The following is a list of Japanese

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...

 actresses in surname alphabetical order. Names are displayed given name first, per Wikipedia manual of style.

To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Japanese actresses or must have references showing they are Japanese actresses and are notable.

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• Yumi Adachi
  Yumi Adachi
  Yumi Adachi is a Japanese actress, model and singer. Her artistic surname Adachi corresponds to her mother's maiden name. Yuri Adachi, born in 1957, had been a model and actress in her own right.Yumi was born in Taito, Tokyo, Japan...
  
  
• Saki Aibu
  Saki Aibu
  is an actress in Japan. She is part of the Box Corporation.-Drama:*Kaseifu no Mita as Urara*Rebound as Nobuko Oba*Buzzer Beat as Natsuki Nanami*Zettai Kareshi SP as Izawa Riiko...
  
  
• Rina Aizawa
  Rina Aizawa
  is a Japanese actress & gravure idol signed under Box Corporation. Her debut role is Saki Rōyama/Go-on Yellow in the 2008 TV Asahi's tokusatsu series Engine Sentai Go-onger.She is ranked 249th out of 422001 people according to Oricon Style's page....
  
  
• Kyoko Aizome
  Kyoko Aizome
  is a Japanese erotic actress, singer, AV director, and writer who has been called, "the first hard-core porn actress in Japan."-Early life:Kyōko Aizome was born on February 9, 1958 in Noda Chiba Prefecture. Aizome grew up in a troubled household. Her father was a police officer who beat his wife,...
  
  
• Sayaka Akimoto
  Sayaka Akimoto
  , is a member of the Japanese idol group AKB48. She is captain of Team K and also a member of the sub-unit group Diva. She was born to a Japanese father and a Filipina mother.- Singles :as AKB48* BINGO!* Baby! Baby! Baby!* RIVER* Included in **...
  
  
• Tsubasa Akimoto
• Yoko Akino
  Yoko Akino
  Yoko Akino , born Yoko Tashiro Yoko Akino (秋野 暢子 Akino Yōko), born Yoko Tashiro Yoko Akino (秋野 暢子 Akino Yōko), born Yoko Tashiro (田代 暢子 Tashiro Yōko, born 18 January 1957 in Osaka, Japan is a Japanese actress.-Selected filmography:-External links:...
  
  
• Rio Akisada
  Rio Akisada
  Rio Akisada is a Japanese actress.-External links:**...
  
  
• Kumiko Akiyoshi
  Kumiko Akiyoshi
  , better known as , is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best actress at the 1st Hochi Film Award for Banka, Saraba natsuno hikariyo and Brother and Sister.-Filmography:...
  
  
• Yuki Amami
  Yuki Amami
  is a Japanese actress.-Career:Amami joined the Takarazuka Revue in 1987 and retired in 1995. Amami was the youngest actress in the company's history to be cast in a top male role...
  
  
• Chisato Amate
  Chisato Amate
  Chisato Amate is an actress. She played the lead actress role in 1-Ichi, a prequel to Ichi the Killer. In 2004, she played a supporting role in Izo...
  
  
• Mayuko Aoki
  Mayuko Aoki
  is a Japanese voice actress who has worked on several anime and video game productions. Mayuko Aoki also sang the FINAL FANTASY X-2 VOCAL COLLECTION / YUNA * 4 tracks* .- Roles :Anime:* Aquarian Age - Sign for Revolution - Yoriko Sannou...
  
  
• Tsuru Aoki
  Tsuru Aoki
  was a popular Japanese-American stage and screen actress whose career was most prolific during the silent film era of the 1910s through the 1920s. Aoki may have been the first Asian actress to garner top-billing in American motion pictures.-Life and career:...
  
  
• Narimi Arimori
  Narimi Arimori
  Narimi Arimori is a Japanese actress.-External links:**...
  
  
• Mayumi Asaka
• Aiko Asano
  Aiko Asano
  , is a Japanese actress and singer.In 1987, she played a lead in the Japanese movie Drifting Classroom, which was based on a popular horror manga series by Kazuo Umezu. Her music album Silver Doll and her nude photo book The Younger Sister of Summer were released almost simultaneously with the...
  
  
• Atsuko Asano
  Atsuko Asano
  is a Japanese actress. Upon marrying Tsutomu Uozumi, a reputed copywriter and lyricist in 1983, her “koseki” name became Atsuko Uozumi. She gave birth to a son in 1984. Her career has been significant in Japan, coinciding with trends in TV, movies and stage...
  
  
• Yūko Asano
  Yūko Asano
  is a Japanese actress and singer. She won the award for best actress at the 19th Japan Academy Prize for Kura.-References:...
  
  
• Ruriko Asaoka
  Ruriko Asaoka
  born 2 July 1940 in Xinjing, Manchukuo , is a Japanese actress.- Filmography :* * * Alone on the Pacific aka Alone Across the Pacific...
  
  
• Kumiko Aso
• Yumi Aso
• Haruka Ayase
  Haruka Ayase
  , born in Hiroshima Prefecture, on March 24, 1985, is a Japanese actress.-Career:In 1999, she successfully passed a Horipro audition. She first achieved widespread recognition for her starring roles in the short film Justice; in 2004 she rose to stardom as Aki in the TV series Crying Out Love, In...
  
  
• Mew Azama
  Mew Azama
  , born December 26, 1986 in Hiroshima Prefecture and raised in Okinawa Prefecture, is a Japanese model and actress. Azama signs her name "Mew" using romaji characters. She explains it in her : "美優 is read Mew. I was named from Kyōko Koizumi's famous song 'MEW of dawn'. So, the inscription is...
  
  

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• Joan Fontaine
  Joan Fontaine
  Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland , known professionally as Joan Fontaine, is a British American actress. She and her elder sister Olivia de Havilland are two of the last surviving leading ladies from Hollywood of the 1930s....
  
  
• Rie Fu
  Rie fu
  , born on January 11, 1985, in Tokyo, is a Japanese singer-songwriter. She resides in Tokyo but frequently travels to the United Kingdom to record and promote her work.-Personal life:...
  
  
• Yuko Fueki
  Yuko Fueki
  Yuko Fueki is a Japanese actress. She is most popular in South Korea, where she is known as Yoo Min.Fueki made her feature film debut in the 2001 film Hotaru and, in the same year, her Korean TV debut. She is more popular in South Korea than in Japan...
  
  
• Sumiko Fuji
  Sumiko Fuji
  is a Japanese actress. The daughter of a producer at the Tōei studios, she originally began acting under the name Junko Fuji , becoming famous as the female lead in yakuza films against such stars as Ken Takakura and Kōji Tsuruta. She even starred in her own series as the knife-wielding gambler Red...
  
  
• Takako Fuji
  Takako Fuji
  is a Japanese actress and seiyū with strong ties to theatre.-Biography:A native of Tokyo, Honshū Island, Japan who was born there in 1972, Fuji studied acting at the Aoyama Gakuin University, and subsequently joined the Ein Theatrical Company. Her work was usually on-stage or in voice-over studios,...
  
  
• Miho Fujima
  Miho Fujima
  Miho Fujima is an actress.-Filmography:* Lift * Ju-on: The Grudge aka The Grudge * "Slow is Beautiful" * Suicide Manual...
  
  
• Mizuki Fukumura
  Mizuki Fukumura
  is a Japanese pop singer. She is a ninth-generation member of Morning Musume. Prior to becoming part of Morning Musume, Fukumura was known as a member of the second generation Shugo Chara Egg!, and for her role of Amulet Heart in the live action segment of the highly acclaimed television series...
  
