is a Japanese actress and model.
Biography Hirose was born in the city of Shimizu (now part of Shizuoka City), Shizuoka Prefecture on June 19, 1998. She is the youngest of three siblings, with an older brother and an older sister, actress Alice Hirose.
Career Hirose debuted as a model for Japanese fashion magazine Seventeen, alongside her sister Alice. She gained fame when she starred with a group of actresses as the eponymous sister in the award-winning film Our Little Sister. The film won the Picture of the Year award at the 39th Japan Academy Film Prize. Her role for the film garnered her the Newcomer of the Year award in the same ceremony. The film was also selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.
In 2017, Hirose appeared in the film The Third Murder which was a massive success. She won the Best Supporting Actress award in the 41st Japan Academy Film Prize for her role and the film was also awarded the Picture of the Year award in the same ceremony. The film was also screened in the main competition section of the 74th Venice International Film Festival.
She was selected to play the main lead in the live-action trilogy films Chihayafuru, which received box-office successes. She was nominated twice for the Outstanding Performance By An Actress in a Leading Role awards in the Japan Academy Film Prize for her roles in Chihayafuru Part 1 in the 40th Japan Academy Film Prize and Not Quite Dead Yet in the 44th Japan Academy Film Prize.
Hirose played the heroine for the NHK's 100th Asadora, Natsuzora: Natsu's Sky. She has appeared in multiple commercials since 2013 and regularly tops various polls for celebrities with the most endorsements. Hirose appeared in a number of television dramas such as Kaitō Yamaneko (2016) and Nemesis (2021).
She was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress award in the 45th Japan Academy Film Prize for her role in the film A Morning of Farewell.
Filmography Film YearTitleRoleNotes2013The Apology KingTsugumi2014Hōkago Tachi: Lolita NanteRinkoCrows ExplodeMie Uchida2015Our Little SisterSuzu AsanoLead roleThe Boy and the BeastKaede (voice)2016Chihayafuru Part 1Chihaya AyaseLead roleChihayafuru Part 2Chihaya AyaseLead roleRageIzumi KomiyamaYour Lie in AprilKaori MiyazonoLead role2017Let's Go, Jets!Hikari TomonagaLead roleMy TeacherHibiki ShimadaLead roleFireworksNazuna Oikawa (voice)Lead roleThe Third MurderSakie Yamanaka2018Laplace's WitchMadoka UharaChihayafuru Part 3Chihaya AyaseLead roleSunny: Our Hearts Beat TogetherNami Abe (young)Lead role2019Lupin III: The FirstLaetitia (voice)2020Last LetterMisaki Tōno / Ayumi TōnoNot Quite Dead YetNanaseLead roleThe Untold Tale of the Three Kingdomstransformed DiaochanCameo2021A Morning of FarewellMayo Hoshino2022WanderingSarasa KanaiLead role2023Nemesis: The Mystery of the Golden SpiralAnna MikamiLead roleThe Water Flows to the SeaChisa SakakiLead roleKyrieItsuko "Ikko" Ichijō2024At the BenchLead role; anthology film2025UnreachableMisakiLead roleHero's IslandYamakoYasuko, Songs of Days PastYasuko HasegawaLead roleA Pale View of HillsEtsukoLead role; British-Japanese film2026You, Like a StarAkimi InoueLead role2027All That ExistsRiho Tsuchiya
