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Megumi (actress)

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{{Short description|Japanese singer, actress, television personality, and gravure idol}}

{{About|the tarento|the voice actress who occasionally goes by the stage name "MEGUMI"|Megumi Hayashibara}}

{{Other uses|Megumi}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Megumi

| image =

| alt =

| caption =

| native_name = めぐみ

| birth_name = Megumi Yamano

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|09|25}}

| birth_place = Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan

| other_names = Megumi Furuya

| spouse = {{marriage|Kenji Furuya|2008|2023|reason=div}}

| children = 1

| occupation = {{flatlist|

}}

{{nihongo|Megumi Yamano|山野めぐみ|Yamano Megumi|formerly {{nihongo|Furuya|降谷}}, born September 25, 1981}}, known mononymously as {{nihongo|Megumi|めぐみ}}, is a Japanese tarento, actress, singer, and gravure idol. She is currently affiliated with Suns Entertainment.

Early life

She was raised in Kurashiki, Okayama, but was born in Matsue, Shimane.

She dropped out of Kurashiki Suishō Senior High School (at the time an all-girls school).

Personal life

In July 2008, after discovering she was pregnant, Megumi married Dragon Ash lead singer Kenji Furuya, whom she had been dating since 2005.{{Citation | publisher = Tokyograph | url = http://www.tokyograph.com/news/kenji-furuya-megumi-to-finally-marry | title = Kenji Furuya, Megumi to finally marry}}. On February 6, 2009, Megumi gave birth to the couple's only child, a son.{{Citation | publisher = Tokyograph | url = http://www.tokyograph.com/news/megumi-kenji-furuya-celebrate-first-child | title = Megumi, Kenji Furuya celebrate first child}}.

On December 30, 2023, the couple jointly announced that they had divorced.{{Cite web |date=2023-12-30 |title=Dragon Ash降谷建志とMEGUMI、離婚成立を報告 子育ては「共に進めていく所存」【双方コメント全文】 |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2308992/full/ |access-date=2024-01-01 |website=ORICON NEWS}}

Roles

=Variety shows=

=Educational Television=

  • Onishi Hiroto's Basic English Recipe (April 2022, NHK Educational TV){{Cite web|url=https://screenonline.jp/SCREEN_Plus/17523823|title = Jo1の河野純喜、NHK Eテレの語学番組「ハングルッ！ナビ」に生徒役でレギュラー出演「目標はハングルで歌を歌うこと!!4月から一緒に頑張りましょう!」と意気込む - Screen Online（スクリーンオンライン）}}

=Radio=

=Commercials=

=Film=

  • Hero (2007), Sakurako Kōno
  • SS (2008), Girako
  • The Blood of Wolves (2018)
  • Little Nights, Little Love (2018)
  • Neet Neet Neet (2018)
  • The Stormy Family (2019)
  • One Night (2019)
  • Stigmatized Properties (2020), Kaori
  • The Way of the Househusband (2022), Kazuko Tanaka{{cite web|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/451934|title=「極主夫道」実写映画化！玉木宏・川口春奈らドラマキャスト集結で来年夏に公開|website=natalie.mu|date=November 3, 2021|access-date=November 3, 2021|language=ja}}
  • What to Do with the Dead Kaiju? (2022), the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/92765/|title= 大怪獣のあとしまつ|access-date= November 30, 2021|work= eiga.com}}
  • Mado (2022){{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/98260/|title= 窓 MADO|access-date= November 4, 2022|work= eiga.com}}
  • The Last 10 Years (2022){{cite web |url= https://www.instagram.com/p/Ca_q8B5hFAF/?hl=ja|title= megumi1818|access-date= June 2, 2022|work= Instagram}}
  • Downfall (2023), Nozomi Machida{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/98230/|title= 零落|access-date= October 27, 2022|work= eiga.com}}
  • Scroll (2023){{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/97682/|title= スクロール|access-date= December 1, 2022|work= eiga.com}}
  • December (2023){{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/98721/|title= 赦し|access-date= January 17, 2023|work= eiga.com}}
  • Insomniacs After School (2023), Isaki's mother{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/96427/|title= 君は放課後インソムニア|access-date= March 11, 2023|work= eiga.com}}
  • Ice Cream Fever (2023), Naoko Arakawa{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/98598/|title= アイスクリームフィーバー|access-date= April 9, 2023|work= eiga.com}}
  • The Forbidden Play (2023), Shūko Noda{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/98311/|title= 禁じられた遊び|access-date= May 24, 2023|work= eiga.com}}
  • Masked Hearts (2023){{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/99329/|title= 愛にイナズマ|access-date= May 26, 2023|work= eiga.com}}
  • The Tales of Kurashiki (2025){{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/101929/|title= 蔵のある街|access-date= June 18, 2024|work= eiga.com}}
  • Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist's Journey (2025), Akiko's mother{{cite web |url= https://natalie.mu/comic/news/612037|title= 映画「かくかくしかじか」明子＆日高先生を取り巻くキャストに見上愛、津田健次郎ら|access-date= 18 February 2025|date= 18 February 2025|website= Natalie|language=ja}}

