Aoi Miyazaki

Aoi Miyazaki (宮﨑 あおい, Miyazaki Aoi, born November 30, 1985) is a Japanese actress.[1] She is known for roles such as in Nana and Virgin Snow.

Aoi Miyazaki
Miyazaki at the 2017 Tokyo International Film Festival.
Born (1985-11-30) November 30, 1985
Tokyo, Japan
OccupationActress
Years active1989–present
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Spouse(s)
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(m. 2007; div. 2011)​

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Children1
Websitewww.aoimiyazaki.jp

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.[2] She also made her musical debut in The Little Prince in 2003.

Later, Miyazaki won Best Actress award in the Cinemanila International Film Festival for her performance in Harmful Insect.[2] 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 won the Galaxy Individual Award for her performance in the NHK drama Atsuhime in 2008.[3]

Endorsements

Miyazaki has appeared in commercials for major corporations including Aflac, Tokyo Metro, NTT DoCoMo and Olympus. In early 2008, she was also selected as Emporio Armani's new print advertisement model.[4] Miyazaki has been the face of the Japanese popular apparel brand Earth music&ecology since 2010.

Humanitarian activities

In recent years, Miyazaki has taken a more prominent position in humanitarian activism projects.

She travelled with her older brother and fellow actor, Masaru Miyazaki,[5] to Bangladesh[6] in 2005 to experience poverty firsthand, and they highlighted the problems then found in their 2006 photobook Tarinai Peace. The siblings travelled to Denmark and Finland in 2006 to investigate global warming. Their experiences were then published in their 2007 photobooks Love, Peace, and Green Tarinai, Peace2.[7]

Miyazaki took part in the Gold Ribbon Walking event in Roppongi, Tokyo in 2008 to raise awareness and funds for childhood cancer.

Her 2008 film Children of the Dark also addresses issues of child exploitation.[8]

Personal life

Miyazaki married actor Sosuke Takaoka, her partner since she was fifteen, on June 15, 2007.[9] They divorced in December 2011,[10] with Takaoka subsequently accusing her of committing adultery on his Twitter account.[11] Miyazaki married Junichi Okada on December 23, 2017.[12][13]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Director(s) Notes Ref.
1999 Ano Natsu no Hi Tama Kobayashi Nobuhiko Obayashi
2000 Swing Man Futami Minase Tetsu Maeda
2001 Eureka Kozue Tamura Shinji Aoyama
2002 Harmful Insect Sachiko Kita Akihiko Shiota Lead role
Pakodate-jin Hikaru "Pikaru" Hino Tetsu Maeda Lead role
Tomie: Forbidden Fruit Tomie Hashimoto Shun Nakahara Lead role
2003 Lovers' Kiss Eriko Kawana Ataru Oikawa
2004 Loved Gun Miyuki Kensaku Watanabe
A Blue Automobile Konomi Saeki Hiroshi Okuhara
Riyu Yukari Ishida Nobuhiko Obayashi
Amoretto Female high-school student Jun'ichi Mori
2005 All About My Dog Mika Atsushi Sanada Lead role, segment "Marimo"
Nana Nana Komatsu Kentarō Ōtani Lead role
2006 Origin: Spirits of the Past Toola (voice) Keiichi Sugiyama Lead role
Gimme Heaven Mari Michiki Tōru Matsuura
My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me? Hana Shinji Aoyama
Su-ki-da Yu (young) Hiroshi Ishikawa Lead role
Hatsukoi Misuzu Yukinari Hanawa Lead role
Heavenly Forest Shizuru Satonaka Takehiko Shinjō Lead role
Umi de no Hanashi Kaede Fukino Ellie Ōmiya Lead role
2007 Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad DJ Idol Joji Matsuoka
Virgin Snow Nanae Sasaki Han Sang-hye
Sad Vacation Kozue Tamura Shinji Aoyama
2008 Bloody Snake Under the Sun An Anjo Yū Nakai
Flowers in the Shadows Naruko/Hisako Yūichirō Hirakawa
Children of the Dark Keiko Otowa Junji Sakamoto
2009 Brass Knuckle Boys Kanna Kurita Kankurō Kudō Lead role
Mt. Tsurugidake Hatsuyo Shibasaki Daisaku Kimura
2010 Solanin Meiko Takahiro Miki Lead role
Here Comes the Bride, My Mom! Tsukiko Morii Mipo O Lead role
Colorful Shōko Sano (voice) Keiichi Hara
2011 In His Chart Haruna Kurihara Yoshihiro Fukagawa
My So Has Got Depression Haruko Kiyoshi Sasabe Lead role
Chronicle of My Mother Kotoko Masato Harada
2012 Wolf Children Ame and Yuki Hana (voice) Mamoru Hosoda Lead role
Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer En Yōjirō Takita
2013 Petal Dance Jinko Hiroshi Ishikawa Lead role
The Great Passage Kaguya Hayashi Yuya Ishii
Yellow Elephant Aiko Tsumari Ryūichi Hiroki Lead role
Dawn of a Filmmaker: The Keisuke Kinoshita Story Teacher and narrator Keiichi Hara
2014 The Chart of Love Haruna Kurihara Yoshihiro Fukagawa [14]
The Vancouver Asahi Toyoko Yuya Ishii
2015 The Boy and the Beast Child Kyūta (voice) Mamoru Hosoda
2016 Rage Aiko Lee Sang-il
If Cats Disappeared From the World She Akira Nagai
Birthday Card Yoshie Yasuhiro Yoshida
2017 The Last Recipe Chizuru Yamagata Yōjirō Takita