  
• Shiho Fujimura
  Shiho Fujimura
  Shiho Fujimura is a Japanese actress. She was given a Special Prize for her career at the 2008 Yokohama Film Festival.-External links:** -References:...
  
  
• Yumiko Fujita
  Yumiko Fujita
  Yumiko Fujita is a Japanese actress.-Selected filmography:* Under the Flag of the Rising Sun * Karafuto 1945 Summer Hyosetsu no Mon * The Bullet Train...
  
  
• Ayako Fujitani
  Ayako Fujitani
  Ayako Fujitani is a writer and actress. She is fluent in English and Japanese.-Early life:...
  
  
• Miki Fujitani
  Miki Fujitani
  is a Japanese actress who was born in Nagoya.In addition to her many live-action film roles, she has had some anime voice roles as a Japanese voice actor, namely Kamiya Kaoru in Rurouni Kenshin and Chun-Li in Street Fighter II The Movie....
  
  
• Miwako Fujitani
  Miwako Fujitani
  is a Japanese actress. Her current real name is Miwako Okamura after getting married Shunichi Okamura in December 2005. She won the award for Best Supporting Actress at the 17th Hochi Film Awards for The Oil-Hell Murder and Netorare Sosuke....
  
  
• Norika Fujiwara
  Norika Fujiwara
  is a Japanese beauty queen, model and actress. She became Miss Japan in 1992 and was an exclusive model for CanCam magazine. She has appeared in various commercials and TV series and a number of films in Japan.-Career:...
  
  
• Kyoko Fukada
  Kyoko Fukada
  is an actress and singer. In Japan, her name is sometimes contracted to the nickname Fukakyon. She won the award for Best Actress at the Yokohama Film Festival for Kamikaze Girls.- Career :...
  
  
• Eri Fukatsu
  Eri Fukatsu
  Eri Fukatsu , nicknamed , is a Japanese actress.Eri Fukatsu was born in Ōita, Ōita, Japan. Among other things, she has appeared in the TV series and the subsequent spin-off movies of the series. She is managed by Amuse Inc...
  
  
• Kazue Fukiishi
  Kazue Fukiishi
  is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 28th Yokohama Film Festival for What the Snow Brings, Tegami and Memories of Tomorrow.-Filmography:* Sabu...
  
  
• Mayuko Fukuda
  Mayuko Fukuda
  , born on August 4, 1994 in Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese child actress who made her debut in 1998. She is contracted to talent agency FLaMme.Her father, Kenji Fukuda, is a drummer in the band Kasutera.- Profile :*Nicknames: , *Interests: art...
  
  
• Mutsumi Fukuma

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• Michiko Hada
  Michiko Hada
  , born 24 September 1968 in Mitsukaido, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, is a Japanese actress.-External links:*...
  
  
• Chisaki Hama
  Chisaki Hama
  is a Japanese model, actress, and singer. She formerly used the stage name when she was with Snow Rabbits Productions. After Izumi returned to the modeling world in 2008, she used both 泉里果 and 泉里香 as stage names; both are pronounced "Izumi Rika"....
  
  
• Ayumi Hamasaki
  Ayumi Hamasaki
  is a Japanese singer-songwriter, record producer, model, lyricist, and actress. Also called "Ayu" by her fans, Hamasaki has been dubbed the "Empress of Pop" because of her popularity and widespread influence in Japan and throughout Asia. Born and raised in Fukuoka, she moved to Tokyo at fourteen to...
  
  
• Sachie Hara
• Setsuko Hara
  Setsuko Hara
  is a Japanese actress who appeared in six of Yasujirō Ozu's films, most notably as Noriko in the 'Noriko Trilogy': Late Spring , Early Summer and Tokyo Story . Her other films for Ozu were Tokyo Twilight , Late Autumn and finally The End of Summer in 1961.She was born 会田 昌江 Masae Aida in...
  
  
• Kana Harada
• Tomoyo Harada
  Tomoyo Harada
  Tomoyo Harada is a Japanese actress, singer, and lyricist, and was a popular idol in the 80's. She was cast in numerous films and TV-series since her beginning in 1982 in the leading role of the original TV-series Sailorfuku to kikanju...
  
  
• Kyoko Hasegawa
  Kyoko Hasegawa
  is a Japanese actress. She is married to Haruichi Shindō, one of the members of the Japanese rock band Porno Graffitti.On May 30, 2009 she gave birth to a baby boy.- Filmography :*SCANDAL *Karei naru Ichizoku...
  
  
• Reika Hashimoto
  Reika Hashimoto
  is a model and actress. She is of Japanese-Spanish heritage. Her father is an American citizen of Spanish descent. She has been working as a model since she was 10, and her acting debut was in the 1999 movie Hakuchi , and has performed in several movies...
  
  
• Olivia de Havilland
  Olivia de Havilland
  Olivia Mary de Havilland is a British American film and stage actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1946 and 1949. She is the elder sister of actress Joan Fontaine. The sisters are among the last surviving leading ladies from Hollywood of the 1930s.-Early life:Olivia de Havilland...
  
  
• Yoshie Hayasaka
  Yoshie Hayasaka
  is a Japanese actress and singer. Along with the ranking in the top 100 in the Oricon Singles Chart for several of her songs, her single "Zettai! Part 2" reached number 42. In 2003, she married the Japanese pro wrestler known as Super Delfin.-References:...
  
  
• Hiroko Hayashi
• Riona Hazuki
  Riona Hazuki
  Riona Hazuki , born Mai Yamada is a Japanese actress. In 1999, she played the main role in Owls' Castle.-Selected filmography:* Retribution...
  
  
• Emiri Henmi
• Mari Henmi
• Rei Hibino
• Mayumi Hidaka
  Mayumi Hidaka
  Mayumi Hidaka is an actress.-External links:**...
  
  
• Noriko Higashide
• Mina Hiroe
• Ryoko Hirosue
  Ryoko Hirosue
  is a Japanese actress and pop star, best known in the West for her roles in the Luc Besson-produced Wasabi and the Academy Award-winning Japanese film Departures. She also starred in a comedy series Yasuko to Kenji in 2008.- Early life :...
  
  
• Yuriko Hishimi
• Tae Hitoto
  Tae Hitoto
  is an actress. Her mother is Japanese and her father is Taiwanese. Yō Hitoto is her younger sister.-External links:**...
  
  
• Maki Horikita
  Maki Horikita
  is a Japanese actress and endorser. She debuted in 2003 as a U-15 idol and has since starred in Japanese television dramas, television and magazine advertisements, and movies.- Childhood:...
  
  
• Masami Horiuchi
  Masami Horiuchi
  in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese actor.-External links:*...
  
  
• Mari Hoshino
  Mari Hoshino
  Mari Hoshino is a Japanese actress and singer. She graduated from Aoyama Gakuin University. Most well known for her lead role as Otome Sakamoto in T.B.S. drama, Kinpachi-sensei, Hoshino has starred in several dramas in recent years...
  
  
• Shiho Hoshino
• Tomoko Hoshino
• Naomi Hosokawa
  Naomi Hosokawa
  Naomi Hosokawa is a Japanese actress.-External links:* *...
  
  

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• Yui Ichikawa
  Yui Ichikawa
  , is an actress and model from Tokyo, Japan. She is also known by her nickname, Yui-nyan. As an actress she has appeared in several dramas , and in recent years she has concentrated more on her film career. She played a minor role in the movie Ju-on: The Grudge and reprised her character for a...
  
