WAnza Ohyama , also known as simply Anza, is a Japanese singer and theater actress best known as vocalist of the heavy metal band Head Phones President and for playing Sailor Moon in thirteen separate musical productions.
WYu Aoi is a Japanese actress and model. She made her film debut as Shiori Tsuda in Shunji Iwai's 2001 film All About Lily Chou-Chou. She subsequently portrayed Tetsuko Arisugawa in Hana and Alice (2004), also directed by Iwai, Kimiko Tanigawa in the hula dancing film Hula Girls and Hagumi Hanamoto in the 2006 live-action adaptation of the Honey and Clover manga series.
WTsuru Aoki was a popular Japanese stage and screen actress whose career was most prolific during the silent film era of the 1910s through the 1920s. Aoki may have been the first Asian actress to garner top billing in American motion pictures.
WMiyoko Asō was a Japanese actress and voice actress. She is best known for her role as the first voice of Fune Isono from 1969 to 2015 in the longest-running Japanese anime series Sazae-san, which first aired in 1969. She was the voice of Dr. Pinako Rockbell in both Fullmetal Alchemist anime adaptations. Asō also starred as an actress in cinema, in the 2006 movie Aogeba Tōtoshi, directed by Jun Ichikawa. On September 18, 2015, it was announced that Asō would step down from her role in Sazae-san. She was replaced by Yorie Terauchi on October 5, 2015. On September 3, 2018, it was reported that Asō had died on August 25 from senility.
WMina Fujii is a Japanese actress. She started her career in the entertainment industry at the age of nine. She is best known for her role in the TV adaptation of Bloody Monday, Kyōfu, and for appearing in TVXQ's "Dōshite Kimi o Suki ni Natte Shimattandarō?" music video.
WHarumi Hanayagi was a pioneering Japanese film and stage actress.
WMiyuki Hatoyama is the wife of former Prime Minister of Japan Yukio Hatoyama. Originally an actress by profession, Hatoyama later worked as a stylist, interior designer and cookbook author.
WChieko Higashiyama was a Japanese stage and film actress. She appeared in more than 60 films from 1936 to 1967.
WAya Hirano is a Japanese actress, voice actress, and singer. Beginning in the entertainment industry as a child actor performing in television commercials, she played her first voice acting role in 2001 in the anime television series Angel Tales. She released her first single "Breakthrough" in 2006, and she released her first album Riot Girl in 2008. She was formerly contracted to Space Craft Produce, a branch of the Space Craft Group, before moving to the talent agency Grick in August 2011. Her label was Lantis until 2011, when she moved to Universal Sigma.
WEtsuko Ichihara was a Japanese actress. She appeared in over 100 films.
WRika Ishikawa , is a Japanese actress and model associated with Hello! Project and best known as a former member of the pop group Morning Musume. She was the leader of the Japanese pop idol trio v-u-den until June 2008. She has performed as a solo singer, as a member of the Japanese pop idol group Ongaku Gatas, in the pop duo Hangry & Angry as Angry, and as a current member of Dream Morning Musume.
WHaruka Katayama , is a Japanese actress and tarento who is a former member of the idol group AKB48's team A produced by Yasushi Akimoto. She debuted in 2007 with team B, joined team A in 2010, and returned to team B in 2012.
WRinko Kikuchi is a Japanese actress. She was the first Japanese actress to be nominated for an Academy Award in 50 years, for her work in Babel (2006). Kikuchi's other notable films include Norwegian Wood (2010), which screened in competition at the 67th Venice Film Festival and Guillermo del Toro's science fiction action film Pacific Rim (2013). For her role in the drama film Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (2014), Kikuchi received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Female Lead.
WMomoko Kōchi , born Momoko Ōkōchi , was a Japanese film, stage and television actress.
WFubuki Koshiji , real name Mihoko Kouno was a Japanese singer and actress.
WAmi Koshimizu is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer. She was previously represented by Production Baobab until 2011. She voiced in a number of leading roles in the series, including Nadja Applefield in Ashita no Nadja, Leonmitchelli Galette Des Rois in Dog Days, Yumi Hoshino in KimiKiss: Pure Rouge, Takuto Hasegawa in Magician's Academy, Hibiki Hojo in Suite PreCure, Nanaka Yatsushiro in Myself ; Yourself, Himari Noihara in Omamori Himari, Sailor Jupiter in Sailor Moon Crystal, Mikumo Guynemer in Macross Delta, Nodoka Haramura in Saki, Tenma Tsukamoto in School Rumble, and Holo in Spice and Wolf. She won the award for Best Actress in a supporting role at the 1st Seiyu Awards for the role as Kallen Stadtfeld in Code Geass. She visited Anime Expo as a guest of honor to promote Kill la Kill as Ryuko Matoi. In video games, she voiced Agnès Oblige in Bravely Default, Ibuki Mioda in Danganronpa, Mai Shiranui since KOF Sky Stage, Mist in Rune Factory, Rimurisu in Tears to Tiara, Rinka in the Atelier series, Rosa Ushiromiya in Umineko: When They Cry, Tsuruhime in Sengoku Basara, and Yukiko Amagi in Persona 4. On February 28, 2018, Koshimizu left Axlone agency and announced that she now works as a freelancer. She is known for her dubbing role for Thailand films which starred Yanin Vismitananda.
WChiaki Kuriyama is a Japanese actress, singer, and model. She is best known in the West for her roles as Takako Chigusa in Kinji Fukasaku's 2000 film Battle Royale and Gogo Yubari in Quentin Tarantino's 2003 film Kill Bill: Volume 1.
WMachiko Kyō was a Japanese actress who was active primarily in the 1950s.
