Hikari Mitsushima

Hikari Mitsushima
満島 ひかり
Mitsushima at Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo International Film Festival, 2017.
Born	(1985-11-30) 30 November 1985 Okinawa, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Other names	HIKARI
Occupations	Actress singer idol gravure idol
Years active	1997–present
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Spouse	Yuya Ishii (2010–2016)
Relatives	Shinnosuke Mitsushima (brother)
Musical career
Genres	Pop J-pop
Instrument	Vocals
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Hikari Mitsushima (満島 ひかり, Mitsushima Hikari, born 30 November 1985) is a Japanese actress and singer.

Career

She began her music career in 1997 as a teenage idol singer in the J-pop groups Folder and Folder 5. Although she made her acting debut in 1997 with Rebirth of Mothra II, she did not start acting regularly until 2005. She appeared in manga-based thriller film Death Note (2006) and the well-received Love Exposure (2008), a comedy-drama/art film directed by Sion Sono. Her performance in the latter brought her critical attention and won her several awards.

Since then she has had starring roles in Kakera: A Piece of Our Life (2009) and Sawako Decides (2010), written and directed by Yuya Ishii, whom she subsequently married in late 2010. They divorced in 2016. She has also appeared in the music video for Mondo Grosso's song "Labyrinth" (2017), which has over 16 million views on YouTube as of December 2018.

Filmography

Film

• Rebirth of Mothra II (1997)
• Death Note (2006)
• Death Note 2: The Last Name (2006)
• Exte: Hair Extensions (2007)
• Drop in Ghost (2007)
• Shaolin Girl (2008)
• Pride (2009)
• Love Exposure (2009) – Yōko
• Be Sure to Share (2009)
• The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio (2009)
• Rinco's Restaurant (2010)
• Kakera: A Piece of Our Life (2010)
• Sawako Decides (2010)
• Villain (2010)
• Tormented (2011)
• Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011)
• Smuggler (2011)
• A Chorus of Angels (2012)
• The End of Summer (2013)
• Hello! Junichi (2014)
• Kakekomi Onna to Kakedashi Otoko (2015) – Ogin
• One Piece Film: Gold (2016) – Carina (voice)
• Traces of Sin (2017) – Mitsuko
• Umibe no Sei to Shi (2017) – Miho Shimao
• Mary and the Witch's Flower (2017) – Red-haired Witch (voice)
• The Bucket List (2019)

Television

• Ultraman Max (2005)
• Dandori Musume (2006)
• Beni no monshō (2006)
• Burokkorii (2007)
• Kaette kita jikō keisatsu (2007)
• Kamen Rider Den-O (2007)
• Kekkon sagishi (2007)
• Shakin Kanojo (2008)
• Hitomi (2008)
• MAKE THE LAST WISH (2008)
• Uramiya honpo reboot (2009)
• IRIS (2009) - (Dubbed for Kim So-yeon)
• Bloody Monday (2010)
• Tsuki no Koibito ~Moon Lovers~ (2010)
• Moteki (2010)
• Dazai Osamu tanpen shōsetsu shū 3 (2010)
• Sayonara Bokutachi no Youchien (2011)
• Ohisama (2011)
• Soredemo, Ikite yuku (2011)
• Kaitakushatachi (2012)
• Woman (2013)
• Wakamono Tachi (2014)
• Gomen ne Seishun! (2014)
• Dokonjō Gaeru (2015) – Pyonkichi (voice)
• Totto TV (2016) – Tetsuko Kuroyanagi
• Kidnap Tour (2016)
• Quartet (2017) – Suzume
• Kangoku no Ohimesama (2017) – Futaba Wakai

Awards

She has won the following awards for her performances:

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

International Drama Festival in Tokyo

• 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

Yokohama Film Festival

• 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

External links

• Hikari Mitsushima at IMDb