is a Japanese actress, model, and
gravure idol
A model is a person with a Role (disambiguation), role either to display commercial product (business), products (notably fashion clothing in fashion shows) or to serve as an Model (art), artist's model.
Modelling ("modeling" in British and ...
.
Her best-known role was
Usagi Tsukino/Sailor Moon in the
live-action adaptation of ''
Sailor Moon
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Naoko Takeuchi. It was originally serialized in Kodansha's Shōjo manga, ''shōjo'' manga magazine ''Nakayoshi'' from 1991 to 1997; the 60 individual chapters (later reorganized into ...
'' which ran from 2003 to 2004.
Personal life
Sawai was born in
Kanagawa Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Kanagawa Prefecture is the List of Japanese prefectures by population, second-most populous prefecture of Japan at 9,221,129 (1 April 2022) and third-dens ...
on October 23, 1987. She announced that she had married comedian Hiroyuki Takagishi.
On November 14, 2024, she gave birth to her first child.
Modeling career
Photobooks
* 2002: ''Miyu'' -
* 2004: ''Kiss'' -
* 2005: ''Miyu'' -
* 2008: ''Present: Purezon'' -
* 2013: ''Hitotoki'' -
Idol DVDs
* 2002: ''Me''
* 2002: ''You''
* 2004: ''Kiss''
* 2005: ''South Wind''
* 2005: ''Perfect Collection''
* 2005: ''Me→You''
* 2006: ''Snow White''
* 2006: ''Fresh:Re:Fresh''
* 2008: ''Sawai Ryu''
Digital photo and movie works
* 2011: ''Colors: 3 ri no Sawai Miyu''
Filmography
Television
*''
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon'' (2003–04),
Usagi Tsukino
*''Kids Wars 5'' (2005), Yoko Kimura
*''
Kamen Rider Wizard
is a Japanese tokusatsu drama in Toei Company's ''Kamen Rider'' franchise, being the fourteenth series in the Heisei period run and the twenty-third overall. It began airing on TV Asahi on September 2, 2012, joining ''Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters'' a ...
'' (2013), Aya Yamamoto (episodes 47, 48, 51)
*''
Kamen Rider Amazons'' (2016), Mika (episodes 9, 12)
*''
Kamen Rider Ex-Aid
is a Japanese tokusatsu drama in Toei Company's Kamen Rider Series. It is the eighteenth series in the Heisei period run and the twenty-seventh series overall. Toei registered the Kamen Rider Ex-Aid trademark on June 13, 2016. The show premiered ...
'' (2017), Tōko Suzuki (episodes 42–44)
*''
Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger'' (2019), Master Pink
*''The Sunflower Disappeared in the Rain'' (2022), Tae Asami
Film
*''A Chain of Cursed Murders'' (2005), Saki
*''
Shaolin Girl'' (2008), Kanagawa Miyuu
*''
Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider W & Decade: Movie War 2010'' (2010), Erika Mutsuki
*''
Space Battleship Yamato
is a Japanese science fiction anime series written by Yoshinobu Nishizaki, directed by manga artist Leiji Matsumoto, and produced by Academy Productions. The series aired in Yomiuri TV from October 6, 1974 to March 30, 1975, totaling u ...
'' (2010), Higashida
Anime
*''
Fullmetal Alchemist: Conqueror of Shamballa'' (2005), Noah
*''
Black Cat
A black cat is a Cat, domestic cat with black fur. They may be a specific Purebred, breed, or a common domestic cat of no particular or mixed breed. Most black cats have golden iris (anatomy), irises due to their high melanin pigment content. Bl ...
'' (2006), Reira/Layla
*''
GR: Giant Robo'' (2007), V
References
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Japanese voice actresses
Japanese gravure idols
Japanese female models
1987 births
Living people