Satomi Ishihara

Satomi Ishihara was born as Kuniko Ishigami on December 24, 1986 in Tokyo, Japan. She currently lives in Japan with her pet dachshund, Helen. She follows Buddhism. It was recently reported by a local newspaper that she was seen with the CEO of ‘Showroom’ Yuji Maeda. The two are rumored to be dating. She was previously in a relationship with Tomohisa Yamashita, a Japanese idol and actor. She decided to end the relationship after realizing that Yamashita pursued an affair with a younger model. Her hobbies include playing tennis and piano. She has also learnt classical ballet and hip-hop dance.

Satomi Ishihara’s career took off with lead roles in 2003. She was cast as Tamako Godai in the drama film ‘My Grandpa’; she was also the lead in the TV series ‘Mado o Aketara’. She went on to appear in supporting roles in ‘Kimi wa Pet’ and ‘Teru Teru Kazoku’. She won the Newcomer Prize at the 16th Nikkan Sports Movie Grand-Prix.

With her career off to a flying start, she started appearing in various commercials in print and digital media for companies such as Toyota, Bank of Tokyo, Canon, etc. In 2004, she caught the critics’ eyes with her role as Kyōko Izumi in the drama series ‘Be-Bop High School’. Her choices expanded in 2005. She was cast as Yukiko Oshima in ‘Akai Giwaku’ and later went on to star in the sequel of ‘Be-Bop High School’. Her sole movie credit this year was ‘One Year in the North’ as Tae Komatsubara. 2006 proved to be a busy year for Satomi. Her role as Misora Aoi in the hit-comedy series ‘Ns’ Aoi’ became very popular. She also appeared in TV series ‘Hyōten’, in 2006.

Some of the films in which she was seen in next few years include ‘Hōtai Club’ (2007), ‘No Longer Human’ (2010), ‘The Incite Mill’ (2010), and ‘Sadako 3D’ (2012). In the same period, she was seen in supporting roles for various dramas before she was cast as Saeko Takahashi in ‘Shitsuren Chocolatier’ in 2014. This became her most well-known role; she eventually won the Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role at the International Drama Festival in Tokyo.

In 2015, she was seen in lead role in ‘5-ji Kara 9-ji Made: Watashi ni Koi Shita Obōsan’, a TV drama that fetched her the Best Actress award at the Television Drama Academy Awards.

In 2016, she starred as the lead in ‘Jimi ni Sugoi! Kōetsu Girl: Kouno Etsuko’, a TV series aired on NTV. In the TV series, Ishihara played Etsuko Kouno, a proofreader who wishes to become a fashion editor. The series received a high viewership and a spin-off of it was later released on Hulu. In the same year, she was part of ‘Shin Godzilla’, a science fiction film where she essayed the role of the President’s envoy. The movie performed exceedingly well and was critically appreciated as well.

When she was cast as a nurse in ‘Nurse Aoi’, Ishihara immersed herself in a hospital with nurses and constantly spoke to the staff in order to adapt their mannerisms and skills. She also learnt how to take one’s blood pressure and operate an X-Ray machine.

She is among the most beautiful actresses in Japan today and has won several beauty competitions. In 2016, she won the Vogue Nippon Women of the Year.