Kasumi Arimura
{{Short description|Japanese actress (born 1993)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Kasumi Arimura
| image = Kentaro Sakaguchi & Kasumi Arimura at 2024 the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) 08.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Arimura at the 2024 Busan International Film Festival
| native_name = 有村 架純
| native_name_lang = ja
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|2|13}}
| birth_place = Itami, Hyōgo, Japan
| death_date =
| death_place =
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 2010–present
| agent = FLaMme
| known_for = {{ublist|Amachan|Hiyokko|Strobe Edge|Flying Colors}}
}}
{{Nihongo|Kasumi Arimura|有村 架純|Arimura Kasumi|born February 13, 1993}}, is a Japanese actress.{{cite web |url=http://www.flamme.co.jp/KasumiArimura/|title=Kasumi Arimura FLaMme Official Website|access-date=2015-04-04|publisher=FLaMme|language=ja}}{{cite web |url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/519303/|title=Kasumi Arimura|access-date=2015-04-04|publisher=oricon ME inc.|language=ja}} Her television roles have included the young Haruko Amano in the 2013 NHK asadora Amachan and the lead role in the 2017 asadora Hiyokko. She has also appeared in several films, including Flying Colors, for which she won a 39th Japan Academy Film Prize for Newcomer of the Year, and We Made A Beautiful Bouquet, for which she won the 45th Japan Academy Film Prize for Best Actress.
Early life
Arimura was born on February 13, 1993, in Itami city, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.{{Cite web |date=2013-05-24 |title=【新春ガールズ】有村架純、目標は戸田恵梨香 - 芸能 - SANSPO.COM |url=http://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/100109/gnj1001091037013-n1.htm |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=archive.is |archive-date=2013-05-24 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130524035823/http://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/100109/gnj1001091037013-n1.htm |url-status=dead }} She has an older sister, {{ill|v=ib|Airi Arimura|ja|有村藍里}}, who is a model turned actress.{{cite news |date=May 29, 2022 |title=有村藍里"架純の姉"バレて世間から猛バッシング 引退よぎるも…本名での活動決意させた妹の助言 |trans-title=Airi Arimura, "Kasumi's sister" revealed and heavily criticized by the public; she considered retiring but her sister's advice made her decide to continue working under her real name |url=https://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2022/05/29/kiji/20220529s00041000250000c.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318205411/https://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2022/05/29/kiji/20220529s00041000250000c.html |archive-date=March 18, 2023 |access-date=September 28, 2022 |work=Sponichi Annex |language=ja}}
Career
In December 2009, while attending Hyogo Prefectural Itami Nishi High School, Arimura auditioned for FLaMme and passed. In May 2010, she made her first series appearance in Hagane no Onna. Arimura gained popularity by appearing in the Morning drama Amachan in 2013.{{cite web |url= https://www.crank-in.net/news/88727/1|title= 【バイプレイヤーズ百名鑑】有村架純「バイプレイヤーズの皆々様のお顔を見ると、心が洗われました」|access-date= August 30, 2021|work= Crank-in!|date= 19 April 2021}} Arimura then appeared as the lead actress in the critically acclaimed film Flying Colors where she was cast as a troubled teen who attends a cram school at the behest of her mother in order to gain entry to University. The film was a massive box office success and was the 8th highest-grossing film in Japan in 2015.{{cite web |url= http://www.eiren.org/boxoffice_e/2015.html|title= MOVIES WITH BOX OFFICE GROSS RECEIPTS EXCEEDING 1 BILLION YEN|access-date= August 30, 2021|work= Crank-in!}} Arimura was nominated for both the Outstanding Performance By An Actress In A Leading Role and Newcomer of the Year Awards in the 39th Japan Academy Film Prize for her role in the film. She was awarded the Newcomer of the Year Award.
