Asami Mizukawa

Asami Mizukawa (水川 あさみ, Mizukawa Asami, born July 24, 1983) is a Japanese actress. She grew up in Ibaraki, Osaka.

Asami Mizukawa
水川 あさみ
Mizukawa at Tokyo International Film Festival in 2019
Born	水川 啓子 (Keiko Mizukawa) (1983-07-24) July 24, 1983 (age 41) Kyoto, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Years active	1996–present
Agent	Atlantis Cast
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Spouse	Masataka Kubota ​ (m. 2019)​
Website	am-sucre.com

She made her debut in 1996 at age 13 in an advertisement for Asahi Kasei's "Hebel Haus". In 2000, she won the Grand Prix at the “3rd Miss Tokyo Walker” competition (the first winner was Chiaki Kuriyama) and gained the supporting role in the 2002 J-horror film Dark Water. She has since appeared in many films, television dramas, and commercials.

Personal life

Mizukawa married fellow actor Masataka Kubota, their agencies jointly announced that two were engaged to be married.^[1] They registered their marriage on September 21, 2019.^[1]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref
1997	Tokimeki Memorial
	Shanghai Mermaid Legend Murder Case	Yeung Lailei
2001	Last Scene
	Go	Korean girl at train station
	Hashire! Ichirō	Arisa Shimada
2002	Dark Water	16-year-old Ikuko Hamada
2003	Saru	Ayako Iinuma
	The Locker	Rieka Yajima	Lead role
2004	Pika**nchi Life is Hard Dakara Happy	Yayoi Kamogawa
	69	Emi Nagayama
	[Is A.]	Usagi
	The Locker 2	Rieka Yajima
2005	Madamada Abunai Deka	Risa Yūki
	Under The Same Moon		Cameo appearance
	Nagurimono	a prostitute
	Shinku	Miho Tuzuki
	Pray	Maki	Lead role
	School Daze	Natsumi
2006	Memories of Tomorrow	Keiko Ikuno
2008	Chameleon	Keiko Koike
2010	A Good Husband	Ranko Yoshizawa
	Higanjima	Aoyama Rei
	I am		Lead role
2011	A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. and Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Trip	Saki Ooki		[2]
2013	Bilocation	Shinobu Takamura	Lead role	[3]
2014	Close Range Love			[4]
	Fuku-chan of Fukufuku Flats	Chiho Sugiura		[2]
2016	Black Widow Business	Mayumi Miyoshi		[2]
2018	Roupeiro's Melancholy			[5]
2020	A Beloved Wife	Chika	Lead role	[6]
	Good-Bye	Kayo		[7]
	Runway	Midori	Lead role	[6]
	Midnight Swan			[6]
	Underdog			[8]
2023	The Silent Service	Takako Hayami		[9]
	Six Singing Women			[10]

Television drama

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref
1997	Bayside Shakedown	Middle school student		[11]
1998	P.A. Private Actress
1999	Shōshimin Kēn	Taeko Yamamoto
	Abunai Hōkago	Fūka Ishii
2000	Hanamura Daisuke	Eri Kuroda
2001	Sayonara Ozu Sensei	Eri Shinoda
2002	The Long Love Letter	Kaoru Ichinose
2003	Et Alors	Noriko Sugi
	Stand Up!!	Miyuki
2004	Mother and Lover	Kei Nagano
2005	Kaze no Haruka	Nanae Kiuchi	Asadora	[2]
2006	Saiyūki	Rin Rin
	Team Medical Dragon	Miki Satohara
	Nodame Cantabile	Kiyora Miki
2007	Fūrin Kazan	Hisa	Taiga drama	[2]
	Saiyūki	Rin Rin
	Oishii Gohan: Kamakura Kasugai Kometen	Kaede Kasugai
	Team Medical Dragon 2	Miki Satohara
2008	Nodame Cantabile in Europe	Kiyora Miki	Two-part drama
	Last Friends	Eri Takigawa
	33pun Tantei	Rikako Mutō
	Yume o Kanaeru Zō	Asuka Hoshino	Lead role
2009	Kaettekosaserareta 33pun Tantei	Rikako Mutō
	GodHand Teru	Kozue Shinomiya
	Orthros no Inu	Nagisa Hasebe
2011	Gō	Hatsu	Taiga drama	[2]
2012	Tsumi to Batsu: A Falsified Romance	Echika Ameya
	Sarutobi Sansei	Oichi
2013	3-in-1 House Share	Shio Tsuyama	Lead role
2014	Shitsuren Chocolatier	Kaoruko Inoue
2016	Never Let Me Go	Miwa Sakai		[2]
2017	Fugitive Boys	Natsumi Tachibana		[2]
2018	Double Fantasy	Natsu	Lead role	[12]
	Segodon	Oryō	Taiga drama	[13]
2022	Don't Call It Mystery	Yoshikazu Miyoshi	Special appearance	[14]
2023	Boogie Woogie	Tsuya Hanada	Asadora	[15]
2024	Laughing Matryoshka	Kanae Michiue	Lead role	[16]

Other television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref
2020	Terrace House: Tokyo 2019–2020	Herself	Guest studio commentator for episodes 39 and 40

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref
2016	Tōkyō Joshi Zukan	Aya	Tokyo Women's Guidebook; re-released in 2018 as Tokyo Girl with English subtitles	[17]
2022	Modern Love Tokyo	Mari	Lead role; episode 1	[18]
2024	The Silent Service	Takako Hayami		[19]

Other work

Stage

• 2005 Soldier's Mind (歩兵の本領, Hohei no Honryō)

Music video

• 2004 EXILE - "Heart of Gold"

Commercials

• Asahi Kasei - Hebel Haus (1996)
• 123 Commercial TV stations - Atlanta Olympic (1996)
• Nissan - Ichiro's Nissan (1999)
• NTT West - Area Plus (1999)
• Yotsuya Gakuin - Boat Version (2000)
• Fujiya - Look Chocolate (2000)
• Sega - Phantasy Star Online (2000)
• Eisai - Chocola BB Pure (2000–2002)
• Kadokawa Shoten - Weekly "The Television" (2001)
• Coca-Cola - Sōken Bicha (2002)
• Mos Burger - Vegetable Tsukune Burger (2002)
• NTT docomo Kyūshū - FOMA (2003–2004)
• NHK - Sports Campaign (2004)
• P&G - Pantene (2003-ongoing)
• Kanebo - T'Estimo (2007)
• Casio - Exilim (2007-ongoing)
• Yuna Ito - "Heart" (2007)
• Ito En -　Tennen Bikō Jasmine Tea (2007-ongoing)
• Subaru - Stella (2007)
• Nippon Oil - New Slogan Announcement Version (2008-ongoing)
• Sharp - Sharp Naruhodo Gekijō (2008-ongoing)
• Toyota - Zanka Settei Type Plan (2009)
• Ito En - Tea's Tea Bergamot and Orange Black Tea (2009)
• Nippon Oil - Ene-Farm (2009)
• Meiji Seika - Meiji Sweets Gum (2009)
• Toyota - 20 Years Later : Live Action Doraemon : Shizuka (2011)
• Wolt - Who's Wolt? (2021)

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work(s)	Result	Ref
2020	45th Hochi Film Awards	Best Actress	A Beloved Wife	Won	[20]
2021	75th Mainichi Film Awards	Best Actress		Won	[21]
	63rd Blue Ribbon Awards	Best Actress		Nominated	[22]
	42nd Yokohama Film Festival	Best Actress	A Beloved Wife and Runway	Won	[23]
	94th Kinema Junpo Awards	Best Actress		Won	[24]