Sara Minami

In 2014, she won the 18th Nicola Model Audition Grand Prix. In October of the same year, she became an exclusive model for the fashion magazine nicola.^[2]

In 2017, she made her debut as an actress in the movie Dear Etranger.^[3] She was nominated for the 60th Blue Ribbon Awards for Newcomers for her appearance in the film, but missed her award.^[4] In the same year, she starred in the music video for Rebecca's new song, Koini Ochitara.^[5]

In 2018, she made her movie debut starring in the movie Shino Can't Say Her Name.^[6] She played the role of a high school girl with stuttering,^[7] and showed impressing acting in the scene where she cried lamenting with a runny nose.^[4] Her performance in the film was rated highly, and along with double-starring Aju Makita, the two were awarded the 43rd Hochi Film Award for Best Newcomer^[8] and the 33rd Takasaki Film Festival Best New Actress Award.^[9] Additionally, Minami was awarded the 61st Blue Ribbon Award^[4][7] and 28th Japanese Movie Critics Award for New Actress.^[10] In September, she was appointed as the new image character for Pocky and made her first appearance in the commercials.^[11]

In 2019, she made her first appearance in a TV drama in Cocoa broadcast by Fuji TV on January 4, 2019.^[12] In March of the same year, she ended her contract as an exclusive model for nicola.^[2] She challenged jidaigeki historical drama for the first time in Iwane: Sword of Serenity released in May of the same year.^[13]

In 2021, she starred in the TV drama series Dragon Zakura broadcast on TBS.^[14][15]

In 2022, she acted in the NHK taiga drama The 13 Lords of the Shogun as Ohime, the daughter of Minamoto no Yoritomo and Hōjō Masako.^[16] She also played the main character in the horror movie The Good Father.^[17]

In 2023, she played the main character Sawako Kuronuma in the TV Tokyo adaptation of Kimi ni Todoke.^[18]