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- Moeka Hoshi was born on 23 August 1995 in Chiba, Japan. She is an actress, known for Shōgun (2024), Anata no koibito godatsu-shimasu. (2024) and The 12 Day Tale of the Monster That Died in 8 (2020).
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Tao Okamoto born in Chiba, Japan on May 22, 1985, known professionally as Tao, is a Japanese actress and model. In 2009, she was one of the faces of Ralph Lauren. She made her film debut in 2013 as Mariko Yashida, the female lead, in The Wolverine (2013). She also had recurring roles in the television series Hannibal (2013), The Man in the High Castle (2015) and Westworld (2016). . She started modeling as a teenager in Japan, when she was 14 years old. In 2006, she made a decision to move to Paris and develop her career on an international level. Soon after that, Tao made her debut on the European runways, breaking barriers as one of the very few prominent East Asian models of that era. Through her long catwalk career, she has walked for numerous top brands, including Alexander Wang, Chanel, Dolce & Gabbana, Fendi, Louis Vuitton, Michael Kors, Miu Miu, Ralph Lauren, and Yves Saint Laurent. In 2009, Tao moved to New York City and made waves in the industry by donning a unique bowl haircut. It became an inspirational look and even prompted designer Phillip Lim to model the hairstyle of his entire Fall/Winter 2009 show's cast after Tao's cut.] Tao has been involved with various advertising and editorial projects. She has fronted campaigns such as Dolce & Gabbana with Mario Testino, Emporio Armani by Alasdair McLellan, Kenzo with Mario Sorrenti, and Tommy Hilfiger with Craig McDean. Editorially, she has shot for i-D Magazine, V Magazine, W Magazine, and various international editions of Harper's Bazaar and Vogue. The November 2009 issue of Vogue Nippon (Japanese Vogue) is dedicated to Tao, with her featured exclusively inside as well as on the cover - the first Japanese model to do so in nearly a decade. Tao is widely recognized as one of the top models to ever come from Japan, having won honors such as "Model of the Year" from the Japan Fashion Editor's Club and being dubbed as one of Vogue Nippon's "Women of the Year" in 2010. In 2013, Tao made her film debut as the female lead, Mariko Yashida, opposite Hugh Jackman, in 20th Century Fox's The Wolverine (2013), also known in some parts of Asia as Wolverine: Samurai. In October 2014, it was announced that Tao had joined the cast of Hannibal (2013) as Chiyoh, Hannibal Lecter's family servant. In January 2015, it was announced that Tao would be starring in the film Crossroads (2015) with Filipino actress/cosplayer Alodia Gosiengfiao In 2015, Tao starred in The Man in the High Castle (2015) as Betty Kasoura, wife of lawyer Paul Kasoura and a customer at Robert Childan's American Artistic Handcrafts. Tao played Mercy Graves in the 2016 film Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016).- Actress
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Aoi Yûki was born on 27 March 1992 in Chiba, Japan. She is an actress, known for Your Name. (2016), Erased (2016) and A Silent Voice: The Movie (2016).- Actor
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Hiroshi Kamiya was born on 28 January 1975 in Chiba, Japan. He is an actor, known for Bakemonogatari (2009), Attack on Titan (2013) and Digimon Frontier (2002).- Michiko Nishiwaki is a multi-talented lady. An actress, martial artist, stunt woman, fight choreographer, and Japan's first Woman's Bodybuilding and Power lifting Champion. She held these titles for 1980, 1981 and 1982. While still keeping her femininity and not bulking up with the aid of anabolic steroids or other drugs, Michiko created a bodybuilding boom all over Japan and was in constant demand for personal and television appearances, and executive personal training. All this while operating two successful gyms. Michiko forever changed the stereotype of the submissive and docile Japanese woman by being a strong role model. She now lives in the U.S. with her Husband and Son.
- Tsutomu Yamazaki was born on 2 December 1936 in Chiba, Japan. He is an actor, known for Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior (1980), Departures (2008) and High and Low (1963).
- Aya Takanashi was born on 18 March 1963 in Chiba, Japan. She is an actress, known for Mr. Baseball (1992), Wangan Midnight Final: GTR Densetsu ACT 1 (1994) and Wangan Midnight Final: GTR Densetsu ACT 2 (1994).
