Nana Komatsu Explained

Nana Komatsu
Birth Date:	16 February 1996
Birth Place:	Tokyo, Japan
Agent:	Stardust Promotion^[1]
Notable Works:	The World of Kanako Drowning Love My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday
Years Active:	2008–present
Children:	1
Relatives:	Kocchi no Kento (brother-in-law)

is a Japanese actress and model. She is best known for her roles in The World of Kanako, Destruction Babies, Drowning Love, The Black Devil and the White Prince, My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday, After the Rain, Farewell Song, Threads: Our Tapestry of Love and Sakura. She made her Hollywood debut role in the film Silence.

Early life

Komatsu was born in Tokyo. She has two older brothers.^[2] Komatsu began dancing in third grade of elementary school and continued until her third year of junior high school, and also learned to play the flute during junior high.^[3]

Career

Komatsu made her film debut in The World of Kanako and won numerous Best New Actress awards including the Newcomer of The Year award at the 38th Japan Academy Film Prize. She has been a House Ambassador for Chanel since 2015. She had a contract with Stardust Promotion.^[4] In 2016, she played a minor role in Martin Scorsese's film Silence.^[5]

Komatsu was nominated for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role award at the 43rd Japan Academy Film Prize for her role in the film Family of Strangers. She starred in the sixth highest grossing Japanese film of 2020, Threads: Our Tapestry of Love.^[6] She was nominated in the Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role category at the 44th Japan Academy Film Prize for her role in the film Threads: Our Tapestry of Love.

In 2021, Komatsu starred in the films Moonlight Shadow and Parasite in Love. In 2022, she starred with Kentaro Sakaguchi in the film The Last 10 Years, which had grossed over 3 billion yen and it was ranked at #8 for the highest grossing Japanese film in 2022. ^[7]

In 2023, Komatsu became the face of Chanel Fall/Winter 2023-2024 Ready to Wear collection, becoming the first Japanese national to be featured as a face of collection for a luxury brand.^[8]

Personal life

Komatsu married fellow actor Masaki Suda on November 15, 2021. They had reportedly been dating since September 2019.^[9]

In March 9, 2024, Komatsu and Suda jointly announced through their respective agencies that they had welcomed the birth of their first child.^[10]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
2013	Tadaima	Sumire	Daisuke Shimada	Lead role, short film	^[11]
2014	The World of Kanako	Kanako Fujishima	Tetsuya Nakashima	Lead role
	Close Range Love	Yuni Kururugi	Naoto Kumazawa	Lead role
2015	Bakuman	Miho Azuki	Hitoshi Ōne
	Prophecy	Kaede	Yoshihiro Nakamura
2016	Destruction Babies	Nana	Tetsuya Mariko
	The Black Devil and the White Prince	Yū Akahane	Shō Tsukikawa	Lead role
	Silence	Mónica (Haru)	Martin Scorsese	American film
	Maniac Hero	Kaori Terasawa	Keisuke Toyoshima
	My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday	Emi Fukuju	Takahiro Miki	Lead role	^[12]
	Drowning Love	Natsume Mochizuki	Yūki Yamato	Lead role	^[13]
2017		Yukako Yamagishi	Takashi Miike
	There Is No Tomorrow	Herself	Julien Levy	Lead role, short film
2018	Kids on the Slope	Ritsuko Mukae	Takahiro Miki		^[14]
	After the Rain	Akira Tachibana	Akira Nagai	Lead role	^[15]
	It Comes	Makoto Higa	Tetsuya Nakashima
2019	Samurai Marathon	Princess Yuki	Bernard Rose
	Farewell Song	Leo	Akihiko Shiota	Lead role	^[16]
	Family of Strangers	Yuki Shimazaki	Hideyuki Hirayama		^[17]
2020	Sakura	Miki Hasegawa	Hitoshi Yazaki	Lead role	^[18]
	Threads: Our Tapestry of Love	Aoi Sonoda	Takahisa Zeze	Lead role	^[19]
2021	Moonlight Shadow	Satsuki	Edmund Yeo	Lead role	^[20]
	Parasite in Love	Hijiri Sanagi	Kensaku Kakimoto	Lead role	^[21]
2022	The Last 10 Years	Matsuri	Michihito Fujii	Lead role	^[22]
2024	Who Were We?	Midori	Tetsuya Tomina	Lead role	^[23]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes
2015	To Give a Dream	Yuko Abe	Wowow	Lead role	^[24]
2017	Thrill	Hitomi Nakano	NHK	Lead role

