Chizuru Ikewaki
Japanese actress (born 1981)
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Chizuru Ikewaki (池脇 千鶴, Ikewaki Chizuru; born 21 November 1981 in Higashiosaka, Osaka) is a Japanese actress.[1]
Chizuru Ikewaki | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 21, 1981 Higashiosaka, Osaka, Japan |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1997–present |
Career
Ikewaki was given a Best New Talent award at the 2000 Yokohama Film Festival for her performance in Osaka Story.[2] She appeared in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 2012 television drama Penance.[3] She has also appeared in films such as Sword of Desperation[4] and Looking for a True Fiancee.[5]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Osaka Story | Wakana | Lead role | |
| 2000 | Across a Gold Prairie | Narisu Kodai | Lead role | |
| 2002 | The Cat Returns | Haru (voice) | Lead role | |
| 2003 | Josee, the Tiger and the Fish | Josee | Lead role | |
| A Day on the Planet | Chiyo | |||
| 2006 | Strawberry Shortcakes | Satoko | Lead role | |
| 2008 | The Homeless Student | |||
| 10 Promises to My Dog | Yuko Inoue | |||
| 2009 | Pandemic | |||
| 2010 | Sweet Little Lies | |||
| Sword of Desperation | Rio | |||
| Permanent Nobara | ||||
| 2011 | Bunny Drop | Yuki Goto | ||
| In His Chart | ||||
| Looking for a True Fiancee | Wakako Suzuki | |||
| 2012 | Hasami | Hisae Nagai | Lead role | |
| 2013 | Under the Nagasaki Sky | |||
| Don't Lose Heart - Kujikenaide | ||||
| The Great Passage | ||||
| The Devil's Path | Yoko Fujii | |||
| Beyond the Memories | Manami | |||
| 2014 | The Light Shines Only There | Chinatsu Ohshiro | ||
| In His Chart 2 | ||||
| Princess Jellyfish | Banba | |||
| 2015 | Being Good | Yōko Ōmiya | ||
| 2016 | Rage | Asuka | ||
| 2018 | Lenses on Her Heart | Akane Ōtaki | Lead role | [6] |
| Shoplifters | Kie Miyabe | [7] | ||
| Ten Years Japan | Lead role; "Sono Kūki wa Mienai" segment | [8] | ||
| 2019 | Tora-san, Wish You Were Here | Setsuko Takano | [9] | |
| Another World | Hatsuno | [10] | ||
| 2022 | My Small Land | Noriko Sakiyama | [11] | |
| 2025 | Sunset Sunrise | Hitomi Mochida | [12] | |
| 2026 | Rhapsody Rhapsody | [13] | ||
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Tokugawa Yoshinobu | Sakura | Taiga drama | |
| 2000 | Summer Snow | Chika Shinoda | [14] | |
| 2001–02 | Honmamon | Konoha | Lead role; Asadora | [15] |
| 2002 | Season of the Sun | Eiko Izumi | [16] | |
| 2003 | Ōoku | Maru | [17] | |
| 2007 | Fūrin Kazan | Lady Sanjō | Taiga drama | [18] |
| 2012 | Penance | Yuka Ogawa | [19] | |
| 2018 | Jimmy: The True Story of a True Idiot | Shinobu Otake | [20] | |
| 2021 | Old Jack and Rose | Arata Usui | Lead role | [21] |
| 2025–26 | The Ghost Writer's Wife | Fumi Matsuno | Asadora | [22] |