  
• Riho Iida
  Riho Iida
  Riho Iida is a Japanese actress and child model, so-called U-15 junior idol.Riho Iida came into the spotlight when she was 11 years old, appearing in 2002 Tensai Terebi Kun MAX series on NHK educational TV. Since then she starred in many of movies and TV series...
  
  
• Kimiko Ikegami
  Kimiko Ikegami
  is a Japanese actress. Born in Manhattan, New York City, she moved to Kyoto at age 3. Kimiko graduated from Horikoshi High School in Nakano, Tokyo and subsequently attended Tamagawa University. She is closely related to the Bandō Mitsugorō kabuki actors: her grandfather was the eighth, her uncle...
  
  
• Chizuru Ikewaki
• Shizuka Inoh (Annie Yi)
• Harumi Inoue
  Harumi Inoue
  is an actress, model and accomplished swimmer. As of 2004, she is 5 ft 4 in and weighs 103 lb.She has a younger sister, Mami Inoue, who is also pursuing a similar career...
  
  
• Mao Inoue
  Mao Inoue
  is a Japanese actress. She debuted as a U-15 idol in 1999. She is best known to Japanese television drama audiences as in and Makino Tsukushi in the Hana Yori Dango series, in which she won Best Actress in the 47th Television Drama Academy Awards and received a newcomer award at the 16th Hashida...
  
  
• Takako Irie
  Takako Irie
  was a Japanese film actress. Born in Tokyo into the aristocratic Higashibōjō family , she graduated from Bunka Gakuin before debuting as an actress at Nikkatsu in 1927. She became a major star, even starting her own production company, Irie Productions, in 1932...
  
  
• Ayumi Ishida
• Hikari Ishida
  Hikari Ishida
  is a Japanese actress. She starred along with Megumi Odaka and Natsuki Ozawa in the TV-series Hana no Asuka Gumi. She also released several singles and six albums and she had one minor hit with the song "Emerald no Suna". Ishida also made numerous commercials for hair products and released several...
  
  
• Yuriko Ishida
  Yuriko Ishida
  is a Japanese actress and essayist from Nagoya. She was the Japanese voice of "San" in Princess Mononoke. She is older sister of Hikari Ishida, also an actress...
  
  
• Satomi Ishihara
  Satomi Ishihara
  is a Japanese actress.Popular mostly among Japanese fans, she gained recognition for her acting talent. She started taking parts acting in Japanese dramas in 2003. Also, she appeared in various commercial events also known as public relations...
  
  
• Mako Ishino
  Mako Ishino
  Mako Ishino is a Japanese singer and actress. She is affiliated with From First Production Co., Ltd.-Albums:* Truth * Mako Revival...
  
  
• Yōko Ishino
  Yōko Ishino
  is a Japanese actress and tarento. She was born in Ashiya, Hyōgo.Ishino debuted in 1985 as a pop singer, and first appeared on television in 1986. Her older sister is Mako Ishino. Ishino has also attended in Horikoshi High School with the idol singer Yukiko Okada.-Filmography:*1987 – Godzilla vs....
  
  
• Ayumi Ito
  Ayumi Ito
  Ayumi Itō is a Japanese actress who received her big break in 1996, when she was cast as the central character of Ageha in Shunji Iwai's hit movie, Swallowtail Butterfly. The following year, she won her first Japanese Academy Award for 'Rookie of the Year'...
  
  
• Kyoko Ito
• Maiko Ito
• Misaki Ito
  Misaki Ito
  is a Japanese actress and model. Her real name is .-Career:In 1999, Ito became the Asahi Beer "image girl" and a model under an exclusive contract to CanCam magazine...
  
  
• Rema Ito
• Moto Iwa
• Yoshimi Iwasaki
  Yoshimi Iwasaki
  Yoshimi Iwasaki is a singer and actress. She is notable for singing various theme songs for the TV anime series Touch. In 2008, she joined the fantasy band Sound Horizon for the release of their 6th story CD Moira...
  
  
• Shima Iwashita
• Yoshimi Iwashita
• Saya Izumi

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• Meiko Kaji
• Bunko Kanazawa
  Bunko Kanazawa
  is a prolific Japanese adult film actress, who has been called "one of the biggest AV idols in Japan."-Debut - Cosmos Plan:Bunko Kanazawa was born April 4, 1979 in Kanagawa prefecture). She reports that as a child she was good at mathematics and science, but horrible in Japanese and English...
  
  
• Yumi Kaoru
• Nagisa Katahira
  Nagisa Katahira
  , born July 12, 1959) is a Japanese television actress with the Horipuro company.-Acting career:Later, her interest turned to acting, and now she has become known as the "Queen of the two-hour drama." She has also starred in several jidaigeki, including the title role as the vigilante Kurenai in...
  
  
• Ai Kato
  Ai Kato
  Ai Kato is a Japanese actress and model.Around 2003, a video of her bathing at an onsen surfaced on the internet...
  
  
• Natsuki Kato
  Natsuki Kato
  is a Japanese actress and former fashion model, regularly appearing on television in various roles.-Career:After she was spotted and recruited with 1998's television commercial appearance by a current entertainment production, she made her debut in 1999....
  
  
• Sachiko Katsumata
  Sachiko Katsumata
  Sachiko Katsumata is an actress.-External links:**...
  
  
• Atsuko Kawada
• Kanae Kawagishi
• Haruna Kawaguchi
  Haruna Kawaguchi
  is a Japanese model and actress under the Ken-On agency.-TV serials:* Tokyo Dogs as Karin Takakura* Nakanai to Kimeta Hi as Ai Kakuta* Hatsukoi Chronicle as Misaki Satoura...
  
  
• Ami Kawai
  Ami Kawai
  is a Japanese television and theater actress, best known in Japan for her role as Marsha in Kidou Keiji Jiban and Lami in Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger .-Biography:...
  
  
• Azumi Kawashima
  Azumi Kawashima
  , born August 8, 1979 in Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese idol and adult video actress.-Life and career:Azumi Kawashima was born in Tokyo on August 8, 1979. Her debut video was Promise released under the Try-Heart Corporation's Sexia's label in December 1998. In January 1999, Kawashima starred in Naive,...
  
  
• Remi Kawashima
• Maiko Kazama
  Maiko Kazama
  is a Japanese actress known especially for her roles in Nikkatsu's Roman Porno series of films in the early 1980s.-Life and career:Kazama was born in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan on May 25, 1956. She began her acting career at least as early as December 1979 with the Shintōhō pink film directed by...
  
  
• Naoko Ken
  Naoko Ken
  is a Japanese singer and actress. She is well-known for her comedy roles featuring idiosyncratic looks, and a string of successful torch songs that gained popularity in the late 1970s and early 1980s.- Biography :...
  
  
• Rinko Kikuchi
  Rinko Kikuchi
  , born , January 6, 1981, is a Japanese actress. Kikuchi is the first Japanese actress to be nominated for an Academy Award in 50 years. She is currently Japan's only living female Academy Award nominee in acting categories...
  
  
• Rei Kikukawa
  Rei Kikukawa
  is a Japanese actress, model and television presenter. Kikukawa was born in Urawa , in Saitama Prefecture. She is a graduate of the University of Tokyo where she majored in architecture. She was scouted by an agent while shopping, and eventually came to be represented by Oscar Promotions...
  
