Hikari Mitsushima

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| name = Hikari Mitsushima

| image = Mitsushima Hikari at Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo International Film Festival 2017 (25331933327).jpg

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| caption = Mitsushima, Tokyo, 2017

| native_name = 満島ひかり

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|11|30|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Kagoshima, Japan

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| nationality = Japanese

| spouse = {{marriage|Yuya Ishii|2010|2016|end=divorced}}

| relatives = Shinnosuke Mitsushima (brother)

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Actress
singer}}

| years_active = 1997–present

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| module = {{Infobox musical artist

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| instrument = Vocals

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Pop
J-pop

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{{Nihongo|Hikari Mitsushima|満島ひかり|Mitsushima Hikari|born 30 November 1985}} is a Japanese actress, singer and model. In 2017 she was the vocalist and dancer in Mondo Grosso's videos for "Labyrinth", which has garnered over 35 million views on YouTube as of February 2023, and "In this World".

Career

She is a graduate of Okinawa Actors School. She began her music career in 1997 as a teenage 'idol singer' in the J-pop groups Folder and Folder 5. She made her acting debut in the same year, starring as Shiori Uchiura / Little Girl in the kaiju film Rebirth of Mothra II. Her first television appearance came in 2005, when she played Elly in Ultraman Max. Her film career recommenced as Sayu Yagami in 2006's manga-adaptation thriller film Death Note, and in 2008 she starred as Yōko Ozawa in Love Exposure, a comedy-drama{{\}}art film directed by Sion Sono. Her performance in Love Exposure brought her critical attention and won her and her team several awards.

{{Cite news

| last = Aoki

| first = Mizuho

| title = Hikari Mitsushima: from pop idol to screen diva?

| newspaper = Japan Times

| date = 30 April 2010

| url = http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ff20100430r1.html

| access-date = 27 October 2010 }}

Since then, Mitsushima has had starring roles in numerous films and television dramas including 2010's Sawako Decides, written and directed by Yuya Ishii.{{Cite web |date=2016-10-05 |title=満島ひかり、映画監督・石井裕也氏と交際1年で入籍 |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/81415/full/ |access-date=2023-09-14 |website=ORICON NEWS}}

Mitsushima has made occasional vocal contributions to Japanese pop singles. She featured as a vocalist in the fictional band SRM on Stephanie's "Pride ~A Part of Me~", the title song for the 2009 Japanese drama film Pride. In 2017, she provided lead vocals for fictional band Doughnuts Hole's "Otona no Okite", the theme song for television drama Quartet, in which she starred as Suzume Sebuki. In the same year, she appeared as a featured vocalist in Mondo Grosso's song "Labyrinth" and starred as a dancer in the music video (over 35{{nbsp}}million views on YouTube, {{As of|alt=as of February 2023|2023|2||post=}}).{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2quiyHfJQw |title=MONDO GROSSO / ラビリンス - YouTube |website=www.youtube.com |access-date=22 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202210211/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2quiyHfJQw |archive-date=2 February 2022 |url-status=dead}}{{YouTube|_2quiyHfJQw|Labyrinth / MONDO GROSSO}}

Personal life

Her grandfather was Italian-American.{{Cite web |date=2024-02-06 |title=満島ひかりはハーフではなくクオーター!激似母と強面父と仲良し兄弟! |url=https://nouvelles.link/12070/ |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=暮らしのセンス |language=ja}}

Mitsushima announced via fax through her agency that she has registered her marriage with film director Yuya Ishii on October 25 2010,{{Cite web |date=2016-10-05 |title=満島ひかり、映画監督・石井裕也氏と交際1年で入籍 |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/81415/full/ |access-date=2023-09-14 |website=ORICON NEWS}} they later divorced in early 2016.{{Cite web |title=満島ひかりが離婚、永山絢斗と熱愛報道所属事務所がコメント |url=https://mdpr.jp/news/detail/1585259 |access-date=2023-09-14 |website=mdpr.jp}} On May 17, 2016, Mitsushima and Kento Nagayama's agencies jointly announced that the two were confirmed to be in a relationship.{{Cite web |date=2016-05-17 |title=満島ひかり今年初旬に離婚新恋人は永山絢斗双方事務所公認の仲 |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2071772/full/ |access-date=2023-09-14 |website=ORICON NEWS}}

