Japanese actress and comedian
Rie Shibata (柴田 理恵 , Shibata Rie , born 14 January 1959) is a Japanese actress and comedian who has appeared in a number of television programmes, feature films and stage productions. She is also the special deputy mayor of Toyama, Toyama .
Biography [ ] She was born on 14 January 1959 in Toyama, Toyama (formerly Yatsuo , Nei District ).[1]
After going to Yao High School, she went to Meiji University Department of literature. After graduating from university, she joined the Gekidan Tokyo Vodovil Show, but withdrew in 1984, and launched Wahaha-Hompo with Masahiro Sato and Masami Hisamoto .[2] [3]
In early days of her career, she appeared as a recurring role in the "Mysterious Comedy Series " produced by Fuji TV and Toei .
She played the role of a high school teacher in the film The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift Universal Pictures in the United States in June 2006 which was her Hollywood debut.
Personal life [ ] At the age of 28, she married a stage director of Wahaha-Hompo.[4]
She joined Soka Gakkai in 1987 and later joined the Central Committee of the Arts Department.[5]
Filmography [ ] TV programmes [ ] Nationwide and Kanto Local [ ] NHK
Dates
Title
Notes
Apr 1994 – Mar 1997
Shūkan kodomo News As a mother
Chūkōnen no tame no rakuraku Pasokon Juku Aired on E TV ; proceeded with Kai Atō
NHK Nodo Jiman Judge
Nippon TV
Years
Title
Network
Notes
What a Fantastic Night! Late regular
1997–
Kasou Taishou Judge
Suppin DNA CTV
Ultra Shop Regular
Japan Walker
Tonari no Nayami no Kaiketsu Hito
The Most Useful School in the World
Michi no Sekai o Toritai: Odoroki (hi) Eizō Hunter! Dream Vision
Himitsu no Kenmin Show YTV Quasi-regular
Megami no Marche Regular
Tokyo Broadcasting System
Dates
Title
Notes
Kaiketsu Jukujo! Shinpaigomuyō Quasi-regular
Jōhō! Mogi-tate Sarada Regular
Kazuo Tokumitsu no Kandō Saikai "Aitai" Quasi-regular
Apr 2008 – Mar 2013
Hanamaru Market Tuesday regular
Fuji Television
Title
Notes
SMAP×SMAP Co-produced by KTV , quasi-regular
Tamori no Neta de Night Fever! Panelist
Waratte Iitomo! Regular
Waratte Iitomo Special Issue
Waratte Iitomo! Tokudai-gō
Waratte Iitomo! Haru-Aki no Saiten Special
Wanted!!
Hashire!! Shiawase Kensetsu
The Letters: Kazoku no Ai ni arigatō Dream Maker
Hakkutsu! Aruaru Daijiten Aired on KTV, regular
The Best House 123 Regular
Spice TV: Dōmo Kininaru! Quasi-regular
Honne no Dendō!! Shinsuke ni hawa karumai'
Shirita gari Shirita gari suto
TV Asahi
Title
Notes
Ref.
Bunchin Yamase no Gourmet Comedy/Honō no Chūbō Monogatari
Akko no Nakashitaro ka!?
London Hearts Regular
Imadoki! Gohan
Ima sugu Tsukaeru Mame Chishiki: Quiz Zatsugaku-ō Solver
Cream Quiz Miracle 9 Occasional appearances
Chikyū no Arukikata: 35 Shūnenkinen America Ōdan! Shoku no Dai Bōken Kikō Aired on BS Asahi, traveller
[6]
TV Tokyo
Title
Notes
Jūtaku Variety: Wagaya Dai Sakusen! Moderator
Pet Dai Shūgō! Pochi tama
2010-Nen tabi no Sōkessan! Kuchikomi & Ninki Ranking
Other local [ ] Asahi Broadcasting Corporation
Title
Rakuten-teki TV Nerumae ni Tobe!