  
• Tae Kimura
• Yoshino Kimura
• Miri Kisaki
• Keiko Kishi
• Kayoko Kishimoto
  Kayoko Kishimoto
  is an actress.She has appeared in several of Takeshi Kitano's films, such as Hana-bi, Kikujiro and Dolls. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 23rd Japan Academy Prize for Kikujiro.-Biography:...
  
  
• Awoi Kitagawa
• Keiko Kitagawa
  Keiko Kitagawa
  is a Japanese actress and former model. She was an exclusive model for the Japanese Seventeen magazine from late 2003 to mid 2006, and left modeling when she left the magazine. Her first acting role was Sailor Mars in the Sailor Moon live action show Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon , and after her role...
  
  
• Miho Kiuchi
• Megumi Kobashi
• Mao Kobayashi
  Mao Kobayashi
  is a Japanese junior idol. Her books and DVDs sell heavily in Japan according to Amazon.co.jp sales figures. She has also released a CD single as part of the J-pop group Doll's Vox in 2005, and is a member of the idol group momo mint's since 2006.- Photobooks :...
  
  
• Satomi Kobayashi
  Satomi Kobayashi
  is a Japanese actress from Tokyo. She won the award for best newcomer at the 4th Yokohama Film Festival for Exchange Students. She was previously married to screenwriter Kōki Mitani.-Filmography:# Exchange Students...
  
  
• Kyoko Koizumi
  Kyoko Koizumi
  ' is a Japanese singer and actress. Her music is released through Victor Entertainment . She is also known by the nickname Kyon Kyon. She had singles reach the Top ten for 12 consecutive years between 1983 and 1994, a female solo artist record, until this was broken by Namie Amuro...
  
  
• Ayaka Komatsu
  Ayaka Komatsu
  Ayaka Komatsu is a Japanese model/actress. She was born on July 23, 1986 in Ichinoseki, Iwate Prefecture.-Modeling career:Her modeling agency is Amuse inc. She was a regular model of the now defunct Candy magazine...
  
  
• Hiroko Konishi
  Hiroko Konishi
  is a Japanese voice actress. She is currently not affiliated with any production, and has largely retired from voice acting.- Notable voice roles :* Aida Rion in Agent Aika* Nene Romanova in Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040...
  
  
• Manami Konishi
  Manami Konishi
  is a Japanese actress and singer from Satsumasendai, Kagoshima, Japan. She is a part of Sony Music Japan.-Biography:Born in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, in 1978, Manami Konishi joined Kohei Tsuka's Theatre Company in 1999, and made her stage debut in Tsuka's play "Netorare Sosuke." She established...
  
  
• Miho Konishi
  Miho Konishi
  Miho Konishi is a Japanese actress.She started acting at high school at the age of 15 years old....
  
  
• Mahiru Konno
  Mahiru Konno
  is a Japanese actress.-External links:* *http://www.tv.com/mahiru-konno/person/437468/appearances.html...
  
  
• Misako Konno
  Misako Konno
  Misako Konno , born Misako Shinoda is a Japanese actress and essayist.Her maiden name is Misako Satō .-External links:* *...
  
  
• Koyuki
  Koyuki
  , better known as , is a Japanese model and actress.Koyuki was born in Zama. She started her modeling career in 1995 and has since starred in various Japanese dramas, TV and magazine ad campaigns and films. She frequently appears in Japanese print and television campaigns for the electronics...
  
  
• Risa Kudo
  Risa Kudo
  is a Japanese model and actress. She is best known outside Japan for an appearance in an episode of the Nippon Television series Haken no Hinkaku in 2007 and the films Love Letter Ao-renka and Rabu Kon in 2006, and Sleeping Flower in 2005.She was a model on the game "Finder Love", were she can...
  
  
• Yuki Kudoh
  Youki Kudoh
  is a Japanese actress and singer. She won the award for best newcomer at the 6th Yokohama Film Festival for The Crazy Family. She also won the award for best actress at the 16th Hochi Film Award for War and Youth.-Filmography:-External links:* *...
  
  
• Ryoko Kuninaka
  Ryoko Kuninaka
  is an Okinawan actress and singer. She hails from Naha City in Okinawa, Japan and currently works for Vision Factory.-Biography:Ryoko Kuninaka was working part-time at a Zenzai store when she was discovered by a talent scout. In 1998, she entered the "Idol High School" for aspiring female...
  
  
• Makiko Kuno
  Makiko Kuno
  is a Japanese actress. Her early stage name was ; she changed it to , and changed the way of writing the name, becoming クノ真季子 in 2005.She has been active as a model since senior high school, and as an actress made her debut in 1987. She was the image girl of the JR East Kiosks from 1988 to 1994...
  
  
• Komaki Kurihara
  Komaki Kurihara
  is a Japanese film actress. She has appeared in 30 films since 1967. She starred in the 1974 film Sandakan No. 8, which was entered into the 25th Berlin International Film Festival.-Selected filmography:* Tora-san's Grand Scheme...
  
  
• Sumiko Kurishima
  Sumiko Kurishima
  was a Japanese actress and master of traditional Japanese dance. She is often considered Japan's first female movie star.-Career:...
  
  
• Chiaki Kuriyama
  Chiaki Kuriyama
  is a Japanese actress, singer and model. She is best known in the West for her roles in Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill, Volume 1 and the Japanese film Battle Royale .- Biography :...
  
  
• Fukumi Kuroda
  Fukumi Kuroda
  Kuroda Fukumi is a Japanese actress.-Filmography:# Muscle Girl as Lee Soon Ja # Lakeside Maadaakeisu # Dodge, Go Go!...
  
  
• Hitomi Kuroki
  Hitomi Kuroki
  Hitomi Kuroki is a Japanese actress. Her real name is Shoko Ichiji née Egami ....
  
  
• Meisa Kuroki
  Meisa Kuroki
  , better known by her stage name , is a Japanese actress, model and singer born in Nago, Okinawa, Japan. She is represented by the agency Sweet Power and is signed to Sony Music Japan. She made her acting debut in 2004. She has modeled for the popular Japanese fashion magazine JJ, among others, and...
  
  
• Tomoka Kurotani
  Tomoka Kurotani
  Kurotani Tomoka is a Japanese actress. She starred as the femme fatale female ninja Kagero in Shinobi Heart Under Blade.-Films:*Boxer Joe *勝手にしやがれ!! 英雄計画...
  
  
• Kaori Kusaba
• Koharu Kusumi
  Koharu Kusumi
  , is a former J-pop singer and voice actress, and currently a model. She joined Morning Musume as the only seventh generation member and as the youngest soloist to debut in Hello! Project, being only twelve years old when she joined. Before she joined Morning Musume, she was the captain of her...
  
  
• Seika Kuze
• Machiko Kyō
  Machiko Kyo
  is a Japanese actress whose film work occurred primarily during the 1950s. She rose to extraordinary domestic praise in Japan for her work in two of the greatest Japanese films of the 20th century, Akira Kurosawa's Rashōmon and Kenji Mizoguchi's Ugetsu.Machiko trained to be a dancer before...
  
  
• Yui Koike
  Yui Koike
  is a Japanese gravure idol and actress known for her role as Ahim de Famille/Gokai Pink in the 2011 Super Sentai series Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger. She is also a member of a idol group named "Tomato n'pine"...
  
  

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• Erika Mabuchi
• Shion Machida
• Aki Maeda
  Aki Maeda
  Aki Maeda is a Japanese actress and singer. She has an older sister named Ai Maeda....
  