Filmography

=Film=

Rebirth of Mothra II (1997) as Shiori Uranai / Little girl
Death Note (2006) as Sayu Yagami
Death Note 2: The Last Name (2006) as Sayu Yagami
Exte: Hair Extensions (2007) as Yuriko Shiina
Shaolin Girl (2008) as Hikari Takahashi
Drop in Ghost (2008)
Love Exposure (2008) as Yōko
Pride (2009) as Moe Midorikawa
Be Sure to Share (2009) as Schoolgirl
The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio (2009) as Haru Yasuoka
Kakera: A Piece of Our Life (2009) as Haru
Rinco's Restaurant (2009)
Sawako Decides (2010) as Sawako
Villain (2010)
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011) as Miho
Tormented (2011) as Kiriko
Smuggler (2011) as Tanuma Chiharu
Moteki (2011)
A Chorus of Angels (2012) as Manami
The End of Summer (2013) as Tomoko
Hello! Junichi (2014)
Kakekomi (2015) as Ogin
One Piece Film: Gold (2016) as Carina (voice)
Traces of Sin (2017) as Mitsuko
Umibe no Sei to Shi (2017) as Miho Shimao
Mary and the Witch's Flower (2017) as The Red-Haired Witch (voice)
The Bucket List (2019)
Riverside Mukolitta (2022){{cite web |url= https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/429742|title= 満島ひかり、吉岡秀隆がボロアパートでのびのび生活、荻上直子の新作に出演|access-date= May 27, 2021|work= Natalie}}
I Am Makimoto (2022) as Tōko Tsumori{{cite web |url= https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/471360|title= 阿部サダヲ主演作「アイ・アムまきもと」に満島ひかり、宇崎竜童、松下洸平ら出演|access-date= March 28, 2022|work= eiga.com}}
Tang and Me (2022) as Emi{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/95214/|title= TANG タング|access-date= March 31, 2022|work= eiga.com}}
Last Mile (2024) as Erena Funado{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/100881/|title= ラストマイル|access-date= December 11, 2023|work= eiga.com}}
The Brightest Sun (2025) as Satoko{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/103169/|title= 時には懺悔を|access-date= 1 January 2025|website= eiga.com|language=ja}}
On the Summer Sand (2025) as Asako{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/news/20250226/2/|title= オダギリジョー×髙石あかり×松たか子×満島ひかり、豪華共演玉田真也監督が傑作戯曲を映画化「夏の砂の上」7月4日公開|access-date= 26 February 2025|date= 26 February 2025|website= eiga.com|language=ja}}
Bring Him Down to a Portable Size (2025) as Kanako{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/103708/|title= 兄を持ち運べるサイズに|access-date= 9 April 2025|website= eiga.com|language=ja}}
The Last Blossom (2025), Nana Nagata in the past (voice){{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/101819/|title= ホウセンカ|access-date= 24 April 2025|website= eiga.com|language=ja}}

= Animation =

Cocoon (2025) as Mayu{{Cite web |last=Hodgkins |first=Crystalyn |date=February 14, 2025 |title=Cocoon Wartime Anime Reveals Main Cast, More Staff, Late-March Debut |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-02-14/cocoon-wartime-anime-reveals-main-cast-more-staff-late-march-debut/.221225 |access-date=February 20, 2025 |website=Anime News Network |language=en}}

=Television=

Ultraman Max (2005–2006) as Elly
Dandori Musume (2006) as Ulala
Beni no monshō (2006) as Ayako (2006)
Burokkorii (2007)
Kaette kita jikō keisatsu (2007) as Mitsuyo
Kamen Rider Den-O (2007) as Yuka Sawada
Kekkon sagishi (2007)
Shakin Kanojo (2008)
Hitomi (2008) as Junko
Make The Last Wish (2008)
Uramiya honpo reboot (2009)
IRIS (2009) /dubbed for Kim So-yeon/
Bloody Monday (manga) (2010) as Risa Kurano / Lisa
Tsuki no Koibito ~Moon Lovers~ (2010) as Anzai Rina
Moteki (2010) as Nakashiba Itsuka
Dazai Osamu tanpen shōsetsu shū 3 (2010)
Sayonara Bokutachi no Youchien (2011, TV Movie) as Yoshiki Mari
Sunshine (2011)
Soredemo, Ikite yuku (2011) as Futaba
Kaitakushatachi (2012)
Woman (2013) as Koharu
Wakamono Tachi (2014) as Hikari
Saving My Stupid Youth (2014) as Lisa
Dokonjō Gaeru (2015) as Pyonkichi (voice)
Totto TV (2016) as Tetsuko Kuroyanagi
Kidnap Tour (2016)
Quartet (2017) as Suzume
Kangoku no Ohimesama (2017) as Futaba Wakai
10 Count to the Future (2022) as Aoi Orihara{{cite web |url= https://thetv.jp/program/0001014231/cast/|title= 未来への10カウントの出演者・キャスト一覧|access-date= 2 September 2024|work= The Television}}
First Love (2022) as Yae Noguchi{{cite web |url= https://www.cinra.net/news/20201203-firstlove|title= 満島ひかり×佐藤健×宇多田ヒカル Netflix『First Love 初恋』2022年配信|access-date= December 3, 2020|work= Cinra.net}}