Honami Suzuki

Honami Suzuki (鈴木 保奈美, Suzuki Honami, born 14 August 1966^[1]) is a Japanese actress.

Honami Suzuki
Born	(1966-08-14) August 14, 1966 (age 58) Tokyo, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1986–present
Spouses	Kazuhito Kawai ​ ​ (m. 1994; div. 1997)​ Takaaki Ishibashi ​ ​ (m. 1998; div. 2021)​
Children	3

Career

Suzuki began acting after high school and debuted at age 19 in the television drama Asobi Ja Nai No Yo, Kono Koi Wa (TBS, 1986).^[2]

Her breakthrough came in 1991 with the role of Rika in the Fuji TV television adaptation of Fumi Saimon's manga Tokyo Love Story. The scholar Alisa Freedman has said that "Tokyo Love Story grabbed media and viewer attention because of the main character Rika",^[3] and the show made Suzuki famous at home and in Asia.^[2]

She married the comedian Takaaki Ishibashi in 1998, and dropped out of show business in 1999 after giving birth to a daughter. She resumed her acting career with the NHK Taiga drama Gō (2011).^[4]

Selected filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1986	Asobi Ja Nai No Yo, Kono Koi Wa
1988	Non-chan no Yume	Misao Nakamoto	Asadora
1989	Shiratori Reiko de Gozaimasu!	Reiko Shiratori	Lead role
1991	Tokyo Love Story	Rika Akana	Lead role	[5]
1992	In the Name of Love	Takako Fujiki	Lead role	[6]
1996	Furuhata Ninzaburō	Noriko Kendall	Episode 23
1997	Sōrito Yobanaide			[7]
1998	News no Onna	Tamaki Aso	Lead role	[8]
1999	Genroku Ryōran	Someko	Taiga drama
2011	Gō	Oichi/narrator	Taiga drama
2013	The Family Game	Kayoko Numata
	Legal High		Episode 6
2014	Smoking Gun	Maki Chiyoda
2017	Samurai Gourmet
2017–18	Laugh It Up!		Asadora	[9]
2018–20	Suits	Chika Yukimura	2 seasons	[5]
2019	Ōoku the Final	Ten'ei-in	TV movie
2020	A Girl of 35	Tae Tokioka
2021	Influence	Tomomi Oikawa		[10]
2023	Fixer	Nahoko Sugitani	Season 2	[11]
2025	Private Banker	Kumiko Iida		[12]

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1989	Fancy Dance			[13]
1995	Hero Interview		Lead role
2000	Ichigensan	Kyōko Nakamura
2012	The Floating Castle	Tama
2013	Platinum Data
2016	Kanon	Mitsuko Harashima
2021	Detective Chinatown 3	Yoshiko Kawamura	Chinese film	[14]
	Perfect Strangers	Eri		[15]
	Asakusa Kid	Mari Fukami		[16]
2023	Don't Call It Mystery: The Movie	Nanae Kariatsumari		[17]

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Work(s)	Result	Ref.
1990	14th Elan d'or Awards	Newcomer of the Year	Herself	Won	[18]