Rie Tomosaka
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is a Japanese
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 actress and pop star
J-pop
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 from Mitaka-shi, Tokyo, born on October 12, 1979 in Nagano-shi, Nagano.
She works for Itoh Company. From 1996 to 1997, she has also released music under the name .

Profile

She is 168 cm in height.
Her father is a beautician.
Her hobby
Hobby
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 is skiing
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.
She is a fifth dan
Dan (rank)
The ranking system is a Japanese mark of level, which is used in modern fine arts and martial arts. Originally invented in a Go school in the Edo period, this system was applied to martial arts by Kanō Jigorō, the founder of judo and later introduced to other East Asia countries.In the modern...

 at Japanese calligraphy
Japanese calligraphy
is a form of calligraphy, or artistic writing, of the Japanese language. For a long time, the most esteemed calligrapher in Japan had been Wang Xizhi, a Chinese calligrapher in the 4th century but after the invention of Hiragana and Katakana, the Japanese unique syllabaries, the distinctive...

.

In 1998, she majored in International Culture at Teikyo University
Teikyo University
is a private university headquartered in the Itabashi ward of Tokyo, Japan. It was established in 1931 as Teikyo Commercial High School by Lee. It became Teikyo University in 1966...

, later dropping out.

In 1999, she confessed that she had an eating disorder
Eating disorder
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.
When she began to appear on television, her female classmates came to ignore her suddenly.
In high school, her national popularity rose, causing her stress that resulted in anorexia nervosa
Anorexia nervosa
Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by refusal to maintain a healthy body weight and an obsessive fear of gaining weight. Although commonly called "anorexia", that term on its own denotes any symptomatic loss of appetite and is not strictly accurate...

 and bulimia nervosa
Bulimia nervosa
Bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by binge eating and purging or consuming a large amount of food in a short amount of time, followed by an attempt to rid oneself of the food consumed, usually by purging and/or by laxative, diuretics or excessive exercise. Bulimia nervosa is...

.

In April, 2003, she married who is a theatre director and an actor
Actor
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, and gave birth to her son at home in October, 2004. However, she announced on her blog on December 31, 2008 that they divorced.

In September, 2007, her blog
Blog
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 recorded about 30,000,000 in monthly page view.

She has maintained her management relationship with Itoh Company for modelling, endorsements and acting work.

Career

In 1992, Rie Tomosaka joined the entertainment world with the commercial film of "ESTIMA" of Toyota Motor Corporation
Toyota Motor Corporation
, , , commonly known simply as Toyota and abbreviated as TMC, is a multinational automaker headquartered in Toyota, Aichi, Japan. In 2010, Toyota Motor Corporation employed 317,734 people worldwide, and was the world's largest automobile manufacturer by production.The company was founded by...

, and she also began her career as an actress with the NHK
NHK
NHK is Japan's national public broadcasting organization. NHK, which has always identified itself to its audiences by the English pronunciation of its initials, is a publicly owned corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee....

 TV drama
Japanese television drama
, also called , are a staple of Japanese television and are broadcast daily. All major TV networks in Japan produce a variety of drama series including murder romance, comedy, detective stories, horror, and many others...

, Kora, Nanba Shiyotto in the same year.
In 1993, she came into the limelight in Subarashikikana Jinsei of Fuji TV.
In 1995, she came to be known widely at the people because Kintaichi Shonen no Jikenbo, the manga-based popular TV mystery series, in which she co-starred with Domoto Tsuyoshi gained popular extremely. But, Domoto is a popular idol
Japanese idol
In Japanese culture, are media personalities in their teens and early twenties who are considered particularly attractive or cute and who will, for a period ranging from several months to a few years, regularly appear in the mass media, e.g...

 in Japan, so she was envied intensely by his fans..

In 1996, she also made her debut as a singer by "Escalation", and released "Kusyami" in succession.
Moreover, she released "Sukini nattara KIRIN LEMON" which was the theme song of a carbonated drink which Kirin Beverage of the subsidiary of Kirin Brewery Company
Kirin Brewery Company
is a Japanese company. It is a member of the Mitsubishi keiretsu.-Overview:Kirin sells two of the most popular beers in Japan, Kirin Lager--the country's oldest beer brand--and Ichiban Shibori. In the happoshu category, Kirin Tanrei is the top seller. Kirin handles domestic distribution for...

 releases and "Docchidemo IN" which was the theme song of camera "AXIA" which Fuji Film released in the name of "Sakatomo Eri" which is a logogriph of Tomosaka Rie from 1996 to 1997.

