Ai Hashimoto

Ai Hashimoto (橋本 愛, Hashimoto Ai, born 12 January 1996) is a Japanese actress, fashion model and singer.

Ai Hashimoto
橋本 愛
Hashimoto at the 35th Tokyo International Film Festival in 2022
Born	(1996-01-12) January 12, 1996 (age 28) Kumamoto, Japan
Occupations	Actress model singer
Years active	2008–present
Agent	Sony Music Artists
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)

Early life and career

Hashimoto was born in Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture,^[1] the second of three daughters.^[2] In 2008, Hashimoto won the HUAHUA audition held by Newcome;^[3][4] her mother had chosen Hashimoto for the audition because she had the strongest facial complexion out of the three sisters.^[3]

In 2009, Hashimoto was selected as the youngest "Miss Seventeen" by fashion magazine Seventeen, alongside Emi Kudo, Arisa Takada and Alice Hirose, out of 5,267 applicants.^[5] The same year, she debuted as an actress in the movie Give and Go, portraying a deaf girl who is absorbed in basketball.^[2]

Hashimoto appeared in Confessions in 2010^[6] and starred in The Kirishima Thing in 2012,^[7] for which she won new face awards from the Japan Academy^[8] and Kinema Junpo.^[9] She also appeared as Sadako in Sadako 3D.^[10]

In 2024, Hashimoto was appointed Jury member at the 2024 Tokyo International Film Festival for its section 'International competition'.^[11]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2010	Give and Go	Natsuki	Lead role
	Confessions	Mizuki Kitahara
2011	Control Tower	Mizuho Takimoto	Lead role
	A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Trip	Yoshiko
	Avatar	Michiko Abukumagawa	Lead role
2012	The Kirishima Thing	Kasumi		[12]
	Sadako 3D	Sadako
	Until the Break of Dawn	Misa Arashi
	Soup	Chiaki Nishimura
	Home: Itoshi no Zashiki Warashi	Azumi Takahashi
	Blood-C: The Last Dark	Mana Hiiragi	Voice role
	Another	Mei Misaki	Lead role
	Bungo: Stories of Desire	Tomoyo	Lead role, segment Sushi
2013	Goodbye Debussy	Haruka Kōzuki	Lead role
	I'll Give It My All... Tomorrow	Suzuko Ōguro
	Angel Home	Haruka Kunimura
2014	The World of Kanako	Morishita
	Little Forest: Summer & Autumn	Ichiko	Lead role	[13]
	Parasyte: Part 1	Satomi Murano
	Adult Drop	Anne Irie
2015	Little Forest: Winter & Spring	Ichiko	Lead role	[14]
	Wonderful World End	Shiori Hayano	Lead role
	Parasyte: Part 2	Satomi Murano
2016	The Shell Collector	Tsutako
	Utsukushii Hito	Tōko	Lead role
	The Inerasable	Ms. Kubo
	Birthday Card	Noriko	Lead role
	The Old Capital	Mai Sada
2017	A Beautiful Star	Akiko		[15]
	Parks	Jun	Lead role	[16]
2018	It's Boring Here, Pick Me Up	I	Lead role	[17]
	Oz Land	Yayoi Tamachi		[18]
2019	21st Century Girl		Lead role; anthology film	[19]
2020	Good-Bye	Keiko Mizuhara		[20]
	Hold Me Back	Satsuki		[21]
2022	xxxHolic	Zashiki-warashi		[22]
	To Every You I've Loved Before	Kazune Takigawa (voice)		[23]
	To Me, the One Who Loved You	Kazune Takigawa (voice)		[24]
2024	After the Fever	Sanae	Lead role	[25]
	Happiness	Tsukiko Kunikida		[26]
	The Voices at War	Mieko Wada		[27]
	The Hotel of My Dream	Sudō		[28]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2012	Crime and Punishment: A Falsified Romance	Hikaru Baba
2013	Hard Nuts	Kurumi Nanba	Lead role
	Amachan	Yui Adachi	Asadora
2014	All About My Siblings	Kazumi Nagahara
2018	Segodon	Suga	Taiga drama	[29]
	Dele	Yuriko	Episode 5
2019	Idaten	Koume	Taiga drama	[30]
	Nodoka no Niwa	Motoko Asahina	Lead role
	Our Dearest Sakura	Yuri
2020	Pareto's Miscalculation	Satomi Makino	Lead role
2021	Sekai wo Kaeta Onnanoko	Ada Lovelace (voice)	Short drama	[31]
	Reach Beyond the Blue Sky	Odaka Chiyo	Taiga drama	[32]
2023	A Day-Off of Hana Sugisaki	Midori	Episodes 5 and 6	[33]
2025	Unbound	Tei	Taiga drama	[29]

