Ayami Nakajo | |
Native Name: | 中条 あやみ |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Birth Name: | Pauline Ayami Steward |
Birth Date: | 4 February 1997 |
Birth Place: | Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan |
Years Active: | 2011–present |
Agent: | Ten Carat |
[1] is a Japanese actress and model who is affiliated with Ten Carat.
Nakajō was born in Abeno-ku, Osaka in 1997. Her mother is Japanese and her father is British. She has an older sister twelve years her senior.[2]
She played badminton during high school as a junior.
In 2011, she auditioned for the female fashion magazine Seventeen. She was selected in the Grand Prix with models such as Yua Shinkawa.
In 2012, Nakajō first participated as a model in Tokyo Girls Collection in the 2012S/S season.
In September 2017, Nakajō officially became an exclusive model for CanCam.
In 2012, Nakajō debuted in the television drama, Miss Double Faced Teacher, as Yuyaku Umehara.
In 2014, her first starring role in a film was Fatal Frame: The Movie.
On May 1, 2023, she announced her marriage with Sogo Ichihara, the president of a company specializing in digital marketing.[3] [4] [5]
Year | Title | Role | Network | Other notes | |
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2012 | Miss Double Faced Teacher | Yuu Umehara | TBS | [6] | |
2013 | Summer Nude | Mami Ichise | [7] | ||
2015 | True Horror Stories: Summer 2015 | Lida Mami | Fuji TV | Lead role | [8] |
She | Azusa Ogiwara | Fuji TV | [9] | ||
2016 | Stranger | Maria | TV Asahi | TV movie | [10] |
2017 | Tales of the Unusual: Spring 2017 | Midori | Fuji TV | Lead role; short drama | [11] |
2019 | The Devil's Ballad | Ōzora Yukari | Fuji TV | TV movie | [12] |
Nurse in Action! | Haruka Tachibana | NTV | Lead role | [13] | |
2020 | 56-nenme no Shitsuren | Nakagawa Saori | NHK | Lead role; television film | [14] |
I Had a Dream of That Girl | Herself | TV Tokyo | Episode 1 | [15] | |
The Mystery Collection of Enmadou Sara | Enma Sara | NHK | Lead role | [16] | |
2021 | Tokyo MER: Mobile Emergency Room | Hina Tsurumaki | TBS | [17] | |
2021–23 | Love You as the World Ends | Kurumi Ogasawara | NTV/Hulu | 4 seasons | [18] |
Year | Title | Role | Other notes | |
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2014 | Fatal Frame: The Movie | Aya Tsukimori | Lead role | [19] [20] |
2016 | Lychee Light Club | Kanon | ||
Seto & Utsumi | Ichigo Kashimura | [21] | ||
2017 | Anonymous Noise | Nino Arisugawa | Lead role | |
Let's Go, Jets! | Ayano Tamaki | |||
2018 | Real Girl | Iroha Igarashi | Lead role | [22] |
Nisekoi: False Love | Chitoge Kirisaki | Lead role | [23] | |
2019 | Snow Flower | Miyuki | Lead role | [24] |
How To Identify The Right Bus | Sameshima | Lead role; filmed in 2015 | [25] | |
2020 | Flight on the Water | Haruka Todo | Lead role | [26] |
2023 | Tokyo MER: Mobile Emergency Room: The Movie | Hina Tsurumaki | [27] | |
2024 | In an Isolated Cottage on a Snowy Mountain | Takako Nakanishi | [28] | |
Amalock | Saki | [29] | ||
Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
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2011 | Miss Seventeen Grand Prix | |||
2017 | 71st Mainichi Film Awards | Best New Actress | Setoutsumi | |
2017 | 28th Japan Best Jewellery Wearer | Best Dressed | ||
2018 | 41st Japan Academy Film Prize | Newcomer of the Year | Let's Go, Jets! | |