Ryoko Hirosue

Ryōko Hirosue at the Yosakoi - Matsuri in Kōchi (2010)

Ryōko Hirosue ( Japanese 広 末 涼子 , Hirosue Ryōko ; born July 18, 1980 in Kōchi , Kōchi Prefecture ) is a Japanese actress and musician . In the Western world it was her role in the movie Wasabi - A bull in Japan by Luc Besson known.

At the age of 14 years Ryōko Hirosue took part in the Model competition P & G part. In the same year she began her music career in the TK Music Camp program . Hirosue made her debut as an actress in the 1995 television drama Heart ni S on Fuji TV .

biography

Ryoko has been part of the Japanese television landscape since she was 14. At that time, she appeared for cosmetic companies as a nameless model. Later came roles in series such as DoCoMo and television films such as Long Vacation . For the eighth episode of DoCoMo she sang the theme song, which was so well received that it was released as a single in mid-April 1997. The single rose to number 2 on the Oricon charts and stayed in the top 10 for five consecutive weeks; this was the beginning of Ryoko's musical career. Her success was not by chance, as she had practiced diligently in the numerous karaoke bars since childhood. Daisuki became even more successful and went straight to number 1 on the Oricon charts.

In the period up to her third single, Prism of Wind , which was released in October, she took on several roles in Dorama and the movie 20th century nostalgia . Her first album was also released in November. At the same time, she managed to pursue a third career in addition to two careers: She continued to attend school, which she also finished to study.

In 1998 two more singles and a mini album were released. She also passed the entrance exam for the elite Waseda University in Tokyo in November. After her sixth single was released in early 1999 and she gave her first live concert, she officially began studying at the university in March. However, she was later accused of using her fame purposefully to study there, whereupon she was dismissed. So she continued her two careers and released another album at the end of the year.

Because of her film career, to which she from then on paid a little more attention, there were fewer and fewer CD releases (only one CD in each case in 2000 and 2001). Ryoko decided in 2002 to postpone her singing career for the time being and therefore released a best-of at the end of February, which is Ryoko's last CD so far.

Now that she had more time, she was able to make more films and commercials. Thanks to a certain fame in France, Luc Besson and Jean Reno were able to win them over for the film Wasabi . Further films and television appearances followed until she announced in December 2003 that she was taking a break: She was four months pregnant and married the fashion designer Takahiro Okazawa in January 2004. During this hiatus she was seen more often on television and in March 2004 again in a movie. Since the birth of her son on April 10, 2004, she has taken on roles much less often than in previous years, including as an actress in the drama Summer Snow .

In March 2008, she divorced Takahiro Okazawa.

Back in the cinema she was seen in the drama Nokan - Die Kunst des Ausklangs , which received the award for best foreign language film at the 2009 Academy Awards and earned her a nomination for the Japanese Academy Award in the category of best actress .

Filmography (selection)

• 1997: 20th Century Nostalgia ( ２０ 世紀 ノ ス タ ル ジ ア )
• 1999: Himitsu ( 秘密 )
• 1999: Poppoya ( 鉄 道 員 )
• 2001: Wasabi - A bull in Japan (Wasabi)
• 2002: Jam Films - short film episode Arita
• 2003: Collage of Our Life ( 恋愛 寫 眞 )
• 2004: Hana and Alice ( 花 と ア リ ス )
• 2006: Presents ~ Aikagi ~ ( Presents〜 合 い 鍵 〜 )
• 2007: Bubble Fiction: Boom or Bust ( バ ブ ル へ GO !! ～ タ イ ム マ シ シ ン は ド ラ ム 式 ～ )
• 2007: Little DJ ( Little DJ〜 小 さ な 恋 の 物語 )
• 2007: Koneko no Namida ( 子 猫 の 涙 )
• 2008: Nokan - The Art of Fading ( お く り び と )
• 2009: Villon's Wife ( ヴ ィ ヨ ン の 妻 〜 桜 桃 と タ ン ポ ポ 〜 )
• 2009: Zero Focus (Remake) ( ゼ ロ の 焦点 )
• 2009: The Legend of Goemon (GOEMON)
• 2010: Flowers
• 2012: Kagi Dorobō no Method ( 鍵 泥 棒 の メ ソ ッ ド )
• 2015: Taishi Kakka no Ryōrinin ( 大使 閣下 の 料理 人 )

Web links

Commons : Ryōko Hirosue  - Collection of Images

• official website (Japanese)
• Ryōko Hirosue in the Internet Movie Database (English)