Tomosaka released eleven singles as a vocalist, often backed by members of Yokohama horn band Big Horns Bee, who toured with her.
Her singles "Cappuccino" (1999) and "Shoujo Robot" (2000) were written and produced by her friend Shina Ringo, who also provided piano and the rhythm section from her own band.
Four other Ringo songs were also recorded in these sessions ("Mokuren no Cream," "Shampoo," "Ikenai Ko" and "Nihon ni Umarete"), subsequently released as b-sides and album cuts.
Ringo also adds chatteringto the song "Good For Us" on Tomosaka's album "Murasaki."

"Prime Colors" (45 min., 1997) was a Tomosaka solo performance in twelve distinctive shorts released to VCD.

In 2000, she starred in the TV drama Kimiga Oshietekureta Koto for which Donna Williams’s Nobody Nowhere
Nobody Nowhere
Nobody Nowhere: The Extraordinary Autobiography of an Autistic Girl is the award-nominated debut book by Australian Donna Williams. It was initially published in Britain in 1992, and was on the New York Times Best Seller list for 15 weeks in the first half of 1993.Nobody Nowhere covers Williams'...

 was adapted.
She played a young autistic woman, the character being inspired by the works of autistic author Donna Williams.
She played splendidly the difficult role which was considerably different from the active girl whom she played till then.
She was highly praised by Donna about an autistic performance and was highly regarded her talent as an actress.
She won the Academy Award for Best Actress of the Drama Academy Award of "THE TELEVISION"(magazine) and of the Drama Grand Prix of "Nikkan Sports"(sports and entertainment newspaper).

In 2001, Her starring performance in the feature "Kuroe(Chloe)" contributed to the film's win at the Berlin Film Festival that year.

Television

1992 - (June to July, 1992, NHK
NHK
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-BS2)
1993; the third season - (January to March, 1993, NHK) - (July to September, 1993, Fuji Television
Fuji Television
is a Japanese television station based in Daiba, Minato, Tokyo, Japan, also known as or CX, based on the station's callsign "JOCX-DTV". It is the flagship station of the Fuji News Network and the ....

) as Haruka Takahata
1994(episode 1) - (January 3, 1994, Fuji Television) - (April to June, 1994, Fuji Television) as Hitomi Ito the 19th episode - (September 13, 1994, Fuji Television) - (from October 21, 1994 to December 16, Fuji Television) as Nao Ooba
1995 - (April 3, 1995, Fuji Television) as Tomoko - (On April 8, 1995, Nippon Television
Nippon Television
is a television network based in the Shiodome area of Minato, Tokyo, Japan and is controlled by the Yomiuri Shimbun publishing company. Broadcasting terrestrially across Japan, the network is commonly known as , contracted to , and abbreviated as "NTV" or "AX".-Offices:*The Headquarters : 6-1,...

) as Miyuki Nanase season1 - (from July 15, 1995 to September 16, Nippon Television) as Miyuki Nanase - (October 4, 1995, Fuji Television) as Tomoko episode1 - (October 14, 1995, Nippon Television) as Miwa - (From October 16, 1995 to December 18, TV Asahi
TV Asahi
, also known as EX and , is a Japanese television network headquartered in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. The company writes its name in lower-case letters, tv asahi, in its logo and public-image materials. The company also owns All-Nippon News Network....

) as Natsumi Tateno/Sayuri Iwasaki - (On December 30, 1995, Nippon Television
Nippon Television
is a television network based in the Shiodome area of Minato, Tokyo, Japan and is controlled by the Yomiuri Shimbun publishing company. Broadcasting terrestrially across Japan, the network is commonly known as , contracted to , and abbreviated as "NTV" or "AX".-Offices:*The Headquarters : 6-1,...

