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from Adachi,
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. She is known for the
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'' (2007), ''
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'' (2010), the
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'' Asa ga Kita'' (2015-2016), and for co-hosting of the TBS talk show ''A-Studio''.


Career

In 2004, at the age of 13, Haru entered the entertainment industry after being scouted by Hori Agency. She made her screen acting debut in the 2006 WOWOW television drama ''Taigan no Kanojo''. In 2007, she debuted as an exclusive model for the fashion magazine '' Seventeen''. She released her first single, titled "I Miss You/Message: Asu no Boku e," on April 16, 2008. This song was used as the ending theme in the TBS variety show ''Kami Summers''. In 2010 she appeared in a lead role for the first time in the live-action film ''
Maria-sama ga Miteru , often shortened to , is a Japanese light novel series written by with illustrations by Reine Hibiki. Originally written as a short story in 1997, Shueisha published 37 light novel volumes from April 1998 to April 2012. The story f ...
''. A 2012 NTT DoCoMo TV commercial raised her public profile, and from 2012 to 2015 she was an exclusive model for the fashion magazine ''
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''. In March 2015 she was cast as lead character in the 93rd
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'' Asa ga Kita''. On January 1, 2018, she opened her
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account. She later uploaded a video wishing her fans a "Happy New Year." On December 25, 2024, she announced that she would be leaving Hori Agency after 19 years at the end of the year.


Appearances


TV dramas

* ''Taigan no Kanojo'' ( WOWOW, 2006) * ''
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'' ( NTV, 2006), Haru Ueda * '' Watashitachi no Kyōkasho'' Episode 1, 9 (
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, 2007), Sakura Kumazawa * '' Sumire 16 sai!!'' (BS Fuji, 2008), Akebi Kiryu * '' Shibatora'' Episode 1 (Fuji TV, 2008), Rumi * ''
Koizora , or for short, is a 2005 best-selling Japanese coming of age and romance novel written by Mika. Originally posted on the cell phone A mobile phone or cell phone is a portable telephone that allows users to make and receive calls ...
'' ( TBS, 2008), Saki * ''33-pun Tantei'' Episode 3 (Fuji TV, 2008) * ''Room of King'' Episode 3 (Fuji TV, 2008), Chīko * ''Ghost Town no Hana'' (
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, 2009), Rina Akiyama * ''Gekai Hatomura Shūgorō 5'' (Fuji TV, 2009), Marina Asaoka * ''Orthros no Inu'' (TBS, 2009), Kana Shirokawa * ''Shinzanmono'' Episode 4 (TBS, 2010), Kanae Sawamura * ''Gold (TV series), Gold'' Episode 1-2 (Fuji TV, 2010), Ryōko Shiina * ''Tōbō Bengoshi'' Episode 6 (Kansai Telecasting Corporation, KTV, 2010, Nozomi Hashimoto * ''Kurohyō Ryū ga Gotoku Shinshō'' (Mainichi Broadcasting System, MBS, 2010), Saki Kudō * ''Young Black Jack'' (NTV, 2011) * ''Tantei X Kara no Chōsenjō! Special'' (NHK, 2011), Mitsuko Enoki * ''Switch Girl!!'' (Fuji TV TWO, 2011), Reika Jōgasaki * ''Kazoku ga Kazoku de Aru Tameni'' (BS-TBS, 2012), Midori Saeki * ''Ekiben Hitori Tabi: Tōhoku Hen'' (BS Japan, 2012), Nana Ozaki * ''Legal High'' Episode 1 (Fuji TV, 2012), Tomoko Shimamura * ''Kekkon Dōsōkai: Seaside Love'' (Fuji TV TWO, 2012), Renka Natsume * ''Higashino Keigo Mysteries'' Episode 8 (Fuji TV, 2012), Yōko Saeki * ''Monsters'' Episode 4 (TBS, 2012), Kayo Suzuki * ''Pillow Talk: Bed no Shiwaku'' Episode 8 (KTV, 2012), Aoi * ''Aibō'' Season 11, Episode 11 (TV Asahi, 2013), Akane Niōgō * ''Shotenin Michiru no Mi no Ue Banashi'' (NHK, 2013), Chiaki Furukawa * ''Tabemonogatari Kanojo no Kondate Chō'' Episode 9-10 (NHK BS Premium, 2013), Mai Yamane * ''Kasukana Kanojo'' Episode 7 (KTV, 2013), Kasumi Hirota * ''Kyūmei Byōtō 24-ji'' Season 5 (Fuji TV, 2013), Kaon Kunitomo * ''Inemuri Sensei'' (TV Asahi, 2013), Masako * ''Nōkon Kid: Bokura no Game Shi'' (TV Tokyo, 2013), Fumi Takano * ''Yorozu Uranai Dokoro Onmyōya e Yōkoso'' Episode 3 (KTV, 2013), Natsuo Miyauchi * ''Shokubutsu Danshi Berandā'' (NHK BS Premium, 2013) * ''Kounotori no Yurikago: Akachan Post no 6-nen Kan to Sukuwareta 92 no Inochi no Mirai'' (TBS, 2013), Ryōko Yasuda * ''Matching Love'' (TBS, 2013), Haruka Iwata * ''Kindaichi Shōnen no Jikenbo Gokumon Juku Satsujin Jiken'' (NTV, 2014), Akiko Hama * ''Hitojichi no Rōdokukai'' (WOWOW, 2014), Hitomi Hirasawa/Sakiko Hirasawa * ''Border Keishichō Sōsa Ikka Satsujinhan Sōsa Dai-4 Gakari'' (TV Asahi, 2014), Mika Higa * ''Osoroshi: Mishimaya Henchō Hyaku Monogatari'' (NHK BS Premium, 2014), Ochika * ''Gomen ne Seishun!, Gomenne Seishun!'' (TBS, 2014), Yūko Hachiya * ''Ubasute'' (Hokkaido Television Broadcasting, 2014), Diana * ''Ōedo Sōsamō 2015: Onmitsu Dōshin, Aku o Kiru!'' (TV Tokyo, 2015), Sanae Tanuma * ''Hula Girl to Inu no Choko'' (TV Tokyo, 2015), Kasumi Takezawa *
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'' Asa ga Kita'' (NHK, 2015), Asa Shiraoka * ''Sekai Ichi Muzukashii Koi'' (NTV, 2016), Misaki Shibayama * ''On'' (Fuji TV, 2016), Hinako Tōdō * ''Mom, May I Quit Being Your Daughter?'' (NHK, 2017), Mizuki Hayase * ''I love You Just a Little Bit'' (TBS, 2017), Mitsu Watanabe * ''Musume no Kekkon'' (TV Tokyo, 2018), Miki Kunieda * ''Momikeshite Fuyu: Wagaya no Mondai Nakatta Koto ni, The Kitazawas: We Mind Our Own Business'' (Nippon TV, 2018), Chiaki Kitazawa * ''Mikaiketsu no Onna: Keishichou Bunsho Sousakan'' (
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, 2018), Tomo Yashiro * ''Ru: Taiwan Express'' (NHK, 2020), Haruka * ''Remolove'' (NTV, 2020), Mimi * ''Turn to me Mukai-kun'' (NHK, 2023), Kôki Sakaido


