Konatsu Kato
{{Short description|Japanese actress (born 1999)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Konatsu Kato
| native_name = {{nobold|{{nihongo2|加藤小夏}}}}
| image = Yokohama International Film Festival 2024 Kato Konatsu (53869392670).jpg
| caption = Kato at the 37th Tokyo International Film Festival in 2024
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1999|06|26}}
| birth_place = Tokyo, Japan
| height = 164 cm
| occupation = {{flatlist|
| agent = Sun Music Production
| yearsactive = 2014–present
| spouse =
| notable_works = {{Unbulleted list|I"s as Aiko Aso|Midnight as Kaede|The 13 Lords of the Shogun as Chiyo}}
| website =
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{{nihongo|Konatsu Kato|加藤小夏|Kato Konatsu|born June 26, 1999}} is a Japanese actress and model.
Biography
Konatsu Kato born on 26 June 1999 in Tokyo. She learned to dance at a young age. When she was in the first year of junior high school, she was scouted on Takeshita Street in Harajuku, Tokyo, on her way home from a dance class, and joined her current agency, Sun Music Productions.{{Cite news|url= https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2106128/full/ |title= "仕事が舞い込む"宣材美女・加藤小夏、女優として本格始動「恥ずかしくない演技を」 |trans-title="Jobs are flying in" promotional beauty Konatsu Kato starts full-scale acting as an actress "I'm not embarrassed"|newspaper= Oricon News|publisher=Oricon |date=2018-02-21|accessdate=2024-08-17}}
In 2018, Kato was introduced in the magazine Pen as one of the buzzworthy women of the year. She quickly became a hot topic on the Internet and among TV station staff as a promotional beauty.{{Cite news |url=https://news.dwango.jp/music/31397-1809 |title="2018年バズる美女"加藤小夏、初ジャケ写で透き通る美しさ |trans-title="Beautiful woman of 2018" Konatsu Kato, her beauty shines through in her first jacket photo|newspaper=Dwango JPnews |publisher=Dwango Co., Ltd. |date=2018-09-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181224220954/https://news.dwango.jp/music/31397-1809 |accessdate=2024-07-24|archive-date=24 December 2018 }}
She was selected to play the fourth heroine, Asou Aiko, in I"s, based on the original work by Masakazu Katsura, and after an audition of 700 people to decide the role of the main heroine, marking her first appearance in a serial drama.{{Cite news|url= https://hochi.news/articles/20180321-OHT1T50186.html |title= 加藤小夏、「胸キュンスカッと」で地上波初出演し「美少女すぎる」と話題に|trans-title=Konatsu Kato makes her first terrestrial TV appearance on "Munekyuu Sukkato" and is talked about as "too beautiful"|newspaper= Sports Hochi|publisher=The Hochi Shimbun|date=2018-03-21|accessdate=2024-08-17}}{{Cite news|url= https://mantan-web.jp/article/20181120dog00m200042000c.html |title= I"s："4人目のヒロイン"は19歳美少女・加藤小夏 麻生藍子役で初連ドラ |trans-title=I”s: The fourth heroine is 19-year-old beautiful girl Konatsu Kato, who plays Aiko Aso in her first drama series.|newspaper=MantanWeb |publisher=Mantan Co., Ltd. |date= 2018-11-21|accessdate=2021-03-17 }}
In 2021, Kato make her first drama lead role with Takahashi Yu and Kakehashi Sayaka in Uritateya Honeys. In the same year she produced her first apparel brand, ForWe. She also appeared in The 13 Lords of the Shogun, which was her first appearance in a Taiga drama.{{Cite news|url= https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/420402 |title= 高橋ユウ、加藤小夏、掛橋沙耶香が闇金3姉妹演じる「取り立て屋ハニーズ」配信 |trans-title=Yu Takahashi, Konatsu Kato, and Sayaka Kakehashi play three loan shark sisters in "Debt Collection Honeys"|newspaper=Natalie |date=2021-03-17|accessdate=2024-08-17}}
In 2024, Apple Studios released the short film, Midnight directed by Takashi Miike. In March, she attended the press premiere took place together with Kento Kaku, and Yukiyoshi Ozawa.{{Cite news |date=2024-03-06 |title=iPhoneのみを使用した短編「ミッドナイト」配信、主演の賀来賢人「ワクワクがてんこ盛り」 |trans-title="Midnight," a short film released using only the iPhone, stars Kento Kaku as "full of excitement"|url=https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/563785 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240522190342/https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/563785 |archive-date=2024-05-22 |access-date=2024-05-04 |work=natalie}}
Filmography
=Film=
=Television series=
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| scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! class="unsortable" scope="col" | Notes ! class="unsortable" scope="col" | {{abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}} |
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| rowspan=2|2018
| A Story to Read on the Day You First Fall in Love | Momo Imai | |
| I"s
| Aiko Aso | |
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| rowspan=2|2020 | Baby Boyfriends | Miyuki | |
| Father and Son Underground Idols
| Hirari Ato | |
| 2022
| Chise |
| rowspan=3|2023
| Nagatan to Ao to: Ichika no Ryōrichō | Ichiga | |
| Fukuoka Love Story
| Rio Yamaguchi | |
| Saraba, Yoki Hi
| Mori Tamaki | |
| 2024
| Wing-Man | Aoi | |
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://sunmusic-gp.co.jp/talent/kato_konatsu/|Official website}} {{in lang|ja}}
- {{IMDb name|10273240}}
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Category:21st-century Japanese actresses