  
• Ayaka Maeda
• Yōko Maki
  Yoko Maki (actress)
  Yōko Maki is a Japanese actress signed to .Maki has appeared in several films including 2003 film Infection and the 2004 American remake The Grudge.-Biography:...
  
  

• Mika Makino
• Kumiko Maru
• Takako Matsu
  Takako Matsu
  , born , is a Japanese actress and pop singer/songwriter born on June 10, 1977 in Tokyo, Japan. The style of her music is often laid-back and relaxing.- Profile :* Interests: Watching movies and stage plays...
  
  
• Nanako Matsushima
  Nanako Matsushima
  is a Japanese actress and model. She is known outside Japan for her role in the horror film Ring. She was also a main character in A Story of Love, where she starred next to Hiroyuki Sanada, who also played Ryuji Takayama in Ring....
  
  
• Moeko Matsushita
  Moeko Matsushita
  is a Japanese singer and actress from Hyōgo, Japan.Her most famous TV role to date was on Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon as Hina Kusaka. She entered the spotlight at age 15 when she won the multimedia prize of the Japan Bishōjo Contest, a beauty contest. In 2001, Moeko released her first single "Natsu...
  
  
• Yuki Matsushita
• Yoko Matsuyama
  Yoko Matsuyama
  is a Japanese actress best known for her work in the Crimson Bat series.-Filmography:#Crimson Bat #明治の風雪　柔旋風 #続・柔旋風　四天王誕生...
  
  
• Keiko Matsuzaka
  Keiko Matsuzaka
  is an actress.Born in Ōta, Tokyo, her father was a naturalized South Korean while her mother was Japanese. Active as a child actress in the 1960s, she came into her own as an adult with Daiei, then in 1972 with Shochiku....
  
  
• Maki Meguro
  Maki Meguro
  Maki Meguro is a Japanese actress.-External links:*...
  
  
• Kyoko Mibayashi
• Mika Mifune
• Junko Mihara
  Junko Mihara
  is an Japanese politician, former singer and actress.She ran in House of Councillors election in 2010 as a proportional candidate of Liberal Democratic Party and won.- External links :*...
  
  
• Mimura
  Mimura
  Mimura is a village in Sri Lanka. It is located within Central Province.-External links:*...
  
  
• Sawori Mine
• Chieko Misaka
• Hiroko Mita
  Hiroko Mita
  Hiroko Mita is a Japanese singer and actress.-Appearances:-External links:*...
  
  
• Aika Miura
  Aika Miura
  is a popular and award-winning Japanese AV idol who made a clear mark on the AV industry. In a remarkably long and prolific career for an AV actress, she released an average of one film a month over a seven year period—excepting 1998—before she retired in 2002....
  
  
• Nobuko Miyamoto
  Nobuko Miyamoto
  is a Japanese actress. She was born in Otaru, Hokkaidō, and raised in Nagoya. She was married to director Jūzō Itami from 1969 until his death in 1997, and regularly starred in his films....
  
  
• Junko Miyashita
  Junko Miyashita
  is a Japanese actress who had a long and varied career working both in pink film and mainstream cinema.- Career :Junko Miyashita was born in Tokyo on January 29, 1949. She was working as a waitress at a coffee shop when she was recruited to work in Pink films....
  
  
• Aoi Miyazaki
  Aoi Miyazaki
  is a Japanese actress. She is best known for her pure image and roles such as in Nana and Virgin Snow. Her brother Masaru Miyazaki is an actor, and they starred together in the film Hatsukoi. She married Sosuke Takaoka on June 15, 2007, her partner since she was fifteen.-Career:Miyazaki started...
  
  
• Mashio Miyazaki
  Mashio Miyazaki
  -External links:...
  
  
• Rie Miyazawa
  Rie Miyazawa
  is a Japanese actress and former model.- Life and career :Rie Miyazawa was born in Tokyo and raised by her mother. Since her debut at age 11 in an advertisement for Kit Kat, she has many films, television shows, commercials, stage appearances and photo books to her credit. She starred in the...
  
  
• Maki Mizuno
  Maki Mizuno
  Maki Mizuno , , was born as Yuki Enowaki is an actress. She has appeared in jidaigeki and contemporary dramas....
  
  
• Miki Mizuno
  Miki Mizuno
  Miki Mizuno is a Japanese actress. Her film credits include a leading role in the second new Gamera film: Gamera 2: Attack of Legion -Television:...
  
  
• Kaori Momoi
• Misaki Monomiya
• Akiko Monou
  Akiko Monou
  Akiko Monō is a Japanese actress and model.Monō did spots for, amongst others, Nike, before Hiroyuki Nakano caught sight of her in a video clip and cast her in Samurai Fiction, her film debut...
  
  
• Keaki Mori
• Sanami Mori
• Yoko Moriguchi
  Yoko Moriguchi
  Yoko Moriguchi is a Japanese actress.-Films:*Tsukiji Uogashi Sandaime *Casshern *Unloved *Kacho Shima Kosaku *Chichi -TV Drama:...
  
  
• Yuko Moriyama
• Shigeru Muroi
• Miyuki Muto
• Suzuka Morita
  Suzuka Morita
  is a Japanese model and actress who is a 2nd generation member, number11, of Idoling!!!. She is also the 7th generation member of Hop Club. Morita is best known for playing Shinken Yellow in the TV series Samurai Sentai Shinkenger...
  
  

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• Hitomi Nagasawa
• Masami Nagasawa
  Masami Nagasawa
  is a Japanese actress under Toho Entertainment. She has performed in many movies and television dramas including Crying out Love, In the Center of the World, Dragon Zakura and Proposal Daisakusen. She graduated from Horikoshi High School in 2006. She is also known as "Ma-chan" or, as Tomohisa...
  
  
• Anna Nagata
  Anna Nagata
  is a Japanese actress.-Movies:*Battle Royale as Hirono Shimizu*One Missed Call as Yoko Okazaki*Kamen Rider Kabuto: God Speed Love as Yuzuki Misaki*Master of Thunder as Anna-External links:*...
  
  
• Midori Naka
  Midori Naka
  Midori Naka was a Japanese stage actress of the Shingeki style, famous in her country at the time of her death. She survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945, only to die 18 days later. She was the first person in the world whose death was officially certified to be a result of...
  
  
• Anna Nakagawa
• Shoko Nakahara
• Yukie Nakama
  Yukie Nakama
  is a Japanese actress, singer and former idol. She was born in Okinawa, Japan, in a fisherman's family, the youngest of five siblings.At the start of her career she was a gravure idol and singer , and appeared in bit roles until her career breakthrough playing Sadako in "Ring 0: Birthday ."In 2000,...
  
  
• Yuki Nakamichi
• Saemi Nakamura
  Saemi Nakamura
  Saemi Nakamura is a Japanese American actress. She is best known for playing Kimiko Nakamura in the NBC science fiction television drama series Heroes. She also appeared in a minor part in the 1995 film Jury Duty.-External links:...
  
  
• Tamao Nakamura
  Tamao Nakamura
  is a Japanese actress. She was married to Shintaro Katsu.-Filmography:* Zenigata Heiji: Ghost Lord * Flowery Brothers...
  
  
• Kumiko Nakano
  Kumiko Nakano
  Nakano Kumiko is an actress, who debuted as a japanese idol with girl band Osaka Performance Doll from 1993 to 1997.-Television:*星の金貨 *竜馬におまかせ!*Beautiful *歓迎！ダンジキ御一行様*木綿のハンカチ2...
  
