is an Australian-born Japanese actress, known for her role as

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in ''Shinichi Kudo's Written Challenge!'', Minami Maho in ''

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,'' Haru/Harumi in '' 125 Years Memory,'' and

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in ''

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''. She plays Mitsuki in the

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series ''

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'' (2021). In 2014, she won the

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for Newcomer of the Year.

Early life

Kutsuna was born on 22 December 1992 in

Killarney Heights Killarney Heights is a suburb of Northern Sydney, situated on Middle Harbour, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Killarney Heights is 12 kilometres north-east of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of ...

, Sydney. She lived in Australia until the age of 14 before moving to Japan to pursue a career as a model and actress.

Career

In 2006, Kutsuna won the Judge's Prize at the 2006

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. In 2009, she had her first major starring role. She played the part of Tsugumi Nitobe in ''7 Mannin Tantei Nitobe (70 000 People Detective Nitobe)'', an ordinary college student who has 70,000 friends on the Internet and solves difficult cases by using their brains. In 2011, she was cast to play Ran Mori in a special drama for the live-action of ''

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'', a popular

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series written by

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.High School Debut star replaces Shun Oguri in 3rd live-action special; Beck's Kutsuna plays Ran
''Anime News Network''. Retrieved 8 February 2011. She replaced

Tomoka Kurokawa , is a Japanese actress. She graduated from Horikoshi High School on February 18, 2008. She began attending Asia University in April 2008. Filmography Drama *''Don't Forget Me , Dai Renai: Boku o Wasureru Kimi to'' (TBS / 2018) - Yuzuka Sawada ...

, who played Ran in the previous specials in 2006 and 2007. In 2012, she was named Best New Actress of 2011 by film magazine ''Kinema Junpo''. In 2015, she appeared in two leading roles as Haru/Harumi in the Japanese-Turkish co-production 125 Years Memory. She played mutant

in the 2018 film ''

''. In 2022, it was revealed that she will appear in

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Personal life

In 2011, together with actresses

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and

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, Kutsuna graduated from

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Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Commercials

2008 * NTT東日本 DENPO115 *

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2008–2010 (第50 – 51代 ''Pocky Princess'') * Aera Home クラージュ * TAKARATOMY Hi-kara 2010 *

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* KYOTO KIMONO YUZEN 2011 * SUNTORY Oolong Tea Premium Clear * dip はたらくスマイルプロジェクト (星野夏子役) 2012 * Aera Home「環境設計の家」 * DAIHATSU Campaign (ダイハツキャンペーン) * カリエ Noz BEASHOW *

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(セイコーエプソンカラリオ) 2013 *

Pokka is a corporation headquartered in Japan, which sells canned or bottled coffee, flavored tea and an assortment of other beverages. Pokka is owned by Sapporo Holdings, Japan's fourth largest brewer by volume and makers of Yebisu and Sleeman. His ...

「ヒラメキ宣言」 *

キレートレモン * LION デンタークリアMAXライオン 2014 * ゲオホールディングス 2nd STREET / JUMBLE STORE * MOSDO! *

企業 * Hay Day (Supercell ヘイ・デイ)

Promotional videos

* 11 December 2008

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''Oshare Banchou feat. Soy Sauce'' 「おしゃれ番長 feat.ソイソース / 中華料理篇」 * 17 June 2009 ASIA ENGINEER「僕にできる事のすべて」エイジアエンジニア / 僕にできる事のすべて

Accolades

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kutsuna, Shioli 1992 births Living people 21st-century Australian actresses Horikoshi High School alumni Actresses from Sydney Actresses from Tokyo Australian female models Models from Sydney Australian people of Japanese descent Australian emigrants to Japan Japanese idols Australian film actresses Australian television actresses 21st-century Japanese actresses Australian actresses of Asian descent