Aoi Miyazaki

Aoi Miyazaki
宮﨑 あおい
Miyazaki at the Tokyo International Film Festival in October 2017
Born (1985-11-30) 30 November 1985 (age 38)
Tokyo, Japan
OccupationActress
Years active1990–present
Spouses
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Children1
Websitewww.aoimiyazaki.jp

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

Career[edit]

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 14.

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[edit]

Miyazaki has appeared in commercials for major corporations including Aflac, Tokyo Metro, NTT DoCoMo and Olympus. In early 2008, she was 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.[citation needed]

Humanitarian activities[edit]

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.[citation needed]

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.[citation needed]

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

Personal life[edit]

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

Miyazaki married singer Junichi Okada on 23 December 2017.[12][13] The couple jointly announced that they had welcomed the birth of their first child, a son, born May 2018.[14]

Filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

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 [15]
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
2022 Lonely Castle in the Mirror Kitajima-sensei (voice) Keiichi Hara [16]
2023 In Love and Deep Water Chizuru Banjaku Yūsuke Taki Lead role [17]
We're Broke, My Lord! Natsu Tetsu Maeda [18]
2024 Kadono Eiko's Colorful Life: Finding the Magic Within Narrator Marina Miyagawa [19]

TV dramas[edit]

Year Title Role Network Notes Ref.
1999 Genroku Ryōran 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
The Reason 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 Tenshō-in Atsuhime NHK Lead role, Taiga drama [20]
2011 Madame Butterfly Cho Ito (Cho cho san) NHK Lead role, miniseries [21]
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
2023 Ranman Narrator / Noriko Fujihira NHK Asadora [22]

Dubbing[edit]

Awards[edit]

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[24]
2009 33rd Elan d'or Awards Newcomer of the Year Atsuhime Won[25]
12th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix Best Actress Won[26]
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[edit]

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  14. ^ "V6岡田准一＆宮崎あおいに第1子男児誕生「産まれてきてくれた奇跡に感謝」". ORICON NEWS. 2018-10-17. Retrieved 2023-08-28.
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  19. ^ "カラフルな魔女 角野栄子の物語が生まれる暮らし". eiga.com. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
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  21. ^ "宮崎あおい主演で「蝶々夫人」をドラマ化...『蝶々さん』". NHK Drama. 19 October 2011.
  22. ^ "らんまん:宮崎あおいのサプライズ登場にSNS騒然「申し分のない最終週」松坂慶子も再登場". Mantan-web. Retrieved September 26, 2023.
  23. ^ "フラニーズ・フィート". Cartoon Network. Archived from the original on 7 May 2006. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  24. ^ "Aoi Miyazaki, Juri Ueno named Vogue's Women of the Year". Tokyograph. 28 November 2008. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
  25. ^ "2009 Elan d'or Awards". Tokyograph. 6 February 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
  26. ^ "2009 Elan d'or Awards". Tokyograph. 6 February 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2010.

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