is a Japanese model and actress. She has been described as one of the first Asian models to walk European catwalks.
Career She has appeared on the cover of Vogue in her native country, as well as Harper's Bazaar (Japan, China, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia), Elle (Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong), Marie Claire (Hong Kong) and Madame Figaro (Taiwan, Thailand). Tominaga has walked in runway shows for John Galliano, Vivienne Tam, Anna Sui, Christian Dior, Karl Lagerfeld, Lanvin, Gucci, Michael Kors, Ralph Lauren, Dolce and Gabbana, Givenchy, Elie Saab, Alexander McQueen and Valentino, among others. Tominaga has appeared in many fashion magazines including Vogue (American, French, British, Japanese, Russian and German), Harper's Bazaar and i-D, and has been shot by photographers such as Annie Leibovitz, Nick Knight, Steven Meisel, Ellen von Unwerth, Mert and Marcus and Peter Lindbergh.
Tominaga has featured in campaigns for Yves Saint Laurent (with top models Jacquetta Wheeler, Carmen Kass and Caroline Ribeiro), Gucci, Hermès, Tag Heuer, Banana Republic and Moschino. Tominaga also appeared in the 2004 Pirelli Calendar. Nowadays, she is based in Tokyo and continued to take on new challenges as a personality on TV, radio and various events, along with modelling.
Personal life She married a Japanese chef living in Paris in October 2004, and gave birth to a son named Akitsugu in March 2005. The couple divorced in April 2009.冨永愛 紀里谷氏との交際は否定も「特定の人いる」 - SponichiAnnex 2011年1月15日紀里谷和明 冨永愛との熱愛報道「事実じゃない。残念！」 - J-CASTニュース 2010年11月17日冨永愛 塩谷瞬との熱愛報道を否定「友情は友情でしかなく」 - - SponichiAnnex 2012年4月23日富永愛、塩谷瞬との熱愛「恋愛に発展しかけたけど、熱愛の事実はありません」 - J-CASTニュース 2012年4月24日冨永愛“二股男”塩谷瞬に怒り！恋愛も封印 - デイリースポーツ 2012年4月28日 She held custody of Akitsugu after her divorce.
On 20 December 2025, she announced her pregnancy with a child from actor Ikken Yamamoto through her Instagram. On 7 May 2026, she gave birth to her second child.
She is based in Tokyo.
Filmography
Film Devilman (2004), Silene R100 (2013) From the End of the World (2023) La Grande Maison Paris (2024), Linda Machiko Richard
Television La Grande Maison Tokyo (2019), Linda Machiko Richard Waru (2022), Onimaru Ōoku: The Inner Chambers (2023), Tokugawa Yoshimune Unbound (2025), Takaoka
Dubbing The Amazing Spider-Man, Receptionist (voiceover for Jill Flint)
References
External links
Ai Tominaga at Adversus.Asia