is a 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...

ese singer and actress from Hyōgo

Hyogo Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region on Honshū island. The capital is Kobe.The prefecture's name was previously alternately spelled as Hiogo.- History :...

, Japan.

Her most famous TV role to date was on Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon

Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon

is a Japanese tokusatsu television series in the Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon metaseries originally created by Naoko Takeuchi. It is produced by Toei, the same company that produces the Super Sentai Series and the Kamen Rider Series and of which their animation firm Toei Animation, produced the...

as Hina Kusaka. She entered the spotlight at age 15 when she won the multimedia prize of the Japan Bishōjo Contest

Japan Bishojo Contest

The is a beauty contest and audition contest name that has been held every year since 1987 in Oscar Promotion, and is the sister pageant of the Japan Beautiful Girl Contest. When a bishōjo wins the Japanese Girl pageant, the first runner-up becomes Japan Bishojo Contest...

, a beauty contest. In 2001, Moeko released her first single "Natsu Iro" on the label Avex Trax

Avex Trax

, listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange as 7860 and abbreviated as AGHD, is the holding company for a group of entertainment-related subsidiaries based in Japan...

. That same year, she released two other singles. After the release of her single "Sotsugyō", she switched her main focus to acting.

Major television roles include Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon

Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon

is a Japanese tokusatsu television series in the Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon metaseries originally created by Naoko Takeuchi. It is produced by Toei, the same company that produces the Super Sentai Series and the Kamen Rider Series and of which their animation firm Toei Animation, produced the...

; she also appeared on stage as Sleeping Beauty

Sleeping Beauty

Sleeping Beauty by Charles Perrault or Little Briar Rose by the Brothers Grimm is a classic fairytale involving a beautiful princess, enchantment, and a handsome prince...

 in 2006 and 2007.

Singles

• (2001.06.13) "Natsu Iro"
• (2001.08.29) "Ame Agari" (also used as one of the end themes for the anime series Battle Doll Angelic Layer)
• (2001.11.21) "Hello"
• (2002.02.14) "Sotsugyō" ("Graduation"; a cover of Yuki Saito's 1985 debut single)
• (2003.01.08) "Ame" (a cover of the Chisato Moritaka song)

Filmography

• (2005) Taga kokoro nimo ryu wa nemuru
• (2004) Ai no Sorea
• (2003–2004) Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon
  Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon
  is a Japanese tokusatsu television series in the Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon metaseries originally created by Naoko Takeuchi. It is produced by Toei, the same company that produces the Super Sentai Series and the Kamen Rider Series and of which their animation firm Toei Animation, produced the...
  
  

External links

• Official Site
• moeco*page Official Blog
• Moeko Matsushita at The Oracle
• Moeko Matsushita on the Internet Movie Database
  Internet Movie Database
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• Matsushita Moeko Jdorama.com