hideo Watanabe and Hiroyuki Arai in August 2008. In April 2010, Yōichi Masuzoe, a former Minister of Health, Labour ...

, with medical cannabis as one of her platforms. In October 2016, she was arrested at her guesthouse in Okinawa for possession of 55 grammes of cannabis, and in April 2017 was sentenced to a one-year suspended prison sentence, after having spent six months in jail.

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Profile on J-Dorama
Japanese film actresses Japanese television actresses Japanese cannabis activists 1963 births Living people People from Hamamatsu 20th-century Japanese actresses 21st-century Japanese actresses {{Japan-actor-stub