Nana Komatsu

This article is about the Japanese actress. For the manga character, see Nana Komatsu (Nana).

Nana Komatsu (小松 菜奈, Komatsu Nana, born February 16, 1996) is a Japanese actress and model. She is best known for her roles in The World of Kanako, Destruction Babies, Drowning Love, The Black Devil and the White Prince, My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday, After the Rain, Farewell Song, Threads: Our Tapestry of Love and Sakura. She made her Hollywood debut role in the film Silence.

Nana Komatsu
小松菜奈
Komatsu at the Japanese premiere of Silence in 2017
Born	(1996-02-16) February 16, 1996 (age 28) Tokyo, Japan
Occupations	Actress model
Hometown	Yamanashi Prefecture
Years active	2008–present
Agent	Stardust Promotion[1]
Notable work	The World of Kanako Drowning Love My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday
Spouse	Masaki Suda ​ (m. 2021)​
Children	1
Relatives	Kocchi no Kento (brother-in-law)
Website	stardust.co.jp

Early life

Komatsu was born on February 16, 1996 in Tokyo and grew up in Yamanashi Prefecture.^[2] Her father is from Saga Prefecture while her mother is from Okinawa.^[3] She has two older brothers.^[4]

Komatsu began dancing in third grade of elementary school and continued until her third year of junior high school, and also learned to play the flute during junior high.^[5]

Career

Komatsu made her film debut in The World of Kanako and won numerous Best New Actress awards including the Newcomer of The Year award at the 38th Japan Academy Film Prize. She has been a House Ambassador for Chanel since 2015. She had a contract with Stardust Promotion.^[6] In 2016, she played a minor role in Martin Scorsese's film Silence.^[7]

Komatsu was nominated for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role award at the 43rd Japan Academy Film Prize for her role in the film Family of Strangers. She starred in the sixth highest grossing Japanese film of 2020, Threads: Our Tapestry of Love.^[8] She was nominated in the Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role category at the 44th Japan Academy Film Prize for her role in the film Threads: Our Tapestry of Love.

In 2021, Komatsu starred in the films Moonlight Shadow and Parasite in Love. In 2022, she starred with Kentaro Sakaguchi in the film The Last 10 Years, which had grossed over 3 billion yen and it was ranked at #8 for the highest grossing Japanese film in 2022. ^[9]

In 2023, Komatsu became the face of Chanel Fall/Winter 2023-2024 Ready to Wear collection, becoming the first Japanese national to be featured as a face of collection for a luxury brand.^[10]

Personal life

Komatsu married fellow actor Masaki Suda on November 15, 2021. They had reportedly been dating since September 2019.^[11]

In March 9, 2024, Komatsu and Suda jointly announced through their respective agencies that they had welcomed the birth of their first child.^[12]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes	Ref.
2013	Tadaima	Sumire	Daisuke Shimada	Lead role, short film	[13]
2014	The World of Kanako	Kanako Fujishima	Tetsuya Nakashima	Lead role	[13]
	Close Range Love	Yuni Kururugi	Naoto Kumazawa	Lead role	[13]
2015	Bakuman	Miho Azuki	Hitoshi Ōne		[13]
	Prophecy	Kaede	Yoshihiro Nakamura		[13]
2016	Destruction Babies	Nana	Tetsuya Mariko		[13]
	The Black Devil and the White Prince	Yū Akahane	Shō Tsukikawa	Lead role	[13]
	Silence	Mónica (Haru)	Martin Scorsese	American film	[13]
	Maniac Hero	Kaori Terasawa	Keisuke Toyoshima		[13]
	My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday	Emi Fukuju	Takahiro Miki	Lead role	[14]
	Drowning Love	Natsume Mochizuki	Yūki Yamato	Lead role	[15]
2017	JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable Chapter I	Yukako Yamagishi	Takashi Miike		[13]
	There Is No Tomorrow	Herself	Julien Levy	Lead role, short film	[16]
2018	Kids on the Slope	Ritsuko Mukae	Takahiro Miki		[17]
	After the Rain	Akira Tachibana	Akira Nagai	Lead role	[18]
	It Comes	Makoto Higa	Tetsuya Nakashima		[13]
2019	Samurai Marathon	Princess Yuki	Bernard Rose		[13]
	Farewell Song	Leo	Akihiko Shiota	Lead role	[19]
	Family of Strangers	Yuki Shimazaki	Hideyuki Hirayama		[20]
2020	Sakura	Miki Hasegawa	Hitoshi Yazaki	Lead role	[21]
	Threads: Our Tapestry of Love	Aoi Sonoda	Takahisa Zeze	Lead role	[22]
2021	Moonlight Shadow	Satsuki	Edmund Yeo	Lead role	[23]
	Parasite in Love	Hijiri Sanagi	Kensaku Kakimoto	Lead role	[24]
2022	The Last 10 Years	Matsuri	Michihito Fujii	Lead role	[25]
2024	Who Were We?	Midori	Tetsuya Tomina	Lead role	[26]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes	Ref.
2015	To Give a Dream	Yuko Abe	Wowow	Lead role	[27]
2017	Thrill	Hitomi Nakano	NHK	Lead role	[27]

