Asami Mizukawa

Asami Mizukawa
水川 あさみ
Mizukawa at Tokyo International Film Festival in 2019
Born
水川 啓子 (Keiko Mizukawa)

July 24, 1983
Kyoto, Japan
Nationality Japanese
Years active 1996–present
Agent Atlantis Cast
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Spouse
(m. 2019)
Website am-sucre.com

Asami Mizukawa (水川 あさみ, Mizukawa Asami, born July 24, 1983) is a Japanese actress. She grew up in Ibaraki, Osaka.

She made her debut in 1996 at age 13 in an advertisement for Asahi Kasei's "Hebel Haus". In 2000, she won the Grand Prix at the “3rd Miss Tokyo Walker” competition (the first winner was Chiaki Kuriyama) and gained the supporting role in the 2002 J-horror film Dark Water. She has since appeared in many films, television dramas, and commercials.

Personal life

Mizukawa married fellow actor Masataka Kubota, their agencies jointly announced that two were engaged to be married. They registered their marriage on September 21, 2019.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref
1997 Tokimeki Memorial
Shanghai Mermaid Legend Murder Case Yeung Lailei  
2001 Last Scene    
Go Korean girl at train station  
Hashire! Ichirō Arisa Shimada  
2002 Dark Water 16-year-old Ikuko Hamada
2003 Saru Ayako Iinuma  
The Locker Rieka Yajima Lead role
2004 Pika**nchi Life is Hard Dakara Happy Yayoi Kamogawa  
69 Emi Nagayama
[Is A.] Usagi  
The Locker 2 Rieka Yajima  
2005 Madamada Abunai Deka Risa Yūki  
Under The Same Moon Cameo appearance
Nagurimono a prostitute  
Shinku Miho Tuzuki  
Pray Maki Lead role
School Daze Natsumi  
2006 Memories of Tomorrow Keiko Ikuno
2008 Chameleon Keiko Koike
2010 A Good Husband Ranko Yoshizawa
Higanjima Aoyama Rei
I am   Lead role
2011 A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. and Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Trip Saki Ooki
2013 Bilocation Shinobu Takamura Lead role
2014 Close Range Love  
Fuku-chan of Fukufuku Flats Chiho Sugiura
2016 Black Widow Business Mayumi Miyoshi
2018 Roupeiro's Melancholy
2020 A Beloved Wife Chika Lead role
Good-Bye Kayo
Runway Midori Lead role
Midnight Swan
Underdog
2023 The Silent Service Takako Hayami
Six Singing Women

Television drama

Year Title Role Notes Ref
1997 Bayside Shakedown Middle school student
1998 P.A. Private Actress  
1999 Shōshimin Kēn Taeko Yamamoto
Abunai Hōkago Fūka Ishii
2000 Hanamura Daisuke Eri Kuroda
2001 Sayonara Ozu Sensei Eri Shinoda
2002 The Long Love Letter Kaoru Ichinose
2003 Et Alors Noriko Sugi
Stand Up!! Miyuki
2004 Mother and Lover Kei Nagano
2005 Kaze no Haruka Nanae Kiuchi Asadora
2006 Saiyūki Rin Rin
Team Medical Dragon Miki Satohara
Nodame Cantabile Kiyora Miki
2007 Fūrin Kazan Hisa Taiga drama
Saiyūki Rin Rin
Oishii Gohan: Kamakura Kasugai Kometen Kaede Kasugai
Team Medical Dragon 2 Miki Satohara
2008 Nodame Cantabile in Europe Kiyora Miki Two-part drama
Last Friends Eri Takigawa
33pun Tantei Rikako Mutō
Yume o Kanaeru Zō Asuka Hoshino Lead role
2009 Kaettekosaserareta 33pun Tantei Rikako Mutō
GodHand Teru Kozue Shinomiya
Orthros no Inu Nagisa Hasebe
2011 Hatsu Taiga drama
2012 Tsumi to Batsu: A Falsified Romance Echika Ameya
Sarutobi Sansei Oichi
2013 3-in-1 House Share Shio Tsuyama Lead role
2014 Shitsuren Chocolatier Kaoruko Inoue
2016 Never Let Me Go Miwa Sakai
2017 Fugitive Boys Natsumi Tachibana
2018 Double Fantasy Natsu Lead role
Segodon Oryō Taiga drama
2022 Don't Call It Mystery Yoshikazu Miyoshi Special appearance
2023 Boogie Woogie Tsuya Hanada Asadora

Other television

Year Title Role Notes Ref
2020 Terrace House: Tokyo 2019–2020 Herself Guest studio commentator for episodes 39 and 40

Web series

Year Title Role Notes Ref
2016 Tōkyō Joshi Zukan Aya Tokyo Women's Guidebook; re-released in 2018 as Tokyo Girl with English subtitles
2022 Modern Love Tokyo Mari Lead role; episode 1
2024 The Silent Service Takako Hayami

Other work

Stage

  • 2005 Soldier's Mind (歩兵の本領, Hohei no Honryō)

Music video

  • 2004 EXILE - "Heart of Gold"

Commercials

Awards

Year Award Category Nominated work(s) Result Ref
2020 45th Hochi Film Awards Best Actress A Beloved Wife Won
2021 75th Mainichi Film Awards Best Actress Won
63rd Blue Ribbon Awards Best Actress Nominated
42nd Yokohama Film Festival Best Actress A Beloved Wife and Runway Won
94th Kinema Junpo Awards Best Actress Won