Wakana Sakai

Wakana Sakai
Native name 酒井 若菜
Born Miyuki Sakai (former stage name)[1]
(1980-09-09) September 9, 1980
Nogi, Shimotsuga District, Tochigi, Japan
Nationality Japanese
Occupation
Years active July[lower-alpha 1] 1995[4]–
Agent
  • Moon the Child (1995–2009)
  • A-team (2009)–
Known for
Height 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Website Official profile

Wakana Sakai (酒井 若菜 Sakai Wakana, born 9 September 1980, in Nogi, Shimotsuga District, Tochigi, Japan)[1] is a Japanese actress, writer,[5] and former gravure idol. Her real and former stage name is Miyuki Sakai (酒井 美幸 Sakai Miyuki).

Sakai is represented with Moon the Child, and later A-team. She is left-handed.

Filmography

TV drama

Year Title Role Network Notes Ref.
1997 Psychometrer Eiji NTV [1]
1999 Sen'nen'ōkoku III Jūshi: Vanny Knights Miya Fukushima EX
2000 Warui On'na: Shuffle Ritsuko TBS Lead role
Ikebukuro West Gate Park Rika TBS
2001 Kindaichi Shōnen no Jikenbo Reiko Hayami NTV
Saotome Typhoon Hinako EX
ZZZ D-Today: Ren'ai Saiban Moririn NTV Lead role
es Kiken na Tobira: Ai o Tejō de Tsunagu Toki Maki Morishita EX
2002 Kisarazu Cat's Eye Moko TBS
Koi Seyo Otome Hinako Tomita NHK
Boku ga Chikyū o Sukuu Yoko Kamehu TBS
Home & Away Riru Akibahara CX
Kōryū Megumi Kato NBN Lead role
2003 Tramps Like Us Shiori Fukushima TBS
Manhattan Love Story Shiori Emoto TBS
2004 Home Drama! Hitomi Haraguchi TBS
Ā Tantei Jimusho Ryoko Inoue EX
Medaka Keiko Kariya CX
Tokugawa Tsunayoshi: Inu to Yoba Reta Otoko Zuishun-in CX
2005 The Queen's Classroom NTV Final episode
2006 Saiyūki Chun-li CX Episode 2
7-ri no On'na Bengoshi EX Episode 2
Kuroi Taiyō Emiko EX
Waraeru Koi wa Shitakunai TBS
2007 Watashitachi no Kyōkasho Nozomi Yoshikoshi CX
First Kiss CX
2008 Sasaki Fusai no Jingi Naki Tatakai Megumi Suzuki TBS
Tsuma-tachi Kara no Mikudarihan: Otto-tachi no (Hi) Rikon Kaihi Manual Momoko Danjo CX
Fukidemono to Imōto Junko Higuchi EX
Rose:Time:Life Mariko Sasaki CX
Much Ado About Love: Love Stories V Miyia Nekoda NTV Lead role
2009 Boss Yukari Higuchi CX
7 Man-ri Tantei Nitobe Yuri Nakazato BS Asahi
Smile Kayo Shibata TBS
Ohitorisama Saeko Yano TBS
News Sokuhō wa Nagareta Reiko Shibata Fuji TV One Two Next
2010 Mother Mei Suzuhara NTV
Ryōmaden Otoku NHK [6]
Unubore Deka Takamine TBS Final episode
Rei Nōryoku-sha oda Girikyōko no Uso Misato Inagaki EX
2011 Koisuru Nihongo Kaori NHK Episode 7
Umareru. Maho Mizukawa TBS
Shiritsu Tantei Yui Shimozawa Miyuki Shibukawa CX
Soredemo, Ikiteyuku Yukie Azuma CX Episodes 6 and 7
Shinya Shokudō Hitomi MBS Episode 18
2012 Deka Kurokawa Suzuki Machiko Tasaki YTV Episode 10
Irodorihimura Aya Kimura TBS Episode 2
Single Motthers Mizue Namba NHK
2013 Shūden Gohan Wakana TX
Saito-san 2 Chisako Tachibana NTV
2014 On'na Rule Shiawase ni Naru Tame no 50 no Okite Miharu Kawai NTV
Gunshi Kanbei Riki NHK
Seicho Matsumoto Special: Jikan no Shūzoku Miwako Kajihara CX
Is There a Vet in the House? Linda YTV Episode 6
Oyaji no Senaka Nonomiya TBS Episode 10
Watashitachi ga Propose sa Renai no ni wa, 101 no Riyū ga Atteda na Madoka LaLaTV Episode 3
Woman won't allow it Sae Yokomori TBS Episode 4
2015 Massan Chie Nakajima NHK
Dr. Rintarō Madoka Nakanishi NTV
Boku no Tsuma to Kekkon Shite Kudasai. Yoko Kawaguchi NHK BS Premium
Atelier Mizuki Nishikawa CX
2016 Seicho Matsumoto Drama Special: Kuroi Jukai Chie Machida EX
Hi no Ko Kyoko Ikemoto THK Episodes 4 and 5 [7][8]