Video on demand

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2023	The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House	Momoko		[34]

TV anime

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2020	Natsunagu!	Natsuna Keyaki	Lead role	[35]

Radio

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2020–	Hashimoto Ai no Kokonishikanai Dokoka e	Host		[36]

Dubbing

• The Flash (Kara Zor-El / Supergirl (Sasha Calle))^[37]

Discography

Awards and nominations

Hashimoto attending the 27th Tokyo International Film Festival in 2015

Year	Award ceremony	Award	Result	Ref.
2013	34th Yokohama Film Festival	Best Newcomer	Won	[38]
	86th Kinema Junpo Awards	Best New Actress	Won
	36th Japan Academy Film Prize	Newcomer of the Year	Won
2014	38th Elan d'or Awards	Newcomer of the Year	Won	[39]
2018	72nd Mainichi Film Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Nominated	[40]

References

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3. 「阿川佐和子のこの人に会いたい 第1048回」『週刊文春』文藝春秋 新春特大号 (December 25, 2014 publication) p.194-198
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12. "桐島、部活やめるってよ". eiga.com. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
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18. "オズランド 笑顔の魔法おしえます。". eiga.com. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
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20. "グッドバイ 嘘からはじまる人生喜劇". eiga.com. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
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26. "ハピネス". eiga.com. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
27. "劇場版 アナウンサーたちの戦争". eiga.com. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
28. "私にふさわしいホテル". eiga.com. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
29. "橋本愛:大河3度目の主人公妻役 25年「べらぼう」で"激動の蔦重の後半生を共に歩む"ていに". Mantan-web. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
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31. "門脇麦と橋本愛が声の出演、偉人の少女期にスポット当てた「世界を変えた女の子」放送". Natalie. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
32. "2021年大河ドラマ「青天を衝け」出演者発表！＜第１弾＞". NHK. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
33. "「杉咲花の撮休」に上白石萌歌、橋本愛、光石研、若葉竜也、岡部たかし、芋生悠ら出演". Ntalie. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
34. "「舞妓さんちのまかないさん」Netflixでドラマ化！監督は是枝裕和、森七菜＆出口夏希のW主演". Natalie. January 7, 2022. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
35. Rafael Antonio Pineda (November 21, 2019). "Kumamoto Prefecture's Natsunagu! Anime Casts Ai Hashimoto, Shigeru Chiba". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
36. "橋本愛：初の冠レギュラー番組がスタート MBSラジオで「ここにしかないどこかへ」放送". Mantan-web. 27 November 2020. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
37. "橋本愛、スーパーガール役で実写吹き替え声優初挑戦『ザ・フラッシュ』". Cinema Cafe. May 19, 2023. Retrieved May 22, 2023.
38. "第34回ヨコハマ映画祭 2012年日本映画個人賞". homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-04-15.
39. "エランドール賞：能年、福士、橋本愛がそろって新人賞 授賞式はあまちゃん祭り". Mantan-web. 6 February 2014. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
40. "毎日映画コンクールノミネート発表！ 菅田将暉主演『あゝ、荒野』が最多11ノミネート". Cinema Cafe. 15 December 2017. Retrieved September 27, 2022.

External links

• Official Site (in Japanese)
• Ai Hashimoto at IMDb