Music videos

Year	Song	Artist		Notes
2011	Ai to Iu	Plenty
	Kimi to Hitsuji to Ao	Radwimps
2012	Convenience Honeymoon	Chatmonchy
	Collateral Damage	Shiina Ringo
2014	Goodtime	SALU
	Snow Smile	Shota Shimizu		co-starring with Kentaro Ito
2015	Yeah! Yeah	Yeah!	Androp	^[26]	CM song for Mitsuya Cider
2016	Farewell Song	never young beach
	Spoiled Innocence (天真有邪)	Yoga Lin		Taiwanese MV
2017	Something Just Like This	The Chainsmokers ft. Coldplay	^[27]	video produced by Genki Kawamura
	Hanacherie	Nissy	^[28]
2018	Sokkenai	Radwimps		co-starring with Fūju Kamio
	Metro	Juju	^[29]
2019	Goodbye Kiss (さよならくちびる)	HaruLeo		Duo band with Mugi Kadowaki as HaruLeo for the movie Farewell Song.
2020	Ain't Nobody Know	Gen Hoshino	^[30]
	Ima Aini Iku (今 逢いに行く)	Uru	^[31]
	Rollerskates	End of the World		filmed in New York in 2019
2021	Odoriko (踊り子)	Vaundy	^[32]
2022	Ms. Phenomenal (うるうびと)	Radwimps	^[33]	OST for the movie The Last 10 Years
	Hachigatsu wa my name (八月は僕の名前)	Quruli	^[34]
2023	rose	KID FRESINO	^[35]
2024	Who Were We?	Yojiro Noda	^[36]	OST for the movie Who Were We?

