Mariko Tsutsui

She was born in Kōfu, Yamanashi Prefecture.^[2]

Tsutsui graduated from Kōfu Daiichi High School in Yamanashi Prefecture. She dropped out of Aoyama Gakuin University. She later graduated from the Waseda University School of Social Sciences.

As well as acting, Tsutsui can figure skate, play the flute, and perform Japanese buyō (dance).

In 1981, while studying at Aoyama Gakuin University, she was impressed after seeing a performance of the Third Stage performing at the Waseda University Theater Study Group. In 1982, when she took the examination at the Waseda University again, she passed and joined the Third Stage where she performed her first role. She appeared subsequently in most works performed by the theatre company.

Film

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Date	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1994	Otoko Tomodachi	Eriko Oda	Lead role	[3]
2016	Harmonium	Fumie Suzuoka		[4]
2019	A Girl Missing	Ichiko / Risa	Lead role	[5]
2020	Godai: The Wunderkind			[2]
2021	Between Us			[6]
	Will I Be Single Forever?			[7]
2022	Bldg. N			[8]
	No Place to Go			[9]
2023	Ripples	Yoriko Sudō	Lead role	[10]
	Analog	Junko Shiina		[11]
	#Mito	Kimura		[12]
	The Quiet Yakuza Part 1	Tae		[13][14]
	The Quiet Yakuza Part 2	Tae		[15]
	Wheels and Axle			[16]
	Last Shadow at First Light	Ami's mother		[17]
2024	The Quiet Yakuza 2: Part 1	Tae		[18]
	The Quiet Yakuza 2: Part 2	Tae		[19]
2025	True Beauty: After	Ruriko Kaburagi		[20]
	Love Song	Yasuko Hiroki	Thai-Japanese film	[21]
	See You Again			[22]
	Meets the World	Yukari's mother		[23]
	The Deepest Space In Us			[24]
	Dawn Chorus	Noriko	Lead role	[25]
2026	Euthanasia Special Zone			[26]

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Television

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Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1999	Keizoku	Yukari Aoki	Episode 5	[27]
2014	Hanako and Anne	Tami Yamamoto	Asadora	[28]
2024	House of Ninjas	Hitoko Mukai		[29]
	The Tiger and Her Wings	Hisako Sakuragawa	Asadora	[30]
	Laughing Matryoshka	Kaori Michiue		[31]
2025	Love is too Hard for a Rich Man	Kaori Shinonome		[32]
	A Calm Sea and Beautiful Days with You	Mitsuko Hashimoto		[33]
	Love School	Sanae Ogawa		[34]

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Video games

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Date	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2022	The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story	Yayoi Kasuga / Kinu Kotomiya		[35]

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