Ai Hashimoto

Ai Hashimoto
Born	January 12, 1996 Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	actress model
Years active	2008–present
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Awards	Rookie of The Year (2013) 36th Japan Academy Award

Ai Hashimoto (橋本 愛 Hashimoto Ai, born 12 January 1996) is a Japanese actress and fashion model.

Career

Hashimoto made her debut after winning the grand prize in the HUAHUA Audition in 2008.^[1] She appeared in Confessions in 2010^[2] and starred in The Kirishima Thing in 2012,^[3] for which she won new face awards from the Japan Academy^[4] and Kinema Junpo.^[5] She also appeared as Sadako in Sadako 3D.^[6]

Selected filmography

Films

• Confessions (2010)
• Control Tower (Kanseitō) (2011)
• The Kirishima Thing (2012)
• Sadako 3D (2012)
• Home: Itoshi no Zashiki Warashi (2012)
• Blood-C: The Last Dark (2012) (Mana Hiiragi)
• Another (2012) (Mei Misaki)
• Goodbye Debussy (2013)
• I'll Give It My All... Tomorrow (2013)
• The World of Kanako (2014)
• Little Forest (2014, 2015)
• Parasyte: Part 1 (2014)
• Wonderful World End (2015)
• Parasyte: Part 2 (2015)
• The Shell Collector (2016)
• Utsukushii Hito (2016)
• The Inerasable (2016)
• Birthday Card (2016)
• Utsukushii Hoshi (2017)

Television

• Hard Nuts (2013)
• Amachan (2013)

References

1. 橋本愛 恐怖と緊張に成長？. Web R25 (in Japanese). Yahoo. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
2. Lee, Maggie (14 October 2010). ""Confessions" a highly stylized, powerful thriller". Reuters.
3. Schilling, Mark (10 August 2010). "'Kirishima, Bukatsu Yamerutteyo (The Kirishima Thing)'". The Japan Times.
4. "Dai 36-kai Nihon Akademī Shō yūshū sakuhin" (in Japanese). Japan Academy Prize Association. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
5. "『キネマ旬報ベスト・テン』橋本愛、新人賞女優賞受賞". Oricon. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
6. "『告白』から貞子まで 橋本愛" [From Confessions to Sadako: Ai Hashimoto]. Cinema Today. Retrieved 22 June 2013.

External links

• Official Site (Japanese)
• Ai Hashimoto at the Internet Movie Database