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Eiji Okada was born on 13 June 1920 in Chiba, Japan. He was an actor, known for Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959), Woman in the Dunes (1964) and The Boy Detectives Club - The Iron Fiend (1957). He was married to Wasa, Aiko. He died on 14 September 1995 in Japan.- Actress
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At her young age, Yoko Maki is already a well-rounded actress. 2001 proved to be a busy year for the young actress, beginning with her film debut at the age of 19, in the film Drug, directed by Hiroshi Sugawara. This was quickly followed by Pelican Road. More attention was then garnered with her role as Aya in the highly modernized remake of the Japanese vengeance film Lady Snowblood, re-titled as The Princess Blade. Not one to be confined solely to the screen, Maki spent 2002 acting on stage: first in her highly acclaimed performance in "Cross", produced by the Asagaya Spiders and directed by Keishi Nagatsuka, and second in the November 2002 Third Stage Show series production of "This Time It's Real", directed by Kyoichi Itagaki. 2003 saw a return to form for Maki, as she appeared in the sequel to the groundbreaking cult hit Battle Royale, Battle Royale II, as the member of one of the "Wild Seven." With her fan-base and critical acclaim growing, Maki continued to live up to such praise by keeping busy in 2004 with roles in films such as Shimotsuma Monogatari, Ren-ai Shousetsu, Koibumi Biyori, and Kansen. 2004 would also be the year of three great accomplishments for the then 22 year old. First, there was her role in the short film, Do Androids Dream of Electric Santa? directed by Hirohisa Sasaki, which saw its debut at the American Film Market. Second, was her work as an on location reporter in Thailand for the television documentary, Ururun-Taizaiki. Third and most exciting of all, was her role in Takashi Shimizu's big budget Hollywood film The Grudge, which was a remake of his original Ju-On: The Grudge, the third of the Japanese Ju-On horror film series. Starring American actors Sarah Michelle Gellar and Bill Pullman, The Grudge was at the top of the U.S. film box office for two weeks straight upon its release. Maki stood out amongst the cast in her first film introduction to American audiences as the doomed caretaker/nurse, Yoko, whose grim fate has left an indelible impression. Come 2005, more film opportunities opened up to Maki as she starred in more principal roles, starting with Pattchigi!, which garnered awards such as the 9th Pusan International Film Festival "A window on Asian cinema" and the 17th Tokyo International Film Festival Official Invitation. More roles followed in the films In the Pool, The Summer Time Machine Blues, and A Rain Town. When not appearing on the screen and stage, Maki keeps busy with work on numerous television dramas such as "The Tokyo Friends" among others, and appearances in commercials.
An avid film fan herself, Maki enjoys watching films in her spare time, as well as keeping active in track and field sports and wire action. As time marches on, Maki continues to keep busy as more and more prospective film and television work opens up to her. And with such a strong work ethic and dedication to perfecting her craft in all mediums, Yoko Maki has a bright, promising, future ahead of her.- Actress
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Born Hiramaru Kumiko in Chiba Prefecture's Sanbu-gun (now separated into Sanmushi and rural Sanbu-gun), which is next door to Narita, Japan on the 17th of June 1978, Kumiko Aso began her film career with 1995's Bad Guy Beach despite a lack of interest in acting at the time. It was 1998's Dr. Akagi, which introduced her to a wide audience in Japan. She garnered Japan Academy Prize for Best Supporting Actress for this film. Ironically, her manager had sent her to this movie's auditions and Kumiko would claim later she was not even sure what she was auditioning for. Either way, this film would not be the last, which would accord her an award. She had initially aimed to become a pop star and had sent an application for an audition. She participated in a Japanese schoolgirl audition for the Young Jump weekly magazine, which she won in 1995. She has become a well-known actress, model and product representative in her native country. Aso has also starred in a couple of Kiyoshi Kurosawa films, had a cameo in the cult film Tenten and became a stalker in Moteki, by which time she had cut her hair for an older look. Earlier she had expanded her horizons and played a leading role as an Iranian-Japanese in the 2007 Iranian film Hafez. She had contemplated quitting acting in 2006, but persisted in the profession because she enjoyed her time in Jiko Keisatsu TV serial. She married stylist Daisuke Iga in late 2007 after dating for four years and gave birth to their daughter in 2012. She gave birth to a boy in 2016. She cites reading manga as a hobby. She is signed to the Breath talent agency.- Kyoko Hasegawa was born on 22 July 1978 in Chiba, Japan. She is an actress, known for Kômyô ga tsuji (2006), Rain Fall (2009) and Jiyû ren'ai (2005). She has been married to Haruichi Shindô since 23 October 2008.
- Wataru Takagi was born on 25 July 1966 in Chiba, Japan. He is an actor, known for Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back (1998), Detective Conan (1996) and Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV (2016).
