She has won numerous awards for her performances on screen, including the prestigious Japan Academy Prize and Kinema Junpo Awards for best-supporting actress in 2007 for Hula Girls and Rookie of the Year for continued performances in the field of Films in Media and Fine Arts by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan in 2009.
Aoi has won numerous awards, including the prestigious Japan Academy Prize for best-supporting actress in 2007, for her portrayal of Kimiko Tanigawa in Hula Girls, for which she was critically acclaimed.
During the same year, she also received both the Blue Ribbon Award and the Yokohama Film Festival award for best actress, both for her performance in Hula Girls and her portrayal of Hagumi Hanamoto in the Honey and Clover live-action movie. She also received the Hochi Film Award, the Kinema Junpo Award, and the Mainichi Film Concours for best-supporting actress for her performances in Hula Girls, Honey and Clover, and Rainbow Song. She also received the Nikkan Sports Film Award for best new talent for her performance in Hula Girls.
Earlier, in 2005, she had also won the Japanese Professional Movie Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Tetsuko (Alice) Arisugawa in Hana and Alice.
In June 2019, she married comedian Yamasato Ryota. On February 10, 2022 they announced that they're expecting their first child. On August 10, 2022 Yamasato Ryota announced on TBS's radio program 'Suiyou JUNK Yamasato Ryota no Fumo na Giron' that his wife has given birth to a baby girl.", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/0npb7_5c.jpg" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mukai Osamu", "alternateName": "向井理", "birthDate": "February 7, 1982", "nationality": "Japanese", "description": "Mukai Osamu is a Japanese actor. He graduated from Meiji University and majored in genetic engineering. While he was attending university, he worked as a bartender. He became a full-time employee there after graduation, and he became a manager later. While working as a bartender, he got into the magazine Tokyo Graffiti. A reader later recruited him to be an actor. Mukai's first main role was in the 2006 Japanese television drama Nodame Cantabile.
He has been married to Ryoko Kuninaka since December 28, 2014. They welcomed their first child, a son, in September of 2015. On September 25, 2017 they announced that they are expecting their second child.", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/q5oW2_5c.jpg" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Yo Kimiko", "alternateName": "余貴美子", "birthDate": "May 12, 1956", "nationality": "Japanese", "description": "Yo Kimiko is a Japanese actress from Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. She was given Best Supporting Actress awards at the 2004 and the 2009 Yokohama Film Festival ceremonies. She won the award for the best supporting actress at the 32nd and at the 33rd Japan Academy Prize for Departures and Dear Doctor respectively.
(Source: Wikipedia)", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/RRX4x_5c.jpg" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sugimoto Tetta", "alternateName": "杉本哲太, すぎもと てった, 스기모토 텟타, Tetta Sugimoto, Сугимото, Тэтта", "birthDate": "July 21, 1965", "nationality": "Chigasaki, Kanagawa, Japan", "description": "Sugimoto Tetta is a Japanese actor from Chigasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture. His agency is Tristone Entertainment. He dropped out of Kanagawa Prefectural Fujisawa Technical High School. In 1981, he made his debut with the Yokohama Ginbae family rock band, Grease. In the same year, he made a regular appearance in "Akane-san no Bento". In 1984, he won the Japan Academy Prize New Face Award for "Hakudasho".", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/sugimoto-tetta.png" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Uchi Hiroki", "alternateName": "内博貴", "birthDate": "September 10, 1986", "nationality": "Japanese", "description": "Uchi Hiroki, born in Habikino, Osaka Prefecture, is a Japanese idol singer, songwriter, actor, and model. Uchi auditioned for Johnny & Associates in May 1999, at the age of twelve. He had no interest in the entertainment industry, instead dreamed about a professional baseball career, but was signed up to audition by his mother, who was in show business herself.
He became the vocalist of Junior's group V. West. At this time, he had the TV show "Weekly V. West" with other members of the group. Three years later, in December 2002, Uchi became a member of Kanjani8, which was officially formed on the base of V. West.
Around the same time, Uchi started filming his first drama, Doremisora. In 2003, Uchi and his best friend, another Kanjani8 member, Nishikido Ryo, were asked to join the band NEWS along with seven other members. The same year, Uchi took part in the drama Boku no Ikiru Michi and was awarded the Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix as the best newcomer. In 2004, Uchi made his debut with NEWS (The song: Kibou-Yell) and with Kanjani 8 in the Kansai area, then nationwide.
While performing in SUMMARY2005 and Hey! Say! Dream Boy shows (along with KAT-TUN), Uchi was diagnosed with and hospitalized for pulmonary pneumothorax, a condition that causes holes to form in the lining of the lungs. Uchi was pulled from both shows for urgent surgery to repair the three holes in his left lung. After rehabilitation, Uchi returned in June for the release of NEWS's "Teppen" single as well as filming the drama Ganbatte Ikimasshoi! On July 15, 2005, Uchi Hiroki was detained for public disorder under the influence of alcohol. Apparently, he had been invited to drink by an older Fuji TV presenter. Though he was released only with a warning, the incident developed into a scandal by the press.
Being eighteen and underage for drinking at that time, Uchi was promptly "suspended from the public eye" and excluded from both bands. He was also replaced in the role in Ganbatte Ikimasshoi! with Taguchi Junnosuke of KAT-TUN. Due to Johnny & Associates' strict enforcement of Uchi's punishment, Yakusoku, a special drama, where all the members of Kanjani8 were starring together for the first time, was not aired on Kansai TV as scheduled, although filming had concluded. Uchi's suspension was lifted in 2006, but he was demoted to the status of 'trainee' of JE - a level lower than the Johnny's Junior he had been before. He was still out of the public eye and spent nearly all his time "improving his skills". In 2007, Uchi made his first public appearance since his suspension, acting in Shonentai'S stage show Playzone named "Playzone 07 Change2Chance".
In early January 2008, it was announced that Uchi would graduate from trainee to solo status with a leading role in the drama Isshun no Kaze ni Nare, a Fuji TV special airing for the last four days of February. His status became a "junior" again. In March, he also joined the cast of NTV drama Osen for one of the leading roles. In November, it was announced he would start his solo concerts in Yokohama and Osaka in collaboration with Question?.
In 2010, in a news article concerning Hiroki Uchi becoming involved with the Japanese production of Broadway musical Guys and Dolls, the president of Johnny & Associates, Johnny Kitagawa, stated that Uchi has been permanently removed from both Kanjani8 and NEWS and will instead focus on solo work and acting. (Source: Wikipedia)", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/X56Jx_5c.jpg" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Suzuki Ranran", "alternateName": "鈴木蘭々", "birthDate": "August 3, 1975", "nationality": "Japanese", "description": "Suzuki Ranran is a Japanese actress.", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/3m3wvc.jpg" } ], "director": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nagumo Seiichi", "alternateName": "南雲聖一", "birthDate": "", "nationality": "Japanese", "description": "Nagumo Seiichi is a Japanese director.", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/XOQjn_5c.jpg" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kubota Mitsuru", "alternateName": "久保田充", "birthDate": "", "nationality": "Japanese", "description": "", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/jJepd_5c.jpg" } ]
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