=TV drama=

  • Ossan's Love: In the Sky (2019), Haruka Neko
  • The Way of the Househusband (2020), Kazuko Tanaka{{cite web|url=https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/398161|title=「極主夫道」メインビジュアル到着、橋本じゅんやMEGUMIら新キャストも発表|website=natalie.mu|date=September 28, 2020|access-date=October 26, 2020|language=ja}}
  • The Naked Director Season 2 (2021){{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/news/20210326/3/|title= 「全裸監督」シーズン2の新キャスト発表 渡辺大知、MEGUMI、西内まりや、宮沢りえ、石橋蓮司らが参戦|access-date= May 24, 2021|work= eiga.com}}
  • A Day-Off of Ryunosuke Kamiki (2022){{cite web |url= https://www.crank-in.net/news/96397/1|title= 『神木隆之介の撮休』、安達祐実、成海璃子ら実力派キャスト集結 キービジュアルも解禁|access-date= November 15, 2021|work= Crank-in!|date= November 14, 2021}}
  • Ōoku: The Inner Chambers (2023), Ōoka Tadasuke{{cite web |url= https://realsound.jp/movie/2023/02/post-1259477.html|title= 三浦透子、『大奥』で徳川家重に「8代・徳川吉宗編」にMEGUMI、當真あみら出演決定|access-date= February 26, 2023|work= Real Sound|date= February 15, 2023}}
  • Informa (2023), Asuka Nagasawa{{Cite web |date=13 December 2022 |title=桐谷健太の「インフォーマ」新キャスト15名解禁、PERIMETRONによるビジュアルも |url=https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/504923 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003044222/https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/504923 |archive-date=3 October 2024 |access-date=3 October 2024 |website=Natalie Eiga |language=Japanese}}
  • The Hot Spot (2025), Noriko Inamoto{{cite web |url= https://mantan-web.jp/article/20250209dog00m200049000c.html|title= ホットスポット:MEGUMIと志田未来が次回第6話から新たに出演 スナックのママと従業員役|access-date= 10 March 2025|date= 9 February 2025|website= Mantan-web|language=ja}}

=Dubbing=

  • Kung Fu Panda
  • Kung Fu Panda 2
  • Elemental (2023), Gale Cumulus{{cite web |url= https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0137525|title= MEGUMI、伊達みきおらピクサー新作『マイ・エレメント』吹替声優9名一挙発表|date= June 20, 2023|access-date= June 20, 2023|work= Cinema Today}}
  • The Garfield Movie (2024), Jinx{{cite web |url= https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0143354|title= 山里亮太＆MEGUMI、人気ぽっちゃり猫をアニメ化『ねこのガーフィールド』声優に決定|date= June 6, 2024|access-date= June 17, 2024|work= Cinema Today}}

Books

=Photoalbums=

See also

Awards and nominations

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Year

! Award

! Category

! Work(s)

! Result

2020

| 62nd Blue Ribbon Awards

| Best Supporting Actress

| The Stormy Family and One Night

| {{won}}

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20081218074717/http://www.suns.fm/index.html Suns Entertainment]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20090209134225/http://megumi.fc.yahoo.co.jp/ Yahoo fan club]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20090122204432/http://www.geneon-ent.co.jp/music/megumi/gncl1014.html Geneon Entertainment]

{{Blue Ribbon Award for Best Supporting Actress}}

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Category:1981 births

Category:Japanese gravure idols

Category:Japanese women television personalities

Category:Japanese women pop singers

Category:Japanese film actresses

Category:Japanese television actresses

Category:Japanese voice actresses

Category:Living people

Category:Actors from Okayama Prefecture

Category:Singers from Kurashiki

Category:21st-century Japanese actresses

Category:21st-century Japanese women singers

Category:21st-century Japanese singers