Video on demand

Year	Title	Role	Platform	Notes	Ref.
2016	The Kodai Family	Yūko	dTV	Lead role	[28]

Music videos

Year	Song	Artist	Ref.	Notes
2011	Ai to Iu	Plenty
	Kimi to Hitsuji to Ao	Radwimps	[29]
2012	Convenience Honeymoon	Chatmonchy
	Collateral Damage	Shiina Ringo	[30]
2014	Goodtime	SALU	[31]
	Snow Smile	Shota Shimizu	[32]	co-starring with Kentaro Ito
2015	Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!	Androp	[33]	CM song for Mitsuya Cider
2016	Farewell Song	never young beach	[34]
	Spoiled Innocence (天真有邪)	Yoga Lin	[35]	Taiwanese MV
2017	Something Just Like This	The Chainsmokers ft. Coldplay	[36]	video produced by Genki Kawamura
	Hanacherie	Nissy	[37]
2018	Sokkenai	Radwimps	[38]	co-starring with Fūju Kamio
	Metro	Juju	[39]
2019	Goodbye Kiss (さよならくちびる)	HaruLeo	[40]	Duo band with Mugi Kadowaki as HaruLeo for the movie Farewell Song.
2020	Ain't Nobody Know	Gen Hoshino	[41]
	Ima Aini Iku (今 逢いに行く)	Uru	[42]
	Rollerskates	End of the World	[43]	filmed in New York in 2019
2021	Odoriko (踊り子)	Vaundy	[44]
2022	Ms. Phenomenal (うるうびと)	Radwimps	[45]	OST for the movie The Last 10 Years
	Hachigatsu wa my name (八月は僕の名前)	Quruli	[46]
2023	rose	KID FRESINO	[47]
2024	Who Were We?	Yojiro Noda	[48]	OST for the movie Who Were We?

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work(s)	Result	Ref.
2014	39th Hochi Film Awards	Best New Artist	The World of Kanako	Won	[49]
2015	38th Japan Academy Film Prize	Newcomer of the Year		Won	[50]
	69th Mainichi Film Awards	Sponichi Grand Prix Best Newcomer		Won	[51]
	39th Elan d'Or Awards	Newcomer of the year	Herself	Nominated
2016	8th Tama Film Awards	Best New Actress	Bakuman, Destruction Babies and others	Won	[52]
	41st Hochi Film Awards	Best Actress	The Black Devil and the White Prince, Drowning Love	Nominated	[53]
	29th Nikkan Sports Film Awards	Best Newcomer	Destruction Babies, Drowning Love	Nominated	[54]
	40th Elan d'Or Awards	Newcomer of the Year	Herself	Nominated
2017	38th Yokohama Film Festival	Best Newcomer	Destruction Babies	Won	[55]
	90th Kinema Junpo Awards	Best New Actress	Destruction Babies, Maniac Hero and others	Won	[56]
	41st Elan d'Or Awards	Newcomer of the Year	Herself	Nominated
2018	31st Nikkan Sports Film Awards	Best Newcomer	After the Rain, Kids on the Slope	Nominated
	42nd Elan d'Or Awards	Newcomer of the Year	Herself	Nominated
	ELLE Style Awards Taiwan	Best International Style Celebrity	Herself	Won	[57]
2019	18th New York Asian Film Festival	Rising Star Award	Samurai Marathon	Won	[58]
	44th Hochi Film Awards	Best Actress	Farewell Song	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actress	It Comes, Family of Strangers	Won	[59]
	43rd Elan d'Or Awards	Newcomer of the Year	Herself	Nominated
2020	41st Yokohama Film Festival	Best Actress	Farewell Song	Won	[60]
	44th Elan d'Or Awards	Newcomer of the Year	Herself	Nominated	[61]
	62nd Blue Ribbon Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Samurai Marathon, Family of Strangers	Nominated	[62]
	43rd Japan Academy Film Prize	Best Supporting Actress	Family of Strangers	Nominated	[63]
	45th Hochi Film Awards	Best Actress	Threads: Our Tapestry of Love	Nominated	[64]
	Vogue Japan	Women of the Year	Herself	Won	[65]
2021	44th Japan Academy Film Prize	Best Actress	Threads: Our Tapestry of Love	Nominated	[66]
	30th Japanese Professional Movie Awards	Best Actress	Sakura, Threads: Our Tapestry of Love	Won	[67]
2022	47th Hochi Film Awards	Best Actress	The Last 10 Years	Nominated	[68]
2023	65th Blue Ribbon Awards	Best Actress		Nominated	[69]

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External links

• Nana Komatsu on Instagram
• Nana Komatsu at IMDb