Other TV series

Year Title Network Notes
Mayonaka no Ōkoku NHK BS2 Moderator
Chikara no Kagiri Go Go Go!! CX
Gravure no Bishōjo Mondo21
2009 Kon'na Suteki na Nippon ga NHK
Asian Smile NHK Narrator
2010 Tsunami NHK G
2012 Nippon Kikō Hokkaidō Shintoku Kōkō Sorezore no Haru NHK G Navigator
2013 Shūden Gohan TX

Internet drama

Year Title Role Network Notes
2010 Dengeki Kon: perfume of love Maru Kusumi BeeTV
2011 Inu no Merry: Shiawase o Hakobu Densho Inu Machiko BeeTV Lead role
2015 Atelier Mizuki Nishikawa Netflix [lower-alpha 2]

Films

Year Title Role Notes
2000 Twilight Syndrome: Sotsugyō Yuri Ando Lead role
2001 Mu Mondai 2 Yumiko Ota
Kewaishi Shinobu Saegusa
2003 Kisarazu Cat's Eye Nihon Series Moko
2004 Otakus in Love Koino Akashi Lead role
2006 Kisarazu Cat's Eye World Series Moko
Rainbow Song Kyoko Asakura
2007 Maiko Haaaan!!! Mamefuku
2009 Tenshi no Koi Kaori Shiota
2012 Hakuji no Hito Saki Okita
2013 Reunion Takae Oshita
2014 By Location: Hyō / Ura Mayumi Kadokura
Greatful Dead Asuka Saejima

Advertisements

Year Title Notes
1997 Akihabara Denki Matsuri Co-starring with Megumi Yasu
J-Phone Sha-Mail Co-starring with Norika Fujiwara
Sapporo Brewery Hokkaidō Nama Shibori
Asahi Breweries Dew
Tokyo Gas Gas Pa Cho As Ono no Imoko

Radio

Year Title Network
1999 Ore-tachi XXX Yattemasu Mokuyōbi MBS Radio
2014 Megumikazu Okada Koyoi, Lock Bar de: Drama na Hitobito no Ongaku Dangi NHK FM

Stage

Year Title Notes Ref.
2000 Boys Be...Alive Try Again Daily guest
2012 Fuki no Hatsukoi, Ebina Sa
2014 Ikenaikoto Kai? [2][3]
Fuki no Hatsukoi, Ebina Sa / Kalashnikov Furin Kaikyō

Internet

Year Title
2006 "Wakana Sakai Interview Motteco Shoten"
2013 "My Vaio Magazine Joyū Wakana Sakai ga Kataru, Hon to Watashi no Fukai Kankei"

