Junko Abe
阿部 純子
Abe in 2014
Born	(1993-05-07)May 7, 1993 (age 32) Osaka, Japan
Other names	Jun Yoshinaga
Occupation(s)	Actress, model
Years active	2010–present
Agent	Amuse Inc.
Children	1
Website	www.amuse.co.jp/artist/A8759

Junko Abe (阿部純子,Abe Junko) (born May 7, 1993) formerly known by her stage nameJun Yoshinaga (吉永淳,Yoshinaga Jun), is a Japanese actress and model.

Abe was born on May 7, 1993, inOsaka. She attended at theOsaka Prefectural Kitano High School, where she was part of theAikido team. While in high school, she was involved inJapanese dance,scuba diving and playing piano. She was also part of the high schoolbrass band, where she played flute. In March 2017, she graduated from the Faculty of Environment and Information Studies atKeio University in Tokyo.^[1][2][3]

While at elementary school, she was discovered and signed on by an agent. She made her debut as an advertising model forHankyu Department Store. In middle school, she worked as a model for a fashion magazine and later worked as an image character for theFuji TV anime seriesShion no Ō.^[3]

In 2010, she made her acting debut in the movieThe Chasing World 2 (リアル鬼ごっこ2), as the heroine. She started using her stage nameJun Yoshinaga. In 2012, she played as one of the main casts in the Japanese comedy-drama television seriesPerfect Son. As a result of her role in the series, she garnered attention and the number of access to her officialblog grew.^[4]

In 2014, she starred in the movieStill the Water directed byNaomi Kawase. She was selected as the cast for the movie, due to her experience in scuba diving during her time in high school, at "the beauty of swimming" audition inAmami Ōshima. For her performance in the movie, she received the Best Actress Award at theSakhalin International Film Festival and Best New Actress Award at theTakasaki Film Festival.^[5][6]

In August 2014, Abe took a career break and quit her acting agency to head to the United States for a year to study English and Drama atNew York University. While studying at theNYU Tisch School of the Arts, she met her acting agency staff and returned to Japan in 2015.Following her return to Japan, she started to use her birth name as stage name. Abe auditioned forNHK TV serialToto Neechan and was cast for the role of heroine's friend, Aya Nakada.^[7]

In 2019, she starred in movieThe Prisoner of Sakura, a Japan-Russia co-production, which was based on the true story of a war prison inMatsuyama,Ehime Prefecture, during theRusso-Japanese War. In the movie, she has adual role.^[8][9]

• The Chasing World 2 (2010) – Sato Ai
• Wasao (2011) - Tagawa Maki
• A Man With Style (2011) - Miyata Momoko
• Tonnerura de Boo (2011) - Sakiko Toyama
• In the City of Dawn (2011) - young Nakanishi Akiba
• Lifeline (2014) - main role
• My Hawaiian Discovery (2014) - Mako
• Still the Water (2014) - Kyoko
• Home Away From Home (2014) - Akiko
• The Limit of Sleeping Beauty (2017) - Maria
• Dawn Wind in My Poncho (2017) - Maria
• The Blood of Wolves (2018) - Momoko Okada
• The Man From the Sea (2018) - Sachiko
• Samurai Marathon (2018) - Shiori Uesugi
• The Prisoner of Sakura (2019) - Yui Takeda / Sakurako Takamiya
• I Don't Want to Be Like You (2019)
• Daughters (2020) - Kiyokawa Ayano
• The Voice of Sin (2020) - young Sone Mayumi^[10]
• 461 Days of Bento: A Promise Between Father and Son (2020) - Yajima Maka^[11]
• Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai (2021) - Itosato^[12]
• A Dog Named Palma (2021) - Akita Dog Museum staff^[13]
• Ring Wandering (2022) - Midori / Kozue^[14]
• Yes, I Can't Swim (2022) - Namie^[15]
• Miss Osaka (2022)^[16]
• Remember to Breathe (2022)^[17]

• Drama W Beat (2011) – Terumi Higuchi
• Perfect Son (2012) - Hyouzuka Masako
• Rumic Theater (2012) - Hazuki Fuwa
• Special Spy Zone (2012) - Kitagawa Natsumi
• Gozen 3-ji no Muhōchitai (2013) - Haruka
• In the Room (2013) - Narukawa Rui
• Toto Neechan (2016) - Aya Nakada
• A Girl & Three Sweethearts (2016) - Ishikawa Wakaba
• Tales of the Unusual Story Autumn Special Edition (2016) - Natsuki Tokita
• Osaka Kanjousen Part 2 (2017) - Fujimoto Asahi
• 4-go Keibi (2017) - Ueno Yu
• I Will Threaten You From Now On (2017) - Momoka Kobashi
• Tokyo Vampire Hotel (2017) - Yui
• Swab (2018) - Faculty role
• Caseworker's Diary (2018) - Kataoka Mari
• Heisei Bashiru (2018) - Ayaka Ekuni
• BRIDGE Begins on 1995.1.17 Kobe (2019) - Ritsu Takeda
• Fruits Takuhaibin (2019) - Sumomo
• Sasurai Onsen (2019) - Yabe Junko
• No Side Manager (2019) - Fujishima Rena
• Really Scary Story (2019) - Asuka Miyazaki
• Shiyakusho (2019) - Imoto Midori
• Keiji to Kenji - Shokatsu to Chiken no 24ji (2019) - Ishida Kiriko
• Papa ga Mo Ichido Koi wo Shita (2020) - Kawakami Yukari
• Sunday Prime Funny Detective (2020) - Rena Gazuma
• Baby Boyfriends (2020) - Yoko
• Tantei Yuri Rintaro (2020) - Kawase Fumino
• Dakara Watashi wa Make Suru (2020) - Kawamatsu Yasuko
• Ochoyan (2020–21) - Wakasaki Yoko^[18]

• Nestlé Theater onYouTube "Day and Night" (2014) - Shiori Haneda

• Suntory -C.C. Lemon (April 2011)
• Haruyama Trading Co., Ltd. (February 2013)
• Starbucks
• Odakyu Electric Railway (August 11, 2017)
• ABC-Mart -Asics/Asics GEL-PROMESA (January 25, 2018)
• Daily Yamazaki (February 2018)

• FM Radio Drama Retake Sixteen - Starring Saori Komine (NHK FM, 26 August 2013 - 13 September 2013)

• Tatsuro Yamashita -Cheer Up! The Summer (2016)
• MOROHA -Revolution (2018)
• Mr. Children -Gravity and Breath (2018)

• Official agency profile(in Japanese)
• Junko Abe atIMDb

• 1993 births
• Japanese film actresses
• Japanese television actresses
• Japanese female models
• Living people
• 21st-century Japanese actresses
• Keio University alumni
• Amuse Inc. talents
• Actresses from Osaka

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