) as Miyuki Nanase
1996 season2 - (From July 13, 1996 to September 14, Nippon Television) as Miyuki Nanase - (On September 21, 1996, Nippon Television) as Miyuki Nanase - (December 23, 1996, Fuji Television) as Sayaka
1997 - (From April 19, 1997 to June 28, Nippon Television) as Asami Takigawa - (September 4 and 11, 1997, Fuji Television) as Yumi
1998 - (From January 13, 1998 to March 17, Fuji Television) On February 17, 1998, guest appearance
Guest appearance
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 to the episode 6, as Yukie Takeuchi - (In July, 1998, TV Tokyo) as Rie - (October 3 and 10 and 17, 1998, NHK) Chiaki Niizuma - (From October 14, 1998 to December 16, Fuji Television) as Kurumi Shirakawa
1999 - (April 2, 1999, TBS
Tokyo Broadcasting System
, TBS Holdings, Inc. or TBSHD, is a stockholding company in Tokyo, Japan. It is a parent company of a television network named and radio network named ....

) as Miki Nakagawa - (From April 15, 1999 to June 24, Fuji Television) as Midori Kimura - (From October 17, 1999 to December 19, TBS) as Yukari Yamada
2000 - (March 18, 2000, Nippon Television) as Miki Yamaguchi - (From April 13, 2000 to June 29, TBS) as Mayuko Amemiya - (December 26, 2000, Fuji Television) as Natsuko Minami
2001 - (From January 7, 2001 to December 9, NHK) as Shouko - (From January 9, 2001 to March 20, Fuji Television) as Mariko Kayama - (From April 14, 2001 to June 30, TV Asahi) as Midori Sakaki, the first part of the second episode "" - (On April 11, 2001, Nippon Television) as Noriko Hasegawa - (August 12, 2001, NHK) as Fumiko Yamanaka - (October 4, 2001, Fuji Television) as Sally
2002 - (From 1 to 22 on February in 2002, Nippon Television) as Kumiko - (From April 9, 2002 to June 25, 2002, Fuji Television) as Akane Kawasaki - (From August 26, 2002 to October 3, NHK) as Hanako Kitaura
2003 - (From July 12, 2003 to September 20, Nippon Television) as Kizuna Kameyama - (From October 6, 2003 to November 6, NHK) as Hanako Kitaura
2004 - (January 2 & 3, 2004, TV Tokyo
TV Tokyo
is a television station headquartered in Toranomon, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Also known as , a blend of "terebi" and "Tokyo", it is the key station of TX Network. It is one of the major Tokyo television stations, particularly specializing in anime...

) as Akiko(White woman), female private detective Sato(Black woman), Mita(Blue woman) - (June 30, 2004, Nippon Television) as Ofuji - (From April 15, 2004 to June 24, TBS) as Mako Niimi
2005 - (From April 20, 2005 to June 22, Nippon Television) as Eriko Sawaki - (On August 21, 2005, TV Tokyo) as Yukiko Kashiwagi - (September 13, 1994, Fuji Television) as Kyoko Mizushima
  • anego~SP~ - (On December 28, 2005, Nippon Television) as Eriko Sawaki

2006 - (January 2, 2006 & January 3, TBS) as Funamushi (Original: Nansō Satomi Hakkenden
Nanso Satomi Hakkenden
is a Japanese 106 volume epic novel by Kyokutei Bakin. Written over a period of nearly thirty years and published from 1814 to 1842, Bakin had gone blind before finishing the tale, and the final parts were dictated to his daughter-in-law Michi to be transcribed...

) - (From January 18, 2006 to March 15, Nippon Television) as Aki Takebayashi - (April 3, 1995, Fuji Television) as Tomoko - (On March 28, 2006, Fuji Television) as chief character (nameless) - (On September 26, 2006, Nippon Television) as Shizuka Natsume
  • Tokyo DisneySea 5th Anniversary Cinema - Sea of Dreams 4 - (December, 2006, web drama, Tokyo DisneySea)

2007 - (From January 16, 2007 to March 27, Fuji Television) as Tamako Izumi - (May 4, 2007, guest starring of the 4th episode, TV Asahi) as Sleep Reiko (real name: Reiko Uzuki) - (May 29, 2007 and June 5, guest starring of the 8 & 9th episode, Nippon Television) as Emiri - (From June 30, 2007 to August 4, NHK
NHK
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 General TV
NHK General TV
is the main television service of NHK . It shows news, drama, quiz/variety shows, music, sports, anime and specials which directly compete with its commercial counterparts. It is well known for its nightly newscasts, regular documentary specials and popular historical dramas...