TV dramas
Year Title Role Network Notes Ref.
1999 Genroku Ryoran Sayo Yatō NHK Taiga drama
2000 Hatachi no Kekkon Shiori Chūganji TBS
Girl Azusa Minami NTV Lead role
Himitsu Club O-daiba.com Rei Kōgen Fuji TV
2001 Kabushikikaisha O-daiba.com Rei Kōgen Fuji TV
R-17 Yukari Nomura TV Asahi
Fure, Fure Jinsei! Kyōko Yūki NTV
Ao to Shiro de Mizuiro Kaeda Uchiyama NTV Lead role, TV movie
2002 Shiawase No Shippo Moe Sasamoto TBS
Keitaideka Zenigata Ai Ai Zenigata BS-i Lead role
2004 Chotto Matte Kamisama Akihiko Amagi NHK
Riyu Yukari Ishida Wowow TV movie
Chichi no Umi, Boku no Sora Honoka Arai NTV TV movie
2006 Junjo Kirari Sakurako Arimori NHK Lead role, Asadora
2008 Atsuhime Okatsu/Atsuhime NHK Lead role, Taiga drama
2015 Here Comes Asa Hatsu Imai NHK Asadora
2017 Kurara: Hokusai no Musume Oei NHK Lead role, TV movie
2018 Brother and Sister Monchi TBS Lead role, TV movie
2020 Ashita no Kazoku Risa Onodera TBS Lead role, TV movie

Dubbing

Awards
Year Award Category Work(s) Result
2001 23rd Three Continents Festival Best Actress Harmful Insect Won
2002 Cinemanila International Film Festival Best Actress Won[2]
15th Nikkan Sports Film Award Best New Talent Won[2]
11th Japan Film Professional Awards Best New Encouragement Eureka Won[2]
16th Takasaki Film Festival Best New Actress Won
2008 Vogue Japan Women of the Year Won[16]
2009 53rd Elan d'or Awards Newcomer of the Year Atsuhime Won[17]
12th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix Best Actress Won[18]
45th Galaxy Award Individual Award Won
5th TVnavi's Drama of the Year 2008 Best Actress Won
2010 33rd Japan Academy Film Prize Best Actress Shonen Merikensack Nominated
2011 24th Nikkan Sports Film Award Best Actress Tsure ga Utsu ni Narimashite and Kamisama no Karute Won
2012 35th Japan Academy Film Prize Best Actress Tsure ga Utsu ni Narimashite Nominated
2013 36th Japan Academy Film Prize Best Supporting Actress Chronicle of My Mother Nominated
2014 37th Japan Academy Film Prize Best Actress The Great Passage Nominated
2016 41st Hochi Film Award Best Supporting Actress Rage, If Cats Disappeared From the World and Birthday Card Nominated
29th Nikkan Sports Film Award Best Supporting Actress Rage and If Cats Disappeared From the World Won
2017 59th Blue Ribbon Awards Best Supporting Actress Nominated
71st Mainichi Film Awards Best Supporting Actress Rage Nominated
40th Japan Academy Film Prize Best Actress Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Birthday Card Nominated

References
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  3. "Aoi Miyzaki wins Galaxy Award for NHK drama". Japan Today. May 25, 2008. Retrieved April 6, 2009.
  4. "Aoi Miyazaki chosen as Armani model". Tokyograph. March 6, 2008. Retrieved July 10, 2010.
  5. "Environmental celebrity special, celebrity comeback special, Kurosawa classic adaptation". The Japan Times. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
  6. "Environmental celebrity special, celebrity comeback special, Kurosawa classic adaptation". The Japan Times. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
  7. "Aoi Miyazaki: from TV princess to rescuer of trafficked children". The Japan Times. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
  8. Aoi Miyazaki: from TV princess to rescuer of trafficked children, Japan Times, 2008/07/17. Retrieved October 10, 2008.
  9. "Aoi Miyazaki, Sousuke Takaoka announce marriage". Tokyograph. June 15, 2007. Retrieved July 10, 2010.
  10. "Takaoka Sousuke confirms divorce from Miyazaki Aoi". Tokyohive. December 20, 2011. Retrieved December 22, 2011.
  11. "Takaoka Sosuke speaks his mind about Miyazaki Aoi and her alleged affair". www.tokyohive.com. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
  12. "岡田准一＆宮崎あおい、結婚を正式発表…連名で「未熟な二人ではございますが」". Sports Hochi. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
  13. "Boy band member Junichi Okada, actress Aoi Miyazaki get married". Mainichi Daily News. December 25, 2017. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
  14. "Sakurai Sho chooses work over family at 'Kamisama no Karute 2' press conference". tokyohive. 6Theory Media, LLC. February 1, 2014. Retrieved February 2, 2014.
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