WSumako Matsui was a Japanese actress and singer. Born as Masako Kobayashi in Matsushiro, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture as the fifth daughter and last of nine children of Tohta Kobayashi, she was adopted by the Hasegawa family in Ueda at the age of six and in 1900 graduated Ueda school. She had to return to her birth family after her adopted father died, however in the year of her return, her natural father also died. At the age of 17 she moved to Tokyo.
WSuzuko Mimori is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer from Tokyo, Japan. She is represented by HiBiKi Cast. She voiced Umi Sonoda in Love Live! and Hikari Kagura in Revue Starlight. Her nickname is Mimorin.
WKanako Miyamoto is a Japanese actress, voice actress, and singer affiliated with Axlone. She is known for voicing Makoto Kenzaki/Cure Sword from DokiDoki! PreCure and as the singer of several Pretty Cure songs.
WRie Miyazawa is a Japanese actress and former fashion model and singer. She has done glamour modeling too, having released four photobooks. She is also well known as the former fiancé of sumo wrestler Takanohana, to whom she was engaged for two months, and for her years of fighting anorexia nervosa.
WEriko Nakamura is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer from Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. In 2014, at the 4th Newtype Anime awards, she won a voice actor award (female).
WShizue Natsukawa was a Japanese actress.
WRisa Niigaki is a Japanese actress and singer. She was a fifth-generation member of the Japanese pop group Morning Musume. She joined Morning Musume in 2001 along with 3 others- Ai Takahashi, Asami Konno and Makoto Ogawa. She grew up in Yokohama after moving there at the age of six. She was one of the longest serving members of Morning Musume, and was the leader of the group from October 2011 to her graduation on May 18, 2012.
WMamiko Noto is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer working under Office Osawa.
WChiaki Omigawa is a Japanese actress and voice actress.
WHisa Ōta was a Japanese stage actress who spanned the Meiji and Taishō periods of Japan and was known by the name Hanako (花子). The kanji given for her name when born were 飛佐 (Hisa), but she did not use those during her career.
WSayuri Oyamada is an internationally acclaimed actor and model. Oyamada began her career in Japan. She is currently based in New York City and Tokyo.
WMiyuki Sawashiro is a Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator. She has played voice roles in a number of Japanese anime including Toko Fukawa and Genocide Jack/Jill in Danganronpa, Bishamon in Noragami, Petit Charat/Puchiko in Di Gi Charat, Mint in Galaxy Angel, Sinon in Sword Art Online, Twilight/Towa Akagi/Cure Scarlet in Go! Princess Precure, Beelzebub in Beelzebub, Izuna Hatsuse in No Game No Life, Amagi in Azur Lane, Celty Sturluson in Durarara!!, Kurapika in Hunter x Hunter, Ayane Yano in Kimi ni Todoke, Fujiko Mine in later installments of Lupin the Third, Queen in Mysterious Joker, Jun Sasada in Natsume's Book of Friends, Shinku in Rozen Maiden, Haruka Nanami in Uta no Prince-sama, Kotoha Isone in Yozakura Quartet, Kanbaru Suruga in Bakemonogatari, Elizabeth and Chidori in Persona 3, Isabella Ivy Valentine in Soulcalibur VI, Jolyne Cujoh in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven, and Elizabeth in Bioshock Infinite.
WHikaru Shida is a Japanese professional wrestler, martial artist, actress, and model, currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where she is the current and longest-reigning AEW Women's World Champion in her first reign. She also works for the Makai company, and makes appearances for the Oz Academy and Pro Wrestling Wave promotions.
WSumi Shimamoto , real name Sumi Koshikawa , is a Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator of film and anime and video games. After graduating from the Toho Gakuen College of Drama and Music, she joined Gekidan Seinenza, a theatrical acting troupe. She is currently independent of any talent management company.
WAi Shinozaki is a Japanese gravure idol, singer, and a former member of "AeLL.", a musical idol group.
WTokuko Takagi , also billed as Taku Takagi, was a Japanese dancer and actress in early silent films. She was the first female Japanese performer to appear in a film professionally, appearing in four shorts for the American-based Thanhouser Company between the years 1911 and 1914. After returning to Japan, she was Japan's first dancer to dance in toe shoes.
WJunko Takeuchi is a Japanese actress and voice actress employed by Ogipro The Next Co. Inc. Taking a well-trod path by many voice actresses, she often voices young male characters with generally very quirky and goofy personalities. One of her most well-known roles include Naruto Uzumaki from the popular anime series Naruto. She has played Takuya Kanbara in Digimon Frontier, Rin Natsuki/Cure Rouge in Yes! PreCure 5, Metabee in Medabots, Mamoru Endou in Inazuma Eleven and Inazuma Eleven GO, Gon Freecss in the 1999 version of Hunter × Hunter.
WHiromi Tsuru was a Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator. During her life, she was attached to the Himawari Theatre Group as a child and then to Aoni Production at the time of her death. She was most known for voicing the character of Bulma for over 31 years. She was also known for her roles as Ukyo Kuonji, Dokin-chan, Madoka Ayukawa, Miyuki Kashima (Miyuki), Reiko Mikami, Meryl Strife (Trigun),Naomi Hunter, and Oyone-baasan.
WKazumi Urano is a Japanese singer and tarento. She is represented by Production Ogi and is a former provisional member of the female idol group Watarirouka Hashiritai 7, and former member of AKB48 and SDN48.
WSada Yacco or Sadayakko was a Japanese geisha, actress and dancer.
WFujiko Yamamoto is a Japanese film and stage actress. She appeared in over 100 films between 1953 and 1963. She won the first Grand Prix of Miss Nippon in 1950.