Television series YearTitleRole Notes2013Ghostly GirlAsuka YuzukiTake FiveRui Sasahara (Girlhood)Gekiryū: Watashi o Oboete Imasuka?Takako Midōhara (Junior High School)2014Bitter BloodShinobu SaharaFathersShinobu KoizumiEpisode 3The Man of the Tokyo OlympicsWada Mary MarikoTelevision film2015The Girl's SpeechTsubame HarunaLead role2016The Mysterious Thief YamanekoMao Takasugi2018AnoneHarika TsujisawaLead roleWe Are Rockets!Hikari TomonagaSpecial appearance2019Natsuzora: Natsu's SkyNatsu OkuharaLead role; Asadora2021Air GirlKomari SanoLead role; television filmAnn's Lyrics: Ann Sakuragi's Haiku LessonsAnn SakuragiLead role; miniseriesOkehazamaNōhimeTelevision filmNemesisAnna MikamiLead role2022Umeko: The Face of Female EducationTsuda UmekoLead role; television film2023Hold My Hand at TwilightSoramame AsagiLead role2025Who Saw the Peacock Dance in the Jungle?Komugi YamashitaLead roleAsuraSakikoLead roleChihayafuru: Full CircleChihaya Ayase2026Human VaporKaho Fujikawa2027Fujiyama BoyMami Hamamiya
Television shows YearTitleRoleNotes2013Mohaya Kami Dane17 April–18 September201869th NHK Kōhaku Uta GassenRed team host201970th NHK Kōhaku Uta GassenJudge
Web drama Aoharu Online Beta (Shueisha) "Aoharu Jikan Natsu" (July 5, 2013 – August 8, 2013) "Suzu to no Aoi Haru" (September 6, 2013 – October 25, 2013) Kataomoi vol.12 (October 28, 2013) Jadict "Lovely Hickey #14" (November 4, 2013) Ghost Band (December 10, 2013, Nestle Theater on YouTube)
Radio drama Very Merry Christmas (Tokyo FM, December 15, 2013), Kairi
Radio show School of Lock! - Girls Locks! (Tokyo FM, October 14, 2013 – March 16, 2017) Ghana presents - Hirose Suzu no Carnation Letter (Tokyo FM, May 6, 2014) Hirose Suzu no All Night Nippon Gold (Nippon Broadcasting System, March 20, 2015) Hirose Suzu no Yohaku Jikan (Tokyo FM, October 7, 2023 –)
Music video appearances YearTitleArtist2013"Christmas Eve (30th Anniversary Edition)"Tatsuro Yamashita2014"Precious Love"Atsushi2015"Itsuka Kitto"Naoto Inti Raymi"Hana"Kobukuro2017"Tetote"Whiteeeen feat. GReeeeN"Uta Usagi"Spitz2025"Hitsu Zetsu"Radwimps
Stage Theatre YearTitleRoleVenueDate English Japanese2019A Night at the KabukiJuliet of MinamotoTokyo Metropolitan TheatreOctober 8–15 November 9–December 112022July 29–September 11Sadler’s Wells Theatre22–24 SeptemberShin Kabuki-za Theatre, Osaka7–16 OctoberNational Theater, Taipei25–30 October
Bibliography
Magazine Seventeen, Shueisha 1967-, as an exclusive model (October 2012 – November 2018) B.L.T., Tokyo News Service 1997-, "Zenzen, Hajimetedesu" (June 2014 – May 2016) CM Now, Genkosha 1931-, "Arisuzu" (July/August 2014 – July/August 2017) Grand Jump, Shueisha 1967-, "1 piece" (January 21, 2015 – April 1, 2015) Nikkei Entertainment!, Nikkei BP 1997-, "Makezugirai" (April 2017 – July 2018)
Photobook Hirose Suzu 1st Photobook "Suzu" (March 31, 2014), Tokyo News Service, 17-sai no Suzubon (March 19, 2016), Shueisha, Suzu Hirose in Natsuzora Photobook (April 1, 2019), Tokyo News Service, Leisure Treasure (February 19, 2022), Kodansha,
Book cover
Suitei Osananajimi Part 1 (May 24, 2013) Suitei Osananajimi Part 2 (June 25, 2013)
Discography
Audio Hatsukoi / Kazemachi de Aimasho (June 24, 2015) Rōei Ogura Hyakunin Isshu (April 6, 2016) Ruriiro no Chikyuu / Fireworks OST (August 9, 2017)
Record jacket Ai no Uta Bitter Sweet Tracks 2 → mixed by Q;indivi+ / Ai no Uta J-Pop Non Stop Mox 2 → mixed by DJ Fumi★Yeah! (December 24, 2014) back number - "Heroine" (January 21, 2015) Naoto Inti Raymi - Itsuka Kitto (April 8, 2015)
