Honami Suzuki Explained

Honami Suzuki
Birth Date:	14 August 1966
Birth Place:	Tokyo, Japan
Occupation:	Actress
Years Active:	1986–present
Children:	3
Nationality:	Japanese

is a Japanese actress.

Career

Suzuki began acting after high school and debuted at age 19 in the television drama Asobi Ja Nai No Yo, Kono Koi Wa (TBS, 1986).^[1]

Her breakthrough came in 1991 with the role of Rika in the Fuji TV television adaptation of Fumi Saimon's manga Tokyo Love Story. The scholar Alisa Freedman has said that "Tokyo Love Story grabbed media and viewer attention because of the main character Rika",^[2] and the show made Suzuki famous at home and in Asia.

She married the comedian Takaaki Ishibashi in 1998, and dropped out of show business in 1999 after giving birth to a daughter. She resumed her acting career with the NHK Taiga drama Gō (2011).^[3]

Selected filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	Asobi Ja Nai No Yo, Kono Koi Wa
1988	Non-chan no Yume	Misao Nakamoto	Asadora
1989	Shiratori Reiko de Gozaimasu!	Reiko Shiratori	Lead role
1991	Tokyo Love Story	Rika Akana	Lead role	^[4]
1992	In the Name of Love	Takako Fujiki	Lead role	^[5]
1996	Furuhata Ninzaburō	Noriko Kendall	Episode 23
1997	Sōrito Yobanaide			^[6]
1998	News no Onna	Tamaki Aso	Lead role	^[7]
1999	Genroku Ryōran	Someko	Taiga drama
2011	Gō	Oichi/narrator	Taiga drama
2013	The Family Game	Kayoko Numata
	Legal High		Episode 6
2014	Smoking Gun	Maki Chiyoda
2017	Samurai Gourmet
2017–18	Laugh It Up!		Asadora	^[8]
2018–20	Suits	Chika Yukimura	2 seasons
2019	Ōoku the Final	Ten'ei-in	TV movie
2020	A Girl of 35	Tae Tokioka
2021	Influence	Tomomi Oikawa		^[9]
2023	Fixer	Nahoko Sugitani	Season 2	^[10]

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	Fancy Dance			^[11]
1995	Hero Interview		Lead role
2000	Ichigensan	Kyōko Nakamura
2012	The Floating Castle	Tama
2013	Platinum Data
2016	Kanon	Mitsuko Harashima
2021	Detective Chinatown 3	Yoshiko Kawamura	Chinese film	^[12]
	Perfect Strangers	Eri		^[13]
	Asakusa Kid	Mari Fukami		^[14]
2023	Don't Call It Mystery: The Movie	Nanae Kariatsumari		^[15]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Poole. Robert Michael. Takaya. Ryouko. Honami Suzuki reflects on stardom, family and a middle-aged comeback CNN Travel. CNN Travel. 24 April 2018. en.
2. Book: Freedman, Alisa. Working women and romance on Japanese television dramas: Changes since Tokyo Love Story. Tay. Jinna. Turner. Graeme. Television Histories in Asia: Issues and Contexts. 2015. Routledge. 9781135008079. 120. https://books.google.com/books?id=IxU-CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA120. en.
3. Web site: Honami Suzuki returns to NHK Taiga drama after 11 years. Japan Today. 24 April 2018. en.
4. Web site: Fuji TV's getsu9 recovers as "SUITS" hits 14.2% for premiere episode. December 15, 2018. Arama Japan.
5. Web site: 愛という名のもとに(全12話). 22 November 2024. Fuji TV. ja.
6. Web site: 総理と呼ばないでの出演者・キャスト一覧. May 29, 2024. The Television.
7. Web site: ニュースの女の出演者・キャスト一覧. May 29, 2024. The Television.
8. Web site: わろてんかの出演者・キャスト一覧. May 29, 2024. The Television.
9. Web site: 鈴木保奈美、真相に迫るキーパーソン役 橋本環奈主演『インフルエンス』出演. January 26, 2021. Oricon.
10. Web site: 鈴木保奈美が唐沢寿明と31年ぶり共演、「連続ドラマW フィクサー」で弁護士役. May 22, 2023. Natalie.
11. Web site: ファンシイダンス. September 22, 2023. eiga.com.
12. Web site: 唐人街探偵 東京MISSION. May 29, 2024. eiga.com.
13. Web site: おとなの事情 スマホをのぞいたら. January 28, 2021. eiga.com.
14. Web site: 門脇麦、ビートたけしの誕生秘話を描く「浅草キッド」ヒロインに ビートきよし役の「ナイツ」土屋伸之、鈴木保奈美も参戦. March 20, 2021. eiga.com.
15. Web site: ミステリと言う勿れ. June 29, 2023. eiga.com.
16. Web site: エランドール賞歴代受賞者一覧. October 6, 2021. All Nippon Producers Association.