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Nanako Matsushima (松嶋 菜々子, Matsushima Nanako, born October 13, 1973) is a critically acclaimed Japanese actress[1] and model known for her role in the horror film Ring. She was also the female lead character in the drama A Story of Love, along with Ring co-star Hiroyuki Sanada. In 2011, her drama Kaseifu no Mita reached a viewer rating of 40%, making it one of the highest rated Japanese dramas of all time.[2]

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Nanako Matsushima
Matsushima at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.
Born	(1973-10-13) 13 October 1973 (age 48) Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Occupation	Actress model
Years active	1992–present
Agent	Seventh Avenue
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Spouse	Takashi Sorimachi ​ (m. 2001)​
Children	2

Biography

Personal life

Matsushima was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. On February 21, 2001, she married Japanese actor Takashi Sorimachi, her co-star in the hit drama GTO (Great Teacher Onizuka). They have two daughters together, born on May 31, 2004, and November 30, 2007. She has been called one of Japan's most beautiful women.[3]

Career

Matsushima has appeared in a number of popular or critically acclaimed dramas, and she has won the Best Actress Award at the Japan Television Drama Academy Awards six times.[4]

In 1997, Matsushima was selected to play the female lead, a poor but happy designer who happens to run a shop in a building owned by a wealthy, arrogant but dying rich man played by Hiroyuki Sanada in the drama A Story of Love. The drama chronicles the trial and tribulations that the leads undergo as their feelings developed into something more than mere friendship.

In 1998, Matsushima starred together with her now husband, Takashi Sorimachi in the drama Great Teacher Onizuka, about a former delinquent turned teacher. The drama which was based on a popular manga, received a 35.7 rating for its final episode, making it one of the highest rated Japanese dramas ever. Matsushima was also selected to play Tsubaki Domyouji, the sister of the main male lead Domyouji Tsukasa in the popular drama Hana Yori Dango (TV series) and Hana Yori Dango Returns. Both dramas were a rating success with the final episode of Hana Yori Dango Returns peaking at 27.6.

Matsushima subsequently appeared as the female lead in the controversial drama Majo no Jōken which centres on the romance between a teacher and her student. Despite its controversial nature, the drama was awarded the best drama at the 21st Japan Television Drama Academy Awards.[5]

In 2011, Matsushima starred in the hit I am Mita, Your Housekeeper, the final episode which garnered the rating of 40%, making it one of the highest rated Japanese dramas of all-time.I am Mita, Your Housekeeper won several awards, including the Best Drama and Best Female Actress awards, at the 71st Television Drama Academy Awards.[6]

Matsushima was also cast as the main lead in the cult classic horror film Ring, often cited as one of the best horror films of all-time.[7] This film brought Matsushima worldwide recognition and it has since been remade into an American film.

Matsushima has also appeared in several other popular films, amongst them the 2000 film Whiteout, which grossed over 4.2 billion yen in Japan. For her role in the film, Matsushima was nominated for the Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role award at the 24th Japan Academy Film Prize.

In September 2021, she co-starred in a commercial for Uber Eats alongside Matt Kuwata.[8]

Filmography

TV dramas

• Tonari no Chikara (2022)
• Super Rich (2021)
• Nozaki Shuhei President of Bank (2020)
• Natsuzora (2019), as Fujiko Shibata
• Auditor Shuhei Nozaki (2018)
• Suna no Tou (2016)
• Lucky Seven (Toko Fujisaki) (2012)
• Kaseifu no Mita (Mita the Housekeeper) (2011)
• Kyumei Byoto 24 Ji 4 (24 Hour Emergency Ward 4) (2009)
• Hana Yori Dango Returns (Boys Over Flowers) (2007)
• Furuhata Ninzaburo Final (2006)
• Hana Yori Dango (Boys Over Flowers) (2005)
• Hotaru no Haka (Grave of the Fireflies) (2005)
• Kyumei Byoto 24 Ji 3 (24 Hour Emergency Ward 3) (2005)
• Bijo ka Yajuu (The Beauty or the Beast) (2003)
• Toshiie to Matsu (Toshiie and Matsu) (2002), as Maeda Matsu
• Yamato Nadeshiko (Perfect Woman) (2000)
• Hyakunen no Monogatari (The Story of One Century) (2000)
• Koori no sekai (Ice World) (1999)
• Majo no Jouken (Forbidden Love) (1999)
• Kyumei Byoto 24 Ji (24 Hour Emergency Ward) (1999)
• Great Teacher Onizuka (1998)
• Sweet Season (1998)
• Shinya Tokkyu a.k.a. Midnight Express (1998)
• Shinryounaikai Ryouko (The Doctor Is In) (1997)
• Konna Koi no Hanashi (A Story Of Love) (1997)
• Yonimo Kimyona Monogatari Kanrinin (1997)
• Kimi ga Jinsei no Toki (The Time of Your Life) (1997)
• Himawari (Sunflower) (1996)
• Heart ni S (1995)
• Onegai Darin (Please Darling!) (1993)
• Shacho ni natta Wakadaisho (1992)

Film

• Fireworks, Ferris Wheels And Love (1997)
• Ring (1998)
• Ring 2 (1999)
• Whiteout (2000 film)
• The Inugamis (2006)
• Bizan: The Mountain of Mother's Love (2007)
• Ghost (2010)
• All About My Dog (2011)
• Shield of Straw (2013)
• When Marnie Was There (2014), Yoriko Sasaki (voice)
• The Crimes That Bind (2018)
• Almost a Miracle (2019)
• The Great Yokai War: Guardians (2021), Reika[9]

TV films

• Yuukai Houtei: Seven Days (2018)
• Onna No Kunshou (2017)
• Red Cross - Onna Tachi no Akagami (2015)
• Murder On The Orient Express (2015)
• Grave of the Fireflies (2005)
• Kyumei Byoto 24 Ji (24 Hour Emergency Ward) (Special) (2005)
• 100 Years: Taisho, Showa, Heisei (2000)

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Work(s)	Result	Ref
1999	23rd Japan Television Drama Academy Awards	Best Actress	Koori no Sekai	Won
2000	27th Japan Television Drama Academy Awards	Best Actress	Yamato Nadeshiko	Won
2000	24th Japan Academy Film Prize	Best Actress	Whiteout	Nominated
2003	35th Japan Television Drama Academy Awards	Best Actress	Toshiie & Matsu	Won
2003	36th Japan Television Drama Academy Awards	Best Actress	Bijo ka Yajui	Won
2009	62nd Japan Television Drama Academy Awards	Best Actress	Kyumei Byoto 24 Ji 4	Won
2012	71st Japan Television Drama Academy Awards	Best Actress	Housekeeper Mita	Won

References

External links

• Official website
• Nanako Matsushima at IMDb.
• Nanako Matsushima from Sumitomo Life Insurance.
• Nanako Matsushima English info
• Nanako Matsushima J-Dorama

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Nanako Matsushima (松嶋 菜々子, Matsushima Nanako?, Yokohama, Prefectura de Kanagawa, Japón, 13 de octubre de 1973) es una actriz y modelo japonesa.[1] Matsushima es bien conocida en Japón y en otros países por su papel protagónico de Reiko Asakawa en el afamado filme de terror psicológico Ringu, de 1998.

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