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, better known as just , is a Japanese actress. She was born in
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. When she graduated from high-school she decided to focus her career entirely on acting. As of 2009, she shortened her stage name and is now simply going by "Natsuna" (夏菜). In 2012, she landed the coveted lead role in the NHK Asadora ''
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'' after an audition of over 2250 actors.


Appearances


TV dramas

* ''Gachi Baka'' ( TBS, 2006), Hikari Seike * '' Kiraware Matsuko no Issho'' (TBS, 2006), Kumi Kawajiri * ''Erai Tokoroni Totsuide Shimatta'' (
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, 2007), Nao Yamamoto * ''Kodoku no Kake: Itoshiki Hitoyo'' (TBS, 2007), Mika Inui * ''
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'' (TV Asahi, 2007), Tamaki Nakamura * ''Ando Natsu'' (TBS, 2008), Miyo * '' Daimajin Kanon'' (
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, 2010), Saki Uehara * ''Quartet'' ( MBS, 2011), Kasumi * '' Okusama wa 18-sai'' ( Fuji TV Two, 2011), Asuka Takagi * '' Another Gantz'' ( NTV, 2011), Kei Kishimoto * ''Shima Shima'' (TBS, 2011), Yumi Tachibana * ''Ore no Sora: Keijihen'' (TV Asahi, 2011), Hitomi Misaki * ''Miyuki Miyabe 4-shū Renzoku Mystery "Snark Gari"'' (TBS, 2012), Noriko Kokubun * ''
Jun to Ai is a Japanese television drama series. It debuted on October 1, 2012, and was broadcast until March 30, 2013. It is about a girl named Jun Kanō, raised in Miyakojima, Okinawa, who moves to Osaka to work in a hotel. There she meets a man named Ito ...
'' ( NHK, 2012), Jun Machida * ''Doubles: Futari no Keiji'' (TV Asahi, 2013), Aki Miyata * ''Jun to Ai Special: Fujiko no Kareina Ichinichi'' (NHK BS Premium, 2013), Jun Machida * ''Jinsei ga Tokimeku Katazuke no Mahou'' (NTV, 2013), Kaoru Futagotamagawa * ''Yonimo Kimyōna Monogatari: '13 Aki no Tokubetsu Hen "0.03 Frame no Onna"'' (Fuji TV, 2013) * '' Kamen Teacher'' (NTV, 2014), Maya Gatō * ''Gokuaku Ganbo'' Episode 1 (Fuji TV, 2014), Satomi Yashiki * ''Last Doctor: Kansatsui Akita no Kenshi Houkoku'' Episode 1 (TV Tokyo, 2014), Rika Suyama * ''Ōedo Sōsamō 2015: Onmitsu Dōshin, Aku o Kiru!'' (TV Tokyo, 2015), Okichi Shiranui * ''Meikyū Sousa'' (TV Asahi, 2015), Asako Takasu * ''Scoop Yūgun Kisha Kyōichi Fuse'' (TBS, 2015), Eriko Kayama * ''Hotel Concierge'' (TBS, 2015), Arisa Takagaki * ''Watashitachi ga Propose Sarenainoniwa, 101 no Riyū ga Atte Dana'' Season 2 Episode 3 (LaLa TV, 2015), Yuri * '' Specialist'' (TV Asahi, 2016), Maria Azuma


TV movies

* ''Miracle Voice'' (TBS, 2008), Yumi Inagaki * '' Ranma ½'' (NTV, 2011), Ranma Saotome (female)


Films

* '' Kimi ni Todoke'' (2010), Ayane Yano * '' Gantz'' (2011), Kei Kishimoto * '' Gantz: Perfect Answer'' (2011), Kei Kishimoto * ''Kankin Tantei'' (2013), Akane * ''Tigermask'' (2013), Ruriko Wakatsuki * ''Koi to Onchi no Houteishiki'' (2014), Midori Yamabuki * ''
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'' (2014), Shiori Tsutsui * ''Nagashiya Teppei'' (2015), Akemi Shiina * ''Kagami no Naka no Egao Tachi'' (2015), Mari Takahashi * ''Tanuma Ryokan no Kiseki'' (2015), Nao Nishikawa * '' Fullmetal Alchemist'' (2017), Maria Ross * '' Saki'' (2017), Yasuko Fujita * ''
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'' (2017), Kokoro Amatsu * '' Gintama 2'' (2018), Ayame Sarutobi * ''
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'' (2021), Suzu Shiraishi * ''189'' (2021)


Commercials

* ''Mobit'' (2011) * ''
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'' ** ''Nenga Hagaki'' spokesperson (2011) ** ''Youpack'' spokesperson (2013) * '' Unicharm'' – Sofy (2012) * '' Choya Umeshu'' – Umesshu (2012) * ''Daiichi Sankyo Healthcare'' – Kakonāru 2 (2012) * ''
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Stage

* ''Tokubetuhou Dai 001-jō Dust'' (
New National Theatre Tokyo, January 14, 2009 – January 27, 2009), Mayu Sakurai * ''Nurui Doku'' (Kinokuniya Hall, September 13, 2013 – September 26, 2013), Yuri Kumada


Bibliography


Photobooks

* ''Natsuna Gantz/K'' (
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, April 22, 2011), * ''727_8766'' (Tokyo News Service, May 23, 2013), * ''The Gravure'' (Shueisha, January 27, 2014),


References


External links

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TV appearances
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Watanabe, Natsuna Japanese television personalities Japanese television actresses 1989 births Living people 21st-century Japanese actresses Actors from Saitama Prefecture Asadora lead actors Models from Saitama Prefecture People from Saitama Prefecture