is a

Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ...

actress. Her mother was a model. She graduated from Okinawa Prefectural Central High School. She gained recognition as an actress when she was selected in an audition of 2,156 people to star in the

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 ...

Asadora , colloquially known as , is a serialized, 15 minutes per episode, Japanese television drama program series broadcast in the mornings by Japanese public broadcaster NHK. The first such series aired in 1961 with the black-and-white , starring Ta ...

Dondo Hare is a Japanese television drama that aired on NHK in 2007. It was the 76th Asadora. Cast * Manami Higa as Natsumi Asakura * Ren Osugi as Keigo Asakura, Natsumi's father * Masako Mori (singer), Masako Mori as Fusako Asakura, Natsumi's mother * Asa ...

'' in 2006.

Filmography

Film

Television

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Higa, Manami Japanese actresses Japanese female models Actors from Okinawa Prefecture 1986 births Living people People from Uruma, Okinawa Asadora lead actors Ryukyuan people