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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.

Rie Shibata
柴田 理恵
Born	(1959-01-14) 14 January 1959 (age 63) Yatsuo, Toyama, Japan
Occupation	Actress comedian
Years active	1981–present
Agent	Wahaha-Hompo
Notable work	Supermarket Woman Himitsu Pistol Opera Kewaishi It Comes
Height	156 cm (5 ft 1 in)
Television	Variety Shūkan kodomo News SMAP×SMAP Waratte Iitomo! Pet Dai Shūgō! Pochi tama Drama' La Belle Fille Masquée Poitrine 7-Ri no Onna Bengoshi Yamada Tarō Monogatari Hiyokko
Japanese name
Kanji	柴田 理恵
Hiragana	しばた りえ
Katakana	シバタ リエ
Transcriptions Romanization Shibata Rie
Website	Rie Shibata official blog

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] Since then she has broadened her range of activities for films, television dramas, and variety shows.[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 produced by 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

Title	Notes
Tamio Kageyama no Seminar
PS	Regular
Natsu no Drive: Dō no Eki Miryoku Zen Kōkai

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

Title
Hayarin Monroe!

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	As You Please! Kamitaman		Guest
Apr–Dec 1986	Morimori Bokkun	Iron aunt
Jan–Dec 1987	Omoikkiri Detective Team Hardgumi	Progressive grandmother
Jan–Dec 1988	German Detective Team Maringumi	Kazuko Den
Jan–Jul 1989	Magical Chinese Girl Paipai!	Sayuri Sangenjaya
Jul–Dec 1989	Magical Chinese Girl Ipanema!	Sayuri Sangenjaya
Jan–Dec 1990	La Belle Fille Masquée Poitrine	Policewoman Ritsuko Honda
Jan–Dec 1991	Mysterious Nile Girl Thutmose	Boutique clerk
Jan–Dec 1992	Sing! Great Dragon Palace	Fugu
Jan–Oct 1993	Keeping-Words Sisters Chouchoutrian	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	MBS	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

Dates	Title	Notes
Apr–Oct 2010	Daimajin Kanon
16 Jul 2014	Kodoku no Gourmet Season 4	As Omoni; Episode 2

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

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2001	Atlantis: The Lost Empire	Mrs. Packard
2006	Brave Story	Lady Yuna	[8]
2009	Hachi: A Dog's Tale	Mary Ann

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

Product	Co-star
AsahidoCamera	Masami Hisamoto
Nisshin Fire & Marine Insurance Car insurance
Moranbon "Sauce of Korean Yakiniku"
Earth Chemical "Sebon in the Toilet"
Kracie Home Products "Hair Color First Ready"
Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications Simple insurance
Japan Railways Group "Nice Midi Pass"
S. T. Corporation "Catch"
Tokyo Gas "Kanta-kun"
Tokyo Electric Power Company Electric water heater
Sunstar Group "Dry Cap"
ampm
Kyushu Electric Power
Treasure Hot Spring
Hasegawa Holdings "Osōji Honpo"
Rohto Pharmaceutical "Waka Poetry Root Windproof Commutator"
Azusa Law Firm
E-mile	Kunihiro Matsumura
Hamatsu Group "Ansage"
MacchiaLabel "Medicated Clear Estevale" "Protect Barrier Rich"
Eisai "New cellar gastric tablets"

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

Date	Title
1 Jul 1990	"Kingyo Chūihō! Gakkō Daisuki'!!"
21 Jan 1991	"Ren'ai Doremifa Musume Heisei 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!

References

External links

• Profile by Wahaha-Hompo (in Japanese)
• Rie Shibata official Blog Rie Shibata Jinsei Gekijō – Ameba Blog (in Japanese)

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