Rie Miyazawa

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| name = Rie Miyazawa

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| native_name = 宮沢りえ

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|4|6}}

| birth_place = Tokyo, Japan

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| nationality = Japanese

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| spouse = {{marriage|Go Morita|2018}}

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actress
fashion model
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| years_active = 1985–present

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Vocals

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J-pop

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CBS/Sony Records

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|romaji = Miyazawa Rie

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{{nihongo|Rie Miyazawa|宮沢りえ|Miyazawa Rie|born April 6, 1973}} is a Japanese actress and former idol singer.[http://person.naver.jp/1085416 "Rie MIyazawa"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110923152027/http://person.naver.jp/1085416 |date=September 23, 2011 }} Naver {{in lang|ja}}[https://archive.today/20120712222605/http://person.naver.jp/1085416/detail "Activities of Rie Miyazawa"] Naver {{in lang|ja}} She is regarded as one of Japan's top actresses, and her accolades include six Japan Academy Film Prizes and three Kinema Junpo Awards.

Miyazawa began her career as a child model, seeing wide exposure as the original face of Mitsui Rehouse, and made her acting debut in the 1988 film Seven Day's War, for which she won the Japan Academy Award for Newcomer of the Year at age 16. Her short-lived music career began with the single "Dream Rush" in 1989, and the next year she performed at the prestigious Kōhaku Uta Gassen television special.

Miyazawa quickly rose to prominence as one of the top idols of the early Heisei period, attracting controversy for her 1991 nude photography book Santa Fe, which moved 1.5 million copies. Her personal struggles were further scrutinized, including a high-profile engagement to sumo wrestler Takanohana, a suicide attempt and battle with anorexia nervosa.[http://www.cyzo.com/2009/02/post_1628.html 「宮沢りえは彼女の"作品"だった」りえママの豪腕伝説] Cyzo, February 2009 {{in lang|ja}} By 1996, she went into hiatus and briefly resettled in the United States.{{Cite web |date=October 16, 2019 |title=美少女・宮沢りえを「大女優」にした男はだれだったのか？ {{!}} AERA dot. (アエラドット) |url=https://dot.asahi.com/articles/-/102406?page=2 |access-date=August 31, 2024 |website=AERA dot. (アエラドット) |language=ja}}

She took on a few television drama roles in the late 1990s, and returned to the big screen in the Taiwanese films The Cabbie (2000) and Peony Pavilion (2001). She co-starred in the highly-acclaimed 2002 film The Twilight Samurai, which marked a full-fledged comeback for Miyazawa and remains as her most recognizable role both domestically and internationally. She saw further success in The Face of Jizo and Tony Takitani (2004), and received several accolades for Pale Moon (2014) and Her Love Boils Bathwater (2016).

Life and career

Miyazawa was born in Tokyo to a Dutch father and a Japanese mother.{{Citation needed |date=February 2022}} Since her debut at age 11 in an advertisement for Kit Kat, she has appeared many films, television shows, commercials, stage appearances and photo books to her credit. She starred in the children's comedy Bokura no Nanokakan Sensō (Seven Days' War) and Tokyo Elevator Girl. Miyazawa made her debut as a singer on September 15, 1989, with her album MU.{{Citation needed |date=February 2022}}

Miyazawa gained notoriety in 1991 with the publication of a fine art nude photography book, Santa Fe, and even more publicity in 1992 with her engagement to sumo star Takanohana. The engagement was called off in 1993. In September 1994 she cut her wrists with a broken glass in what she described as an "accident".{{cite book|chapter=Rie Miyazawa|page= [https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofja00schi/page/149 149]|last=Schilling|first= Mark|title=The Encyclopedia of Japanese Pop Culture |year=1997|publisher= Weatherhill|location=New York |isbn=0-8348-0380-1|chapter-url-access=registration |chapter-url= https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofja00schi/page/149}} The tabloids focused on Miyazawa's drinking session, fights with her mother, and her escape to a nearby hotel as signs of a suicide attempt. Miyazawa continued to pursue her career as an actress, including a performance in Kon Ichikawa's movie 47 Ronin that year. But the following February she pulled out of the drama Kura and in November backed out of the musical Kyote.

In early 1996 Miyazawa moved to Coastal California, but by May she was back on TV reporting from the Cannes Film Festival and later that year she appeared in two TV dramas: Hanayome Kaizoebito and Kyosokyoku. In 1997 she made Mikeneko Homes (tasogare) Hoteru and also appeared on stage.

