Riona Hazuki (葉月里緒奈 Hazuki Riona), born Mai Yamada (山田麻衣 Yamada Mai, born on July 11, 1975, in Tokyo, Japan), is a Japanese actress. In 1999, she played the main role in Owls' Castle.
Biography Hazuki was born as Mai Yamada in Nakano, Tokyo on July 11, 1975. From ages 10 to 17, she lived in Chicago where her family had moved due to her father’s job.
Hazuki made her debut as an actor in the 1993 television drama Oka no Ue no Himawari (The Sunflower on the Hill). Her first role in a movie was in 1995’s Sharaku - the movie in which she met and starred with Hiroyuki Sanada. Her final acting role was in the Television drama Deka fūfū 3 (Detective Husband and Wife 3) in 2017.
Personal life In 1995, it was reported that Hazuki had had an affair with married actor Hiroyuki Sanada, who she had co-starred with in the movie Sharaku (写楽). At the time, she was 19 years old, and Sanada was 35. Hazuki reportedly chased him to the Philippines where he was working. In an interview with the magazine Weekly Asahi, she reportedly said, "I don't mind if my partner has a wife." Sanada then divorced his wife, actress . Hazuki later was labeled a "devil woman" and was heavily criticized by the public for her behavior.
In 2001, she had a surprise marriage to a sushi chef living in Hawaii, USA, but divorced after just two months. In 2004, she married again for the second time, to a real estate heir. She gave birth to her first child, a daughter, on November 7 of that year, she then got divorced in 2015, with her ex-husband taking custody of their daughter. In 2018, it was revealed by news outlets that she had married a third time, again to an executive at a major real estate developer.
Selected filmography
Dramas +YearTitleRoleNetworkNotes1993Oka no Ue no HimawariNobue YuzuharaTBSMayonaka wo KakenukeruRisa ShimamotoABCLead role1994Southerns CallYoko ShimojiNHKYume Miru Koro wo SugitemoAsuka KuriharaTBS1995Koi mo ni Dome NaraMayumi OkazakiNTVLast LoveAkari HosakaNHKLead role1996Kiseki no RomanceMakoto SuzukiNTVMikeneko Holmes no SuiriHarumi KatayamaTV AsahiHachigatsu no Love SongChika DomonYTVLead role1997Mori MotonariKameNHKEveSaori FujiwaraFuji TVGiftAoiEpisode 7, guest role1999Koi no KisekiTaeko TsukamotoTV AsahiLead roleThe DoctorHaruka AoyamaTBS2000Monalisa no HohoemiChizuru OriharaFuji TV2003CosmeticSami KitamuraWOWOWLead role2004Ranpo RYumiko OkawaraYTVEpisode 8, guest roleKareinaru FukushūAkiko ShinoharaTV AsahiLead role2006Aibou Season 4Airi KinosakiEpisode 11, guest roleJikou KeisatsuSatoko AkitsuEpisode 7, guest role2007Hana IkusaAyakoFuji TV2008Keiji no GenbaMariko SoneNHKEpisode 3, guest roleKoori no HanaYukari HamamuraTV Asahi2010Tomehane! Suzuri Kōkō ShodōbuYuko MochizukiNHK2012Tsuke mono gakusha Takenouchi HaruhikoNatsuko KuzunohaTBS2013Taxi Driver no Suiri Nisshi 32Makoto HayamiTV AsahiGuest roleYamamura Misa Suspense: Akai Reikyūsha 32Chizuru NagiFuji TVGuest role2015Shūgosin Bodyguard Shindo Teru 4Maki MinamiTBSGuest roleShuchakueki Series 29Kyoko YamanoTV AsahiGuest role2017Deka Fūfū 3Asami MizuhashiTBSGuest role
Films +YearTitleRoleNotes1995SharakuHanazato1997Parasite EveKiyomi NagashimaMamushi no KyōdaiMika1998Kuro no Tenshi Vol. 1Ikko AmaokaLead role1999Owls' CastleKisaru2003Spy SorgeHanako Miyake2006RetributionF182010BOX: The Hakamada CaseKyoko Kumamoto
Radio
Riona Hazuki Venus Typhoon (1994−1995, JOLF)
Discography
Albums +YearInformationOricon weeklypeak positionSalesRIAJ certification1995Riona Released: December 20, 1995 Label: Toshiba-EMI Formats: CD, cassette—
Singles TitleDatePeak chart positionsSales (JPN)RIAJ certificationAlbumJPNOricon"Overture"—Riona"Doin' the Doing"May 25, 1994—"Yakusoku wa Shitaikedo"—"Hana no Kubikazari"—"Kimi ga Suki Dakara"—"Chinese"—"Kitakaikisen"—
Bibliography
Photobooks
undo (Tatsuo Watanabe, October 25, 1993, Schola) Shinoyama Kishin News 4 Hazuki Riona (August 30, 1994, Asahi Press) Riona, Debut Mae... (December 10, 1995, Bunkasha) Riona 7 Days (Tatsuo Watanabe, December 25, 1995, Bunkasha) riona hazuki tunjung (Tatsuo Watanabe, May 20, 1997, Shogakukan) Riona (Kishin Shinoyama, May 1, 1998, Bunkasha) Riona: Limited Edition (November 20, 1998, Bunkasha) Accident Series 3: Riona Hazuki + Kishin Shinoyama (October 16, 1998, Asahi Press) Riona S (Kishin Shinoyama, January 1, 2001, Bunkasha)
Autobiography
Shinjitsu (November 1998, Shogakukan)
References
External links
Official Instagram account