  
• Ryoko Nakano
• Miki Nakatani
• Miho Nakayama
• Shinobu Nakayama
  Shinobu Nakayama
  Shinobu Nakayama is an actress and a former J-pop singer. She was born in Tokyo, Japan, and released her first single on 2 November 1988. Her final release as a J-pop artist was on 1 March 1991. She was a member of the short-lived idol groups Nanatsuboshi and Rakutenshi...
  
  
• Amuro Namie
• Kuriko Namino
  Kuriko Namino
  is an actress. Her brother Nakamura Kanzaburō XVIII is an actor in kabuki, theatre, television and commercials.-External links:*...
  
  
• Mari Natsuki
  Mari Natsuki
  Mari Natsuki , real name Junko Nakajima , is a Japanese singer, dancer and actress....
  
  
• Yoko Natsuki
  Yoko Natsuki
  is an actress, born 24 October 1952 in Ise, Mie Prefecture, Japan. She began to start her career on the movie, it was Karate for Life at 1977. One of her television roles was Osono, a ninja in the jidaigeki series Yoshimune Hyōbanki: Abarenbō Shōgun. She was also a regular star in Abare Hasshū Goyō...
  
  
• Masako Natsume
• Kayo Nayuki
• Toshie Negishi
  Toshie Negishi
  -External links:...
  
  
• Yuko Nihei
• Yuki Ninagawa
  Yuki Ninagawa
  Ninagawa Yuki is a Japanese actress, daughter of the poet Mizuno Akiyoshi.-Feature filmography:*Shogun's Ninja *Crazy Fruit 狂った果実...
  
  
• Naomi Nishida
  Naomi Nishida
  is an actress. She won the Best Supporting Actress award at the 2001 Yokohama Film Festival and at the 25th Hochi Film Award for her performance in Nabbie's Love.She married a Japanese shoe designer in 2005, and gave birth a girl on April 7, 2008...
  
  
• Mineko Nishikawa
• Akiko Nishina
  Akiko Nishina
  Akiko Nishina , born 3 April 1953 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese actress. once 仁科明子, but now her name is 仁科亜季子, after divorcing from Hiroki Matsukata, a famous actor in Japan.-External links:...
  
  
• Mari Nishio
• Mieko Nishio
• Yoko Nogiwa
  Yoko Nogiwa
  is a Japanese actress.-External links:...
  
  
• Yuki Noguchi
• Yuka Nomura
  Yuka Nomura
  Yuka Nomura is a Japanese actress.-Filmography: * 新生 トイレの花子さん * Kan-Kin -External links:**...
  
  
• Maho Nonami
  Maho Nonami
  Maho Nonami is a Japanese actress, best known for her role in the critically acclaimed 2LDK.-Filmography:* 2011 Kaseifu no Mita* 2008 4 Shimai Tantei Dan .... Horie Ryoko...
  
  
• Chise Nakamura
  Chise Nakamura
  is a Japanese actress and gravure idol from Fukuoka, Fukuoka.-TV roles:* Natsuki Mamiya in GoGo Sentai Boukenger .* Matsushiro Hikaru in Mei-chan no Shitsuji .-Anime roles:* Dragonaut -The Resonance-...
  
  

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• Miho Ogata
• Noriko Ogawa
  Noriko Ogawa (singer)
  , born , is a Japanese actress and J-pop singer born in Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan on 20 July 1973. She graduated in sociology at Waseda University.She made her J-pop debut on 25 November 1987.-Singles:#Namida o Tabanete...
  
  
• Kaori Oguri
  Kaori Oguri
  Kaori Oguri is a Japanese actress.-External links:**...
  
  
• Reiko Ohara
• Ayumi Oka
  Ayumi Oka
  Ayumi Oka is a Japanese actress.-External links:...
  
  
• Mariko Okada
  Mariko Okada
  Mariko Okada is a Japanese actress. She is married to film director Yoshishige Yoshida.Her father was the noted silent film actor Tokihiko Okada, who before his early death starred in Yasujiro Ozu's Tokyo Chorus...
  
  
• Shizuka Okada
• Yoshiko Okada
• Kumiko Okae
• Yukiko Okamoto
  Yukiko Okamoto
  is a Japanese actress. She was given a Best New Talent award at the 1998 Yokohama Film Festival.-References:...
  
  
• Hitomi Okasaki
• Yumiko Okayasu
• Hitomi Okazaki
• Yuki Okazaki
• Megumi Okina
  Megumi Okina
  is a Japanese actress, and J-Pop singer in the 1990s.Born in Hiroshima and raised in Tokyo, she made her J-Pop debut on 19 August 1995. She starred in the Japanese original of The Grudge....
  
  
• Yukari Onoe
• Itsumi Osawa
• Akiko Oshidari
• Chiaki Ota
• Ran Otori
• Chihiro Otsuka
  Chihiro Otsuka
  is a Japanese actress. Her birth name in kanji is , but she transformed her given name into hiragana characters.-Movie:*Dark Water *Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. *Be with You...
  
  
• Sayuri Oyamada

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• Irie Saaya
• Hinako Saeki
  Hinako Saeki
  is a Japanese actress who was born on February 16, 1977 in Nara, Japan. Probably her best known role was as Sadako Yamamura in Rasen, the 1998 sequel to the horror film Ring....
  
  
• Yuki Saitō
• Setsuko Sanada
• Nanami Sano
• Hiroko Sato
• Oka Satomi
  Oka Satomi
  Oka Satomi is a Japanese actress. She has made over 150 films in her career including such classics as Miyamoto Musashi and Akō Rōshi. She was born in 1935 and joined Toei Studios under her stage name in 1955...
  
  
• Nobuko Satsuki
• Yasuko Sawaguchi
  Yasuko Sawaguchi
  , is a Japanese actress.-Biography:She was born in Osaka, Japan to a Japanese mother, and a British father.In early 1984, the Japanese movie studio Toho Company Ltd...
  
  
• Miyuu Sawai
• Erika Sawajiri
  Erika Sawajiri
  is a Japan-based actress, model, and musician. Her alias in her music career was Kaoru Amane, but she has recently started her own project under the name Erika...
  
  
• Megumi Seki
  Megumi Seki
  is a Japanese actress. Her movies include Koi wa Go-Shichi-Go! , Negative Happy Chainsaw Edge and Dragonball Evolution .-TV dramas:*Ganbatte Ikimasshoi...
  
  
• Hikaru Senju
• Asaka Seto
  Asaka Seto
  Asaka Seto also known as Megumi Ieda, is a Japanese actress who works at Foster Management. She won the award for Best Actress at the 24th Yokohama Film Festival for Travail...
  
  
• Kou Shibasaki
  Kou Shibasaki
  , born Yukie Yamamura, on August 5, 1981 in Toshima, Tokyo, Japan is a Japanese singer and actress.-Music career:Shibasaki made her debut in the music industry in 2002 with her first single Trust My Feelings, but she became recognized for her second single Tsuki no shizuku which was used for the...
  
  
• Risa Shibata
• Tokie Shibata
• Kotono Shibuya
• Momoko Shibuya
  Momoko Shibuya
  Shibuya Momoko is a Japanese actress. Shibuya deputed as a model when she was one year old. She has played the role of Minako Aino in the Sailor Moon musicals.-Filmography:*Ugly Duckling...
  
  
• Mirai Shida
  Mirai Shida
  is a Japanese actress. She became recognized after her breakthrough role as Kazumi Kanda in Joō no Kyōshitsu, leading her to more prominent roles, such as Miki Ichinose in 14-year-old Mother...
  
