is a Japanese actress, model, dancer, lyricist and singer. She is best known for her memorable role of Makimachi Misao in the movie series ''

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'', Mai Nakahara in '' The 8-Year Engagement'', Koharu in '' The Cinderella Addiction'' and most recently as Yuzuha Usagi in

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's ''

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''. Her older sister, Honoka, works as a model, while her younger brother,

Shimba Tsuchiya is a Japanese actor and voice actor currently affliated with Trans World Japan. He debuted as an actor in 2005 and as a voice actor in 2016. Tsuchiya is best known for portraying Tsutomu Goshiki in '' Haikyū!!'' and Tatara Fujita in ''Welcome t ...

, is also an actor.

Career & Stage Play

Chosen from among 2,020 women auditioning for the part, Tsuchiya was cast in the starring role of ''

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'', a morning drama serial aired on Japan's public television starting March 30, 2015. In 2018, Tsuchiya performed in a theatre production in five cities within four countries around the world. The production was an adaptation from the manga *Pluto*. She played two main characters: a little cyborg girl named Uran and a cyborg woman named Helena. She planned to participate in another Stage Play challenge in Tokyo during the summer of 2020, joining a Madam Mari Natsuki production called "Neo Vol. 4".

Personal life

On January 1, 2023, Tsuchiya announced on her

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that she married with

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vocalist, Ryota Katayose. At the same time, she also announced her pregnancy with her first child.

Filmography

Film

Television

TV anime

* '' Erased'' (2016) – 10-year-old Satoru Fujinuma

Anime film

* ''

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'' (2021) – Shion Ashimori

Japanese dubbing

;Live-action * ''

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'' (2018) – Charlie Watson ( Hailee Steinfeld) ;Animation * ''

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'' (2016) – Félicie

Music video

* Sia – ''

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'' (2016) *

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– ''Dream'' (2016) *

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– ''Classical Music Mashup'' (2019) * Taiking ft. Tsuchiya Tao - '' Rules ''(2022)

Others

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(2018), host *

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(2019), host

Discography

Singles

* "Fēlicies" (2017) * "Anniversary" (2018) released as Taotak (duo with

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) * " Lead Your Partner " (2021) * "Umbrella" (2021) * "You Got Friends" (2021) * "Rules" (2022) (featuring with Taiking of Suchmos )

Print publications

Magazines

* ''Hanachu'', Shufunotomo 2003-, as an exclusive model from May 2008 to June 2010

Photobooks

* ''Tsubomi 1'' (13 October 2011, Magazine House) * ''Document'' (3 February 2015, Tokyo News Service) * ''Marezora'' (16 September 2015, NHK Publishing)

Awards

References

External links

Tao Tsuchiya at Sony Music
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tsuchiya, Tao 1995 births Living people Actresses from Tokyo 21st-century Japanese actresses Japanese female models Asadora lead actors Models from Tokyo Metropolis Japanese film actresses Japanese television actresses Singers from Tokyo 21st-century Japanese women singers