Atsuko Sakuraba
Encyclopedia
is a Japanese
gravure idol, tarento
, actress and one-time mixed martial arts
fighter.
Sakuraba has appeared in several photobook
s, films and TV series. She also participated in the MMA tournament ReMix World Cup 2000.
, Fukushima
, Japan
. She graduated from the Koriyama Women's University Associated Senior High School.
She made her acting debut in 1997 in the V-Cinema
film , directed by Minoru Kawasaki
.
Sakuraba was romantically linked to Kenji Haga
, her partner in the 1999 film Silver (directed by Takashi Miike
) but it was later believed to be a publicity stunt
.
In 1999, Sakuraba appeared in her first nude
photobook titled Careyes and published by Roux Shuppan.
Her first theatrical film was Waru
also directed by Takashi Miike
.
Sakuraba has also participated in theatre
.
)
, -
silver medal
list and three-time World Cup winner Russian
Tatyana Kuvshinova in a non-tournament fight. She was clearly outmatched by the Russian, and despite her spirited efforts, her corner decided to throw the towel in after her arm was injured in an armbar
from which Sakuraba did not want to tap, dislocating her elbow in the process.
Sakuraba also participated in ReMix Golden Gate 2001, although merely as a TV commentator.
| Loss
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|
Tatyana Kuvshinova
| TKO (corner stoppage)
| ReMix World Cup 2000
|
|align=center| 1
|align=center| 2:26
| Chiyoda
, Tokyo
, Japan
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Japanese people
The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...
gravure idol, tarento
Tarento
is a Japanese rendering of the English word "talent" and is used as a catch-all term for mass media personalities who regularly appear on television. Detractors of the phenomenon have referred to it in an English sense as "famous just for being famous" because many that fall into this career line...
, actress and one-time mixed martial arts
Mixed martial arts
Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...
fighter.
Sakuraba has appeared in several photobook
Photobook
A photo-book or photobook is a book in which photographs make a significant contribution to the overall content. The most critically acclaimed photo-books celebrate the creative work of an individual photographer, but can also result from the collaboration between a photographer and a writer, an...
s, films and TV series. She also participated in the MMA tournament ReMix World Cup 2000.
Background
Sakuraba was born March 29, 1976 in KoriyamaKoriyama, Fukushima
is a city in the center of the Nakadōri region of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. As of May 2011, the city had an estimated population of 336,328. The total area is 757 km²....
, Fukushima
Fukushima Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region on the island of Honshu. The capital is the city of Fukushima.-History:Until the Meiji Restoration, the area of Fukushima prefecture was known as Mutsu Province....
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. She graduated from the Koriyama Women's University Associated Senior High School.
Modeling and acting career
Sakuraba debuted in 1996 with the photobook published by gravure publisher Scola. She began to appear on TV programs and in gravure videos the same year.She made her acting debut in 1997 in the V-Cinema
V-Cinema
Japanese is the direct-to-video industry that appeared in Japan in the 1980s. The term is a trademark of Toei Company but is widely used in the West to describe any Japanese direct-to-video release. In Japan the term used is...
film , directed by Minoru Kawasaki
Minoru Kawasaki (film director)
, born 15 August 1958 is a Japanese film director, screenwriter and producer. He is known for his low budget, absurdist comedy films.Kawasaki began his career with some self-financed films, including Iko the Earth Patrol Girl, and manga to live action adaptions, before working on Ultraman Tiga...
.
Sakuraba was romantically linked to Kenji Haga
Kenji Haga
, better known as , is a mixed-race entertainment talent, actor and businessperson from Okinawa, Okinawa. Haga was born to an American father and an Okinawan mother...
, her partner in the 1999 film Silver (directed by Takashi Miike
Takashi Miike
is a highly prolific and controversial Japanese filmmaker. He has directed over seventy theatrical, video, and television productions since his debut in 1991. In the years 2001 and 2002 alone, Miike is credited with directing fifteen productions...
) but it was later believed to be a publicity stunt
Publicity stunt
A publicity stunt is a planned event designed to attract the public's attention to the event's organizers or their cause. Publicity stunts can be professionally organized or set up by amateurs...
.
In 1999, Sakuraba appeared in her first nude
Nudity
Nudity is the state of wearing no clothing. The wearing of clothing is exclusively a human characteristic. The amount of clothing worn depends on functional considerations and social considerations...
photobook titled Careyes and published by Roux Shuppan.
Her first theatrical film was Waru
Waru
Waru may refer to:*Waru, a character in Vonda N. McIntyre's Star Wars novel The Crystal Star*Waru , a 2006 film directed by Takashi Miike*Waru: kanketsu-hen, another 2006 film by Takashi Miike...
also directed by Takashi Miike
Takashi Miike
is a highly prolific and controversial Japanese filmmaker. He has directed over seventy theatrical, video, and television productions since his debut in 1991. In the years 2001 and 2002 alone, Miike is credited with directing fifteen productions...
.
Sakuraba has also participated in theatre
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
.