  
• Eihi Shiina
  Eihi Shiina
  Eihi Shiina is a fashion model and actress from Fukuoka, Japan. She got her first big break in 1995, working for Benetton, after which she represented Japan at the global Elite Model Look '95. More magazine work followed.Shiina made her film debut in 1999 with Dog-Food...
  
  
• Asuka Shimizu
• Mami Shimizu
• Misa Shimizu
• Ryoko Shinohara
  Ryoko Shinohara
  Ryoko Shinohara is a Japanese singer and actress. She began her career as a singer in the Japanese female pop band Tokyo Performance Doll, and after its break-up, began a solo singing career with producer Tetsuya Komuro...
  
  
• Tomoe Shinohara
  Tomoe Shinohara
  is a Japanese singer, actress, fashion designer, producer and artist. She is notable for her flamboyant fashion sense and bubbly personality, as well her distinctive squealing speaking voice. She is also a close friend of singer Eiko Matsumoto.- Career :In October 1996, Shinohara began as a...
  
  
• Mari Shirato
  Mari Shirato
  is a Japanese actress. She won the award for Best Actress at the 6th Yokohama Film Festival for Mermaid Legend.-References:...
  
  
• Miki Sugimoto
  Miki Sugimoto
  is a Japanese actress best known for her roles in the sukeban sub-genre of Toei's action/erotic form of "pink film" known as Pinky Violence.-Life and career:...
  
  
• Keiko Suzuka
  Keiko Suzuka
  is a Japanese actress. She starred in the 1976–1977 NHK daytime television series Hi no Kuni ni, and has had multiple guest-star roles in prime-time jidaigeki such as Mito Kōmon and Abarenbō Shōgun. She has also appeared as a voice actor in a 1982 production of Aladdin and the Magic Lamp...
  
  
• Mayo Suzukaze
  Mayo Suzukaze
  is a Japanese film and television actress from Ishinomaki. Suzukaze has also done some voice work as a voice actress, namely as the voice of Himura Kenshin in Rurouni Kenshin. She was previously a Takarazuka Revue stage actress and the Top Star of Moon Troupe...
  
  
• Kyoka Suzuki

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• Tomoko Tabata
  Tomoko Tabata
  -TV:*Watashi No Aozora - Nazuna *Shinsengumi! - Kondo Tsune, Kondo Isami's wife-References:...
  
  
• Mikako Tabe
  Mikako Tabe
  is a Japanese stage and film actress who is from Tokyo. She has played the role of Yaten Kou in the Sailor Moon musicals. She also starred in the comedy series Yasuko to Kenji.-Movies:*Kimi ni Todoke *Fish Story *Kowai Douyou...
  
  
• Yukari Tachibana
  Yukari Tachibana
  Yukari Tachibana is a Japanese actress.-External links:...
  
  
• Honami Tajima
• Reiko Tajima
• Miho Takagi
• Saya Takagi
• Yoko Takagi
• Hitomi Takahashi
  Hitomi Takahashi
  Hitomi Takahashi may refer to:*Hitomi Takahashi , Japanese actress*Hitomi Takahashi , Japanese singer...
  
  
• Kaori Takahashi
  Kaori Takahashi
  Kaori Takahashi is a Japanese actress.-External links:**x...
  
  
• Keiko Takahashi
  Keiko Takahashi
  is a Japanese actress. Prior to marrying director Banmei Takahashi in 1982, she acted under the name . She appeared under that name in the 1981 Nikkatsu Roman Porno film Love Letter, a fictionalized account of the life of poet Mitsuharu Kaneko, which Nikkatsu hoped would appeal to both male and...
  
  
• Atsuko Takahata
  Atsuko Takahata
  is a Japanese voice actress.-Live-action:* Space Witch Gilza in Juspion* Maribaron in Kamen Rider Black RX* Calra/Miyuki Fukano in Tokkei Winspector * Hidemi Takeuchi in Tokusou Exceedraft...
  
  
• Iku Takamatsu
• Hideko Takamine
  Hideko Takamine
  was a Japanese actress who began as a child actor and maintained her fame in a career that spanned nine decades.-Life and career:Born in Hakodate, Hokkaidō, Japan, Takamine's first role was in the Shochiku studio's 1929 film Mother , which brought her tremendous popularity as a child actor. Soon...
  
  
• Fubuki Takane
  Fubuki Takane
  Yukihime Asada , better known by her stage name , is a Japanese actress and a former member of the Takarazuka Revue, where she specialized in playing male characters . She joined the revue in 1983 and resigned in 1997....
  
  
• Reiko Takashima
  Reiko Takashima
  Reiko Takashima is a Japanese actress.Active in television series, movies, and commercials, her roles have included ninja in jidaigeki such as Abarembō Shōgun and Abare Hasshū Goyō Tabi, the wife Oeyo of the shogun Tokugawa Hidetada, Lady Fujitsubo in a special with characters based on The Tale of...
  
  
• Tomoe Takashio
• Mayuko Takata
  Mayuko Takata
  Mayuko Takata is a Japanese actress, best known in the western world for her appearances on the Japanese TV show Iron Chef....
  
  
• Keiko Takeshita
  Keiko Takeshita
  Keiko Takeshita is a Japanese actress.-External links:*...
  
  
• Yuko Takeuchi
  Yuko Takeuchi
  is a Japanese actress. She made her big break with NHK's television series Asuka and JT Green's commercial. She has gone on to star in many TV shows, movies, and commercials....
  
  
• Chiharu Tamashiro
• Chie Tanaka
  Chie Tanaka
  is a Japanese model and actress who mostly works in Taiwan. She is best known for her leading actress role Tomoko in the movie Cape No...
  
  
• Chiyo Tanaka
• Eri Tanaka
  Eri Tanaka
  is a Japanese actress who is best known for her role as Chisato Jogasaki/Mega Yellow in the 1997 Super Sentai series Denji Sentai Megaranger, and Later Reprised Her Role in the Teamup Special Megaranger Vs Gingaman...
  
  
• Kinuyo Tanaka
  Kinuyo Tanaka
  was a Japanese actress and director.Tanaka was born in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. She became a leading actress at an early age, appearing in Yasujirō Ozu's I Graduated, But... in 1929...
  
  
• Misako Tanaka
  Misako Tanaka
  , née is a Japanese actress. Tanaka was born in Oki District, Shimane Prefecture, Japan.-Filmography:# ダイアモンドは傷つかない # 丑三つの村 # The Horizon # Gonza the Spearman...
  
  
• Misato Tanaka
• Noriko Tanaka
• Yoshiko Tanaka
  Yoshiko Tanaka
  was a Japanese actress. She was also famous as a member of the pop group Candies. While a member of Candies, Tanaka was known by the nickname Still at the height of its popularity, the group disbanded in 1978. Tanaka was also the sister-in-law of the well-known actress Masako Natsume.Tanaka was...
  
  
• Naomi Tani
  Naomi Tani
  is a Japanese actress who is best known for her appearances in Nikkatsu's Roman Porno films with an S&M theme during the 1970s.-Early career:Born October 20, 1948, in the Hakata ward of Fukuoka, Naomi Tani moved to Tokyo at the age of 18. After arrival in Tokyo, she was featured in a photo layout...
  
  
• Noriko Tatsumi
  Noriko Tatsumi
  is a Japanese actress known primarily for her appearances in pink films of the 1960s. During the "First Wave" of pink film, Tatsumi became known as the first "Queen" of Japanese softcore sex movies, a title which she held from 1967 through 1970...
  
