Hikari Mitsushima Explained

Hikari Mitsushima
Native Name:満島 ひかり
Native Name Lang:ja
Birth Date:30 November 1985
Birth Place:Kagoshima, Japan
Nationality:Japanese
Relatives:Shinnosuke Mitsushima (brother)
Years Active:1997–present
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Instrument:Vocals
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is a Japanese actress, singer and model. In 2017 she was the vocalist and dancer in Mondo Grosso's videos for "Labyrinth", which has garnered over 35 million views on YouTube as of February 2023, and "In this World".

Career

She is a graduate of Okinawa Actors School. She began her music career in 1997 as a teenage 'idol singer' in the J-pop groups Folder and Folder 5. She made her acting debut in the same year, starring as Shiori Uchiura / Little Girl in the kaiju film Rebirth of Mothra II. Her first television appearance came in 2005, when she played Elly in Ultraman Max. Her film career recommenced as Sayu Yagami in 2006's manga-adaptation thriller film Death Note, and in 2008 she starred as Yōko Ozawa in Love Exposure, a comedy-dramaart film directed by Sion Sono. Her performance in Love Exposure brought her critical attention and won her and her team several awards.[1]

Since then, Mitsushima has had starring roles in numerous films and television dramas including 2010's Sawako Decides, written and directed by Yuya Ishii.[2]

Mitsushima has made occasional vocal contributions to Japanese pop singles. She featured as a vocalist in the fictional band SRM on Stephanie's "Pride ~A Part of Me~", the title song for the 2009 Japanese drama film Pride. In 2017, she provided lead vocals for fictional band Doughnuts Hole's "Otona no Okite", the theme song for television drama Quartet, in which she starred as Suzume Sebuki. In the same year, she appeared as a featured vocalist in Mondo Grosso's song "Labyrinth" and starred as a dancer in the music video (over 35million views on YouTube,).[3]

Personal life

Her grandfather was Italian-American.[4]

Mitsushima announced via fax through her agency that she has registered her marriage with film director Yuya Ishii on October 25 2010,[5] they later divorced in early 2016.[6] On May 17, 2016, Mitsushima and Kento Nagayama's agencies jointly announced that the two were confirmed to be in a relationship.[7]

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards

She has won the following awards for her performances:

Fant-Asia Film Festival
Hochi Film Awards
International Drama Festival in Tokyo
Kinema Junpo Awards
Mainichi Film Concours
Yokohama Film Festival
Japanese Film Critics Awards

Notes and References

  1. News: Aoki. Mizuho. Hikari Mitsushima: from pop idol to screen diva?. Japan Times. 30 April 2010. 27 October 2010 .
  2. Web site: 2016-10-05 . 満島ひかり、映画監督・石井裕也氏と交際1年で入籍 . 2023-09-14 . ORICON NEWS.
  3. Web site: MONDO GROSSO / ラビリンス - YouTube . www.youtube.com . 22 February 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220202210211/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2quiyHfJQw . 2 February 2022 . dead.
  4. Web site: 2024-02-06 . 満島ひかりはハーフではなくクオーター!激似母と強面父と仲良し兄弟! . 2024-02-16 . 暮らしのセンス . ja.
  5. Web site: 2016-10-05 . 満島ひかり、映画監督・石井裕也氏と交際1年で入籍 . 2023-09-14 . ORICON NEWS.
  6. Web site: 満島ひかりが離婚、永山絢斗と熱愛報道 所属事務所がコメント . 2023-09-14 . mdpr.jp.
  7. Web site: 2016-05-17 . 満島ひかり今年初旬に離婚 新恋人は永山絢斗 双方事務所公認の仲 . 2023-09-14 . ORICON NEWS.
  8. Web site: 満島ひかり、吉岡秀隆がボロアパートでのびのび生活、荻上直子の新作に出演. May 27, 2021. Natalie.
  9. Web site: 阿部サダヲ主演作「アイ・アム まきもと」に満島ひかり、宇崎竜童、松下洸平ら出演. March 28, 2022. eiga.com.
  10. Web site: TANG タング. March 31, 2022. eiga.com.
  11. Web site: ラストマイル. December 11, 2023. eiga.com.
  12. Web site: 未来への10カウントの出演者・キャスト一覧. 2 September 2024. The Television.
  13. Web site: 満島ひかり×佐藤健×宇多田ヒカル Netflix『First Love 初恋』2022年配信. December 3, 2020. Cinra.net.

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