Rie Miyazawa
Acting
Born: April 6, 1973 (age 53) · Tokyo, Japan
Highest Rated
Biography
Rie Miyazawa is a Japanese actress and former teen idol. She is regarded as one of Japan's top actresses, and her accolades include six Japan Academy Film Prizes and three Kinema Junpo Awards Miyazawa began her career as a child model, seeing wide exposure as the original face of Mitsui Rehouse, and made her acting debut in the 1988 film Seven Day's War, for which she won the Japan Academy Award for Newcomer of the Year at age sixteen. Her short-lived music career began with the single "Dream Rush" in 1989, and the next year she performed at the prestigious Kōhaku Uta Gassen television special. Miyazawa quickly rose to prominence as one of the top idols of the early Heisei period, attracting controversy for her 1991 nude photography book Santa Fe, which moved 1.5 million copies. Her personal struggles were further scrutinized, including a high-profile engagement to sumo wrestler Takanohana, a suicide attempt and battle with anorexia nervosa. By 1996, she went into hiatus and briefly resettled in San Diego. She took on a few television drama roles in the late 1990s, and returned to the big screen in the Taiwanese films The Cabbie (2000) and Peony Pavilion (2001). She co-starred in the highly-acclaimed 2002 film The Twilight Samurai, which marked a full-fledged comeback for Miyazawa and remains as her most recognizable role both domestically and internationally. She saw further success in The Face of Jizo and Tony Takitani (2004), and received several accolades for Pale Moon (2014) and Her Love Boils Bathwater (2016).
Known for
The Twilight Samurai
2002
The Naked Director
2019
Seven Days War
2019
Tony Takitani
2004
Kiki's Delivery Service
2014
Hana
2006
Her Love Boils Bathwater
2016
Pale Moon
2014
Asura
2025
Too Young To Die!
2016
No Longer Human
2019
47 Ronin
1994
Photos (10)
Movies (48)
The Twilight Samurai
Tomoe Iinuma
Her Love Boils Bathwater
Futaba Kono
Seven Days War
Hitomi Nakayama (voice)
No Longer Human
Michiko Tsushima
Kiki's Delivery Service
Kokiri
Last Man -FIRST LOVE-
2025
Too Young To Die!
Adult Hiromi Tezuka
47 Ronin
Karu
Tony Takitani
Konuma Eiko / Hisako
Pieta in the Toilet
Takuto's Mother
Peony Pavilion
Cui Hua
The Cabbie
Chuang Ching-wen
The Moon
Yoko
Kita no kuni kara '92 Sudachi Part 1
1992
Pale Moon
Rika Umezawa
Ashura
Tsubaki
Hana
Osae
Seven Days War
Hitomi Nakayama
Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project
Kido Kubo
I Am Makimoto
Miharu Imae
The After-Dinner Mysteries
Miho Kumazawa
Don't Steal My Heart
1992
The Sunday Runoff
2022
Gelatin Silver, Love
Assasin
The Face of Jizo
Mitsue Fukuyoshi
Erotic Liaisons
Rie
What Did You Eat Yesterday? New Year's Special 2020
2020
Kita no kuni kara '95 Himitsu
1995
The Miracle on a Christmas Night
1995
Saiyūki
三藏法师
PHOENIX: Reminiscence of Flower
Romi (voice)
Kogoro Akechi vs Kaijin Nijyuu Menso
Fumiyo Yoshinaga
Oshare dorobō
1989
MIRACLE GIRLS: Neva-da Stop Dreaming
2010
Basara: The Princess Goh
Princess Goh
The Invitation from Cinema Orion
Toyo Toyota
Independence of Japan
2020
Youth Peony Lantern
1993
The Tale of Himeji Castle
1995
Utsutsu
Ikuko Obara
Tom Cat Holmes and the Twilight Hotel
1998
昭和から騒ぎ
2025
Defeat the Devil!
Maki Hoshigawa
Who Do I Choose?
Namiko
リア王
2025
オーランド
2024
The Book of the Dead
Iratsume of Fujiwara (voice)
The Kiss of an Invisible Man
2004
TV Shows (31)
SMAP×SMAP
Bistro Guest · 1 eps
The Naked Director
Etsuko Takamiya · 2 eps
The 13 Lords of the Shogun
Maki no kata · 48 eps
あてなよる
1 eps
Princess Go
Chacha / Yododono · 46 eps
Guilty Flag
20 eps
Human Specimens
Rumi Ichinose · 5 eps
Asura
Tsunako · 7 eps
Genroku Ryoran
Aguri · 49 eps
Gu Gu the Cat
Asako Kojima · 9 eps
Musashi
Oshino · 49 eps
Precious Time
Lisa Takimura · 12 eps
FM999: 999 WOMEN'S SONGS
Eve (The First Woman) · 1 eps
Tokyo Elevator Girl
11 eps
Phoenix: Eden17
Romi (voice) · 4 eps
Queen of Mars
3 eps
Blackboard
Hisako Shirahama · 1 eps
Blackboard
Shirahama Hisako · 3 eps
Food Fight
Miyazono Saeka · 11 eps
Leaders
Yukino Higashiyama · 2 eps
いつも誰かに恋してるッ
11 eps
Tears of a Swan
Mika Hazuki · 25 eps
North Light
2 eps
Matrilineal Family
Fumino Hamada · 2 eps
Concerto
10 eps
Romance
11 eps
いつか誰かと朝帰りッ
10 eps
一番大切な人は誰ですか？
Nakamichi Toko · 10 eps
Natsumeke no Shokutaku
1 eps
神様のボート
노지마 요코 · 3 eps
Ashiato Hime
1 eps