Advertisements
TV commercial Benesse Corporation - Shinken Seminar Kōkō Kōza (2012 - 2013) Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corporation - FLET'S Hikari Ninen Wari (2013) Otsuka Foods - Match/Match Pink (2014) Lotte Ghana (2014 - 2015) Koume (2014) Fit's (2015 - 2016) Sō (2017 - 2021) Recruit Marketing Partners Zexy (2014 - 2015) - 7th Commercial Girl Rikunabi Next (2021) SoftBank SoftBank Mobile - Shirato Family (2014 - 2021) SoftBank Robotics - Whiz (2020) Softbank 5G (2021)|url=https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000039.000041498.html Line Corporation - Line Play (2014) Shizuoka Ichigo Kyōgikai - Shizuoka Strawberry "Benihoppe" (2014) JR East - JR SkiSki (2014 - 2015) Myojo Foods Ippeichan Yomise no Yakisoba (2015 - 2016) Charumera (2017) Tokyo Gas Ene Farm (2015) Anata to Zutto Kyo yori Motto (2015) Barber Suga (2016) Shiseido Sea Breeze (2015) D Program (2020) 150th Anniversary Commercial (2022) Katakura Industries - Cocoon City (2015) Fujifilm Shaprise Shiyou (2015) Fuji Color Oshogatsu wo Utsuso (2015 - 2021) Mashikaku Print (2017) Instax mini (2018) Instax mini Evo (2021) Senju Pharmaceutical - Mytear CL (2015 - 2020) Nippon Professional Baseball Organization (2015) Universal Studios Japan Universal Surprise Halloween (2015) The Wizarding World of Harry Potter (2016) Leopalace21 (2015 - 2016) Mitsubishi UFJ NICOS - DC Card (2016 - 2018) GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Japan - Contac (2016 - 2020) Square Enix - Final Fantasy Brave Exvius (2016 - 2017) Suzuki - Suzuki Wagon R (2017 - 2019) Stripe International - Earth Music&Ecology (2017 - 2020) Otsuka Pharmaceutical - Five Mini (2017) Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games - Recruit Volunteers (2018) Japanese Red Cross Society - Blood Donation at Twenty (2018) The Pokémon Company - Pokémon Trading Card Game (2018) Toshiba Lifestyle (2018 - 2019) Asahi Soft Drinks Mitsuya Cider (2019) Mitsuya Lemonade (2019) Plant Time Soy Milk Tea (2020) Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries - #Genkini Itadakimasu Project (2020) AGC (2021) Ajinomoto Frozen Food - Gyoza★ (2021) Mitsui Fudosan - Be The Change (2021) Air Jordan (Japan) Tokyo Fearless Ones (2021) Weathernews app (2023)
Ambassador Haruta Inc. - Haruta Image Girl (2013) Japan Fire and Crisis Management Association - Zenkoku Kasai Yobō Undō (2014-2015) 93rd All Japan High School Soccer Tournament - 10th Cheergirl (2014) Cocoon City - First Image Character (2015 - 2016) Japan Industrial Safety & Health Association - National Safety Week, Heat Stroke Prevention (2015) Japan International Cooperation Agency - Nantokashinakya! Project (2015) Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications - Voting at 18 Years Old Image Character (2015) Kimono Yamato - Image Character (2015) B.League - Special Booster (2016) Crocs Japan - Global Ambassador (2019) Louis Vuitton - Ambassador (2020) Air Jordan (Japan) - Face of the Brand (2021)
Exhibitions
Pure Actress - photo exhibition of 50 Japanese actresses Hong Kong (2016) Shanghai (2017) Macau - Art Macau 2019 (10 - August 29, 2019) Tokyo Omotesandō (14 July - August 8, 2021) Oh My Sister! - photo exhibition of Hirose sisters Tokyo Ginza (1 - March 10, 2019) Osaka Umeda (December 28, 2019 - January 26, 2020)
Awards and nominations