Arimura was selected as the lead actress for the Asadora Hiyokko in the year 2017. For her role in the drama, she was voted as the Best Actress in The 94th Television Drama Academy Awards (2017), an award given quarterly by a popular Japanese magazine, The Television, and are based on the combined results of votes from the magazine readers, juries, and TV journalists in Japan.{{cite web|url=https://thetv.jp/feature/drama-academy/94/awards/|title=第94回ドラマアカデミー賞 |trans-title= 94th Drama Academy Awards |website=thetv.j0|access-date=2021-09-14}} She has since appeared in many critically acclaimed television dramas and films such as Meet Me After School, I Am a Hero, Cafe Funiculi Funicula and Sekigahara. In the film Sekigahara, Arimura played the role of a ninja named Hatsume who was recruited by the legendary samurai Ishida Mitsunari. The film was nominated for the Picture of the Year award at the 41st Japan Academy Film Prize.
Arimura has also taken on acting roles in works which are regarded as controversial in nature. In the drama Meet Me After School, Arimura took on the challenging role of a young teacher who ended up falling in love with her 15 year-old student. Despite its controversial nature, the drama was named the Best Drama in the 99th Japan Television Drama Academy Awards.{{cite web|url=https://thetv.jp/feature/drama-academy/99/awards/|title=第99回ドラマアカデミー賞 |trans-title= 99th Drama Academy Awards |website=thetv.jp |access-date=2021-09-14}}
The year 2021 proved to be a very successful year for Arimura. She appeared in the film We Made A Beautiful Bouquet, which was the 8th highest grossing film of 2021 in Japan.{{cite web|url=http://eiren.org/boxoffice_e/index.html|title= MOVIES WITH BOX OFFICE GROSS RECEIPTS EXCEEDING 1 BILLION YEN|access-date= January 30, 2022|work= Crank-in!}} Arimura was awarded the Best Actress award in the 45th Japan Academy Film Prize for her role in the film.{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/drive-my-car-eight-japan-academy-prizes-1235202697/|title= Oscar-Contender 'Drive My Car' Wins Eight Japan Academy Prizes|access-date=2022-03-11}} Arimura also starred in the blockbuster films Rurouni Kenshin: The Final and Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning, the final 2 films of the epic Rurouni Kenshin film franchise which consist of films which are adapted from the Rurouni Kenshin manga series. Both films were massive box-office successes in 2021 in Japan, grossing more than 6.5 billion yen cumulatively. Arimura portrayed Yukishiro Tomoe, the deceased-wife of the titular character Himura Kenshin. Rurouni Kenshin: The Final was the 6th highest grossing film whilst Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning was the 13th highest grossing film for the year 2021 in Japan.{{cite web |url=http://eiren.org/boxoffice_e/index.html|title= MOVIES WITH BOX OFFICE GROSS RECEIPTS EXCEEDING 1 BILLION YEN|access-date= January 30, 2022|work= Crank-in!}}
On the drama side, Arimura starred as a young lady struggling with employment, who happens to chance upon a group of also struggling stand-up comedians in the 2021 slice of life drama Life's Punchline (Konto Ga Hajimaru). For her role in the drama, she was voted as the Best Supporting Actress in The 108th Television Drama Academy Awards, making her one of the few female actresses who has won both the Best Actress (Hiyokko) and Best Supporting Actress Awards (Life's Punchline) in The Television Drama Academy Awards.{{cite web|url=https://thetv.jp/feature/drama-academy/108/awards/ |title=第108回ドラマアカデミー賞 |trans-title= 108th Drama Academy Awards |website=thetv.jp |access-date=2021-09-14}}
Arimura appeared in the drama Zenkamono (a.k.a Prior Convictions) wherein she acted as a voluntary probation officer who was tasked with the supervision of 3 separate paroled convicts. A movie version of Zenkamono starring Arimura was also released in 2022. Also In 2022, Arimura appeared alongside Ninomiya Kazunari in the TV Special Adventure of Comandante Cappellini (Sensuikan Cappellini-go no Bouken) and starred in the drama Ishiko and Haneo. Arimura appeared in the film Phases of the Moon in December 2022.{{cite web |url=https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3226400/phases-moon-movie-review-japanese-reincarnation-drama-unabashedly-romantic-tear-jerker|title= Phases of the Moon movie review:Japanese reincarnation drama is an unabashedly romantic tear-jerker|date= 4 July 2023|access-date=2023-07-04}}
In January 2023, Arimura appeared in the 62nd NHK taiga drama What Will You Do, Ieyasu?. In February, Kasumi starred in the Netflix-produced film titled Call Me Chihiro.
