japanese actress, model and singer

Satsuki Shimabukuro ( japanese : 島袋 さつき, Shimabukuro Satsuki, b. 28 May 1988 in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan ), better known by her stage name Meisa Kuroki ( japanese : 黒木 メイサ, Kuroki Meisa ), is a japanese actress, exemplar and singer. She is represented by the means Sweet Power and is signed to Sony Music Japan. She made her acting debut in 2004. [ 4 ] She has modeled for the popular japanese manner cartridge holder JJ, among others, and is the current japanese representative for Epson and Giorgio Armani. She has appeared in numerous television receiver drama, commercials, films, and stagecoach productions .

biography [edit ]

early life and career [edit ]

Kuroki was born Satsuki Shimabukuro in Okinawa, Japan. [ 5 ] [ failed verification ] While in her second class of junior high gear school in Okinawa, Kuroki was discovered by a fashion scout and subsequently began modeling, initially modeling entirely for the popular fashion magazine JJ. While studying at the Okinawa Actors School, from which she graduated in 2007, she was a member of the institution ‘s B.B. Waves group. [ citation needed ] Kuroki is one-fourth brazilian. [ 6 ]

Reading: Meisa Kuroki

Acting career [edit ]

Kuroki made her work debut in February 2004 in the Kōhei Tsuka play Atami Satsujin Jiken: Pyonyang Kara Kita Onna Keiji (The Atami Murder Case. ) Since her debut she has continued to perform in field, notably in the Azumi stage productions in 2005 and 2006, the musical Endless Shock ( 2005 ), and most recently in Onna Nobunaga ( 2009 ) and Hiryuden 2010: Last Princess ( 2010 ). Kuroki made her television debut in 2004 in the Fuji TV drama, Medaka. She has played supporting roles in several high-rated and critically acclaimed play series, including Haikei, Chichiue-sama ( 2007 ), Kaze no Garden ( 2008 ), and Shinzanmono ( 2010 ). Kuroki won the Television Drama Academy Award and TV Life Drama Grand Prix for Best Supporting Actress in 2009 for her function in the Fuji TV drama, Ninkyo Helper. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] In 2006, she starred in Chakushin Ari: Final, the final installation of the Chakushin Ari franchise, for which she earned the Golden Arrow Award for Newcomer of the year. In 2007 she appeared in Fumihiko Sori ‘s CGI zanzibar copal film Vexille. She besides starred in Subaru, the live-action, film adaptation of the Masahito Soda manga, produced by Bill Kong, and Assault Girls, directed by Mamoru Oshii. [ 9 ] In 2010, Kuroki played the function of Yuki Mori in the live-action film Space Battleship Yamato, opposite Takuya Kimura. In 2011, Kuroki co-star with Mikako Tabe in her first series drama lead character in the television receiver Asahi play Jiu: Keishicho Tokushuhan Sosakei. [ 10 ]

Music career [edit ]

Kuroki performed on the soundtrack of the 2007 film Crows Zero, in which she besides appeared. On 21 June 2008, her debut song, “ Like This “, was released through the Sony Music Japan subsidiary company label Studioseven Recordings. It soon was announced on 17 February 2009, that Kuroki ‘s first EP, Hellcat, would be released on 8 April 2009. [ 11 ] Her moment EP, Attitude, was released in January 2010. In January 2011 Kuroki released her foremost studio album, Magazine, which peaked at phone number 6 on the Oricon Weekly Albums chart. She besides performed “ Wired Life “ for Ao no Exorcist as the second ending subject. [ 12 ]

Modeling [edit ]

In addition to her model study for the fashion magazines JJ and 25ans, Kuroki has released two photobooks, one of her own, Love Meisa, and a roast one, Missmatch, with her best friend and actress, Maki Horikita, photographed by Kishin Shinoyama. In 2009, Kuroki was chosen as the japanese face of external manner brand, Emporio Armani, and she besides appeared in numerous events for the trade name global. [ 9 ] [ 13 ] In 2010 Kuroki was chosen as the international face of french cosmetic brand, L’Oréal. [ 14 ]

personal life [edit ]

