is a Japanese
talent,
gravure idol
A model is a person with a Role (disambiguation), role either to display commercial product (business), products (notably fashion clothing in fashion shows) or to serve as an Model (art), artist's model.
Modelling ("modeling" in British and ...
and
actress
An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...
. She was born on May 31, 1980, in
Ehime Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku. Ehime Prefecture has a population of 1,334,841 and a geographic area of 5,676 km2 (2,191 sq mi). Ehime Prefecture borders Kagawa Prefecture to the northeast, Toku ...
, Japan.
Personal life
On June 26, 2015, it was announced that Manabe married rock musician
Kazuya Yoshii
is a Japanese musician and singer-songwriter. He is best known as lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the rock band The Yellow Monkey. When they went on hiatus in 2001, before officially disbanding three years later, Yoshii started a solo ca ...
and was pregnant with his child and due to give birth in the fall.
Their marriage certificate was submitted in September and Kaori gave birth on October 20, 2015.
She first met Yoshii, who is fourteen years her senior, in autumn 2011 and has been a fan of his band
The Yellow Monkey
The Yellow Monkey, sometimes abbreviated as , is a Japanese rock band originally active from 1988 to 2001, before officially disbanding in 2004. They announced their reformation in 2016.
The band's name was derived from the ethnic slur that Ja ...
since middle school.
Works
Her television roles have included the following.
* ''Science Zero'' (
NHK
, also known by its Romanization of Japanese, romanized initialism NHK, is a Japanese public broadcasting, public broadcaster. It is a statutory corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television licence, television license fee.
NHK ope ...
)
* ''Waku Waku'' (
Chukyo TV
Chukyo can refer to:
* Emperor Chūkyō (1218-1234), 85th emperor of Japan
the city of Nagoya ( 中京 Chūkyō). Various things are named after the city:
*Chūkyō Industrial Area
*Chūkyō Metropolitan Area
*Chūkyō Television Broadcasting
*Ch ...
)
* ''Water Boys''
* ''Ultraman R/B'' as Mio Minato
References
External links
Agency profile
Official blog
*
1980 births
Living people
People from Saijō, Ehime
Japanese gravure idols
Japanese actresses
Japanese bloggers
Japanese women television personalities
Yokohama National University alumni
Japanese women bloggers
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