Miki Sakai born 21 February 1978 in Shizuoka

Shizuoka Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region on Honshu island. The capital is the city of Shizuoka.- History :Shizuoka prefecture was formed from the former Tōtōmi, Suruga and Izu provinces.The area was the home of the first Tokugawa Shogun...

, Japan

Japan

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 is an actress and J-pop

J-pop

, an abbreviation for Japanese pop, is a musical genre that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1990s. Modern J-pop has its roots in 1960s music, such as The Beatles, and replaced kayōkyoku in the Japanese music scene...

 idol singer

Japanese idol

In Japanese culture, are media personalities in their teens and early twenties who are considered particularly attractive or cute and who will, for a period ranging from several months to a few years, regularly appear in the mass media, e.g...

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As a teenager she made her feature film debut in the 1995 Shunji Iwai

Shunji Iwai

is a Japanese film director/video artist, writer and documentarian.-Life and career:Iwai was born in Sendai, Japan, Miyagi prefecture. He attended Yokohama National University, graduating in 1987....

 film Love Letter playing the role of Itsuki Fujii as a young girl. The film was a huge box-office success and Miki picked up a number of awards for her role including a Japanese Academy Award for 'Newcomer of the Year'.

She also starred in Hagusen nagashi (1996) on TV as well as in numerous other television series and movies. Miki's portrayal of the character Tomie in the 2001 horror movie Tomie: Re-birth

Tomie: Re-birth

is a 2001 Japanese horror film directed by Takashi Shimizu. It is part of the Tomie film series, based on a manga of the same name by Junji Ito.-External links:* at Sarudama...

was one of the more popular interpretations of the role.

In January 2008 Miki Sakai appeared in the 10-hour long TV historical drama Tokugawa Fūunroku Hachidai Shōgun Yoshimune

Tokugawa Fuunroku Hachidai Shogun Yoshimune

is a television program broadcast on January 2, 2008 on the TV Tokyo network in Japan. It was the 28th in the annual Shinshun Wide Jidaigeki series. Ten hours long, it began at 2:00 p.m. and ran until midnight....

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Filmography

• Love Letter (1995)
• Hagusen nagashi (1996, TV drama)
• Tomie: Re-birth
  Tomie: Re-birth
  is a 2001 Japanese horror film directed by Takashi Shimizu. It is part of the Tomie film series, based on a manga of the same name by Junji Ito.-External links:* at Sarudama...
  
  (2001)
• Tokugawa Fūunroku Hachidai Shōgun Yoshimune
  Tokugawa Fuunroku Hachidai Shogun Yoshimune
  is a television program broadcast on January 2, 2008 on the TV Tokyo network in Japan. It was the 28th in the annual Shinshun Wide Jidaigeki series. Ten hours long, it began at 2:00 p.m. and ran until midnight....
  
  (2008, TV drama)