Japanese Famous People

Name: Nanako Matsushima
Japanese Name: 松嶋 菜々子
Occupation Category: Actress
Blood Type: A
Gender: Female
Date of Birth: 1973-Oct-13
Age: 39
Zodiac Sign: Libra
Height: 172cm (5'8")
Weight: 46kg (102lb)
3Size [B-W-H]: 84-60-88(cm)
Hometown: Yokohama Kanagawa, Japan

Brief Introduction:
Many beautiful young actresses get their start as a ‘campaign girl’ or swimwear poster girl for a Japanese corporation. In this case of Matsushima an 18-year old aspiring model the company was Asahi Kasei - a pharmeceuticals company with no relation to swimwear whatsoever. A year later in 1993 she got the more visible ‘image girl’ job with Asahi Beer. Another couple of years of slogging saw her make her TV debut in a forgettable TV drama. Her break came when she auditioned for and got the lead in the 1996 NHK morning drama series Himawari (Sunflower). Unlike the commercial TV stations NHK has the reputation in Japan of producing ‘quality’ programs and successful exposure there often brings the prestige of being a ‘real’ actor.

The following year saw the job offers come flooding in. Suddenly Matsushima was everywhere appearing in TV dramas commercials and movies. She starred in the 1996 TV horror series Ringu (The Ring) which became a hugely popular movie a couple of years later. In


Weblog [English]: Nanako Matsushima Official Website in English
Weblog [Japanese]: Nanako Matsushima Official Website in Japanese

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Furuhata Ninzaburo Final as Oono Momiji (Fuji TV 2006)
Hana Yori Dango as Domyoji Tsubaki (TBS 2005)
Hotaru no Haka (NTV 2005)
Kyumei Byoto 24 Ji 3 as Kojima Kaede (Fuji TV 2005)
Bijo ka Yajuu as Tamiya Makoto (Fuji TV 2003)
Toshiie to Matsu as Matsu (NHK 2002)
Yamato Nadeshiko as Jinno Sakurako (Fuji TV 2000)
Hyakunen no Monogatari as Togura Aya (TBS 2000)
Koori no sekai as Egi Tohko (Fuji TV 1999)
Majo no Jouken as Hirose Michi (TBS 1999)
Kyumei Byoto 24 Ji as Kojima Kaede (Fuji TV 1999)
Great Teacher Onizuka as Fuyutsuki Azusa (Fuji TV 1998)
Sweet Season (TBS 1998)
Midnight Express (1998)
Shinryounaikai Ryouko (NTV 1997)
Konna Koi no Hanashi as Fujimura Kaori (Fuji TV 1997)
Yonimo Kimyona Monogatari Kanrinin (Fuji TV 1997)
Kimi ga Jinsei no Toki (TBS 1997)
Himawari (NHK 1996)
Heart ni S (Fuji TV 1995)
Onegai Darling (Fuji TV 1993)
Shacho ni natta Wakadaisho (1992)


Bizan (2007)
Inugamike no Ichizoku (2006)
Whiteout (2000)
Poppuguruupu Koroshiya (Pop Beat Killers) (2000)
Ringu 2 (The Ring 2) (1999)
Rasen (The Spiral) (Archive film footage only) (1998)
Ringu (The Ring) (1998)
Koi to Hanabi to Kanransha (Fireworks Ferris Wheels and Love) (1997)


36th Television Academy Awards: Best Actress in Bijo ka Yajuu
36th Television Academy Awards: Best Outfit in Bijo ka Yajuu
35th Television Academy Awards: Best Actress in Toshiie to Matsu
27th Television Academy Awards: Best Actress in Yamato Nadeshiko
27th Television Academy Awards: Best Outfit in Yamato Nadeshiko
23th Television Academy Awards: Best Actress in Koori no Sekai


CM:
Sumitomo Seimei (2005)

2004 Income: 53890000 Yen (approx)
2004 Income: 53760000 Yen (approx)