In 2001, Miyazawa won the Best Actress Award at the 23rd Moscow International Film Festival by portraying a Chinese Kunqu performer in the Hong Kong film Peony Pavilion, directed by Yonfan. Then in 2002, she starred alongside Hiroyuki Sanada in Tasogare Seibei (The Twilight Samurai), the year's hit movie that won numerous awards at home, including ones for the lead actors, and was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Foreign Language Film. In 2003 she played the role of Oshino in the NHK TV series Musashi.{{Citation needed |date=February 2022}}

Tony Takitani (2004) — an adaptation of a short story by the bestselling author Haruki Murakami — received critical acclaim, with Miyazawa playing two roles alongside Issey Ogata. The film, which was entered at the Sundance Film Festival, has been described as "a perfectly controlled minimalist film masterpiece". In 2005, she starred as Tsubaki in Ashurajō no Hitomi (あしゅらじょうのひとみ), which is a movie adaptation of a 16th-century play.{{Citation needed |date=February 2022}}

Most recently, Miyazawa received the 40th Japan Academy Prize for Best Actress for her performance in Her Love Boils Bathwater.{{Citation |url=https://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/prizes/?t=40| title=第40回日本アカデミー賞優秀賞| language=ja| date=March 3, 2017| access-date=November 16, 2024}}

Personal life

On February 13, 2009, Miyazawa announced to the public that she was six months pregnant and would soon marry the father of the child who is reported to be Hiroyuki Nakatsu, an ex-pro surfer from Hawaii turned entrepreneur.{{cite web |url=http://tokyotrendstoday.com/main/?p=298 |title=Rie Miyazawa – profile, stats, and trivia}} On May 20, 2009, in Tokyo she gave birth to a baby girl.{{cite web |url=http://www.japantoday.com/category/entertainment/view/rie-miyazawa-gives-birth-to-baby-girl |title=Rie Miyazawa gives birth to baby girl|date=May 25, 2009 }}

On March 23, 2016, Miyazawa announced that her divorce from Nakatsu has been finalized.{{cite web |url=http://www.japantoday.com/category/entertainment/view/actress-rie-miyazawa-announces-divorce |title=Actress Rie Miyazawa announces divorce|date=March 23, 2016 }}

On March 16, 2018, she married Go Morita from the band V6.{{cite web|url=https://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2018/03/16/kiji/20180316s00041000090000c.html|title=V6 Go Morita and Rie Miyazawa got married, reported to fans in a sealed letter after dating for a year and a half|publisher=Sponichi}}

Filmography

=Film=

Seven Days' War (1988) — Hitomi Nakayama
Who Do I Choose? (1989)
Basara: The Princess Goh (1992)
Erotic Liaisons (1992)
Kin chan no Cinema Jack II : Light of Firefly (1994)
47 Ronin (1994)
Tenshu monogatari (1995)
The Cabbie (2000)
Peony Pavilion (2001)
Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project (2001)
Utsutsu (2002)
The Twilight Samurai (2002){{cite web |url= https://www2.nhk.or.jp/archives/jinbutsu/detail.cgi?das_id=D0009070135_00000|title= 宮沢りえ|access-date= May 24, 2021|work= NHK}}
The Face of Jizo (2004)
Tony Takitani (2004)
Ashurajō no Hitomi (2005)
The Book of the Dead (2005)—Voice
Hana (2006)
The Invitation from Cinema Orion (2007)
Dreaming Awake (2008){{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/53871/|title= 夢のまにまに|access-date= September 15, 2021|work= eiga.com}}
Haha Shan no Komoriuta (2009)
Gelatin Silver Love (2009)
Kiki's Delivery Service (2014)
Pale Moon (2014) — Rika Umezawa
Too Young to Die! (2016)
Her Love Boils Bathwater (2016)
No Longer Human (2019)
Seven Days War (2019) — Hitomi Nakayama (voice){{cite web |url= https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0111430|title= 宮沢りえ、31年ぶり"7日間戦争"へアニメ映画で再び中山ひとみ役|access-date= September 30, 2019|work= Cinematoday|date= September 29, 2019}}
Independence of Japan (2020) — Masako Shirasu{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/news/20201031/3/|title= 浅野忠信＆宮沢りえが白洲次郎、正子夫妻小林薫が吉田茂に「日本独立」12月18日公開|access-date= October 31, 2020|work= eiga.com}}
The Sunday Runoff (2022) — Yumi Kawashima{{cite web |url= https://www.cinra.net/news/20210420-kessen|title= 窪田正孝と宮沢りえが共演社会派コメディー映画『決戦は日曜日』22年公開|access-date= April 21, 2021|work= Cinra.net}}
I Am Makimoto (2022) — Miharu Imae{{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}}
The Moon (2023){{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/99730/|title= 月|access-date= June 30, 2023|work= eiga.com}}
Phoenix Reminiscence of Flower (2023) – Romi (voice){{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Phoenix: Eden17 Anime Reveals Teaser, Cast, More Staff, September 13 Debut, Film Version With Different Ending|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-07-13/phoenix-eden17-anime-reveals-teaser-cast-more-staff-september-13-debut-film-version-with-different-/.200275|website=Anime News Network|access-date=July 14, 2023|date=July 14, 2023}}

