Hinano Yoshikawa (吉川ひなの, born Ai Takada; December 21, 1979) is a
Japanese
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actress, fashion model and singer.
Biography
Life and career
Yoshikawa was born on December 21, 1979. In
Higashikurume, Tokyo
is a city located in the western portion of Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 117,020, and a population density of 9100 persons per km². The total area of the city was .
Geography
Higashikurume is in the north ...
,
Japan. She started her fashion model career at the age of 14 and still is a model.
Hinano Yoshikawa biography
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She made her acting debut in 1997 in '' Moonlight Serenade'' (''Setouchi munraito serenade''). The following year she made her international debut in Jean-Pierre Limosin
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Filmography
* ''Faux fu ...
's '' Tokyo Eyes'', a Franco
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-Japanese film, in which she played Hinano. This movie earned her the Best Debut Actress award at the Japanese Professional Movie Awards
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Categories
*Best Film
*Best Director
*Best Actor
*Best Actress
Editions
* 1st (1991)
*2nd (1992)
* 3rd (1993)
* 4th ...
in 1999.
The first TV series she appeared in was '' The Last Song'' (''Seikimatsu no uta'') broadcast in 1998.
Personal life
In 1999, Yoshikawa married Izam, singer of Japanese visual kei rock band Shazna
Shazna (stylized as SHAZNA) is a Japanese visual kei Rock music, rock band originally active from 1993 to 2000. Originally having a strong gothic rock influence, the band's sound greatly shifted to a more New wave music, new wave direction by 199 ...
, only to file for separation two months later and divorce two months after that.[
] Both the marriage and divorce caused a scandal.
Filmography
Cinema
* '' Moonlight Serenade'' (''Setouchi munraito serenade''), 1997
* '' Tokyo Eyes'', 1998
* '' Inu no eiga'' (lit. ''Dog's Movie''), 2005
* '' Who's Camus Anyway? (''Kamyu nante shiranai''), 2005
* '' Haunted Highway'' (''Death Ride''), 2006
TV series
* '' The Last Song (TV series)'' (''Seikimatsu no uta''), 1998
* ''Waratte iitomo
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'', 2000-2002
* '' Golden Bowl'' (''Gōruden bouru''), 2002
Music
Discography
* '' I Am Pink'' (CD album, Pony Canyon
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PCCA-01200), 1998
References
Patronage cosmetic of Yoshikawa doll
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1979 births
People from Higashikurume, Tokyo
People from Nerima
Japanese actresses
Living people
Japanese television personalities
Japanese female models
Models from Tokyo Metropolis