 & BS hi) as Nao Tokunaga - (From October 16, 2007 to December 18, Fuji Television) as Midoriko Hojo
2008 - (From January 6, 2008 to December 14, NHK) as Ochika - (September 6 and 7, 2008, TV Asahi) as Miharu Ootsuka - (From October 14, 2008 to December 9, Nippon Television) as Makiko Yasuno
2009 - (From April 19, 2009 to June, TBS) as Satoko Kirihara - (On May 1, 2009, Fuji Television) as Oman - (On August 23, 2009, NHK General TV) - (From October, 2009 to December, Fuji Television) as Yuri Nishioka

Movies

Year Film Name Character Name
1996 Tomoko Tamura
1997 Miyuki Nanase
2000 Sentimental City Marathon Matinee / Soiree (Double role)
2001 Kuroe
2002 AIKI
Aiki (film)
Aiki is a film about a martial artist in a wheelchair. The film is from Japan and was released in 2002. It is loosely based on the life of a Danish practitioner of the Roppokai branch of Daitō-ryū Aiki-jūjutsu, Ole Kingston Jensen, who started training in Daitō-ryū after he was handicapped in an...

Samako
2003 (Cameo appearance
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)
2003 1980 Kirina Ichinoe
2008 Utatama
Utatama
is a 2008 Japanese comedy starring Kaho and Gorie, directed by Makoto Tanaka, about a school choir competition. Kasumi loves singing until she is given a photo of herself mid-song by a boy she likes.....

Kyoko Kuroki
2009 Boku’s mother (Mitsuko)
2010 A Boy and His Samurai
A Boy and His Samurai
is a 2010 Japanese film directed by Yoshihiro Nakamura and based on a manga by Gen Araki.-Cast:* Ryo Nishikido* Rie Tomosaka* Fuku Suzuki* Hiroki Konno* Keisuke Horibe* Hitomi Satō* Shiori Kutsuna* Yūji Nakamura* Jun Inoue...


Voice acting

Year Film Name Character Name
1999 Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo
Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo
, full title , is a long-running comedy manga by Osamu Akimoto. It has been continuously serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump since September 1976, with over 1700 chapters published, making it the longest-running manga series in history...

 THE MOVIE
Tomoko Tamura
2005 Soreike! Anpanman: Hapii's Big Adventure Hapii

Stage play

(August, 1992) (August, 1999)
  • Slap Sticks (February, 2003)
  • Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
    Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
    Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is a play by Edward Albee that opened on Broadway at the Billy Rose Theater on October 13, 1962. The original cast featured Uta Hagen as Martha, Arthur Hill as George, Melinda Dillon as Honey and George Grizzard as Nick. It was directed by Alan Schneider...

     (June, 2006)
  • M&O plays produce (May, 2008)
  • Love30 Vol.3 (From June to July in 2009) (From 17 to 27 on September in 2009, at Tokyo Tennozu The Galaxy Theatre) as Momoko Teruuchi
    • Original plot: by Monzaemon Chikamatsu

Variety show

  • Ponkickies (1997) (From October 5, 1997 to March 29, 1998)(1997.10 - 1998.12)

Original albums

  1. Un (1997)
  2. (1997) (as Eri Sakatomo)
  3. (1999)
  4. (2009)

Compilation albums

  1. Live & Remix Rie Tomosaka vs Eri Sakatomo (1998)
  2. Rie Tomosaka Best (1999)
  3. Daisuki! (2000) (Taiwan only release, featuring unreleased song )
  4. Rie Tomosaka Best+3 (2009)

Singles

  1. Escalation (1996)
  2. (1996) (as Eri Sakatomo)
  3. (1996)
  4. (1996) (as Eri Sakatomo)
  5. (1997)
  6. Birthday Party (1997) (as a part of Gonna be fun, a band created for the show Ponkickies)
  7. (1997) (as Eri Sakatomo)
  8. (1997)
  9. (1998)
  10. (1998)
  11. Cappuccino (1999)
  12. (2000)

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