, better known by the stage name , is a Japanese actress. She is a niece of singer Chiyo Okumura.

Biography

She was born in

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but grew up in

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. She graduated from

Aoyama Gakuin University is a private Christian university in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. Originally established in 1874 by missionaries from the Methodist Episcopal Church, it was reconfigured in its current form in 1949 as tertiary component of the Aoyama Gakuin. The u ...

. She appeared in Yōjirō Takita's 1986 film '' Comic Magazine'' with Yuya Uchida and Beat Takeshi. She also appeared in Lee Sang-il's 2002 film '' Border Line'' with Tetsu Sawaki and Ken Mitsuishi.

Personal life

She married actor in March 2004, and they had one child. The couple separated less than two years later, and officially divorced in 2008.

Selected filmography

Film

* ''Aitsu to Lullaby'' (1983) * '' Comic Magazine'' (1986) * ''Yakuza Tosei no Suteki na Menmen'' (1988) * '' Kachō Kōsaku Shima'' (1992) * '' The Abe Clan'' (1995) * ''Tetto Musashino-sen'' (1997) * ''Detective Riko'' (1998) * ''Yūjō: Friendship'' (1998) * ''Kizuna'' (1998) * ''Detective Riko: Megami no Eien'' (1998) * '' Border Line'' (2002) * ''Last Scene'' (2002) * '' Rockers'' (2003) * '' Survive Style 5+'' (2004) * ''The Pavillion Salamandre'' (2006) * '' Oh! Oku'' (2006) * '' Koizora'' (2007) * '' Love for Beginners'' (2012) * '' We Were There'' (2012) * '' My Little Sweet Pea'' (2013) * '' Angel Home'' (2013) * '' The Mourner'' (2015) * '' Age Harassment'' (2015) * ''

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'' (2016) * ''Kiseki: Sobito of That Day'' (2017) * ''Nakuna Akaoni'' (2019) * '' Perfect Days'' (2023) * ''The Harbor Lights'' (2025), as Emiko Kaneko * ''Eat the Firebird'' (2025), as Nobuko Kuki

Television

* ''Musashibō Benkei'' (1986), as

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* ''

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'' (1988), as

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* ''

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'' (1995), as Hikaru Shimada * ''Honmamon'' (2001–2002) * '' Journey Under the Midnight Sun'' (2006) * ''

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'' (2008) * '' Jin'' (2009) * ''

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'' (2010) * ''

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'' (2010) * ''

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'' (2010) * ''

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'' (2011–2012) * ''

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'' (2015), as Kaneko Tsuru * '' The Emperor's Cook'' (2015), as Okichi * ''Miotsukushi Ryōrichō'' (2017) * ''

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'' (2018) * '' The Grand Family'' (2021), as Yasuko Manpyō * ''

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'' (2023), as Mari Usami (ep. 8) * '' Even Though We're Adults'' (2025), as Yoriko

Radio

* ''Hideki Saijo Raspberry Club'' (1985–1986), as Assistant MC

References

External links

Official agency profile
* * 1963 births Living people Actresses from Osaka Prefecture Japanese film actresses Japanese television actresses Aoyama Gakuin University alumni People from Izumisano People from Nagasaki Prefecture 20th-century Japanese actresses 21st-century Japanese actresses {{Japan-screen-actor-stub