, known professionally as , was a Japanese actress.

Career

She was born Igarashi Aya, and assumed the stage name Sei Ashina. Prior to her acting career, Ashina was a model. She made her acting debut in the 2002 Tokyo Broadcasting System Television series ''The Tail of Happiness'' (しあわせのシッポ), modeling that year in magazines including

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's CanCam and Shueisha's Pinky, and was best known for starring as Hime in '' Kamen Rider Hibiki''. She was also known for her role as The Girl, an unnamed concubine, in ''

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'' (2007). Ashina died on September 14, 2020, at age 36. Her body was found at her home in Shinjuku in a suspected suicide.

Filmography

Movies

*''Sekai no Owari'' (2004) *'' Kamen Rider Hibiki & The Seven Senki'' (2005) – Hime (姫) *''

'' (2007) – The Girl *''Tatoe Sekai ga Owattemo'' (2007) *''Mayu-Kokoro no Hoshi-'' (2007) *'' Kamui Gaiden'' (2009) *''NANASE: The Psychic Wanderers'' (2010) *'' Tale of Genji: A Thousand Year Engima'' (2011) *''Killing For The Prosecution'' (2018) *''Impossibility Defense'' (2018) *'' Perfect World'' (2018) *'' AI Amok'' (2020)

Television

* '' Stand Up!!'' (2003) * ' (2004) * '' Kamen Rider Hibiki'' (2005) * ' (2006) * '' Tsubasa No Oreta Tenshitachi'' (2007) * '' Swan no Baka'' (2007) * '' Giragira'' (2008) * ' (2008) * '' Saru Lock'' (2009) * '' Untouchable'' (2009) * '' Bloody Monday 2'' (2010) * '' Watashi wa Shadow'' (2011) * '' Nobunaga no Chef'' (2013) * '' Nobunaga no Chef 2'' (2014) * '' The Emperor's Cook'' (2015) * '' Specialist'' (2016)

References

External links

HORIPRO SQUARE Talent Profile
* 1983 births 2020 deaths 2020 suicides Japanese voice actresses Japanese female models Japanese gravure models People from Fukushima, Fukushima People from Shinjuku Japanese film actresses Actors from Fukushima Prefecture Japanese television actresses 21st-century Japanese actresses Actresses from Tokyo Female suicides Suicides in Tokyo {{Japan-screen-actor-stub