is a Japanese actress. She is known for her starring roles in the film ''

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'' and the television drama '' Fujoshi, Ukkari Gay ni Kokuru'', as well as supporting roles in the ''

asadora , colloquially known as , is a serialized, 15 minutes per episode, Japanese television drama program series broadcast in the mornings by Japanese public broadcaster NHK. The first such series aired in 1961 with the black-and-white , starring Ta ...

'' '' Hiyokko'' and the ''taiga'' drama ''

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''.

Career

Fujino joined an entertainment agency in October 2011. In 2014, she was cast as the main character in

Izuru Narushima is a Japanese scriptwriter and film director from Yamanashi Prefecture. In 2011, his film ''Rebirth'' was awarded the Japanese Academy Prize for best picture. Filmography As director * ''The Hunter and the Hunted'' (2004) * ''Fly, Daddy, Fly'' ( ...

's film ''

'', an adaptation of

Miyuki Miyabe is a Japanese writer of genre fiction. She has won numerous Japanese literary awards, including the Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers, the Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for Literature, the Shiba Ryotaro Prize, the Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize, and the Na ...

's novel of the same name. She was selected out of approximately 10,000 people in an audition process that took an unprecedent six months. At the time of her debut, Fujino had only acted as an

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. She used her character's name as her stage name because she "doesn't want to forget the feelings" of receiving the role. Fujino received the Newcomer of the Year award at the

39th Japan Academy Film Prize The is the 39th edition of the ''Japan Academy Film Prize'', an award presented by the Nippon Academy-Sho Association to award excellence in filmmaking. It awarded the best films of 2015 and it took place on March 4, 2016 at the Grand Prince Hot ...

for her role in the film. Later in 2016, she transferred agencies from Theatre Academy to K-Factory. In May 2017, she appeared in '' Hiyokko'' as Toyoko Kanehira, a coworker and dormmate of the main character. This was her first appearance in an ''

''. During the

2019 Japanese unified local elections The first stage of the in Japan took place on April 7, 2019, with the second following on 21 April 2019. Results Governors Prefectural assemblies Mayors of designated cities Designated city assemblies See also * 2015 Japanese ...

, Fujino appeared in posters and online advertisements by the Kanagawa Prefectural Election Commission to encourage people to vote.

Personal life

Fujino was born on February 2, 2000, in

Kanagawa 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 ...

, Japan. She is an only child.

Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos

Accolades

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fujino, Ryōko 2000 births Living people Actresses from Kanagawa Prefecture 21st-century Japanese actresses Japanese film actresses Japanese television actresses