Misaki Ito
Misaki Itō ( Japanese 伊 東 美 咲 , Itō Misaki ; born May 26, 1977 in Iwaki , Fukushima ) is a Japanese actress . Her real name is Tomoko Anzai ( 安 斉 智子 , Anzai Tomoko ).
biography
Itō appeared in various magazines as an amateur model in her high school days. 1999, while studying at the Osaka Chiyoda short-term University in Kawachinagano , she signed a contract with the fashion magazine CanCam touting the beer brand Asahi .
She impersonated her first role as an actress in 2000 in two episodes of the television drama Rabu Chatto . From October to December 2000 she was in a larger role in the television series Love Complex in front of the camera, in which Toshiaki Karasawa and Takashi Sorimachi also starred. Many advertising contracts and some roles in television productions followed. She took on a leading role, for example, in the television adaptation of the manga series You're Under Arrest! .
Her portrayal was particularly successful in the 2005 broadcast, based on real-life television series Densha Otoko , in which she acted as the crush of an otaku (played by Atsushi Itō ). After this role, which meant her breakthrough, leading roles followed in several other television dramas. For Densha Otoko and Kikenna Aneki , she received the 2006 Hōsō Prize in the Drama category at the 43rd Golden Arrow Awards .
She played in movies from 2002 on. Her first most important films included the fantasy film Yomigaeri and the horror film Ju-on: The Grudge . In Yoshimitsu Morita's melodramatic love story Umineko from 2004, she starred as the leading actress. For this role she received a Japanese Academy Award for Best Young Actress in 2005.
Filmography (selection)
TV Shows
- 2000: Love Chat (ら ぶ ・ ち ゃ っ と, Rabu Chatto )
- 2000: Love Complex (ラ ブ コ ン プ レ ッ ク ス)
- 2001: Shin Omizu no Hanamichi (新 ・ お 水 の 花道)
- 2001: Beauty 7 (ビ ュ ー テ ィ 7)
- 2001: Suiyōbi no Jōji (水 曜 日 の 情事)
- 2002: Gokusen (ご く せ ん)
- 2002: Lunch Joō (ラ ン チ の 女王)
- 2002: Taiho shichau zo (逮捕 し ち ゃ う ぞ)
- 2003: Tōkyō Love Cinema (東京 ラ ブ ・ シ ネ マ)
- 2003: Kunimitsu no Matsuri (ク ニ ミ ツ の 政)
- 2004: Itoshi Kimie (愛 し 君 へ)
- 2004: Hotman 2 (ホ ッ ト マ ン 2)
- 2005: Tiger & Dragon (タ イ ガ ー & ド ラ ゴ ン)
- 2005: Densha Otoko (電車 男)
- 2005: Kikenna Aneki (危 険 な ア ネ キ)
- 2006: Suppli (サ プ リ)
- 2007: Maison Ikkoku (め ぞ ん 一刻)
Movies
- 2002: Mohō-han (模倣 犯)
- 2002: Yomigaeri (黄泉 が え り)
- 2003: Nine Souls (ナ イ ン ・ ソ ウ ル ズ)
- 2003: Ju-on: The Grudge (呪 怨Ju-on )
- 2004: Umineko (海 猫)
- 2005: Inu no Eiga (い ぬ の え い が)
- 2005: About Love (ア バ ウ ト ・ ラ ブ)
- 2005: Tsuri baka nikki (釣 り バ カ 日誌)
- 2005: Densha Otoko (電車 男)
- 2006: Tsubakiyama Kachō no Nanoka-kan (椿 山 課 長 の 七日 間)
Web links
- Official Website (Japanese)
- Misaki Ito in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Itō, Misaki |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 伊 東 美 咲 (Japanese); 安 斉 智子 (Japanese, real name); Anzai Tomoko (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 26, 1977 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Iwaki , Fukushima Prefecture , Japan |