(born 8 January 1988) is a Japanese actress based in London.
Life and career Born in Nerima, Tokyo, Abe grew up in Tokyo, London and New York. As a child, she trained at Gekidan Himawari, a children’s drama school in Tokyo. She trained at Rose Bruford College in South East London.
She appeared in BBC's Ideal as Miko, and as Marti in Sleepydog's science-fiction TV series Slingers directed by Steve Barron. She also appeared in the video for Clean Bandit's song "Rather Be" which has gained over 800 million views on YouTube as of 2025.
In 2018, she became the new speaking voice of Noodle from the virtual band Gorillaz.
Filmography Television Year Title Role Notes 2007–2011 Ideal Miko 2008 The Things I Haven't Told You Sarah KellsTelevision film 2009 Casualty Mika Slingers (Pilot) Marti Wire in the Blood Japanese waitress2011My So Called Life SentenceDaniniTelevision film 2012 My Phone Genie Naoko 2014 Doctors Jenny Edge of Heaven Tammy 2015 Cuffs Mikki Cucumber Anna Cyberbully Jennifer Li 2017 Emerald City Po Zapped Henchwoman 2018 Kiss Me First Tippi Stath Lets Flats Tomoko2019Silent WitnessAkito Emon Two episodes ("To Brighton, To Brighton")2019Giri/HajiSuzume2020Avenue 5Aimi Ito
Web series Year Title Role Notes2020Song Machine Noodle Web series by Gorillaz8 episodes
Film Year Title Role Notes2006Mo YinSarah2007EncoreEcho2009Shell ShockLady OneOnly TimeLi JingShort filmStray BalloonNaomiSlingersMartiShort filmAneurysmModelShort filmWe Have Already Begun to DieShe 2010 Stanley Pickle Bluebell8 SecondsYumikoBleachLiShort film2011YukiYukiShort filmSecrecyChie OkumuraFishSakuraGreat NewsMagnesiumEve302012Choose4624Short filmThe Outsider: A Looper's StoryAnnaShort film 47 Ronin Mika's handmaiden 2013 About Time Japanese girlPulling AwayAlyx CastilloShort film2014TracesThe SearcherShort film The Knife That Killed Me SerenaThe Scopia EffectKeiko2015After the World EndedSarama/ SarameyaThe SubstituteSevenShort film Random 11 Mitsuko UnagiTokyo 70HarukaKubrick's CoatAyameShort film2017The Distant SeaGirl in the houseShort film2019HafuMisakiShort filmDead UnicornsHaruka Satou She's Just A Shadow Tanya 2021 Cruella Liberty womanStaggerEvaShort film Snake Eyes Akiko Also does own dub-over voice in Japanese version
Music videos Year Song Singer/Band Notes 2010 "Chaos Lives In Everything" Dead & Control Mimed to Office 2014 "Rather Be" Clean Bandit Mimed to Jess Glynne's vocals
Video games Year Title Voice role Notes 2016 Late Shift May-Ling Full motion video
See also Japanese community in London
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