Chūkyō Television Broadcasting Kitanihon Broadcasting
Title
Notes
Rie Shibata no Yotte kare: Toyama Kankō Kaihatsu Jigyō-dan Occasionally
Tulip Television
Title
Notes
Rie Shibata Nintei: Yuruyuru Toyama Isan Regular
Ishikawa TV
Title
Imadoki TV Omoshiro-bin
Kansai Telecasting Corporation TV dramas [ ] NHK
Dates
Title
Role
Apr–May 2011
Madonna Verde: Musume no tame ni Umu koto
Apr 2017 –
Asadora Hiyokko Kiyo Kadoya
Nippon TV
Dates
Title
Role
Notes
Jan–Feb 1987
Ore no Musuko wa Genkijirushi Supermarket clerk
Apr–Jun 1995
Kinjirareta Asobi Aired on YTV
Oct–Dec 2000
Straight News Taeko Ono
Jan–Mar 2004
Keishichō Kanshikihan 2004 Akane Enfuji
Fuji Television
Dates
Title
Role
Notes
Apr 1985 – Mar 1986
Guest
Apr–Dec 1986
Iron aunt
Jan–Dec 1987
Progressive grandmother
Jan–Dec 1988
Kazuko Den
Jan–Jul 1989
Sayuri Sangenjaya
Jul–Dec 1989
Sayuri Sangenjaya
Jan–Dec 1990
La Belle Fille Masquée Poitrine Policewoman Ritsuko Honda
Jan–Dec 1991
Boutique clerk
Jan–Dec 1992
Fugu
Jan–Oct 1993
ET aunt
Jul–Sep 1994
Good Mourning
Mar 1997
Sashow The Last Case
Jul–Sep 1997
Tsuki no Jagayaku Yoru dakara
Apr–Jun 2002
Artificial Beauty
22 Aug 2006
Honto ni atta Kowai Hanashi
11 May 2013
Machigawa re chatta Otoko Mai Sunazuka
Jul–Aug 2013
Asu no Hikari o Tsukame Matsuko Sawanobori
Apr–Jun 2014
Saigo Kara Nibanme no Koi Ryoko Isayama
Tokyo Broadcasting System
Dates
Title
Role
Network
Notes
Apr 1993 – Jan 1994
Gridman the Hyper Agent Episode 19; guest
Apr–Jun 1994
Omiai no Tatsujin
Jan–Mar 1995
Mitsuyo Okami Jo no Tatakai
Apr–Jun 1996
Kekkon shiyōyo
Jul–Sep 2007
Yamada Tarō Monogatari Maria Ikegami
2009
Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen Mae Hashutsujo Yone Ryotsu
26 Nov 2014
Shinya Shokudō 3 Eri
Episode 6
Sep–Oct 2015
JK wa Yuki Onna Baba-sama
TV Asahi
Dates
Title
Role
Notes
12 Jan 2001
Ai wa Seigi Episode 1; guest
2003–04
Hamidashi: Keiji Jōnetsukei Katsuko Tsuji
Apr–Jun 2006
7-Ri no Onna Bengoshi Satsuki Kinoshita
TV Tokyo One-off TV dramas [ ] Nippon TV
Years
Title
Notes
1987
Netchū Jidai Special: Kaettekita Kitano Kōdai
1996–98
Kansatsu-i Akiko Murou 21–24
2003–05
Bengoshi Takenosuke Asahi Tomoko Kurihara; 19–23
Tokyo Broadcasting System
Dates
Title
Role
Notes
1996
Chiharu Saotome no Tenjō Hōkoku-sho: Yukemuri Kusatsu Tour Satsujin Jiken
17 Oct 1999
Seicho Matsumoto Tokubetsu Kikaku: Gao
1999–2004
Hostess Tantei Kikiippatsu 1–6
25 Sep 2003
Joshi Keimusho Higashi angōtō
1 Aug 2011
Keishichō Saihan Bōshi-ka: Hidetsugu Masaki Akiko Harada
13 Mar 2017
Seiichi Morimura Suspense: Mashō no Gunzō Keiji Shinpei Morisaki 4 Toko Mayuzumi
Fuji Television
Date
Title
Role
3 Jan 1996
Subarashi Kikazo Kuryokō
24 Apr 1998
Satsujin Miyōin Sachiko Akiyama
7 Sep 2001
Toshi no Sa Couple Keiji 2 Yoshie Chasawa
31 Oct 2006
Chibi Maruko-chan
24 May 2008
Hadaka no Taishō: Miyazaki-hen -Miyazaki no Onigawarau node
24 Dec 2010
Ninjō no Onna Keiji Tokudaiji Misao no Asakusa Jiken-bo
TV Asahi
Date
Title
Role
Network
24 Apr 1999
Mama-san Kisha Meiko no Jiken Keiko Suzuki
29 Jul 2000
Onna Ukeoinin Sachie Nishina
11 Aug 2001
Charisma Biyōshi Satsujin Jiken Reiko Fuji
16 Apr 2005
Gourmet Bengoshi vs Diet Kenji ABC
18 Jun 2005
× Ichi Onna-Deka: Shiroi Kyōfu! Madoka Gondo