Publications

Photobooks

Year Title Ref.
1999 Kamisama no Mayu
Yokan
2000 wakana: Wakana Sakai Official Photo Book
do-dai?
Dōshitemo, Wakana Sakai
Atlas–Wakana Sakai in Morocco
2001 Wakana
Parapara Wakana
Wakana Sakai Box Set Wakanadas 2001-nendoban
2002 Wakana Sakai Dairy 2002-2003
Aya
Suhada
2005 μ-wakana
2009 Gekkan Wakana Sakai
2013 I Love You [10]

DVD

Year Title
2000 NTV Genic '99 Wakana Sakai Voices
Tenshi no Tamago
2001 Body Wave Vitamin Wakana
2002 Wakana Sakai: Atlas

Publications

Novels

Year Title Ref.
2008 Koboreru [11]

Essays

Year Title Ref.
2012 Kokoro ga Obotsukanai Yoru ni [12]
2016 Wakana Sakai to 8-ri no Otoko-tachi [13][14]

Articles

Year Title Notes
2013 Wakana Sakai no "Kuyokuyo Shitatte Hajimaru!" [lower-alpha 3]

Notes

  1. ↑ Debut month; Wakana Sakai's Twitter account. Jul 2014.
  2. ↑ Also aired on Fuji Television.[9]
  3. ↑ "Hakase Suidōbashi no Meruma Junpō". 6. 25 Jan 2013.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "グラドルから演技派へ 酒井若菜"膠原病告白"までの紆余曲折". Nikkan Gendai (in Japanese). 25 Feb 2016. p. 2. Retrieved 1 Sep 2016.
  2. 1 2 Fukuda, Rei (12 Dec 2013). "酒井若菜、休業期間を振り返る…「罰は受けたつもり」". Cinema Today (in Japanese). Retrieved 1 Sep 2016.
  3. 1 2 "酒井若菜8年の葛藤「私は私を救いたい」". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). 28 Apr 2014. Retrieved 1 Sep 2016.
  4. ↑ "水道橋博士のメルマ旬報". 41. 10 Jul 2014. p. 509.
  5. ↑ 若菜/ "酒井 若菜". Nihon Tarento Meikan (in Japanese). VIP Times. Retrieved 1 Sep 2016.
  6. ↑ Sakai, Wakana (26 Mar 2010). "龍馬伝!". Wakana Sakai Official blog: Neon-dō (in Japanese). Retrieved 1 Sep 2016.
  7. ↑ "また株を上げた酒井若菜　闘病告白、役作りで抜歯 一時オファーなく". ZakZak (in Japanese). Sankei Digital. 26 Apr 2016. Retrieved 1 Sep 2016.
  8. ↑ "酒井若菜が前歯抜く「極力ブスに映れるよう」女優魂". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). 23 Apr 2016. Retrieved 1 Sep 2016.
  9. ↑ "桐谷美玲主演ドラマ『アンダーウェア』大地真央ら出演者発表" (in Japanese). Oricon. 1 Aug 2015. Retrieved 1 Sep 2016.
  10. ↑ "酒井若菜、10年ぶりのグラビアで「30歳を過ぎて赤いビキニはなかなか無い」". Mynavi News (in Japanese). Mynavi. 9 Sep 2013. Retrieved 1 Sep 2016.
  11. ↑ Sakai, Wakana (17 Jun 2010). "絵ッ". Wakana Sakai Official blog: Neon-dō (in Japanese). Retrieved 1 Sep 2016.
  12. ↑ Sakai, Wakana (29 Apr 2012). "タイトル発表". Wakana Sakai Official blog: Neon-dō (in Japanese). Retrieved 1 Sep 2016.
  13. ↑ "酒井若菜、病気に負けない　エッセーで膠原病告白". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports Shinbun-sha. 19 Feb 2016. Retrieved 1 Sep 2016.
  14. ↑ Sakata, Masaki (7 Apr 2016). "酒井若菜、文章を書くことは「欠落を補う絆創膏」女優業との両立を目指す". Crank In! (in Japanese). Hollywood Channel. Retrieved 1 Sep 2016.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 12/4/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.