is a Japanese actress. She has played lead roles in the 2022 live-action television and film adaptations of Welcome to the Occult Forest, and voiced the lead role of Tamaki Tsuru in the 2022 animated film Blue Thermal. Her supporting roles include Ai Hayasaka in the 2019 film Kaguya-sama: Love Is War, and Hina in the 2022 NHK taiga drama The 13 Lords of the Shogun.
Early life Hotta was born on April 2, 1998, in Shiga Prefecture. After going to Tokyo to participate in a group audition for the lead role in the drama Solomon's Perjury but failing to win the role, she received additional acting training at the Toei Company Tokyo studio, then in 2014 she participated in another audition event held by the Amuse agency, winning an award from satellite broadcaster Wowow.
Career Hotta's first role came in the 2014 Wowow 4-episode drama Themis' Sentence, playing the younger sister of the lead character. After a series of minor appearances in television shows, in 2017 she joined the cast of the NHK asadora Warotenka as Rin Fujioka, the younger sister of the lead character, who was played by Wakana Aoi. Hotta followed these appearances with a series of supporting roles in film adaptations of popular Japanese manga. She played the girlfriend of one of the main characters in the 2018 film adaptation of the manga Rainbow Days, took on the role of Ai Hayasaka in the 2019 film adaptation of Kaguya-sama: Love Is War and its 2021 sequel Kaguya-sama Final: Love Is War, appeared in the 2019 film He Won't Kill, She Won't Die, played Ikumatsu in the 2019 film Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning, joined the cast of the 2020 film adaptation of Liar × Liar, and played Serina Kanno in the 2021 Shochiku film adaptation of Honey Lemon Soda.
Hotta's first lead role in a film came in the 2019 dramatic film Prison 13, based on the Stanford Prison Experiment, in which she played a guard in a prison-like scenario concocted by an online content creator. The following year she became a regular model for Non-no, appearing in the magazine for the first time in the March 2020 issue and on the cover for the first time in the November 2021 issue. Hotta returned to NHK with her portrayal of Shizu in the 2020 NHK asadora Yell, and appeared as Hina in the 2022 NHK taiga drama The 13 Lords of the Shogun. She again worked with Wowow on the 2022 television drama True Identity, an adaptation of a Tamehito Somei novel. Hotta played the lead role of Miho Ichikawa, an assistant director working on a horror film, in Welcome to the Occult Forest, a 6-episode 2022 Wowow drama that was also edited to film length and released in theaters. She also took on her first voice acting role as the lead character Tamaki Tsuru in the 2022 anime adaptation of Blue Thermal, a story about members of a glider club.
Filmography
Film Year Title RoleNotes2018Rainbow DaysYukiko "Yukirin" Asai2019Kaguya-sama: Love Is WarAi HayasakaHe Won't Kill, She Won't DieKyapikoPrison 13MariLead role2021Kaguya-sama Final: Love Is WarAi HayasakaRurouni Kenshin: The BeginningIkumatsuLiar × LiarMaki NoguchiHoney Lemon SodaSerina Kanno2022Blue ThermalTamaki Tsuru (voice)Lead roleWelcome to the Occultic WoodsMiho IchikawaLead role2023Tsugaru Lacquer GirlMiyako AokiLead roleThe Forbidden PlayMaya HiraokaFly Me to the Saitama: From Biwa Lake with LoveMiko Ōmi2024Love You as the World Ends: The FinalAoi HatoriIn an Isolated Cottage on a Snowy MountainAtsuko Kasahara2026Your Own QuizEma KirisakiI Don't Know YouSatsukiFrench-Japanese filmThe Village of Eight GravestonesMiyako Mori2027GhostNeekei (voice)Lead role
Television drama Year Title RoleNotes2015Themis' SentenceHonoka Hirakawa2016Cold CaseYoung Hijiri SeyaEpisode 72017Laugh It Up!RinAsadora2019Mr. Hiiragi's HomeroomKaren Kumazawa2020YellShizuAsadora2022Welcome to the Occultic WoodsMiho IchikawaLead roleThe 13 Lords of the ShogunHinaTaiga drama2023Ōoku: The Inner ChambersTokugawa IemitsuKazama Kimichika: Kyojo ZeroYukiha IgamiCode Japan: The Price of WishesSaki MiyakeEvery Precious MomentMiri KōnoLead role2024AntiheroAsuka ShinomiyaColors of SisterhoodRyo MachidaLead role2025Mr. Mikami's ClassroomYuzuru MayamaSchool Lawyer: Finding the Colors of the StarsSuzu Kōda2026Grass for My PillowAkiko YukiTelevision filmRock Paper LandmineEsora Ukita
Other television Year Title Notes 2025–26Another SkyAs a host
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Work(s) Result 202445th Yokohama Film FestivalBest NewcomerTsugaru Lacquer Girl48th Elan d'or AwardsNewcomer of the YearHerself
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