TV Tokyo
Date
Title
Role
Nov 2001
Kaguya Hime Densetsu satsujin jiken Kiko Fujimura
Jun 2003
Maboroshi no Suiri Sakka: Noto Satsujin Gyō Chie Watanabe
7 Mar 2012
Sasurai-shochō: Shohei Kazama Shizuka Oshiro
Films [ ]
Year
Title
Role
Director
1987
Welter Woman
1990
Hong Kong Paradise
1992
Netorare Munesuke Komadori sister Kamei
Kirakira hikaru Waitress A
1993
Kokkai e Ikō
1995
A Quiet Life Neighbour's wife
1996
Supermarket Woman Patronist Obasan
1998
Ohaka ga nai! Head nurse
Tena mon ya Shōsha: Manfuku Bōekigaisha Tamago
1999
Himitsu Kazuko Yoshimoto
Karaoke
2001
Mayonaka made Fan lady
Pistol Opera Actor of a female star act
2002
Kewaishi Ume Aono
2006
Stone Age Fusako Nakajo
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift High school teacher #1
2011
Mainichi Kaasan Awata
Shotaro Kobayashi
2013
Kyoko to Shuichi no Baai
2014
Clover Fortune teller
Takeshi Furusawa
2018
It Comes Setsuko
Tetsuya Nakashima
2021
What Happened to Our Nest Egg!? Satsuki Kanda
Tetsu Maeda[7]
Angry Rice Wives Katsuhide Motoki
Dubbing [ ] Direct-to-video [ ] Sai Enterprise
Year
Title
Role
1986
Guinea Pig 4: Devil Woman Doctor Congenital brain explosion family member
Nikkatsu
Year
Title
1994
Shin Yuri Zoku 2
1995
Shin Yuri Zoku 3
Radio programmes [ ]
Dates
Title
Network
Notes
Ref.
Oct 2005 – Mar 2006
Rie Shibata no Idobata Sōken NBS
Apr 2006 – Mar 2009
Rie Shibata no Idobata Radio KNB
Oct 1997 – Mar 1998
Takashi Tsukagoshi no Saturday Talk Battle The Gucchi's NBS
Assistant
18–21 Oct 2012
Dear Friends Tokyo FM
5 Oct 2015 –
Telephone Jinsei Sōdan NBS
Irregular personality
Apr 2016 –
Hikaru Ijūin to Radio to TBS Radio Thursday partner
[9]
Television advertisements [ ] Stage [ ]
Date
Title
Role
Locations
Ref.
Sep–Nov 2011
Warai no machi Theatre Creation
Oct–Dec 2013
Bansan Sunshine Theatre
Feb 2014
Ano Enpitsu de, Fuki no Koibumi o Shirusu Nakano The Pocket
May 2014
Taiyō to Koi to Potto Shutsu no Veteran Theatre Sunmall
Sep–Oct 2014
Shukujo no Romance Kinokuniya Hall
Oct–Sep 2015
Kuchizuke Sunshine Theatre
Jul 2016
Hakata-za Renewal Commemorative Performance Ume to Sakura to Boke no Hana Oume
Hakodate
[10]
Sep–Oct 2016
Yukimaroge Ochika
Theatre Senjyu, Theatre Creation
[11]
Discography [ ] Wahaha-Hompo Women's Department Dennō Geisha Girls Guest participation
Date
Artist
Song
Notes
1 Mar 1998
George Tokoro "Bway no Bwayavy"
Back chorus
Bibliography [ ] By herself
Date
Title
Publisher
Jul 1999
Yoiko wa Mane shinaide Ne The Chunichi Shimbun Tokyo office.
Jul 2008
Harutarō 3-pon Ashi no Tenshi Sony Magazines
Feb 2009
Rie Shibata no 100% Konbu Katsuyō-jutsu Tatsumi Publishing
Aug 2009
Shibata-san no Ie no otsumami Sony Magazines
Apr 2010
Rie Shiabata no Motto Motto Konbu Katsuyō-jutsu Tatsumi Publishing
Apr 2011
Taifū Kaa-chan itsu made mo aru to Omou na Oya to Kane Ushio Shuppansha
Co-authored
Date
Title
Co-author
Publisher
Feb 2005
Imamamada Masami Hisamoto Magazine House
Apr 2006
Dr. Kindaichi & Rie Shibata no Kotoba Shinryōsho Hideho Kindaichi
Meiji Shoin
Dialogue collections
Date
Title
Publisher
Nov 2008
Ōbaidōri: Rie Shibata no Wahaha Taidan! Ushio Shuppansha
Jan 2010
Ichigoichie: Rie Shibata no Wahaha Taidan!
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