=Television=

Kasuga no Tsubone (1989) — young Ohatsu
Taiheiki (1991) — Fujiyasha
Tokyo Elevator Girl (1992)
Kita no Kuni kara: Himitsu (1995)
Concerto (1996)
Kita no Kuni kara: Jidai (1998)
Genroku Ryōran (1999) — Yōzen-in
Kita no Kuni kara: Yuigon (2002)
Gō (2011) — Yodo-dono
Gu-Gu Datte Neko de Aru (2014)
Sherlock Holmes (2014 puppetry in which she voices Irene Adler)
North Light (2020) — Yukari Murakami{{cite web|url= https://www.nhk.or.jp/dramatopics-blog/20000/435277.html|title= 原作・横山秀夫土曜ドラマ「ノースライト」制作開始！|access-date= October 26, 2020|work= NHK|archive-date= November 25, 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201125050837/https://www.nhk.or.jp/dramatopics-blog/20000/435277.html|url-status= dead}}
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}} — Ms. Takamiya
The 13 Lords of the Shogun (2022) — Lady Maki
Phoenix: Eden17 (2023) – Romi (voice)
Asura (2025) – Tsunako{{cite web |url= https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2353775/full/|title= 宮沢りえ×尾野真千子×蒼井優×広瀬すずが四姉妹に、昭和を代表する家族劇の傑作『阿修羅のごとく』是枝裕和監督が再ドラマ化|access-date= November 12, 2024|work= Oricon|language=ja}}

=Japanese dub=

The Hunchback of Notre Dame II (2002) — Madellaine
Oceans (2009) — Narrator

Discography

= Studio albums =

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" ! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:12em;" \| Title ! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:16em;" \| Details ! scope="col" \| Peak chart position ! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:12em;" \| Sales
scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;" \| JPN {{cite web\|title=オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」\|trans-title=Oricon Ranking Information Service 'You Big Tree'\|url=http://ranking.oricon.co.jp\|url-access=subscription\|access-date=\|work=Oricon\|language=ja}}
scope="row" \| MU \| Released: November 22, 1989 Label: CBS/Sony Formats: CD \| 3 \| JPN: 133,000
scope="row" \| Chepop \| Released: October 21, 1990 Label: CBS/Sony Formats: CD \| 8 \| JPN: 61,600
scope="row" \| Rosee \| Released: June 21, 1993 Label: Sony Music Formats: CD \| 85 \| JPN: 3,750

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! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:16em;" | Details

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scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;" | JPN
{{cite web|title=オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」|trans-title=Oricon Ranking Information Service 'You Big Tree'|url=http://ranking.oricon.co.jp|url-access=subscription|access-date=|work=Oricon|language=ja}}

