Hikari Mitsushima
Hikari Mitsushima | |
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満島 ひかり | |
![]() Mitsushima at Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo International Film Festival, 2017. | |
Born | Kagoshima, Japan | 30 November 1985
Nationality | Japanese |
Other names | HIKARI |
Occupation | |
Years active | 1997–present |
Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) |
Spouse(s) | Yuya Ishii (2010–2016) |
Relatives | Shinnosuke Mitsushima (brother) |
Musical career | |
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Instruments | Vocals |
Associated acts | Folder 5 |
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Hikari Mitsushima (満島 ひかり, Mitsushima Hikari, born 30 November 1985) is a Japanese actress, singer and model.
Career[]
Mitsushima 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-drama/art film directed by Sion Sono. Her performance in Love Exposure brought her critical attention and won her 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. Mitsushima and Ishii married in 2010[2] and divorced in 2016.[3]
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 '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, which has over 29 million views on YouTube as of June 2021.[4]
Filmography[]
Film[]
- Rebirth of Mothra II (1997) as Shiori Uranai / Little Girl
- Death Note (2006) as Sayu Yagami
- Death Note 2: The Last Name (2006) as Sayu Yagami
- Exte: Hair Extensions (2007) as Yuriko Shiina
- Shaolin Girl (2008) as Hikari Takahashi
- Drop in Ghost (2008)
- Love Exposure (2008) as Yōko
- Pride (2009) as Moe Midorikawa
- Be Sure to Share (2009) as Schoolgirl
- The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio (2009) as Haru Yasuoka
- Kuhio taisa (2009) as Haru
- Kakera: A Piece of Our Life (2009) as Haru
- Rinco's Restaurant (2009)
- Sawako Decides (2010) as Sawako
- Villain (2010)
- Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011) as Miho
- Tormented (2011) as Kiriko
- Smuggler (2011) as Tanuma Chiharu
- Moteki (2011)
- A Chorus of Angels (2012) as Manami
- The End of Summer (2013) as Tomoko
- Hello! Junichi (2014)
- Kakekomi Onna to Kakedashi Otoko (2015) as Ogin
- One Piece Film: Gold (2016) as Carina (voice)
- Traces of Sin (2017) as Mitsuko
- Umibe no Sei to Shi (2017) as Miho Shimao
- Mary and the Witch's Flower (2017) as The Red-Haired Witch (voice)
- The Bucket List (2019)
- Riverside Mukolitta (2021)[5]
Television[]
- Ultraman Max (2005-2006) as Elly
- Dandori Musume (2006) as Ulala
- Beni no monshō (2006) as Ayako (2006)
- Burokkorii (2007)
- Kaette kita jikō keisatsu (2007) as Mitsuyo
- Kamen Rider Den-O (2007) as Yuka Sawada
- Kekkon sagishi (2007)
- Shakin Kanojo (2008)
- Hitomi (2008) as Junko
- MAKE THE LAST WISH (2008)
- Uramiya honpo reboot (2009)
- IRIS (2009) (Dubbed for Kim So-yeon)
- Bloody Monday (2010) as Risa Kurano / Lisa
- Tsuki no Koibito ~Moon Lovers~ (2010) as Anzai Rina
- Moteki (2010) as Nakashiba Itsuka
- Dazai Osamu tanpen shōsetsu shū 3 (2010)
- Sayonara Bokutachi no Youchien (2011, TV Movie) as Yoshiki Mari
- Ohisama (2011)
- Soredemo, Ikite yuku (2011) as Futaba
- Kaitakushatachi (2012)
- Woman (2013) as Koharu
- Wakamono Tachi (2014) as Hikari
- Gomen ne Seishun! (2014) as Lisa
- Dokonjō Gaeru (2015) as Pyonkichi (voice)
- Totto TV (2016) as Tetsuko Kuroyanagi
- Kidnap Tour (2016)
- Quartet (2017) as Suzume
- Kangoku no Ohimesama (2017) as Futaba Wakai
- First Love (2022) as Yae Noguchi[6]
Awards[]
She has won the following awards for her performances:[7]
- Fant-Asia Film Festival
- 2009 - Jury Prize: Best Female Performance - Love Exposure
- Hochi Film Awards
- 2009 - Best New Talent - Love Exposure, Pride, The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio
- 2011 - Best Supporting Actress - Moteki, Sayonara Bokutachi no Youchien
- 2014 - Best Actress - Woman
- Kinema Junpo Awards
- 2010 - Best Supporting Actress - Love Exposure, Pride, The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio
- Mainichi Film Concours
- 2010 - Sponichi Grand Prize: New Talent Award (shared with co-star Takahiro Nishijima) - Love Exposure
- 2010 - Best New Talent - Love Exposure, Pride, The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio
- 2011 - Best Actress - Love Vibes, Sawako Decides
- Japanese Film Critics Awards
- 2016 - Best Supporting Actress - Kakekomi
References[]
- ^ Aoki, Mizuho (30 April 2010). "Hikari Mitsushima: from pop idol to screen diva?". Japan Times. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
- ^ Hikari Mitsushima - Biography
- ^ "Mitsushima Hikari & Nagayama Kento are in a relationship | tokyohive.com". www.tokyohive.com. Retrieved 2016-08-29.
- ^ MONDO GROSSO / ラビリンス on YouTube
- ^ "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". Natalie. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
- ^ "満島ひかり×佐藤健×宇多田ヒカル Netflix『First Love 初恋』2022年配信". Cinra.net. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
- ^ Hikari Mitsushima at IMDb
External links[]
- 1985 births
- Japanese actresses
- Japanese people of French descent
- Living people
- Japanese gravure models
- Japanese idols
- Japanese female pop singers
- 21st-century Japanese singers
- 21st-century Japanese women singers