Photobooks
, Scola, ISBN 978-4796203906,- in the room, Scola, ISBN 978-4796204538,
- Careyes, Roux Shuppan, ISBN 978-4897780832,
- Ultimate Hunter: Guardless 4, Takeshobo, ISBN 978-4812407707,
Videos
, Scola, ISBN 978-4796230674, , Eichi Publishing, ISBN 978-4754266349, JAN 1902874032381,- Careyes: Atsuko Sakuraba, SVC, ISBN 978-4882884156, JAN 1920876028009,
- Ultimate Hunter: Guardless 4 (VHS), Takeshobo, JAN 4985914111393,
- Ultimate Hunter: Guardless 4 (DVD), Takeshobo, JAN 4985914118057,
V-Cinema
(directed by Minoru KawasakiMinoru Kawasaki (film director)
, born 15 August 1958 is a Japanese film director, screenwriter and producer. He is known for his low budget, absurdist comedy films.Kawasaki began his career with some self-financed films, including Iko the Earth Patrol Girl, and manga to live action adaptions, before working on Ultraman Tiga...
)
- Bad girls (directed by Minoru Akimoto and Yuzuru Ashiya)
- F·I·S·H (directed by Kenji Seki)
- Silver (directed by Takashi MiikeTakashi Miikeis a highly prolific and controversial Japanese filmmaker. He has directed over seventy theatrical, video, and television productions since his debut in 1991. In the years 2001 and 2002 alone, Miike is credited with directing fifteen productions...
) (directed by Takeshi Yokoi) (directed by Hiroyuki Tsuji) (directed by Hiroyuki Tsuji) (directed by Kanta Tagawa) (directed by Seiji Chiba and Kenji Tanigaki) (directed by Kanta Tagawa) - Two-F (directed by Kanta Tagawa)
Theatrical
- WaruWaru (2006 film)Waru is a 2006 Japanese film directed by Takashi Miike. The sequel, Waru: kanketsu-hen, followed later in the year.-Cast:*Show Aikawa*Nagare Hagiwara*Yoshihiko Hakamada*Ryo Ishibashi*Hisao Maki*Keiko Matsuzaka*Johnny Okura*Hitoshi Ozawa...
(directed by Takashi MiikeTakashi Miikeis a highly prolific and controversial Japanese filmmaker. He has directed over seventy theatrical, video, and television productions since his debut in 1991. In the years 2001 and 2002 alone, Miike is credited with directing fifteen productions...
) (directed by Shinpei Hayashiya)
TV programs
- Tamori ClubTamori Clubis a late-night variety program hosted by comedian Kazuyoshi Morita, better known as Tamori. It is broadcast in Japan on the TV Asahi network. It started on 8 October 1982, and is one of the longest-running programs in Japan. This program deals with social phenomena from original, maniac viewpoints...
(TV AsahiTV Asahi, also known as EX and , is a Japanese television network headquartered in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. The company writes its name in lower-case letters, tv asahi, in its logo and public-image materials. The company also owns All-Nippon News Network....
) (Various) (Tokyo Broadcasting SystemTokyo Broadcasting System, TBS Holdings, Inc. or TBSHD, is a stockholding company in Tokyo, Japan. It is a parent company of a television network named and radio network named ....
) (Mondo21)
Theatre
(directed by Uson Kimu, 2003) (directed by Uji Takinosuke, 2004) (directed by Uson Kimu, 2005)Others
Serialization: , Weekly Manga ActionWeekly Manga Action
is a Japanese seinen manga magazine pushlished on a weekly basis by Futabasha since 7 July 1967.-Currently serialized:Listed alphabetically.*Bar Lemon Heart...
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Mixed martial arts career
Sakuraba had a MMA bout in the event ReMix World Cup 2000 on , where she faced four-time national judo champion, 1993 and 19981998 European Judo Championships
The 1998 European Judo Championships were the 9th edition of the European Judo Championships, and were held in Oviedo, Spain from 16 May to 17 May 1998.-Men:-Women:- Medals table :-60 kg:-66 kg:-73 kg:-81 kg:-90 kg:-100 kg:-+100 kg:...
silver medal
Silver medal
A silver medal is a medal awarded to the second place finisher of contests such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, and contests with similar formats....
list and three-time World Cup winner Russian
Russians
The Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....
Tatyana Kuvshinova in a non-tournament fight. She was clearly outmatched by the Russian, and despite her spirited efforts, her corner decided to throw the towel in after her arm was injured in an armbar
Armlock
An armlock in grappling is a single or double joint lock that hyperextends, hyperflexes or hyperrotates the elbow joint and/or shoulder joint. An armlock that hyperflexes or hyperrotates the shoulder joint is referred to as a shoulder lock, and an armlock that hyperextends the elbow joint is called...
from which Sakuraba did not want to tap, dislocating her elbow in the process.
Sakuraba also participated in ReMix Golden Gate 2001, although merely as a TV commentator.
Mixed martial arts record
|-| Loss
|align=center| 0-1-0
|
Tatyana Kuvshinova| TKO (corner stoppage)
| ReMix World Cup 2000
|
|align=center| 1
|align=center| 2:26
| Chiyoda
Chiyoda, Tokyo
is one of the 23 special wards in central Tokyo, Japan. In English, it is called Chiyoda ward. As of October 2007, the ward has an estimated population of 45,543 and a population density of 3,912 people per km², making it by far the least populated of the special wards...
, Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
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See also
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