Hikari Mitsushima

Hikari Mitsushima (満島 ひかり) is a Japanese actress, singer and model.

She began her music career in 1997 as a teenage 'idol singer' in the J-pop groups Folder and Folder 5.

She made her acting debut in the same year, starring as Shiori Uchiura / Little Girl in the kaiju film Rebirth of Mothra II.

Her first television appearance came in 2005, when she played Elly in Ultraman Max.

Her film career recommenced as Sayu Yagami in 2006's manga-adaptation thriller film Death Note, and in 2008 she starred as Yōko Ozawa in Love Exposure, a comedy-drama / art film directed by Sion Sono.

Her performance in Love Exposure brought her critical attention and won her and her team several awards.

She featured as a vocalist in the fictional band SRM on Stephanie's "Pride ~A Part of Me~", the title song for the 2009 Japanese drama film Pride.

Since then, Mitsushima has had starring roles in numerous films and television dramas including 2010's Sawako Decides, written and directed by Yuya Ishii.

Mitsushima has made occasional vocal contributions to Japanese pop singles.

Mitsushima announced via fax through her agency that she has registered her marriage with film director Yuya Ishii on October 25 2010, they later divorced in early 2016.

On May 17, 2016, Mitsushima and Kento Nagayama's agencies jointly announced that the two were confirmed to be in a relationship.

She has won the following awards for her performances:

In 2017 she was the vocalist and dancer in Mondo Grosso's videos for "Labyrinth", which has garnered over 35 million views on YouTube as of February 2023, and "In this World".

She is a graduate of Okinawa Actors School.

In 2017, she provided lead vocals for fictional band Doughnuts Hole's "Otona no Okite", the theme song for television drama Quartet, in which she starred as Suzume Sebuki.

In the same year, she appeared as a featured vocalist in Mondo Grosso's song "Labyrinth" and starred as a dancer in the music video (over 35million views on YouTube, ).

Her grandfather was Italian-American.