Mayuko Iwasa
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is a Japanese former
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, model, and actress. She is represented by Platinum Production. Among numerous other television and film appearances, she played the lead role in the film adaptation of Kaoruko Himeno's novel '.


Career

Iwasa was ''Miss Magazine 2003''. She was awarded the ''Graph Prize, the 42nd Golden Arrow Awards (2004)'' in March 2005. In June 2005, Iwasa recorded a duet with Naoya Ogawa called "Katte ni Shinryakusha" (An Invader in My Own Way), which was used as an ending song of '' Sgt. Frog''. The two appeared on
Music Station is a Japanese music television program. Broadcasting live weekly on TV Asahi since October 24, 1986, it currently airs from 9PM-10PM on Fridays. The program is also colloquially known as , , and . The show is currently syndicated throughout th ...
and Pop Jam. Iwasa was in the drama '' Gal Circle'' as Rika, a ''
ganguro is a fashion trend among young Japanese women that started in the mid-1990s, distinguished by a dark tan and contrasting make-up liberally applied by fashionistas. The Shibuya and Ikebukuro districts of Tokyo were the centres of ''ganguro'' fash ...
'' girl who scams her friends for money. In 2013 she played the lead role in ', the film adaptation of Kaoruko Himeno's novel about a woman who grows a talking face near her genitals after asking God for help. On October 1, 2020, she announced her decision to retire from the entertainment industry and take a new career of nursing care.


Filmography


Films

*''Sayonara Midori-chan'' (2004) *''Space Police'' (2004) *''Shibuya Kaidan: Sa-chan no Toshi Densetsu'' (2004) *''Chicken Deka'' (2004) *''Umeku Haisuikan'' (2004) *''Omoi no Iro'' (2004) *Swing Girls (2004) - Chie *Einstein Girl (2005) *Space Police (2005) *Sugar and Spice: Fumi zekka , Shuga & Supaisu Fumi Zekka (2006) - Yoko *Carved 2 , Kuchisake-onna 2 (2008) - Yukie Sawada *Kujira: Gokudo no Shokutaku (2009) *Beautiful Female Panther: Body Sniper , Utsukushiki mehyo: Body sniper (2010) *''Tensou Sentai Goseiger Returns! The Last Epic'' (2011) *'' Koitani Bashi: La Vallee de l'amour'' (2011) *''MILOCRORZE - A Love Story'' (2012) - Yukine *''Actress'' (2012) - Akari Hazuki *''Shinobido'' (2012) *' (2013) - Francesco *''009-1: The End of the Beginning'' (2013) *' (2013) - Mayuko Iwasa *'' Her Granddaughter'' (2015)


TV Movies


Television dramas


References


External links


Official site
* * 1987 births Living people People from Nerima Japanese gravure models Japanese voice actresses Japanese television personalities {{Model-stub