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Aoi Miyazaki (宮﨑 あおい Miyazaki Aoi, born November 30, 1985 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese actress, who portrayed Nana Komatsu in the first Nana live-action film.
She is best known for roles in Nana and Virgin Snow. She has a brother named Masaru Miyazaki, who is also an actor. The two starred together in the film Hatsukoi. She married Sosuke Takaoka on June 15, 2007, her partner since she was fifteen. However, they divorced in December 2011.
Biography[]
Career[]
Miyazaki started working in the entertainment industry at the age of four. Initially she appeared mostly in commercials, magazine advertisements, and as an extra in television dramas. Miyazaki made her film debut in Ano Natsu no Hi at the age of fourteen.
Also at the age of 14, Miyazaki began to draw international attention for her role as the survivor of a traumatic bus hijack in Shinji Aoyama's Eureka. The film won the International Federation of Film Critics Prize at the Cannes Film Festival 2000, and resulted in her receiving the Best Actress award at the Japanese Professional Movie Awards. In 2003, she also made her musical debut in The Little Prince.
Later, Miyazaki won Best Actress award in the Cinemanila International Film Festival for her performance in Harmful Insect. She teamed up with Aoyama again in Eli, Eli, Lema Sabachthani?, an Un Certain Regard selection at Cannes 2005. Later in the same year, she co-starred with Mika Nakashima in the mainstream and commercially successful Nana. She did not reprise her role in the sequel and was replaced with Yui Ichikawa
In 2008, she won the Galaxy Individual Award for her performance in the NHK drama Atsuhime.
Filmography[]
Films[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Ano Natsu no Hi | Tama Kobayashi | |
| 2000 | Swing Man | Futami Minase | |
| 2001 | Eureka | Kozue Tamura | |
| 2002 | Harmful Insect | Sachiko Kita | Lead role |
| Pakodate-jin | Hikaru "Pikaru" Hino | Lead role | |
| Tomie: The Final Chapter - Forbidden Fruit | Tomie Hashimoto | Lead role | |
| 2003 | Lovers' Kiss | Eriko Kawana | |
| 2004 | Loved Gun | Miyuki | |
| A Blue Automobile | Konomi Saeki | ||
| Riyu | Yukari Ishida | ||
| Amoretto | Female high-school student | ||
| 2005 | All About My Dog | Mika | Lead role |
| Nana | Nana Komatsu | Lead role | |
| 2006 | Origin: Spirits of the Past | Toola | Lead role (voice) |
| Gimme Heaven | Mari Michiki | ||
| Eli, Eli, Lema Sabachthani? | Hana | ||
| Su-ki-da | Yu (young) | Lead role | |
| Hatsukoi | Misuzu | Lead role | |
| Tada, Kimi o Aishiteru | Shizuru Satonaka | Lead role | |
| Umi de no Hanashi | Kaede Fukino | Lead role | |
| 2007 | Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad | DJ Idol | |
| Virgin Snow | Nanae Sasaki | ||
| Sad Vacation | Kozue Tamura | ||
| 2008 | Bloody Snake Under the Sun | An Anjo | |
| Flowers in the Shadow | Naruko/Hisako | ||
| Children of the Dark | Keiko Otowa | ||
| 2009 | The Shōnen Merikensack | Kanna Kurita | Lead role |
| Mt. Tsurugidake | Hatsuyo Shibasaki | ||
| 2010 | Solanin | Meiko | Lead role |
| Okan no Yomeiri | |||
| Colorful | Voice | ||
| 2011 | Kamisama no Karute | Haruna Kurihara | |
| Tsure ga Utsu ni Narimashite | |||
| Chronicle of My Mother | Kotoko | ||
| 2012 | Wolf Children Ame and Yuki | Hana | Lead role (voice) |
| Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer | En | ||
| 2013 | Petal Dance | Jinko | |
| The Great Passage | Kaguya Hayashi | ||
| Yellow Elephant | Aiko Tsumari | ||
| 2014 | Kamisama no Karute 2 | ||
| The Vancouver Asahi | Toyoko | ||
| The Boy and the Beast | Kyuta | Voice |
Television dramas[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Genroku Ryoran | Sayo Yatō | |
| 2000 | Hatachi no Kekkon | Shiori Chūganji | |
| Girl | Azusa Minami | Lead role | |
| Himitsu Club O-daiba.com | Rei Kōgen | ||
| 2001 | Kabushikikaisha O-daiba.com | Rei Kōgen | |
| R-17 | Yukari Nomura | ||
| Fure, Fure Jinsei! | Kyōko Yūki | ||
| Ao to Shiro de Mizuiro | Kaeda Uchiyama | Lead role (television special) | |
| 2002 | Shiawase No Shippo | Moe Sasamoto | |
| Keitaideka Zenigata Ai | Ai Zenigata | Lead role | |
| 2004 | Chotto Matte Kamisama | Akihiko Amagi | |
| Riyu | Yukari Ishida | ||
| Chichi no Umi, Boku no Sora | Honoka Arai | ||
| 2006 | Junjo Kirari | Sakurako Arimori | Lead role |
| 2008 | Atsuhime | Okatsu/Atsuhime | Lead role |
| 2015 | Asa ga Kita | Hatsu Imai |