Films

* ''Dakara Watashi o Suwarasete. Tūkin Densha de Suwaru Gijutsu!'' (2006), Ai * ''The Graduates'' (2007), Kaoru Yoshii * ''
Koizora , or for short, is a 2005 best-selling Japanese coming of age and romance novel written by Mika. Originally posted on the cell phone A mobile phone or cell phone is a portable telephone that allows users to make and receive calls ...
'' (2007), Aya * ''Koi no Pororon'' (2007), Kaho * ''Chī-chan wa Yūkyū no Mukou'' (2008), Yūko Hayashida * ''Yūbae Shōjo'' "Asakusa no Shimai" (2008) * ''Real Onigokko'' (2008), Haru Satō * ''Rock'n Roll Diet!'' (2008), Narumi Eguchi * ''Tenshi no Ita Okujō'' (2008), Mizuki Kawashiro * ''Ikemen Bank The Movie'' (2009), Yuri Yamamura * ''Guardian Angel'' (2009), Asami Watanabe * ''Yamagata Scream'' (2009), Munae Haraizen * ''Onna no Ko Monogatari'' (2009), Kimiko(Highschool Girl) * ''Bushido Sixteen'' (2010), Midoriko Nishiogi * ''Soft Boy'' (2010), Kusanagi * ''
Maria-sama ga Miteru , often shortened to , is a Japanese light novel series written by with illustrations by Reine Hibiki. Originally written as a short story in 1997, Shueisha published 37 light novel volumes from April 1998 to April 2012. The story f ...
'' (2010), Sachiko Ogasawara * ''Afro Tanaka'' (2012), Mina * ''Girls For Keeps'' (2012), Yūko Kitamura * ''Good Coming: Tōru to Neko, Tama ni Neko'' (2012), Miyuki * ''Bungo: Sasayaka na Yokubō Kokuhaku Suru Shinshitachi "Kōfuku no Kanata"'' (2012), Kinuko * ''Party wa Sentō Kara Hajimaru'' (2012) * ''Minasan, Sayōnara'' (2013), Yuri Matsushima * ''Zekkyō Gakkyū'' (2013), Makoto Hosaka * ''Crying 100 Times: Every Raindrop Falls'' (2013), Keiko Ogawa * ''Kiyoku Yawaku'' (2013), Asami Kawaguchi * ''Shin Ōkubo Monogatari'' (2013) * ''Gajimaru Shokudō no Koi'' (2014), Mizuho Hirara * ''Again (film), Again'' (2015), Mie Tozawa * ''Grasshopper (film), Grasshopper'' (2015), Yuriko * ''Before a Falling Star Fades Away'' (2015), Naoko Motoyama * ''Oz Land'' (2018) * ''Cafe Funiculi Funicula'' (2018) * ''Dragon Quest: Your Story'' (2019), Flora (voice) * ''All About March'' (2020), Yayoi Yūki * ''Hotel Royal'' (2020), Masayo Tanaka * ''Analog'' (2023), Miyuki


Video games

*''Kurohyō: Ryū ga Gotoku Shinshō'' (2010), Kudo Saki *''Nioh 2'' (2020), Mumyo


Dubbing

* ''Godzilla (2014 film), Godzilla'' (2014), Elle Brody (Elizabeth Olsen)


Music videos

* Funky Monkey Babys - ''Kokuhaku'' (23 July 2008) * Plus (band), Plus - ''Yukimichi'' (16 December 2009) * Jang Keun-suk - ''Stay'' (30 May 2012) * Indigo la End - ''Hitomi ni Utsuranai'' (24 September 2014) * Dreams Come True (band), Dreams Come True - ''KNOCKKNOCK''


Bibliography


Magazines

* '' Seventeen'', Shueisha 1967-, as an exclusive model from 2007 to 2012 * ''Non-no'', Shueisha 1971-, as an exclusive model from 2012 to 2015


Discography


Singles

* "I Miss You/Message: Asu no Boku e" (16 April 2008), ASIN B0014466SQ


Accolades


References


External links


Official blog


* {{DEFAULTSORT:Haru 1991 births Living people Actresses from Tokyo Japanese female models Japanese women singers Japanese film actresses Japanese television actresses Japanese women television personalities Asadora lead actors People from Adachi, Tokyo 21st-century Japanese actresses