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work(s)	Result
2014	39th Hochi Film Awards	Best New Artist	The World of Kanako		^[37]
2015	38th Japan Academy Film Prize	Newcomer of the Year			^[38]
	69th Mainichi Film Awards	Sponichi Grand Prix Best Newcomer			^[39]
	39th Elan d'Or Awards	Newcomer of the year	Herself
2016	8th Tama Film Awards	Best New Actress	Bakuman, Destruction Babies and others		^[40]
	41st Hochi Film Awards	Best Actress	The Black Devil and the White Prince, Drowning Love		^[41]
	29th Nikkan Sports Film Awards	Best Newcomer	Destruction Babies, Drowning Love		^[42]
	40th Elan d'Or Awards	Newcomer of the Year	Herself
2017	38th Yokohama Film Festival	Best Newcomer	Destruction Babies		^[43]
	90th Kinema Junpo Awards	Best New Actress	Destruction Babies, Maniac Hero and others		^[44]
	41st Elan d'Or Awards	Newcomer of the Year	Herself
2018	31st Nikkan Sports Film Awards	Best Newcomer	After the Rain, Kids on the Slope
	42nd Elan d'Or Awards	Newcomer of the Year	Herself
	ELLE Style Awards Taiwan	Best International Style Celebrity	Herself
2019	18th New York Asian Film Festival	Rising Star Award	Samurai Marathon		^[45]
	44th Hochi Film Awards	Best Actress	Farewell Song
		Best Supporting Actress	It Comes, Family of Strangers		^[46]
	43rd Elan d'Or Awards	Newcomer of the Year	Herself
2020	41st Yokohama Film Festival	Best Actress	Farewell Song		^[47]
	44th Elan d'Or Awards	Newcomer of the Year	Herself		^[48]
	62nd Blue Ribbon Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Samurai Marathon, Family of Strangers		^[49]
	43rd Japan Academy Film Prize	Best Supporting Actress	Family of Strangers		^[50]
	45th Hochi Film Awards	Best Actress	Threads: Our Tapestry of Love		^[51]
	Vogue Japan	Women of the Year	Herself		^[52]
2021	44th Japan Academy Film Prize	Best Actress	Threads: Our Tapestry of Love		^[53]
	30th Japanese Professional Movie Awards	Best Actress	Sakura, Threads: Our Tapestry of Love		^[54]
2022	47th Hochi Film Awards	Best Actress	The Last 10 Years		^[55]
2023	65th Blue Ribbon Awards	Best Actress			^[56]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nana Komatsu - Actress.
2. Web site: 小松菜奈、兄から「幼稚な下ネタ好き」を暴露されて苦笑 . May 13, 2023.
3. Web site: 【'１４ブレーク！ウーマン】あこがれは蒼井優！小松菜奈 . May 13, 2023.
4. Web site: STARDUST - スターダストプロモーション制作3部 - 小松菜奈のプロフィール . 2022-05-04 . スターダスト オフィシャルサイト.
5. Web site: Bull . Brett . 2016-05-13 . Nana Komatsu Making Herself Seen in Martin Scorsese's 'Silence' . 2022-04-18 . Variety . en-US.
6. Web site: MOVIES WITH BOX OFFICE GROSS RECEIPTS EXCEEDING 1 BILLION YEN 2020 . August 30, 2021.
7. Web site: 2022年映画興収トップ10、邦画「ONE PIECE FILM RED」、洋画「トップガン マーヴェリック」が首位 : 映画ニュース . 2023-01-09 . 映画.com . ja.
8. Web site: RIVER . CREEK & . 2023-03-08 . 「シャネル」2023-24年秋冬コレクションは小松菜奈がヒロイン 日本人初の快挙！ . 2023-03-14 . WWDJAPAN . ja.
9. Web site: 菅田将暉と小松菜奈が結婚「出会った頃から変わらず私達は、戦友であり、心の支え」 . August 22, 2023 . Natalie . Masaki Suda and Nana Komatsu get married "Ever since we met, we've been comrades in arms and supported each other emotionally." . ja . November 15, 2021.
10. Web site: 菅田将暉&小松菜奈、第1子誕生 夫婦とも直筆で「私たち家族に新しい命が誕生したことをご報告」【全文】. https://web.archive.org/web/20240309090432/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2317776/full/ . 2024-03-09. Masaki Suda & Nana Komatsu's first child is born. Both husband and wife handwritten "We are pleased to announce the birth of a new life in our family.". March 9, 2024. Oricon.
11. Web site: 小松菜奈. November 16, 2017. eiga.com.
12. Web site: My tomorrow, Your yesterday . June 26, 2019. Toho.
13. Web site: DROWNING LOVE. November 17, 2021. Gaga.
14. Web site: 坂道のアポロン. October 21, 2019. eiga.com.
15. Web site: 恋は雨上がりのように. July 29, 2019. eiga.com.
16. Web site: さよならくちびる. June 18, 2019. eiga.com.
17. Web site: 閉鎖病棟 それぞれの朝. June 18, 2019. eiga.com.
18. Web site: さくら. June 18, 2019. eiga.com.
19. Web site: 菅田将暉＆小松菜奈が3度目タッグ！ 中島みゆきの名曲「糸」を瀬々敬久監督が映画化. June 10, 2019. eiga.com.
20. Web site: 小松菜奈が映画単独初出演…吉本ばななさん人気短編集「キッチン」収録「ムーンライト・シャドウ」で. May 12, 2021. Sports Hochi. 12 May 2021.
21. Web site: 恋する寄生虫. July 30, 2021. eiga.com.