On 2 February 2012, Kuroki married Jin Akanishi, a japanese actor and toss off singer best known for his work as function of the boy ring KAT-TUN, and the stick to workweek, on 9 February, the media reported she was meaning. [ 1 ] [ 15 ] She gave birth to their first child, a daughter named Theia, on 23 September 2012 and their second child, a son, on 6 June 2017. [ 3 ]

discography [edit ]

Albums [edit ]

Filmography [edit ]

film [edit ]

television [edit ]

Title

Year

Role

Notes

Medaka

2004

Asuka Yoshizumi

Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi

2004

Eriko Mitsuhashi

Season 2, Episode 21

Koisuru Nichiyōbi: Bungaku no Uta

2005

Keiko Yokoyama

Episode 1

Aru Ai no Uta

2006

Ruka Kashiwagi

Haikei, Chichiue-sama

2007

Naomi Karasawa

Byakkotai

2007

Sayoko Asai

TV movie

Seitosho-kun

2007

Yūko Sonoi

Episode 1

1-Pound no Fukuin

2008

Sister Angela

Tobira wa Tozasareta Mama

2008

Yuka Usui

TV movie

Kaze no Garden

2008

Rui Shiratori

Dansō no Reijin: Kawashima Yoshiko no Shōgai

2008

Young Yoshiko Kawashima

TV movie

Chance!: Kanojo ga Seikō Shita Riyū

2009

Saori Tamaki

TV movie

Ninkyo Helper

2009–2011

Riko Yomogi

11 episodes
1 special
TV Life Drama Grand Prix for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated—Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated—The Television Drama Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

Saigo no Yakusoku

2010

Yuriko Niimi

TV movie

Shinzanmono

2010–2011

Ami Aoyama

10 episodes
1 special

Iris

2010

Seung-hee Choi

Japanese voice

Shiawase ni Narō yo

2011

Haruna Yanagisawa

Jiu: Keishichou Tokushuhan Sousakei

2011

Motoko Isaki

dramaturgy [edit ]

Title

Year

Role

Notes

Atami Satsujin Jiken: Pyonyang Kara Kita Onna Keiji

2004

Tomoko Mizuno

Endless Shock

2005

Rika

Azumi: Azumi on Stage

2005

Azumi

Chōkyōshi

2005

Momo

Azumi: Azumi Returns

2004

Azumi

Itsu no Hi Ka Kimi Kaeru

2007

Lin

Akai Shiro, Kuroi Suna

2009

Princess Nadja

Onna Nobunaga

2009

Nobunaga Oda

Hiryuden 2010: Last Princess

2010

Michiko Kanbayashi

Awards and prizes [edit ]

Awards [edit ]

Year

Award

Category

Film / Series

Result

2007

Golden Arrow Award

Newcomer of the Year

Won

2009

Hashida Award

Newcomer of the Year

Won

2009

Elan d’or Awards
Newcomer of the Year

Won

2009

Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix

Best Supporting Actress

Ninkyo Helper

Nominated

2009

The Television Drama Academy Award

Best Supporting Actress

Ninkyo Helper

Won

2009

TV Life Drama Grand Prix

Best Supporting Actress

Ninkyo Helper

Won

Prizes [edit ]

Year

Prize

2008

Bvlgari Brilliant Dream Award

2009

Miss Cotton USA Prize

2009

FEC Special Prize

2009

Ms. Lily Prize

2009

Forevermark Prize

2009

Fur of the Year Prize

2009

Shogakukan Dime Trend Woman of the Year Prize

2010

Clarino Bikyaku Prize

2010

Vogue Nippon Women of the Year

2010

Japan Jewelry Best Dresser Prize

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