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 Rie Miyazawa at the 27th Tokyo International Film Festival | |||||
| Born | (1973-04-06)April 6, 1973 (age 51) Tokyo, Japan | ||||
| Nationality | Japanese | ||||
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| Years active | 1985–present | ||||
| Height | 167 cm (5 ft5+1⁄2 in) | ||||
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| Kanji | 宮沢 りえ | ||||
| Hiragana | みやざわ りえ | ||||
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Rie Miyazawa (宮沢 りえ,Miyazawa Rie, born April 6, 1973) is a Japanese actress and formeridol singer.[1][2] She is regarded as one of Japan's top actresses, and her accolades include sixJapan Academy Film Prizes and threeKinema Junpo Awards.
Miyazawa began her career as a child model, seeing wide exposure as the originalface ofMitsui Rehouse, and made her acting debut in the 1988 filmSeven 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 prestigiousKōhaku Uta Gassen television special.
Miyazawa quickly rose to prominence as one of the topidols of the earlyHeisei period, attracting controversy for her 1991 nude photography bookSanta Fe, which moved 1.5 million copies. Her personal struggles were further scrutinized, including a high-profile engagement to sumo wrestlerTakanohana, a suicide attempt and battle withanorexia nervosa.[3] By 1996, she went into hiatus and briefly resettled in the United States.[4]
She took on a fewtelevision drama roles in the late 1990s, and returned to the big screen in the Taiwanese filmsThe Cabbie (2000) andPeony Pavilion (2001). She co-starred in the highly-acclaimed 2002 filmThe 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 inThe Face of Jizo andTony Takitani (2004), and received several accolades forPale Moon (2014) andHer Love Boils Bathwater (2016).
Miyazawa was born in Tokyo to a Dutch father and a Japanese mother.[citation needed] Since her debut at age 11 in an advertisement forKit Kat, she has appeared many films, television shows, commercials, stage appearances and photo books to her credit. She starred in the children's comedyBokura no Nanokakan Sensō (Seven Days' War) andTokyo Elevator Girl. Miyazawa made her debut as a singer on September 15, 1989, with her albumMU.[citation needed]
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 tosumo starTakanohana. 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".[5] The tabloids focused on Miyazawa's drinking session, fights with her mother, and her escape to a nearby hotel as signs of asuicide attempt.[5] Miyazawa continued to pursue her career as an actress, including a performance inKon Ichikawa's movie47 Ronin that year. But the following February she pulled out of the dramaKura and in November backed out of the musicalKyote.
In early 1996 Miyazawa moved toCoastal California, but by May she was back on TV reporting from theCannes Film Festival and later that year she appeared in two TV dramas:Hanayome Kaizoebito andKyosokyoku. In 1997 she madeMikeneko Homes (tasogare) Hoteru and also appeared on stage.
In 2001, Miyazawa won the Best Actress Award at the23rd Moscow International Film Festival by portraying a ChineseKunqu performer in the Hong Kong filmPeony Pavilion, directed byYonfan. Then in 2002, she starred alongsideHiroyuki Sanada inTasogare 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 anAcademy Award asBest Foreign Language Film. In 2003 she played the role of Oshino in the NHK TV seriesMusashi.[citation needed]
Tony Takitani (2004) — an adaptation of a short story by the bestselling authorHaruki Murakami — received critical acclaim, with Miyazawa playing two roles alongsideIssey Ogata. The film, which was entered at theSundance Film Festival, has been described as "a perfectly controlled minimalist film masterpiece". In 2005, she starred as Tsubaki inAshurajō 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]
Most recently, Miyazawa received the40th Japan Academy Prize for Best Actress for her performance inHer Love Boils Bathwater.[6]
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.[7] On May 20, 2009, in Tokyo she gave birth to a baby girl.[8]
On March 23, 2016, Miyazawa announced that her divorce from Nakatsu has been finalized.[9]
On March 16, 2018, she married Go Morita from the bandV6.[10]
| Title | Details | Peak chart position | Sales |
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| MU |
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| Chepop |
| 8 |
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| Rosee |
| 85 |
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| "Dream Rush" (ドリーム ラッシュ,Dorīmu Rasshu) | 1989 | 2 | MU |
| "No Titlist" | 1990 | 1 | |
| "Game" | 5 | Chepop | |
| "Sweet X'mas Kiss" | 1991 | 25 | Non-album singles |
| "Kokoro Kara Suki" (心から好き, "I Love You From My Heart") | 1992 | 21 | |
| "Akai Hana" (赤い花, "Red Flower") | 1993 | 31 | Rosee |
| "Boyfriend" (ボーイフレンド, Bōifurendo) | 72 |
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