Sei Ashina
{{Short description|Japanese actress (1983–2020)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Sei Ashina
| native_name = 芦名 星
| native_name_lang = ja
| birth_name = {{nihongo|Aya Igarashi|五十嵐 彩}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|1983|11|22|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Fukushima, Japan
| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|9|14|1983|11|22|df=y}}
| death_place = Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
| occupation = Actress
| yearsactive = 2002–2020
| agent = Horipro
| height = {{height|m=1.65}}
| website = {{URL|www.horipro.co.jp/ashinasei/}}
}}
{{nihongo|Aya Igarashi|五十嵐 彩|Igarashi Aya|November 22, 1983 – September 14, 2020}}, known professionally as {{nihongo|Sei Ashina|芦名 星|Ashina Sei}}, was a Japanese actress.{{cite web|url=http://talent.yahoo.co.jp/pf/detail/pp4755|script-title=ja:芦名星|accessdate=2016-04-12|publisher=Yahoo Japan Corporation|language=Japanese}}
Career
She was born Igarashi Aya,{{cite web|url=http://www.sanspo.com/geino/top/gt200804/gt2008040612.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080406230227/http://www.sanspo.com/geino/top/gt200804/gt2008040612.html|script-title=ja:【ヒューマン】ミステリアス女優・芦名星、フジ系ドラマ初主演|archivedate=2008-04-06|accessdate=2016-04-12|publisher=Sankei Digital Inc.|language=Japanese}} and assumed the stage name Sei Ashina. Prior to her acting career, Ashina was a model.{{cite news |last1=Evans |first1=Greg |title=Sei Ashina Dies: 'Silk' Actress Was 36 |url=https://deadline.com/2020/09/sei-ashina-dead-obituary-japanese-actress-silk-1234577031/ |accessdate=15 September 2020 |work=Deadline |date=15 September 2020}}{{cite news |last1=Schilling |first1=Mark |title=Japanese Actress Ashina Sei Dies at 36 |url=https://variety.com/2020/film/asia/ashina-sei-dead-dies-japanese-actress-suicide-1234770126/ |accessdate=15 September 2020 |work=Variety |date=15 September 2020}} She made her acting debut in the 2002 Tokyo Broadcasting System Television series The Tail of Happiness (しあわせのシッポ), modeling that year in magazines including Shogakukan's CanCam and Shueisha's Pinky, and was best known for starring as Hime in Kamen Rider Hibiki.{{cite web|url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=321826|script-title=ja:TV 仮面ライダー響鬼（ヒビキ）|accessdate=2016-04-12|publisher=Stingray|work=allcinema|language=Japanese}} She was also known for her role as The Girl, an unnamed concubine, in Silk (2007).{{cite web|url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=328557|script-title=ja:映画 シルク|accessdate=2016-04-12|publisher=Stingray|work=allcinema|language=Japanese}}
Ashina died on September 14, 2020, at age 36. Her body was found at her home in Shinjuku in a suspected suicide.{{cite news |title=Actress Sei Ashina found dead in suspected suicide |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2020/09/14/films/sei-ashina-suspected-suicide/ |accessdate=15 September 2020 |work=The Japan Times |location=Tokyo |agency=Kyodo |date=14 September 2020}}
Filmography
=Movies=
- Sekai no Owari (2004)
- Kamen Rider Hibiki & The Seven Senki (2005) – Hime (姫)
- Silk (2007) – The Girl
- Tatoe Sekai ga Owattemo (2007)
- Mayu-Kokoro no Hoshi- (2007)
- Kamui Gaiden (2009)
- NANASE: The Psychic Wanderers (2010)
- Tale of Genji: A Thousand Year Engima (2011)
- Killing For The Prosecution (2018)
- Impossibility Defense (2018)
- Perfect World (2018)
- AI Amok (2020)
=Television=
- Stand Up!! (2003)
- {{nihongo|Dollhouse|ドールハウス}} (2004)
- Kamen Rider Hibiki (2005)
- {{nihongo|Broccoli|ブロッコリー}} (2006)
- Tsubasa No Oreta Tenshitachi (2007)
- Swan no Baka (2007)
- Giragira (2008)
- {{nihongo|Bloody Monday|ブラッディ・マンデイ}} (2008)
- Saru Lock (2009)
- Untouchable (2009)
- Bloody Monday 2 (2010)
- Watashi wa Shadow (2011)
- Nobunaga no Chef (2013)
- Nobunaga no Chef 2 (2014)
- The Emperor's Cook (2015)
- Specialist (2016){{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2063182/full/|script-title=ja:草なぎ剛主演、連ドラ版『スペシャリスト』に夏菜＆和田正人が新加入|accessdate=2016-04-12|publisher=oricon ME inc.|language=Japanese}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.horipro.co.jp/ashinasei/ HORIPRO SQUARE Talent Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200914091206/https://www.horipro.co.jp/ashinasei/ |date=2020-09-14 }} {{in lang|ja}}
- {{IMDb name|id=1870208|name=Sei Ashina}}
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Category:Japanese voice actresses
Category:Japanese female models
Category:Japanese gravure models
Category:People from Fukushima, Fukushima
Category:Japanese film actresses
Category:Actors from Fukushima Prefecture
Category:Japanese television actresses
Category:21st-century Japanese actresses
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