- Sadao Abe was born on 23 April 1970 in Chiba, Japan. He is an actor, known for Maiko haaaan!!! (2007), Shylock's Children (2023) and Lesson in Murder (2022).
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Kentarou Miura was born in Chiba City, Japan, in 1966.
While attending college at Nihon University, in 1988, Miura debuted a 48-page manga known as Berserk Prototype, an introduction to the current Berserk fantasy world. It went on to win Miura a prize from the Comi Manga School. In 1989, after receiving a doctorate degree, Kentarou started a project titled King of Wolves based on a script by Buronson, writer of Hokuto no Ken (Fist Of The North Star).
In 1990, the first volume Berserk was released with a relatively limited success. Miura again collaborated with Buronson on manga entitled "Japan". Miura's fame grew after Berserk began "The Golden Age" story arc and the huge success of this masterpiece made of him one of the most prominent contemporary manga artists.
At this time, Miura dedicates himself solely to be working on Berserk. He has indicated, however, that he intends to publish more manga in the future. The Berserk manga has spanned 35 volumes with no end in sight.
In 1997, Miura supervised the production of 25 anime episodes of Berserk that aired in the same year on NTV. Various art books and supplemental materials by Miura based on Berserk are also released.
The series has also spawned a whole host of merchandise, both official and fan-made, ranging from statues, action figures to key rings, video games, and a trading card game. In 2002, Kentaro Miura received the second place in the Tezuka Osamu (Astro Boy) Cultural Prize of Excellence for Berserk.- Actress
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Yumi Tôma was born on 20 December 1966 in Chiba, Japan. She is an actress, known for Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (2001), Tekken: The Motion Picture (1998) and Soulcalibur III (2005).- Chieko Higashiyama was born on 30 September 1890 in Chiba, Japan. She was an actress, known for Tokyo Story (1953), Sen-hime (1954) and The Idiot (1951). She died on 8 May 1980.
- Hiyori Sakurada was born on 19 December 2002 in Chiba, Japan. She is an actress, known for Our Secret Diary (2023), Criminal Syndrome (2017) and Silent (2022).
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Naoki Satô was born on 2 May 1970 in Chiba, Japan. He is a composer, known for Godzilla Minus One (2023), Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (2012) and The Fighter Pilot (2013).- Marie Iitoyo is a Japanese actress, best known for her roles as Kanae Hiiragi in Love You as the World Ends (2021) and Yayoi Ulshade/Kyoryu Violet in Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger (2013), as well as playing the female lead in the Japanese dub of Pokémon: Detective Pikachu (2019), re-dubbing Kathryn Newton's performance as Lucy Stevens. She began her modeling career in 2008, before moving on to acting in 2012, with an appearance in Future Diary: Another World (2012).
- Yôsuke Sugino was born on 18 September 1995 in Chiba, Japan. He is an actor, known for My Girlfriend Is a Serial Killer (2019), Tokyo Revengers (2021) and Tokyo Revengers 2: Bloody Halloween - Destiny (2023).
- Takayuki Sugô was born on 1 August 1952 in Chiba, Japan. He is an actor, known for Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger vs. Go-Busters: Dinosaur Great Battle! Farewell, Eternal Friends (2014), Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger (2013) and Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger: Gaburincho of Music (2013).
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She born September 4, 1998 in Chiba (Japan).
Shimizu Ayano, better known as Ano is a soloist, model, actress and a former member of You'll Melt More!, she joined the group on September 21, 2013, and left on September 30, 2019. On late 2020 she launched her solo career and in August of 2021 started the band "I's", the group runs parallel to her solo activities, her fan club is called "CLUB DENTAL MOUSE".
On 2022, she played the role of "Taki" in the Nextflix production Adam by Eve: A Live in Animation (2022).
On March 12 of 2022 she announced her major debut under the label TOY'S FACTORY, on the same day she announced her 1st major single "AIDA", the single was picked as the ending song of the Anime Tiger & Bunny.- Hiroyuki Yoshino was born on 6 February 1974 in Chiba, Japan. He is an actor, known for Baccano! (2007), Toradora! (2008) and Inuyasha (2000).
- Mirei Kiritani's an actress, model, singer, writer & news anchor in Japan. She was born in Chiba Prefecture. She has been acting on the small and big screen since 2006. She has also been anchoring News Zero on NTV every Tuesday since 2012. She was a model for Seventeen Magazine prior to becoming an actress. She has been on TC Candler's The 100 Most Beautiful Faces' list. She issued a single called Sweet & Bitter in 2012, which was issued in Japan through Epic. Kiritani won the Nail Queen 2014 Award at the Tokyo Nail Expo. She played the lead role in the film Koisuru Vampire and also the lead role in the series Atelier in 2015. She starred in the serial A Girl And Three Sweethearts in 2016 with actor Shôhei Miura. They married in July 2018.
