Megumi (actress) explained

Megumi
Native Name:	めぐみ
Birth Name:	Megumi Yamano
Birth Date:	25 September 1981
Birth Place:	Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan
Other Names:	Megumi Furuya
Children:	1

, known mononymously as , is a Japanese tarento, actress, singer, and gravure idol. She is currently affiliated with Suns Entertainment.

Early life

She was raised in Kurashiki, Okayama, but was born in Matsue, Shimane.

She dropped out of Kurashiki Suishō Senior High School (at the time an all-girls school).

Personal life

In July 2008, after discovering she was pregnant, Megumi married Dragon Ash lead singer Kenji Furuya, whom she had been dating since 2005.^[1] On February 6, 2009, Megumi gave birth to the couple's only child, a son.^[2]

On December 30, 2023, the couple jointly announced that they had divorced.^[3]

Roles

Variety shows

• Aa! Hanano Ryōrinin (March 20, 2008, Nippon TV)
• Africa no Tsume (Nippon Television)
• Akashiya Santa no Shijōsaidai no Christmas Present Show (2001)
• Bachikoi! (Setonaikai Broadcasting Corporation)
• Blog Type (April–September 2005, Fuji TV)
• The God of Entertainment (Nippon Television)
• Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende (Nippon Television)
• Ken Shimura's Baka Tonosama (Fuji TV)
• Hashire! Gulliver-kun (Kansai Telecasting Corporation)
• Hey! Spring of Trivia (Fuji TV)
• Tora no Mon (TV Asahi)
• Zenkoku Issei! Nihonjin Test (April 2008, Fuji TV)

Educational Television

• Onishi Hiroto's Basic English Recipe (April 2022, NHK Educational TV)^[4]

Radio

• MEGUMI-X (FM-FUJI)
• MEGUMI no MAKE ME HAPPY! (April–September 2005, Nippon Broadcasting System)

Commercials

• Asahi Breweries (2007)
• GyaO
• Japan Racing Association (2006)
• Morinaga & Company Weider in Jelly "Diet Weider"
• Nestle Japan Nescafe Santa Marta
• Okayama Prefecture
• Okayama Prefecture police (Improvement of traffic manners campaign)
• Rohto Pharmaceutical Co. FamilyMart Natural Cycle
• Sapporo Brewery
• Yellow Hat

Film

• Hero (2007), Sakurako Kōno
• SS (2008), Girako
• The Blood of Wolves (2018)
• Little Nights, Little Love (2018)
• Neet Neet Neet (2018)
• The Stormy Family (2019)
• One Night (2019)
• Stigmatized Properties (2020), Kaori
• The Way of the Househusband (2022), Kazuko Tanaka^[5]
• What to Do with the Dead Kaiju? (2022), the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare^[6]
• Mado (2022)^[7]
• The Last 10 Years (2022)^[8]
• Downfall (2023), Nozomi Machida^[9]
• Scroll (2023)^[10]
• December (2023)^[11]
• Insomniacs After School (2023), Isaki's mother^[12]
• Ice Cream Fever (2023), Naoko Arakawa^[13]
• The Forbidden Play (2023), Shūko Noda^[14]
• Masked Hearts (2023)^[15]
• Kura no Aru Machi (2025)^[16]

TV drama

• (2019), Haruka Neko
• The Way of the Househusband (2020), Kazuko Tanaka^[17]
• The Naked Director Season 2 (2021)^[18]
• A Day-Off of Ryunosuke Kamiki (2022)^[19]
• (2023), Ōoka Tadasuke^[20]

Dubbing

• Kung Fu Panda
• Kung Fu Panda 2
• Elemental (2023), Gale Cumulus^[21]
• The Garfield Movie (2024), Jinx^[22]

Books

Photoalbums

• Gekkan MEGUMI (Shinchosha)
• Megami (Gakken)
• meg (Aqua House)

See also

• Kenji Furuya (Dragon Ash) (husband)
• Ikkō Furuya (father-in-law)

External links

• Suns Entertainment
• Yahoo fan club
• Geneon Entertainment

Notes and References

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3. Web site: 2023-12-30 . Dragon Ash降谷建志とMEGUMI、離婚成立を報告 子育ては「共に進めていく所存」【双方コメント全文】 . 2024-01-01 . ORICON NEWS.
4. Web site: Jo1の河野純喜、NHK Eテレの語学番組「ハングルッ！ナビ」に生徒役でレギュラー出演「目標はハングルで歌を歌うこと!!4月から一緒に頑張りましょう!」と意気込む - Screen Online（スクリーンオンライン）.
5. Web site: 「極主夫道」実写映画化！玉木宏・川口春奈らドラマキャスト集結で来年夏に公開. natalie.mu. November 3, 2021. November 3, 2021. ja.
6. Web site: 大怪獣のあとしまつ. November 30, 2021. eiga.com.
7. Web site: 窓 MADO. November 4, 2022. eiga.com.
8. Web site: megumi1818. June 2, 2022. Instagram.
9. Web site: 零落. October 27, 2022. eiga.com.
10. Web site: スクロール. December 1, 2022. eiga.com.
11. Web site: 赦し. January 17, 2023. eiga.com.
12. Web site: 君は放課後インソムニア. March 11, 2023. eiga.com.
13. Web site: アイスクリームフィーバー. April 9, 2023. eiga.com.
14. Web site: 禁じられた遊び. May 24, 2023. eiga.com.
15. Web site: 愛にイナズマ. May 26, 2023. eiga.com.
16. Web site: 蔵のある街. June 18, 2024. eiga.com.
17. Web site: 「極主夫道」メインビジュアル到着、橋本じゅんやMEGUMIら新キャストも発表. natalie.mu. September 28, 2020. October 26, 2020. ja.
18. Web site: 「全裸監督」シーズン2の新キャスト発表 渡辺大知、MEGUMI、西内まりや、宮沢りえ、石橋蓮司らが参戦. May 24, 2021. eiga.com.
19. Web site: 『神木隆之介の撮休』、安達祐実、成海璃子ら実力派キャスト集結 キービジュアルも解禁. November 15, 2021. Crank-in!. November 14, 2021.
20. Web site: 三浦透子、『大奥』で徳川家重に「8代・徳川吉宗編」にMEGUMI、當真あみら出演決定. February 26, 2023. Real Sound. February 15, 2023.
21. Web site: MEGUMI、伊達みきおらピクサー新作『マイ・エレメント』吹替声優9名一挙発表. June 20, 2023. June 20, 2023. Cinema Today.
22. Web site: 山里亮太＆MEGUMI、人気ぽっちゃり猫をアニメ化『ねこのガーフィールド』声優に決定. June 6, 2024. June 17, 2024. Cinema Today.