Anna Ishii
{{short description|Japanese dancer, actress and model (born 1998)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Anna Ishii
| image = E-girls @ VMAJ 2018 Anna Ishii.jpg
| caption = Ishii at the VMAJ's with E-girls in
October 2018
| native_name = 石井 杏奈
| native_name_lang = ja
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1998|7|11|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Tokyo, Japan{{cite web|url= http://www.ldh.co.jp/talent/talent/ishii_anna/|title= 石井 杏奈|language= ja|publisher = LDH|access-date= 5 September 2016}}
| nationality = Japanese
| education =
| occupation = {{hlist|Dancer|actress}}
| years_active = 2010–present
| agent = LDH
| known_for = {{ubl|Solomon's Perjury|Girls Step|Your Lie In April }}
| spouse =
| relatives =
| awards = 58th Blue Ribbon Best Newcomer Award (Girls Step, Solomon's Perjury)
| website = https://www.ldh.co.jp/management2/ishii_anna/
}}
{{nihongo|Anna Ishii|石井 杏奈|Ishii Anna|born July 11, 1998}} is a Japanese dancer, actress and model. She is a former member of E-girls and represented by LDH.
Early life
Ishii was born on July 11, 1998, in Tokyo, Japan. She has an elder brother, a younger brother, and a younger sister named Chino Ishii, who is currently listed under Kizzy, an all-female dance group composed of EXPG students. Ishii started dancing when she was in her second year of primary school at her mother's encouragement.{{cite web|url= http://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/p-et-tp0-20140321-1272837.html|title= あのCM美少女 石井杏奈/気になリスト|language= ja|publisher= Nikkan Sports|date= 21 Mar 2014|access-date= 5 September 2016}} She was later scouted to join the Exile Professional Gym (EXPG) in her fifth grade when she took part in a dance competition.{{cite web|url= http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2012/04/07/kiji/K20120407002994750.html|title= EXILE・HIROも期待!注目の新人石井杏奈は13歳|language= ja|publisher= Sponichi Annex|date= 7 Apr 2012|access-date= 5 September 2016}}{{cite web|url= http://trendy.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/column/20120629/1041718/|title= 【NEXT BREAKERS】石井杏奈〜「ポカリスエット」CMでダンスを披露|language= ja|publisher= Nikkei Trendy Net|date= 4 Jul 2012|access-date= 5 September 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120706044844/http://trendy.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/column/20120629/1041718/|archive-date= 6 July 2012|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url= http://expg.jp/about/tab5.php|title= EXPG 卒業生の紹介 From TOKYO|language= ja|access-date= 5 September 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151115210821/http://expg.jp/about/tab5.php|archive-date= 15 November 2015|url-status=dead}} She debuted as a model in the U-15 fashion magazine nico☆puchi in 2010 before joining E-girls.
Career
= Music career =
In 2011, she was chosen through a nationwide audition process called "EXILE Presents VOCAL BATTLE AUDITION 3 ~For Girls~" in the dance performance category to be a member of a yet-to-debut dance and vocal group, bunny.
In October 2012, she officially joined E-girls line-up for their third single "Follow me".
In June 2014, due to scheduling conflicts with filming for Solomon's Perjury, Ishii announced that she would not participate in E-girls' first national tour, which was held between July and August that year.{{cite web|url= http://e-girls-ldh.jp/news/detail.php?id=1011671|title= ライブに来場される皆様へ大切なお知らせ|language= ja|publisher= E-girls Official Website|date= 30 June 2014|access-date= 5 September 2016}}
On December 22, 2019, with the announcement of E-girls' disbandment set for around the end of 2020, it was revealed that Ishii would focus on acting and modeling activities afterwards.{{Cite web|url= https://egfc.jp/news-detail/3959|title= E.G.F.C.-E.G.family OFFICIAL FAN CLUB-|website= E.G.F.C.-E.G.family OFFICIAL FAN CLUB-|access-date= 2020-03-24}}
= Acting career =
Ishii's acting debut was a cameo appearance in the first episode of Shiritsu Bakaleya Koukou, a Nippon TV drama which premiered in April 2012.