In June 2024, Arimura appeared in the film Dear Family as a supporting character.
{{cite web |url=https://x.com/cloverblossoms_/status/1727475582823477370|title= Dear family'|website= Eiga|access-date=2024-06-16}}
In July 2024, Kasumi starred alongside Ren Meguro in the drama Where Does The Sea Begin.{{cite web |url=https://www.fujitv.com/drama/uminohajimari/|title= Fujii Television - Where does the sea begin|date= 1 July 2024|access-date=2024-07-01}}
In November 2024, Kasumi appeared in the Netflix-produced drama titled Beyond Goodbye.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/netflix-japan-beyond-goodbye-drama-1235589032/|title= Netflix Adds to Japan Originals Slate With Romantic Drama Series 'Beyond Goodbye'|website= The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=2023-09-12}} Beyond Goodbye was ranked the 9th most-watched non-english TV series on Netflix on its first week of airing.{{cite web|url=https://www.netflix.com/tudum/top10/tv-non-english|title= Weekly Top 10 list of most watched TV and films|website= Netflix|access-date=2024-11-18}}
Filmography
= Movies =
= TV dramas =
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year !Drama !Role !class="unsortable"|Notes !class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |
| rowspan="2"|2010
|The Woman of Steel |Mana Nishibori | |
| SPEC: Birth
|Miyabi Masaki | |
| rowspan="3"|2011
|Akutō: Jūhanzai Sōsahan |Manami Momose | Episode 5 |
| The Woman of Steel Season 2
|Mana Nishibori | |
| Odd Family 11
|Niko Sanada | |
| rowspan="6"|2012
|Yui Akiyama | |{{cite web|url=http://www.tokyohive.com/article/2012/02/kaku-kento-to-star-in-drama-adaptation-of-clover|title=Kaku Kento to star in drama adaptation of Clover|access-date=2015-06-30|publisher=6Theory Media, LLC|work=tokyohive}}{{cite web|url=http://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I023733349-00|script-title=ja:クローバー Clover (「クローバー」製作委員会): 2012|access-date=2015-06-30|publisher=National Diet Library|language=ja}} |
| SPEC: Life
|Miyabi Masaki |Television film |
| Mikeneko Homes no Suiri
|Asuka Murase |Episodes 8 and 9 |
| Boku no Natsuyasumi
|Haruna Aoyama | |
| Tsurukame Maternity Center
|Sayori Uehara | |
| The Brave Yoshihiko and The Key of an Evil Spirit
|Fake Murasaki |Episode 7 |
| rowspan="7"|2013
|Otasukeya Jinpachi |Moe Kamiya | |
| Amachan
|Haruko Amano |
| Tales of the Unusual: Spring 2013
|Sumiko Tsujiura |Short drama |
| Star Man
|Shoko Usui | |
| The After-Dinner Mysteries Special
|Yumiko Shiota |Television film |
| Chicken Race
|Kumi Sakurai |Television film |
| The Stork Nest
|Ayumi Niiyama |Television film |
| rowspan="4"|2014
|Matsuri Koyurugi | |
| Mozu Season 1
|Ami Nakajima | |
| Baseball Brainiacs
|Yuzuko Tarumi | |
| Tonari no Reji no Umekisan
|Mika Sawamura | |
| rowspan="3"|2015
|Nana Kurata | |
| Eien no Bokura: Sea Side Blue
|Aoi Matsuoka |Lead role; television film |
| Umi ni Furu
|Miyuki Amaya |Lead role; miniseries |
| 2016
|Oto Sugihara |Lead role |
| 2017
|Mineko Yatabe |Lead role; Asadora |
| 2018
|Hijiri Suenaga |Lead role |
| rowspan="2"|2019
|Hiyokko 2 |Mineko Maeda |Lead role; miniseries |
| And Life Goes On
|Tōko Ikuta |Lead role; miniseries |
| rowspan="4"|2020
|A Day-Off of Kasumi Arimura |Herself |Lead role; miniseries |
| Gift of Fire
|Setsu Asakura |Lead role; television film |
| Our Sister's Soulmate
|Momoko Adachi |Lead role |
| Cold Case Season 3
|Misa Kifune |Episode 3 |
| rowspan="2"|2021
|Life's Punchline |Rihoko Nakahama | |
| Zenkamono
|Kayo Agawa |Lead role |
| rowspan=3|2022
|Adventure of Comandante Cappellini |Sakiko Hayami |Television film |
| Ishiko and Haneo: You're Suing Me?
