Minami Hinase
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Minami Hinase more popularly known in Japan as Minami (みなみ), is a half-Japanese, half-French model and actress.
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, a giant Japanese model and talent agency.Recently, she has taken a principal role in the 2006 Japanese drama film Humoresque: Sakasama no Chou (literally Humoresque: The Upside Down Butterfly).
Her interests include playing the piano, and watching French films; she is also very athletic and takes an interest in basketball. She has acted in more movies than dramas; such as Toso Kuso Tawake, Lament of the Lamb, Robo Rock, and Detroit Metal City. She also starred in the Hanazakari No Kimitachi E special, in which she portrays a character named Julia. Recently she finished filming a drama called Yukan Club where she acted as Kenbishi Yuri. She co-starred in this drama with KAT-TUN
's Akanishi Jin and Taguchi Junnosuke.
Biography
Hinase was born in Tokyo, Japan on 22 September 1986. She is internationally known for her role as Shogo Kawada's girlfriend Keiko Onuki in the critically acclaimed Japanese film Battle RoyaleBattle Royale (film)
is a 2000 Japanese film directed by Kinji Fukasaku based on the novel of the same name. It was written by Kenta Fukasaku and stars Takeshi Kitano. The film aroused international controversy.A sequel, Battle Royale II: Requiem, followed...
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Career
She is employed under HoriproHoripro
is a large Japanese talent agency. It was founded in 1963 as Hori Productions and changed to its present name in 1990.In 1989, Horipro purchased the publishing assets of famed rock band, KISS. Next, the company moved on to invest in more catalogs. A year later, Horipro Entertainment Group opened...
, a giant Japanese model and talent agency.Recently, she has taken a principal role in the 2006 Japanese drama film Humoresque: Sakasama no Chou (literally Humoresque: The Upside Down Butterfly).
Her interests include playing the piano, and watching French films; she is also very athletic and takes an interest in basketball. She has acted in more movies than dramas; such as Toso Kuso Tawake, Lament of the Lamb, Robo Rock, and Detroit Metal City. She also starred in the Hanazakari No Kimitachi E special, in which she portrays a character named Julia. Recently she finished filming a drama called Yukan Club where she acted as Kenbishi Yuri. She co-starred in this drama with KAT-TUN
KAT-TUN
KAT-TUN is a Japanese boy band formed by Johnny & Associates in 2001. The group's name is an acronym based on the first letter of each member's family name until the departure of Jin Akanishi in 2010. As of 2010, KAT-TUN stands for Kazuya KAmenashi, Junnosuke Taguchi, Koki Tanaka, Tatsuya Ueda,...
's Akanishi Jin and Taguchi Junnosuke.
Modeling
Minami is a regular print model for Japanese fashion magazines, as well as appearing in other magazines such as mina, SEDA, PHat PHOTO, Dolce Vita and 26ans. She is also a regular model for Shiseido Majolica Majorica,and often appeares on their website.Which creatively features chapters for every brand they create and is interactive. Many of these chapters have featured her as the main character. She also has feaured on many advertisements for both Shisheido and Lotte Pione. Her career in the modelling indrusty has immensely grown over the years and is widely known in Japan.Drama
- 2009 Quiz ShowQuiz ShowQuiz Show is a 1994 American historical drama film produced and directed by Robert Redford. Adapted by Paul Attanasio from Richard Goodwin's memoir Remembering America, the film is based upon the Twenty One quiz show scandal of the 1950s...
as Mika - 2011 Human Metamorphosis (adapted from the Manga: 人間昆虫記 by Tezuka Osamu) as Tomura Toshiko
External links
- Minami Hinase on the HoriproHoriprois a large Japanese talent agency. It was founded in 1963 as Hori Productions and changed to its present name in 1990.In 1989, Horipro purchased the publishing assets of famed rock band, KISS. Next, the company moved on to invest in more catalogs. A year later, Horipro Entertainment Group opened...
website - Pictures of Minami Hinase
- Official website
- Majolica Majorica Official Website
- http://www.enchantingidols.blogspot.com/2008/07/minami-gallery.html Minami's ModelingModel (person)A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....