  
• Keiko Toda
  Keiko Toda
  is a Japanese actress and seiyū. Her most famous role is being the voice of the children's hero Anpanman on the long running anime Soreike! Anpanman...
  
  
• Yukiko Todoroki
  Yukiko Todoroki
  Yukiko Todoroki was a Japanese actress. Her real name was Tsuruko Nishiyama. She also participated in the Takarazuka Revue. At Takarazuka, she was known not by her real name, but by the stage name Toruko . Her birthplace was Shinbori, Azabu-ku in Tokyo. Her two ex-husbands were film directors...
  
  
• Miki Tokugawa
• Rie Tomosaka
  Rie Tomosaka
  is a Japanese actress and pop star from Mitaka-shi, Tokyo, born on October 12, 1979 in Nagano-shi, Nagano.She works for Itoh Company. From 1996 to 1997, she has also released music under the name .-Profile :She is 168 cm in height....
  
  
• Akemi Tonegawa
• Tsugumi
• Yoko Tsuji
• Tomomi Tsunoda
• Mayu Tsuruta
  Mayu Tsuruta
  Mayu Tsuruta is an actress. In 1996 she was nominated by the Award of the Japanese Academy for Best Supporting Actress in the film Kike wadatsumi no koe Last Friends...
  
  

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• Yuki Uchida
  Yuki Uchida
  is a Japanese actress, and a popular 1990s Japanese idol, model and singer.-Biography:She practiced fencing in high school, and ranked 3rd in a tournament in Tokyo in 1991....
  
  
• Rina Uchiyama
  Rina Uchiyama
  is a Japanese actress and idol.-Filmography:* Bus Stop * Strawberry on the Shortcake * Wedding Planner * Musashi * Good Luck!! * Moto Kare...
  
  
• Ryo Uehara
• Takako Uehara
  Takako Uehara
  is a Jpop singer, actress, and former radio host. She is a member of the group Speed. Uehara was born in Okinawa, Japan.Her highly anticipated first solo single 'My First Love' was released in January 1999, and was produced by legendary pop/rock superstar Ryuichi Kawamura ."My First Love" was the...
  
  
• Juri Ueno
  Juri Ueno
  is a Japanese actress from Kakogawa, Hyogo, Japan. She was one of six actors to receive the "Newcomer of the Year" prize at the Japanese Academy Awards in 2005 for her role in Swing Girls....
  
  
• Misa Ueno
• Aya Ueto
  Aya Ueto
  is a Japanese actress, singer, model, tarento, and occasional radio personality. Born in Nerima, Tokyo, Ueto was discovered when she participated in the 7th Japan Bishōjo Contest, where she won the special jury prize...
  
  

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• Mayumi Wakamura
  Mayumi Wakamura
  Mayumi Wakamura is a Japanese actress. She decide to be an actress at age sixteen when she saw a stage show which was made by a famous professional actor's stage production. Later she joined his stage production to be an actress...
  
  
• Ayako Wakao
  Ayako Wakao
  is a Japanese actress. Contracted to Daiei Studios in 1951 as part of the fifth "New Face" group, she often appeared in the films of director Yasuzo Masumura...
  
  
• Isako Washio
  Isako Washio
  is a Japanese actress. She won the award for Best Actress at the 15th Yokohama Film Festival for Bloom in the Moonlight.-Filmography:*Bloom in the Moonlight Fist of the North Star -External links:...
  
  
• Azusa Watanabe
• Eriko Watanabe
• Noriko Watanabe
• Shiho Watanabe

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• Akiko Yada
  Akiko Yada
  is a Japanese actress. She won the award for Best Supporting Actress at the 6th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix for Boku no Ikiru Michi.-Filmography:*Aishiteiru to itte kure *Ring: The Final Chapter...
  
  
• Hiroko Yakushimaru
  Hiroko Yakushimaru
  is a Japanese actress and vocalist.After passing the audition for the film produced by Haruki Kadokawa, she began her acting career. Along with teen idols Tomoyo Harada and Noriko Watanabe who made debut after a similar process, she was often described as one of "Kadokawa Sannimusume" in her early...
  
  
• Isuzu Yamada
  Isuzu Yamada
  is a Japanese actress on stage and screen whose career has spanned eight decades.-Career:Yamada was born in Osaka with the name Mitsu Yamada. Her father, Kusuo Yamada, was a shinpa stage actor specializing in onnagata roles and her mother, Ritsu, was a geisha...
  
  
• Yu Yamada
  Yu Yamada
  is a model, actress, and singer best known from her modeling work with CanCam magazine. Shintaro Yamada is her brother.- Career :Yamada graduated from Okinawa Actors School...
  
  
• Miyako Yamaguchi
  Miyako Yamaguchi
  is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 7th Hochi Film Award for Farewell to the Land.-References:...
  
  
• Momoe Yamaguchi
  Momoe Yamaguchi
  is a former Japanese singer, actress, and idol whose career lasted from 1972 to 1980. In that time, she became one of the most notable singers in Japanese music, and an acclaimed actress. She withdrew from the entertainment business at the peak of her career to marry her frequent costar, fellow...
  
  
• Tomoko Yamaguchi
  Tomoko Yamaguchi
  is a Japanese actress and singer from Tochigi. She is the lead actress for the classic j-drama Long Vacation, which features her starring alongside with Takuya Kimura.She has been married to Toshiaki Karasawa since 1995.-External links:...
  
  
• Fujiko Yamamoto
  Fujiko Yamamoto
  is a Japanese film and stage actress. She appeared in over 100 films between 1953 and 1963. She is the winner of the first Grand Prix of Miss Japan in 1950.-Career:...
  
  
• Azusa Yamamoto
  Azusa Yamamoto
  is a Japanese bikini idol, actress, and tarento.-Films:* GoGo Sentai Boukenger vs Super Sentai - .... Furabijo* Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger The Movie: Full Blast Action .... Student...
  
  
• Hikaru Yamamoto
  Hikaru Yamamoto
  is a Japanese actress from Osaka Prefecture. After winning the Amuse Ohimesama Audition, she was signed onto the Amuse, Inc. talent agency. She starred as the female lead in Kamen Rider W in 2009-2010.-Television:-Film:-External links:* *...
  
  
• Mayumi Yamamoto
  Mayumi Yamamoto
  -Television:*Kanjani Knight *幽霊ママ *新・京都迷宮案内*てるてる家族 *GET01 *エンタメニュースショー　GET *おしえて -External links:*...
  
  
• Mirai Yamamoto
  Mirai Yamamoto
  Mirai Yamamoto is a Japanese actress. Her father is Kansai Yamamoto. She is a left hander...
  
  
• Natsuko Yamamoto
  Natsuko Yamamoto
  -Filmography:#セーラー服百合族 #セーラー服百合族２ #宇能鴻一郎の濡れて打つ #夕ぐれ族 #不純な関係 #ロリータ妻　微熱...
  
  
• Natsumi Yamamoto
• Ritsuko Yamamoto
• Natsuka Yamaneki
• Shigemi Yamanouchi
• Riho Yamazaki
• Narumi Yasuda
• Kimiko Yo
• Ryoko Yonekura
  Ryoko Yonekura
  is a Japanese ex-fashion model and actress. She studied classical ballet for 15 years from the age of five. A member of the Oscar Productions agency, she won a national young beauty award in 1992. In 1993 she started her career as a model, working for fashion magazines such as CanCam. She announced...
  
  
• Sayuri Yoshinaga