|Shōko "Ishiko" Ishida |Lead role |
| Lost Man Found
|Herself |Cameo; episode 1 |
| 2023
|Sena |
| rowspan=2|2024
|Where Does the Sea Begin |Yayoi Momose | |
| Beyond Goodbye
|Saeko |Lead role |
=Stage=
- Jeanne d'Arc (7 October 2014 - 24 November 2014), Jeanne d'Arc{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2036847/full/|script-title=ja:有村架純、初舞台で初主演「全力で頑張る」 『ジャンヌ・ダルク』で「新しい自分に」|access-date=2015-06-30|publisher=oricon ME inc.|language=ja}}
- Tomodachi (2021), the second daughter{{cite web |url= https://natalie.mu/stage/news/428694|title= 安部公房「友達」を加藤拓也が立ち上げる、出演に鈴木浩介・有村架純・林遣都・浅野和之ら|access-date= January 3, 2022|work= Natalie}}
=Video games=
=Music videos=
- Ketsumeishi - Nakama (12 May 2010){{cite web |url= https://tokyonow.tokyo/video/111760/|title= ケツメイシ「仲間」|access-date= 29 September 2024|work= okyo Now}}
- Sayaka Shionoya - Dear Heaven (10 December 2012){{cite web|url=http://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/entame/84264/|script-title=ja:有村架純が大型新人・塩ノ谷早耶香に花束を贈呈|access-date=2015-06-30|publisher=Tokyo Sports|language=ja|archive-date=2016-03-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305010945/http://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/entame/84264/|url-status=dead}}
- Saku - Start Me Up (29 April 2015){{cite web|url=http://natalie.mu/music/news/144815|script-title=ja:Sakuの"1週間"描く「START ME UP」MV、有村架純も登場|access-date=2015-06-30|publisher=Natasha,Inc|language=ja}}
- Aoi Teshima - Letter for Tomorrow (10 February 2016){{cite web |url= https://natalie.mu/music/news/175324|title= 有村架純主演の月9「いつ恋」とリンク、手嶌葵の新MV公開|access-date= May 28, 2022|work= Natalie}}
- Nissy - Happening and My Prettiest Girl (24 August 2016){{cite web |url= https://natalie.mu/music/news/195457|title= Nissy西島隆弘MVに「いつ恋」有村架純、ラブラブな恋人同士に|access-date= June 3, 2022|work= Natalie}}
=Others=
- The Making of Magical Movies: John Lasseter and Disney Animation (2014), narrator{{cite web |url= https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0067914|title= NHK、1年がかりでディズニーと交渉! 制作の裏側に世界で初めてカメラが密着!|access-date= 6 December 2024|date= 10 November 2014|website= Cinematoday|language=ja}}
- 66th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen (2015), a judge{{cite web |url= https://www.cinemacafe.net/article/2015/12/25/36690.html|title= 有村架純＆堺雅人＆長澤まさみら、「紅白」豪華なゲスト審査員発表！|access-date= March 18, 2021|work= Cinema Cafe|date= 25 December 2015}}
- 67th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen (2016), red team captain{{cite web |url= https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2081383/full/|title= 『第67回紅白歌合戦』司会に嵐・相葉&有村架純|access-date= March 16, 2021|work= Oricon|date= 13 November 2016}}
- 68th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen (2017), red team captain{{cite web |url= https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2100493/full//|title= 『第68回NHK紅白歌合戦』総合司会は内村光良に決定 紅組は有村架純 白組は嵐・二宮和也|access-date= March 16, 2021|work= Oricon|date= 4 February 2018}}
