Aoi Miyazaki

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Aoi Miyazaki
File:Aoi Miyazaki 2009 Elan D’or Awards.jpg
Aoi Miyazaki at the Élan d'or Award ceremony in 2009
Born (1985-11-30) November 30, 1985 (age 38)
Tokyo, Japan
Occupation Actress
Years active 1989–present
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Spouse(s) Sosuke Takaoka (2007–11; separated)
Website www.aoimiyazaki.jp

Aoi Miyazaki (宮﨑 あおい Miyazaki Aoi?, born November 30, 1985) is a Japanese actress. She is best known for roles such as in Nana and Virgin Snow. Her brother Masaru Miyazaki is also an actor, and they starred together in the film Hatsukoi. She married Sosuke Takaoka on June 15, 2007, her partner since she was fifteen.[1] However, they divorced in December 2011.[2] She is considered one of Japan's most beautiful women.[3]

Career

Miyazaki started working in the entertainment industry at the age of four. Initially she appeared mostly in commercials, magazine advertisements, and as an extra in television dramas. Miyazaki made her film debut in Ano Natsu no Hi at the age of fourteen.

Also at the age of 14, Miyazaki began to draw international attention for her role as the survivor of a traumatic bus hijack in Shinji Aoyama's Eureka. The film won the International Federation of Film Critics Prize at the Cannes Film Festival 2000, and resulted in her receiving the Best Actress award at the Japanese Professional Movie Awards.[4] In 2003, she also made her musical debut in The Little Prince.

Later, Miyazaki won Best Actress award in the Cinemanila International Film Festival for her performance in Harmful Insect.[4] She teamed up with Aoyama again in Eli, Eli, Lema Sabachthani?, an Un Certain Regard selection at Cannes 2005. Later in the same year, she co-starred with Mika Nakashima in the mainstream and commercially successful Nana.

In 2008, she won the Galaxy Individual Award for her performance in the NHK drama Atsuhime.[5]

She starred in the 2014 TV series, Genji: Unleashed.

Endorsements

Miyazaki has appeared in commercials for major corporations including Aflac, Tokyo Metro, NTT DoCoMo and Olympus. In early 2008, she was also selected as Emporio Armani's new print advertisement model.[6] Miyazaki has been the face of the Japanese popular apparel brand Earth music&ecology since 2010.

Humanitarian activities

In recent years, Miyazaki has taken a more prominent position in humanitarian activism projects.

In 2005, she traveled with her older brother Masaru Miyazaki to India to experience poverty firsthand, and they highlighted the problems then found in their 2006 photobook Tarinai Peace.

In 2006, the siblings traveled to Denmark and Finland to investigate global warming. Their experiences were then published in their 2007 photobooks Love, Peace, and Green Tarinai, Peace2.

In April 2008, Miyazaki took part in the Gold Ribbon Walking event in Roppongi, Tokyo to raise awareness and funds for childhood cancer.

Her 2008 film Children of the Dark also addresses issues of child exploitation.[7]

Filmography

Films

Year Title Role Notes
1999 Ano Natsu no Hi Tama Kobayashi
2000 Swing Man Futami Minase
2001 Eureka Kozue Tamura
2002 Harmful Insect Sachiko Kita Lead role
Pakodate-jin Hikaru "Pikaru" Hino Lead role
Tomie: The Final Chapter - Forbidden Fruit Tomie Hashimoto Lead role
2003 Lovers' Kiss Eriko Kawana
2004 Loved Gun Miyuki
A Blue Automobile Konomi Saeki
Riyu Yukari Ishida
Amoretto Female high-school student
2005 All About My Dog Mika Lead role
Nana Nana Komatsu Lead role
2006 Gin-iro no Kami no Agito Toola Voice, lead role
Gimme Heaven Mari Michiki
Eli, Eli, Lema Sabachthani? Hana
Su-ki-da Yu (young) Lead role
Hatsukoi Misuzu Lead role
Tada, Kimi o Aishiteru Shizuru Satonaka Lead role
Umi de no Hanashi Kaede Fukino Lead role
2007 Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad DJ Idol
Virgin Snow Nanae Sasaki
Sad Vacation Kozue Tamura
2008 Bloody Snake Under the Sun An Anjo
Flowers in the Shadows Naruko/Hisako
Children of the Dark Keiko Otowa
2009 The Shōnen Merikensack Kanna Kurita Lead role
Mt. Tsurugidake Hatsuyo Shibasaki
2010 Solanin Meiko Lead role
Okan no Yomeiri
Colorful Voice
2011 Kamisama no Karute Haruna Kurihara
Tsure ga Utsu ni Narimashite
Chronicle of My Mother Kotoko
2012 Wolf Children Ame and Yuki Hana Lead role (voice)
Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer En
2013 Petal Dance Jinko
The Great Passage Kaguya Hayashi
Yellow Elephant Aiko Tsumari
2014 Kamisama no Karute 2[8]
The Vancouver Asahi Toyoko
2015 The Boy and the Beast Kyūta Voice
2016 Anger Aiko
Sekai kara Neko ga Kieta nara She

TV dramas

Year Title Role Notes
1999 Genroku Ryoran Sayo Yatō
2000 Hatachi no Kekkon Shiori Chūganji
Girl Azusa Minami Lead role
Himitsu Club O-daiba.com Rei Kōgen
2001 Kabushikikaisha O-daiba.com Rei Kōgen
R-17 Yukari Nomura
Fure, Fure Jinsei! Kyōko Yūki
Ao to Shiro de Mizuiro Kaeda Uchiyama Lead role, television special
2002 Shiawase No Shippo Moe Sasamoto
Keitaideka Zenigata Ai Ai Zenigata Lead role
2004 Chotto Matte Kamisama Akihiko Amagi
Riyu Yukari Ishida
Chichi no Umi, Boku no Sora Honoka Arai
2006 Junjo Kirari Sakurako Arimori Lead role
2008 Atsuhime Okatsu/Atsuhime Lead role, Taiga drama
2015 Asa ga Kita Hatsu Imai Asadora

Awards

  • 2002 Cinemanila International Film Festival: Best Actress for Harmful Insect[4]
  • 2002 Japanese Professional Movie Award: Best New Actress for Eureka[4]
  • 2002 Nikkan Sports Film Award: Best New Talent for Harmful Insect, Pakodate-jin, Tomie: The Final Chapter - Forbidden Fruit[4]
  • 50th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Actress in Junjo Kirari (2006)
  • 12th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Jul to Sep 2008): Best Actress for Atsuhime
  • 12th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Oct to Dec 2008): Best Actress for Atsuhime[9]
  • 59th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Actress in Atsuhime
  • 45th Galaxy Awards: Individual Award
  • Vogue's Women of the Year 2008[10]
  • 2009 Elan d'or Awards: Newcomer Award[11]
  • TVnavi's Drama of the Year 2008: Best Actress for Atsuhime[12]
  • 12th Annual Drama Grand Prix: Best Actress for Atsuhime[13]

References

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