is a Japanese actress. She first attracted attention after landing a role in a television series, Here Comes Asa on NHK in 2016. She received the Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year in 2018.
She won the Newcomer of the Year Award at the 43rd Japan Academy Film Prize for her role in the 2019 film Mienai Mokugeki-sha and Parallel World Love Story.
Personal life
Her special skills are calligraphy and alto saxophone. She holds an 8th dan rank in calligraphy, which she began at age 7 after being invited by a friend. She continued to practice seriously throughout middle and high school, and went on to university with the aim of becoming a professional calligrapher. Inspired by the movie Swing Girls, she joined the brass band club during her school years and played the alto saxophone.
Her hobbies include playing with cats and watching Shinpa theater performances. While she loves all living creatures, she is particularly fond of cats, even writing in her blog 'I am severely cat-dependent'. Her family keeps five cats and one dog at her family home in Kyoto.
She is a gummy candy enthusiast and is an honorary member of the Japan Gummy Association.
Filmography
Television Year Title RoleNotes2015Beauty and the FellowKaren Asakura2016Here Comes Asa!Nobu TamuraAsadoraWe're Millennials Got a Problem?Etsuko SakuraMedical Team: Lady Davinci no ShindanAyaka Tamaru2017QuartetArisu KisugiI'm Sorry, I Love YouRinka Mita2018You Always Inhabit My HeartKyōko OgawaLead role Nemuri Kyoshirō The FinalMisaoTelevision filmCaseworker's DiaryEmiru YoshitsuneLead role 2021The Grand FamilyMakiko Yasuda2022Shizuka-chan and her PapaShizuka NonomuraLead roleChairNana2022–25GannibalYūki Agawa2 seasons2023SunsetMahiro KaiMiniseriesScary Humans 2OsomeDon't Use Time Travel for LoveMegu2024House of NinjasKaren Ito2025Mr. Mikami's ClassroomFumika Kore'edaLast Samurai StandingShinoKowloon Generic RomanceSuccess (voice)Cameo; animationHirayasumiYomogi Tachibana2026Brothers in ArmsChikaTaiga drama2027DangerousShigekoLead role
Films Year Title RoleNotes2015Mango to Akai KurumaisuChihiroThe Curtain RisesMai MurakamiAkegarasuAkiko2016TsumugumonoRyoka SawaiHappy WeddingAiko AikawaLead roleStar SandShihoAustralian film2017Detective Conan: Crimson Love LetterMikiko Hiramoto (voice)2018Louder!: Can't Hear What You're Singin', WimpFūkaLead role2019Parallel World Love StoryMayuko TsunoHot Gimmick: Girl Meets BoyRina KatsuragiHer Blue SkyAkane (voice)BlindNatsume HamanakaLead role2020Fukushima 50HarukaAny Crybabies Around?Kotone2021ZokkiRyokoLead roleFortune Favors Lady NikukoMiu (voice)2022Anime Supremacy!Hitomi SaitōLead rolexxxHolic JorōgumoShimamoriRin Higa2023Ice Cream FeverNatsumi TsunedaLead roleG-MenHitomi AmamiyaWe're Millennials. Got a Problem?: The MovieEtsuko SakuraLumberjack the MonsterEmi Hasumi2024MaruYajimaFacelessSayaka AndoAt the BenchLead role; anthology film2025Kowloon Generic RomanceReiko KujiraiLead role1st KissRitsu TenmaGosh!!Ten-chanDouble HappinessCameo; Taiwanese film2026Street KingdomSachiShadow WorkNorikoLead roleSukiyakiTetsuko Kuroyanagi
Video games Year Title RoleNotes 2026 Professor Layton and the New World of Steam Elinora Allinston, Elida Allinston (voice)
Dubbing Transformers One (Elita)
Others 68th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen (2017), judge 62nd Japan Record Awards (2020), host 63rd Japan Record Awards (2021), host
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Work(s) Result20177th Confidence Award Drama PrizesBest NewcomerQuartet201842nd Elan d'or AwardsNewcomer of the YearHerself202062nd Blue Ribbon AwardsBest ActressBlind43rd Japan Academy Film PrizeNewcomer of the YearBlind and Parallel World Love Story202235th Nikkan Sports Film AwardsBest ActressAnime Supremacy!202344th Yokohama Film FestivalBest Actress46th Japan Academy Film PrizeBest Actress36th Nikkan Sports Film AwardsBest Supporting ActressG-Men and others202449th Hochi Film AwardsBest Supporting ActressFaceless202579th Mainichi Film AwardsBest Supporting Performance67th Blue Ribbon AwardsBest Supporting ActressFaceless, Maru, and At the Bench48th Japan Academy Film PrizeBest Supporting ActressFaceless
References
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