22. Web site: 小松菜奈＆坂口健太郎「余命10年」W主演決定「こんなに泣いたのは初めて」 特報映像解禁. September 22, 2021. Model Press. 21 September 2021.
23. Web site: HAF reveals 15 Work-in-Progress projects for 2023 edition. February 26, 2023. Screen Daily.
24. Web site: 小松菜奈のプロフィール. February 22, 2019. allcinema.
25. Web site: 小松菜奈×間宮祥太朗『高台家の人々』オリジナルドラマに！. May 28, 2020. Cinema Cafe. 17 May 2016.
26. Web site: Androp, Nana Komatsu in the latest MV created with fans . June 16, 2015 . androp、ファンと作り上げた最新MVに小松菜奈も . 2022-05-04 . 音楽ナタリー . ja.
27. Web site: 小松菜奈、川村元気らトップクリエイターとタッグ！MVでダンスを披露 . 2022-05-04 . cinemacafe.net . 25 May 2017 . ja.
28. Web site: Nissy（西島隆弘）、「花cherie」スペシャルムービー完結編を公開 . 2022-05-04 . BARKS . 17 April 2017 . ja.
29. Web site: Nana Komatsu in JUJU's "Metro" MV, playing a woman who works in the city . October 22, 2018 . JUJU「メトロ」MVに小松菜奈、都会で働く女性演じる（動画あり / コメントあり） . 2022-05-27 . 音楽ナタリー . ja.
30. Japan . Billboard . 2020-01-18 . Japan's Gen Hoshino Surprises Fans With 'Ain't Nobody Know' Video Cameo: Watch . 2022-05-04 . Billboard . en-US.
31. Web site: Uru 大ヒット中のアルバム「オリオンブルー」収録曲「今 逢いに行く」ミュージックビデオに小松菜奈が出演！9月6日には初の配信ライブも開催決定！ . 2022-05-04 . プレスリリース・ニュースリリース配信シェアNo.1｜PR TIMES. 31 July 2020 .
32. Web site: Vaundy、小松菜奈が出演した「踊り子」ミュージックビデオメイキング映像をプレミア公開 SPICE - エンタメ特化型情報メディア スパイス . 2022-05-04 . SPICE（スパイス）｜エンタメ特化型情報メディア スパイス.
33. Web site: RADWIMPS、映画『余命10年』主題歌「うるうびと」藤井道人が監督務めるMV公開 映画主演の坂口健太郎も出演. March 15, 2022. Real Sound. 12 March 2022.
34. Web site: Quruli "August is my name" Nana Komatsu in MV . October 2, 2022 . くるり「八月は僕の名前」MVに小松菜奈（写真9枚 / 動画あり / コメントあり） . 2022-10-04 . 音楽ナタリー . ja.
35. Web site: Nana Komatsu appears in KID FRESINO's new song "rose" MV directed by Tomokazu Yamada . August 21, 2023 . KID FRESINOの新曲「rose」MVに小松菜奈出演、監督は山田智和（動画あり） . 2023-08-22 . 音楽ナタリー . ja.
36. 野田洋次郎 Yojiro Noda - Who Were We? [Official Music Video] ]. 2024-06-19 . RADWIMPS . 2024-07-08 . YouTube.
37. Web site: 第39回報知映画賞受賞一覧 . 2014 . 16 August 2018 . . ja . https://web.archive.org/web/20141204012759/http://www.hochi.co.jp/entertainment/hochi_eigashou/award.html . 4 December 2014 . dead .
38. Web site: 38th Japan Academy Prize Winners . 2015 . 16 August 2018 . Japan Academy Film Prize Association . ja .
39. Web site: Mainichi Film Award History . 2015 . 16 August 2018 . . ja .
40. Web site: 「オーバー・フェンス」「団地」が最優秀作品に、第8回TAMA映画賞結果発表 . 6 October 2016 . 16 August 2018 . . ja .
41. Web site: 41st Hochi Film Award nominations list . 2016 . 16 August 2018 . . ja . https://web.archive.org/web/20170516132905/https://www.hochi.co.jp/entertainment/hochi_eigashou/nominate.html . 16 May 2017 . dead.
42. Web site: 29th Nikkan Sports Film Award nominations . 2016 . 16 August 2018 . . ja . https://web.archive.org/web/20170124053553/https://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/award/ns-cinema/nominate.html . January 24, 2017 . dead.
43. Web site: 38th Yokohama Film Festival . 3 December 2016 . 16 August 2018 . . ja .
44. Web site: 『この世界の片隅に』キネ旬ベスト・テン第1位 アニメでは『トトロ』以来28年ぶり . 10 January 2017 . 16 August 2018 . . ja .
45. Web site: 18th New York Asian Film Festival. 28 June 2019 . 28 June 2019 . . en .
46. Web site: 【報知映画賞】小松菜奈、新人賞から史上最速５年で助演女優賞「成長が認められた」. May 4, 2020. Sports Hochi. 28 November 2019.
47. Web site: 第４１回ヨコハマ映画祭 2019年日本映画個人賞. November 30, 2019. Yokohama Film Festival.
48. Web site: 2020年第44回エランドール賞新人賞候補者決まる!!. January 17, 2020. All Nippon Producers Association.
49. Web site: ブルーリボン賞候補発表、松坂桃李、成田凌、長澤まさみ、松岡茉優がWノミネート. January 17, 2020. Natalie.
50. Web site: 第43回日本アカデミー賞優秀賞発表、受賞者・受賞作品一覧. January 15, 2020. eigaland. 15 January 2020.
51. Web site: 【報知映画賞】主演男優賞の二宮和也など「浅田家！」が最多8ノミネート. November 17, 2020. Sports Hochi. 17 November 2020.
52. Web site: 社会をエンパワーする、VOGUE JAPAN Women of the Year 2020を発表! . December 21, 2020. Vogue Japan. 18 December 2020 .
53. Web site: 小栗旬・二宮和也・長澤まさみ・広瀬すずら「第44回日本アカデミー賞」優秀賞発表＜受賞者・作品一覧 . 27 January 2021 . Model Press.
54. Web site: 日プロ大賞で「本気のしるし」が作品賞に、女優・男優賞は小松菜奈と草なぎ剛. June 16, 2021. Natalie.
55. Web site: 「第47回報知映画賞」各賞ノミネート決定. November 11, 2022. PR Times. 11 November 2022.
56. Web site: 第65回ブルーリボン賞 各部門候補が決定 受賞者は2月発表. January 4, 2023. Tokyo Sports. 4 January 2023.