is a Japanese

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. She is best known for her work in ''

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'', for which she won a Newcomer of the Year Award at the 35th Japan Academy Prize ceremony. Her sister is child actress Koko Kumada.

Biography

Sea Kumada was born July 18, 2001, in

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, Japan. For the 2011 movie ''

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Hitoshi Matsumoto , commonly known as , is a Japanese film director and one of Japan's most popular comedians and TV hosts. He is one half of the comedy duo Downtown alongside Masatoshi Hamada. Like Hamada, Matsumoto was born and raised in Amagasaki, Hyōgo Prefe ...

, she received one of the seven Newcomer of the Year awards at the 35th Japan Academy Prize ceremony.

Filmography

Films

* (2009,

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) - Mayu Taneda (as a child) * (2009, Toho) - Hikari Sakurai (as a child) * ''Paradise Kiss'' (2011,

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) - Yukari Hayasaka (as a child) * (2011,

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Animation films

* '' Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage: Friends of the Future'' (2012, Toei) – Fū-chan (voice)

Television dramas

* (April 13 - June 22, 2007,

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) * ''

Ryūsei no Kizuna is a detective novel by Keigo Higashino. It was serialized in Weekly Gendai from 16 September 2006 to 15 September 2007 and was published into one ''tankōbon'' volume by Kodansha on 5 March 2008. The novel was published in paperback format by ...

'' (October 17 - December 19, 2008, TBS) - young Shizuna * ''

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'' (July 24 - September 25, 2009, TBS) - Rei Hasebe * (August 28, 2009, Fuji TV) - Marina Suzuki * ''

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'' episode 27, "The D Was Watching/The Transparent Magical Lady" (March 21, 2010,

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) - young Lily Shirogane * (April 22 - June 17, 2010, TV Asahi) - Mana Nishikawa * episode 5 (February 27, 2011, TV Asahi) - Yui * ''

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'' series 43, episode 3, (July 18, 2011, TBS) - Okoma * (August 26, 2011,

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) - Nozomi Izawa * (October 27 - December 22, 2011, TBS) - Sakura Miyamoto * '' Miyabe Miyuki Mystery - Perfect Blue'' episode 8 (November 26, 2012, TBS) - young Akie Asō * episodes 5-6 (May 13/20, 2013, TBS) - Haruna Shimizu * (October 11, 2013, Fuji TV) - Miyuki Inafuku (Miyuki Shimabukuro) * episode 6 (May 19, 2014, TBS) - Haruka Okunuki

Other television

* '' Sore Ike! Anpanman Club'' (2007-2008, BS Nitere) - self * (2008,

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) - self * (2008, NTV)

Awards

* 35th Japan Academy Prize (2012) — Newcomer of the Year

References

External links

Official blog
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kumada, Sea 2001 births Living people Japanese child actresses Japanese television personalities People from Tokyo 21st-century Japanese actresses