In 2014, she portrayed a blind piano prodigy in Koibumi Biyori, a drama starring 10 members of E-girls and a live-action adaptation of a manga of the same name authored by George Asakura. She then auditioned for a role in Solomon's Perjury, a 2015 film directed by Izuru Narushima. The audition was held nationwide and attracted approximately 10,000 aspiring young actors and actresses.{{Cite news|url= http://eiga.com/news/20131224/2/|title= 宮部みゆき「ソロモンの偽証」映画化決定!超大規模オーディション開催 : 映画ニュース - 映画.com|newspaper= 映画.com|access-date= 2017-02-06|language= ja-JP}}{{Cite news|url= http://www.cinematoday.jp/page/N0059225|title= 宮部みゆき「ソロモンの偽証」映画化決定 中学生役1クラス分をオーディションで選出|newspaper= シネマトゥデイ|access-date= 2017-02-06|language= ja-JP}} Ishii was chosen to play the role of Miyake Juri, a vengeful and low self-esteemed girl who was bullied by a group of school delinquents for having bad skin.
Ishii landed her first starring role in a film, Girls Step which hit theaters in September 2015.{{cite web|url= http://www.e-girlsfamily.jp/news/detail.php?id=1381|title= 【石井杏奈】映画「ガールズステップ」主演決定!|language= ja|publisher= E-girls Family|date= 29 Nov 2014|access-date= 5 September 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141213040621/http://www.e-girlsfamily.jp/news/detail.php?id=1381|archive-date= 13 December 2014|url-status=dead}} This marked the first time that a member of E-girls had a lead role in a film.{{cite web|url= http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2014/11/29/kiji/K20141129009370660.html|title= 石井杏奈、映画初主演!E-girls"芝居担当"抜てき1号|language= ja|publisher= Sponichi Annex|date= 29 Nov 2014|access-date= 5 September 2016}} For her roles in Girls Step and Solomon's Perjury, Ishii won the 58th Blue Ribbon Best Newcomer Award.{{cite web|url= http://www.hochi.co.jp/entertainment/20160126-OHT1T50115.html|title= 【ブルーリボン賞】新人賞・石井杏奈、涙込み上げた|language= ja|publisher= Sports Hochi|date= 27 Jan 2016|access-date= 5 September 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160228215610/http://www.hochi.co.jp/entertainment/20160126-OHT1T50115.html|archive-date= 28 February 2016|url-status=dead}} In 2016, her portrayal of Nagisa Arima, the passionate and earnest leader of the brass band club in Aogeba Tōtoshi, earned her the 5th Confidence Drama Best Newcomer Award.{{Cite news|url= http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2080321/full/|title= 夏ドラマ、「新人賞」はE-girlsメンバーの石井杏奈|newspaper= ORICON NEWS|access-date= 2017-02-08|language= ja-JP}} She also appeared in a live-action adaptation of Your lie in April where she played the role of Tsubaki Sawabe. The film was released on September 10, 2016.
In 2017, Ishii took on the role of Ayami Gotō, a problematic 17-year-old youth with family problems in an NHK drama, Okāsan, Musume wo Yamete ii desu ka?. Her next project was a four-episode NHK BS Premium mini drama starring Kenta Suga, Uso nante Hitotsu mo nai no.{{Cite news|url= https://mdpr.jp/news/1659915|title= 須賀健太が対人恐怖症の青年に E-girls石井杏奈と一歩を踏み出す - モデルプレス|newspaper= モデルプレス - modelpress - ライフスタイル・ファッションエンタメニュースサイト|access-date= 2017-02-08|language= ja-JP}} Kyota Fujimoto and Kentaro Hagiwara, who had previously teamed up for Shiseido's Maquillage face powder commercial short movie "Snow Beauty" starring Fumi Nikaido and Gen Hoshino, were respectively in charge of the screenplay and the direction of the drama.{{Cite web|url= http://www6.nhk.or.jp/nhkpr/post/original.html?i=09028|title= 主演・須賀健太で送るスタイリッシュなプレミアムよるドラマ制作開始!♢嘘(うそ)なんてひとつもないのwebsite= NHK_PR|language= ja|access-date= 2017-02-08}} She also starred alongside Takayuki Yamada in a short film directed by Naomi Kawase, Parallel World, which premiered at the Short Shorts Film Festival & ASIA on June 1, and took on the role of Natsuki Nitō in a live-action adaptation of The Anthem of the Heart, which hit theaters on July 22.