- 64th Japan Record Awards (2022), host{{cite web |url= https://mantan-web.jp/article/20221206dog00m200002000c.html|title= 有村架純:初の「日本レコード大賞」総合司会 安住紳一郎アナは11年連続 3年ぶり有観客開催|access-date= January 3, 2023|work= Mantan-web|date= 6 December 2022}}
Awards and nominations
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+Year presented, name of the award ceremony, category, nominee(s) of the award, and the result of the nomination ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Award ceremony ! scope="col" | Category ! scope="col" | Nominated work(s) ! scope="col" | Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |
| 2014
| Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia | Best Actress | Light Along | {{won}} |
| rowspan="5"| 2016
| rowspan="2"|39th Japan Academy Film Prize |rowspan="2"| Flying Colors | {{nom}} |
| Newcomer of the Year
| {{won}} |
| 40th Elan d'or Awards
| Herself | {{won}} |
| 58th Blue Ribbon Awards
| rowspan="1"| Strobe Edge, Flying Colors | {{won}} |
| 29th Nikkan Sports Film Awards
| rowspan="1"| The Firefly Summers, Someone | {{won}} |
| rowspan="1"| 2017
| rowspan="1"|22nd Busan International Film Festival | Asia Star Award | rowspan="2"| Narratage | {{won}} |
| 2018
| 60th Blue Ribbon Awards | Best Actress | {{nom}} |
| rowspan="4"| 2021
| 13th Tama Film Awards | Best Actress | rowspan="7"| We Made A Beautiful Bouquet | {{won}} |
| 34th Nikkan Sports Film Awards
| {{nom}} |
| 16th GQ Men of the Year
| Best Actress | {{Won}} |
| Elle Cinema Awards 2021
| Best Actress | {{won}} |
| rowspan="4"|2022
| 76th Mainichi Film Awards | {{nom}} |
| 64th Blue Ribbon Awards
| Best Actress | {{nom}} |
| 45th Japan Academy Film Prize
| {{won}} |
| 47th Hochi Film Awards
| Best Actress | rowspan="2"|Prior Convictions | {{won}} |
| rowspan="2"|2023
| 65th Blue Ribbon Awards | Best Actress | {{Nominated}} |
| 46th Japan Academy Film Prize
| Phases of the Moon | {{Nominated}} |
Bibliography
=Books=
- Kimi to Boku no Heya (Shueisha, 20 March 2015), cover, {{ISBN|9784086800129}}
=Photobooks=
- B.L.T. U-17 Vol.17 (Tokyo News Mook) (5 February 2011), Tokyo News Service, {{ISBN|9784863361317}}
- aBUTTON Vol.4_Yume Arimura Kasumi (Plup Series) (30 November 2011), Parco, {{ISBN|9784891949259}}
- Shinkokyū: Shin Kokyu (7 November 2013),{{cite web |url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2029329/full/|script-title=ja:有村架純、初の写真集発売 "最初で最後"水着姿披露|trans-title=Kasumi Arimura releases her 1st photobook|access-date=2015-04-04|publisher=oricon ME inc.|language=ja}} Shueisha, {{ISBN|9784087807035}}
- Oh! My Rody (14 February 2014), TMWC, {{ISBN|9784990756505}}
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Kasumi Arimura}}
- [http://www.flamme.co.jp/KasumiArimura/ Kasumi Arimura at FLaMme] {{in lang|ja}}
- [http://ameblo.jp/kasumiarimura/ Official blog] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130814003425/http://ameblo.jp/kasumiarimura/ |date=2013-08-14 }} {{in lang|ja}}
- {{IMDb name|4134328}}
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