is a
Japanese
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actress
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and singer. Born in
Hiroshima
is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 1,199,391. The gross domestic product (GDP) in Greater Hiroshima, Hiroshima Urban Employment Area, was US$61.3 billion as of 2010. Kazumi Matsui h ...
and raised in
Tokyo
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, she made her
J-Pop
J-pop ( ja, ジェイポップ, ''jeipoppu''; often stylized as J-POP; an abbreviated form of "Japanese popular music"), natively also known simply as , is the name for a form of popular music that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1 ...
debut on 19 August 1995. She starred in the Japanese original of ''
The Grudge
''The Grudge'' is a 2004 supernatural horror film directed by Takashi Shimizu, written by Stephen Susco, and produced by Sam Raimi, Robert Tapert, and Takashige Ichise. A remake of Shimizu's 2002 Japanese horror film '' Ju-On: The Grudge'', i ...
''. She married Susumu Fujita in January 2004. They
divorced
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on 22 July 2005. In 2007, Megumi said she was retiring from the entertainment business. However, she reversed course by acting in a
remake
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of the 2004 Thai film, ''
Shutter''. It was released March 21, 2008. She portrayed a ghost called Megumi Tanaka.
Personal life
On March 12, 2009, she announced that she was four months pregnant and planning on marrying her boyfriend of two years, a businessman.
However, they divorced on September 12, 2015. On March 12, 2016, she announced that she was married to
Ryo Kimura
is a Japanese actor who debuted in 2002. His first movie was '' Moonlight Jellyfish'', in which he co-starred with Tatsuya Fujiwara. He played the role of Michio, a mentally challenged 15-year-old boy diagnosed with an incurable skin disease cal ...
.
Discography
Albums
* 1995/09/21 : ''Blossom''
* 1996/05/21 : ''illusion''
* 1997/03/20 : ''gradation''
* 1998/04/01 : ''i・n・g''
* 1998/09/01 : ''Stairs -The Best Songs-''
Singles
* 1995/08/19 : ''この悲しみを乗り越えて''
* 1996/04/23 : ''そんなの悲しいね''
* 1996/09/21 : ''あなたのそばで''
* 1997/02/25 : ''今でも...あなたが好きだから''
* 1997/05/28 : ''淑女の夢は万華鏡'' (ending theme from ''
Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo
, often shortened to , and known in English as ''KochiKame: Tokyo Beat Cops'', is a Japanese comedy manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Akimoto. It takes place in the present day, in and around a neighborhood police station ( k ...
'')
* 1997/10/29 : ''それでも愛してる''
* 1998/02/25 : ''ゆらゆら''
* 1998/08/21 : ''Eternity''
Filmography
Films
* 1995: ''
Naito heddo'' (adapted from ''
Night Head
''Night Head Genesis'' is a Japanese anime television series adapted from the 1992 TV drama ''Night Head''. It began airing on the anime television network Animax on July 27, 2006.
The series was licensed for a North American release on Febru ...
'')
* 2000: ''
Tales of the Unusual
is a 2000 Japanese horror anthology film directed by Mamoru Hoshi, Masayuki Ochiai, Hisao Ogura and Masayuki Suzuki. Each story is of a different genre - "One Snowy Night" (horror), "Samurai Cellular" (comedy-drama), "Chess" (thriller) and ...
''
* 2000: ''
Sebunzu feisu'' (
Seven's Face)
* 2001: ''
Otogirisō'' (St John's Wort)
* 2001: ''
Red Shadow: Akakage''
* 2003: ''
Ju-on: The Grudge''
* 2006: ''Ulysses''
* 2006: ''Inugamike no Ichizoku''
* 2008: ''
Shutter'' (aka ''Spirits'')
* 2009: ''Tsumi toka batsu toka''
* 2017: ''Cosmetic Wars''
* 2020: ''Howling Village''
Dramas
* ''
Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom?'' (Fuji TV, 1993)
* ''Kinjirareta Asobi'' (NTV, 1995)
* ''Wakaba no Koro'' (TBS, 1996)
* ''Kimi ga Jinsei no Toki'' (TBS, 1997)
* ''Futari'' (TV Asahi, 1997)
* ''Shinryonaikai Ryoko'' (NTV, 1997)
* ''Ao no Jidai'' (TBS, 1998)
* ''Hashire Komuin'' (Fuji TV, 1998)
* ''Genroku Ryoran'' (NHK, 1999)
* ''Tengoku ni Ichiban Chikai Otoko'' as Tsuyuzaki Koharu (TBS, 1999)
* ''Tengoku no Kiss'' as Mitarai Asumi (TV Asahi, 1999)
* ''Suna no ue no Koibitotachi'' (Fuji TV, 1999)
* ''Hanamura Daisuke'' (Fuji TV, 2000, ep11-12)
* ''
Wakaresaseya
are Japanese businesses that specialize in breaking up relationships, often by drawing one of the partners into an affair or by producing other incriminating evidence. For a fee, a customer names a target, and an undercover employee of the compa ...
'' as Mizusawa Chiharu (YTV, 2001)
* ''Shin Hoshi no Kinka'' (NTV, 2001)
* ''Koisuru Top Lady'' as Hasegawa Mizuki (Fuji TV, 2002)
* ''Boku ga Chikyu wo Suku'' as Tsukishima Kyoko (TBS, 2002)
* ''Beginner'' (Fuji TV, 2003)
* ''Kyohansha'' (NTV, 2003)
* ''Konya Hitori no Bed de'' as Jumonji Azusa (TBS, 2005)
* ''Jikou Keisatsu'' (TV Asahi, 2006, ep5)
* ''Oishii Koroshikata'' (BS Fuji, 2006)
* ''Wakatoryo to Kyuunin no Ko'' (NHK, 2006)
* ''Aibou 5'' (TV Asahi, 2006, ep1)
* ''Takusan no Ai wo Arigato'' (たくさんの愛をありがとう) (NTV, 2006)
References
External links
Okina Megumi Official Site
*
1979 births
20th-century Japanese actresses
21st-century Japanese actresses
Japanese film actresses
Japanese television actresses
Japanese women pop singers
Living people
Actors from Hiroshima
Musicians from Hiroshima
20th-century Japanese women singers
20th-century Japanese singers
21st-century Japanese women singers
21st-century Japanese singers
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