In 2020 Ishii was announced to take part in her first stage play, the reading drama BOOK ACT "Entertainer Exchange Diary (Geinin koukan nikki)" alongside fellow LDH artists. She will also star in the film The Ashes of My Flesh and Blood is the Vast Flowing Galaxy (Kudake Chiru Tokoro wo Miseteageru) as Hari Kuramoto, a bullied first-grade high school student, alongside Taishi Nakagawa. The film was directed by Sabu and will be released on May 8, 2020. Furthermore, she will play the role of Satomi Sekiguchi in the remake of the popular 90s drama Tokyo Love Story which will be released in spring.{{Cite web|url= https://natalie.mu/comic/news/364395|title= 「東京ラブストーリー」29年ぶり再ドラマ化!カンチは伊藤健太郎、リカは石橋静河(コメントあり)|website= コミックナタリー|language= ja|access-date= 2020-03-24}}{{Cite web|url= https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/364438|title= 「東京ラブストーリー」2020年舞台に再ドラマ化、カンチ&リカは伊藤健太郎と石橋静河(コメントあり)website= 映画ナタリー|language= ja|access-date= 2020-03-24}}
= Endorsements =
Ishii has appeared in a number of commercials, the most notable ones being her appearance as a countryside girl alongside Nana Komatsu in NTT DoCoMo d-Video CM directed by Tetsuya Nakashima, and in Japan Post CM with Masataka Kubota and Yoshiyoshi Arakawa.{{Cite web|url= http://www.jp-message.japanpost.jp/|title= メッセージ‐日本郵政グループ|website= www.jp-message.japanpost.jp|access-date= 2017-02-08|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170211075239/http://www.jp-message.japanpost.jp/|archive-date= 2017-02-11|url-status=dead}}
Filmography
To see her appearances with E-girls, see E-girls
= TV series =
= Films =
= Stage =
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2020
| Reading drama Book Act "Entertainer Exchange Diary / Geinin koukan nikki" | |
= Internet programs =
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2019–present
| E-girls meets Dance Battle Documentary | |
= Commercials =
= Music videos =
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Year
! Song ! Artist ! Notes ! {{Abbr|Ref.|References}} |
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rowspan="2" |2011
| Rising Sun | rowspan="2" |Exile | |
Each Other's Way ~Tabi no Tochū~
| | |
2015
| Unfair World | |
2017
| Y.M.C.A. | Generations from Exile Tribe | | |
2024
| Fuyu to Haru | |
= Runways =
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2012
| Autumn/Winter | |
Awards and nominations
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Year
! Award ! Category ! Work ! Result ! {{Abbr|Ref.|References}} |
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2015
| 58th Blue Ribbon Awards | Best Newcomer | Solomon's Perjury, Girls Step | {{won}} |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{Commonscat|Anna Ishii}}
- {{official website|http://www.ldh.co.jp/talent/talent/ishii_anna/}} {{in lang|ja}}
- [http://e-girls-ldh.jp/profile/member.php?id=1000778 E-girls profile] {{in lang|ja}}
{{E-girls}}
{{LDH (company)}}
{{Blue Ribbon Award for Best Newcomer}}
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Category:Japanese female dancers
Category:Japanese film actresses
Category:Japanese television actresses