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After graduation from Chiba University's Image Science program, Naoko Ogigami went to the United States in 1994 to study film at the University of Southern California. During this period, she worked as an assistant for TV commercials, promotional videos, and films, and also created short films of her own. Returned to Japan in January 2000. "Yoshino's Barber Shop" is her feature length film debut.- Writer
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Hiroshi Takahashi was born on 8 August 1959 in Chiba, Japan. He is a writer and director, known for Sodomu no Ichi (2004), Ringu (1998) and Occult Bolshevism (2018).- Writer
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Keita Amemiya was born on 24 August 1959 in Chiba, Japan. He is a writer and director, known for Zeiram (1991), The Secret Flute: Garo Side-Story (2013) and Shougeki Gouraigan (2013). He has been married to Yumiko Awaya since 10 August 1986. They have one child.- Director
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Born in Chiba in 1934, Nakajima joined Toei in 1959, and was promoted to director there in 1964. He has never directed outside the studio since, and has been well regarded there as one of Toei's most prolific and dependable hitmakers. In the 1960s, Nakajima concentrated on samurai films, but found his true metier in the 1970s with the explosion of second-generation yakuza movies. These so-called jitsuroku (true record) stories were far more violent than their yakuza movie counterparts of the 1950s and 60s, and none more so than Nakajima's. Rape, torture, gunplay, nothing was off-limits in a typical Nakajima scenario, such as the fitful, hysterically violent Bakamasa Horamasa Toppamasa (1976) and the amazingly raw and passionate Riot at Shimane Prison (Bodo Shimane Keimusho, 1975), which actually caused a controversy in Japan for its realistic portrayal of prison brutality. The violence in Nakajima's work is often accompanied by a deep-running sentimentalism: he is considered by Japanese critics to be a "wet" director, as compared to the "dry", cynical style of fellow Toei yakuza-helmer Kinji Fukasaku. Exemplary among his pictures which balance sudden explosions of violence with moments of startling sentimentality is his 1979 hit Sochiyo no Kubi, a lengthy meditation on the end of an era (the yakuza immediately before Japan's war in China broke out and escalated into World War II). As his career moved on, Nakajima's work grew increasingly more elegiac: his 1985 movie Seburi's Story was selected by the Berlin Film Festival, and several of his more recent films have examined the plights of women among the yakuza, a theme usually ignored in his hypermacho work in the 1970s. Despite the often sordid nature of his pictures, Nakajima has managed to work with much of the top acting and technical talent in Japan, and has garnered much of the best work of their respective careers from Toei's top stars Hiroki Matsukata and Tsunehiko Watase.- Actress
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Satomi Kôrogi was born on 14 November 1966 in Chiba, Japan. She is an actress, known for Paprika (2006), Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back (1998) and Revolutionary Girl Utena (1997).- Honoka Miki was born on 7 March 1997 in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. She is an actress, known for Kamen Rider OOO (2010), Kamen Rider OOO Wonderful: The Shogun and the 21 Core Medals (2011) and Secret Unrequited Love (2019).
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Tatsuomi Hamada was born on 27 August 2000 in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. He is an actor, known for Ultraman Geed (2017), Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger vs. Space Sheriff Gavan: The Movie (2012) and Ryômaden (2010).- Shûgo Oshinari was born on 5 March 1981 in Chiba, Japan. He is an actor, known for Battle Royale II (2003), Returner (2002) and Kamen Rider Wizard in Magic Land (2013).
- Hirona Yamazaki was born on 25 April 1994 in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. She is an actress, known for Monster Hunter (2020), As the Gods Will (2014) and Kamen Rider Zero-One: Real×Time (2020).
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Sairi Itô was born on 4 May 1994 in Chiba, Chiba, Japan. She is an actress, known for Suzume (2022), We Couldn't Become Adults (2021) and The Last Cop: Episode 0 (2016).- Actress
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Yukana was born on 6 January 1975 in Chiba, Japan. She is an actress, known for Code Geass (2006), Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge (1997) and Infinite Stratos (2011).- Actress
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Yumiko Kobayashi was born on 18 June 1979 in Chiba, Japan. She is an actress, known for Soul Eater (2008), MegaMan Powered Up (2006) and eX-Driver (2000).- Mari Kawaguchi was born and grew up in Chiba, Japan. At 17, she came to the USA as an exchange student and moved to the USA to pursue a career in education. She currently resides in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. She was the partner of musician Keith Emerson of Emerson, Lake & Palmer until he died in 2016. She is involved in various musical projects, events, and film projects. She is also a publicist, graphic designer, and interpreter (Japanese/English).