scope="row" | MU

Released: November 22, 1989
Label: CBS/Sony
Formats: CD

| 3

JPN: 133,000

scope="row" | Chepop

Released: October 21, 1990
Label: CBS/Sony
Formats: CD

| 8

JPN: 61,600

scope="row" | Rosee

Released: June 21, 1993
Label: Sony Music
Formats: CD

| 85

JPN: 3,750

=Singles=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1" ! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:15em;" \| Title ! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:1em;" \| Year ! scope="col" \| Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2" scope="col" \| Album
scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;" \| JPN
scope="row" \| "Dream Rush" (ドリームラッシュ, Dorīmu Rasshu) \| 1989 \| 2 \| rowspan="2" \| MU
scope="row" \| "No Titlist" \| rowspan="2" \| 1990 \| 1
scope="row" \| "Game" \| 5 \|Chepop
scope="row" \| "Sweet X'mas Kiss" \| 1991 \| 25 \| rowspan="2" \| Non-album singles
scope="row" \| "Kokoro Kara Suki" (心から好き, "I Love You From My Heart") \| 1992 \| 21
scope="row" \| "Akai Hana" (赤い花, "Red Flower") \| rowspan="2" \| 1993 \| 31 \| rowspan="2" \|Rosee
scope="row" \| "Boyfriend" (ボーイフレンド, Bōifurendo) \| 72

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scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;" | JPN

scope="row" | "Dream Rush" (ドリームラッシュ, Dorīmu Rasshu)

| 1989

| 2

| rowspan="2" | MU

scope="row" | "No Titlist"

| rowspan="2" | 1990

| 1

scope="row" | "Game"

| 5

|Chepop

scope="row" | "Sweet X'mas Kiss"

| 1991

| 25

| rowspan="2" | Non-album singles

scope="row" | "Kokoro Kara Suki" (心から好き, "I Love You From My Heart")

| 1992

| 21

scope="row" | "Akai Hana" (赤い花, "Red Flower")

| rowspan="2" | 1993

| 31

| rowspan="2" |Rosee

scope="row" | "Boyfriend" (ボーイフレンド, Bōifurendo)

| 72

Stage

Gypsy (1991)
Kaijin Bessō (1994)
Tenshu monogatari (1994, 1996)
Furu-amerika ni Sode wa Nurasaji (1994)
Tezuka's Ancestor Dr. Ryoan (1998)
Rainbow Parakeet (2000)
The Tale of Genji (2000)
The Kiss of an Invisible Man (2004)
Rope (2006–07)
Dorakuru－God Fearing Dracul (2007)
A Doll's House (2008)
Piper (2009)
The Character (2010)

Awards

A Doll's House
Yomiuri Theater Award—Best Actress
Rope
The 41st Kinokuniya Stage Award—Individual Award
Art Encouragement Prize for 2004—from Agency for Cultural Affairs
The Face of Jizō
Blue Ribbon Award—Best Actress
Kinema Junpo Awards—Best Actress
Yamaji Fumiko Award—Best Actress
The Kiss of an Invisible Man
Yomiuri Theater Award—Best Actress
Twilight Samurai
Japan Academy Award—Best Actress
Blue Ribbon Award—Best Supporting Actress
Nikkan Sports Movie Award—Best Actress
Kinema Junpo Awards—Best Actress
Mainichi Film Concours—Best Supporting Actress
Hochi Film Award—Best Actress{{Cite web|url= http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/h_award/2002/|script-title= ja:報知映画賞ヒストリー|access-date= January 27, 2010|language= ja|publisher= Cinema Hochi|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090131131850/http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/h_award/2002/|archive-date= January 31, 2009}}
Utsutsu
Kinema Junpo Awards—Best Actress
Blue Ribbon Award—Best Supporting Actress
Peony Pavilion
Moscow International Film Festival—Best Actress
Seven Days' War
Japan Academy Award—Best New Actor
Nikkan Sports Movie Award—Best New Talent
Who Do I Choose?
Nikkan Sports Film Award—Best New Talent

References

External links

[http://www.japan-zone.com/modern/miyazawa_rie.shtml Profile at Japan Zone]
{{IMDb name|id=0594533|name=Miyazawa Rie}}
[http://archive.metropolis.co.jp/biginjapanarchive299/251/biginjapaninc.htm Metropolis – Big in Japan: Rie Miyazawa] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100310164336/http://archive.metropolis.co.jp/biginjapanarchive299/251/biginjapaninc.htm |date=March 10, 2010 }}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20060427035159/http://www.yo.rim.or.jp/~mutsu/idol80/artist/MiyazawaRie.html Idol*80 Discography] (in Japanese)
{{cite web |url=http://www.midnighteye.com/reviews/ertliais.shtml|title=Erotic Liaisons (film review with biographical data on Rie Miyazawa)|last=Sharp|first=Jasper|work=midnighteye.com|access-date=May 14, 2007}}

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