- Ryôta Ozawa was born on 25 January 1988 in Chiba, Chiba, Japan. He is an actor, known for Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Super Hero Taisen (2012), Gokaiger Goseiger Super Sentai 199 Hero Great Battle (2011) and Kaizoku Sentai: Ten Gokaiger (2021).
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Akira Nakao was born on 11 August 1942 in Chiba, Japan. He is an actor and director, known for Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002), Death at an Old Mansion (1975) and Owls' Castle (1999). He has been married to Shino Ikenami since 1978. He was previously married to Narumi Kayashima.- Yoshiko Sakakibara was born on 31 May 1956 in Chiba, Japan. She is an actress, known for Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984), Ghost in the Shell 2.0 (2008) and Patlabor: The New Files (1990).
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Ayako Yoshitani was born on 26 September 1991 in Chiba, Japan. She is an actress, known for Erased (2017), Seiju Sentai Gingaman (1998) and Gantz: Perfect Answer (2011). She has been married to Ryûtarô Akimoto since 1 January 2024.- Director
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Eiichirô Hasumi was born on 29 March 1967 in Chiba, Japan. He is a director and writer, known for Assassination Classroom (2015), MOZU (2014) and Assassination Classroom: The Graduation (2016).- Actress
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Emi Motokawa was born on 4 October 1976 in Kimitsu, Chiba, Japan. She is an actress and director, known for Ice Ribbon (2007), AEW Dark (2019) and AEW Dark: Elevation (2021).- Kumiko Watanabe was born on 7 October 1965 in Chiba, Japan. She is an actress, known for Inuyasha (2000), Lunar: Eternal Blue (1994) and Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Movie (1999). She was previously married to Kôji Tsujitani.
- Noriko Aoyama was born on 29 December 1978 in Chiba, Japan. She is an actress, known for Legendary Assassin (2008), Fukigen na jiin (2005) and Paranormal Activity 2: Tokyo Night (2010).
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Akiko Koyama was born on 27 January 1935 in Chiba, Japan. She is an actress, known for Boy (1969), Koko ni sachi ari - Zempen: Yuwaku no miyako (1956) and Koko ni sachi ari - Kohen: Hana saku asa (1956). She was previously married to Nagisa Ôshima.- Ayaka Konno was born on 24 June 1999 in Chiba, Japan. She is an actress, known for Kamen Rider Zi-O (2018), Kamen Rider Zi-O Next Time: Geiz, Majesty (2020) and Gray Wall Gear (2022).
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Yasunori Matsumoto was born on 7 February 1960 in Chiba, Japan. He is an actor, known for Ultraman X (2015), Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie (1996) and Silent Möbius (1998).- Shinpachi Tsuji was born on 20 October 1956 in Chiba, Japan. He is an actor, known for Perfect Blue (1997), Cowboy Bebop (1998) and Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back (1998).
- Etsuko Ichihara died in the early hours of 13.01.2019 at age 82 in Tokyo, Japan due to heart failure. She had outlived her husband and had no children. She had been ill and hospitalized, but discharged on the 30th of December allowing her to spend New Year's at home. She returned to another hospital on the fifth of January complaining of pain. She was able to speak until the seventh on which day her speech and consciousness began to slip. Previous to that she had been diagnosed with an autoimmune disease in 2016 and hospitalized. She was born in Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, which is next door to Tokyo on 24.01.1936. She attended Tokyo's Waseda University and studied literature. She would enter the entertainment industry in 1957 and had over one hundred credits to her name by the time of her demise. Ichihara joined the Tokyo-based Haiyuza theatre troupe - from which she only resigned in 1971 - and made her debut in Yukiguni in 1957. Her voice was heard in the well-known comic book-based animated serial Manga Nihon Mukashi Banashi beginning in the 1970s. Over the years, she became a household name for her appearance in successive Kaseifu Wa Mita ('The Housemaid Witnessed It') series. She appeared in the bleak Black Rain in 1989 whose story revolved around the American war crime of bombing the civilians of Hiroshima. She won the Japan Academy Prize for Best Supporting Actress for this role. Her biggest film, however, was the pan-Asian hit Kimi No Na Wa to which she lent her voice in 2016. Her final film was the endearing and redemptive Shabondama. Her husband, director Shiomi, was also in the entertainment business and had died of pneumonia.