| Aoi Miyazaki 宮﨑 あおい |
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Aoi Miyazaki at the Élan d'or Award ceremony in 2009 |
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| Born | November 30, 1985 Tokyo, Japan |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1989—present |
| Spouse | Sosuke Takaoka (2007—2011) (Separated) |
| Website | |
| www.aoimiyazaki.jp | |
Aoi Miyazaki (宮﨑 あおい Miyazaki Aoi, born November 30, 1985) is a Japanese actress. She is best known for her pure image and roles such as in Nana and Virgin Snow. Her brother Masaru Miyazaki is an actor, and they starred together in the film Hatsukoi. She married Sosuke Takaoka on June 15, 2007, her partner since she was fifteen.[1]. In December of 2011, she divorced Sosuke Takaoka.[2]
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Miyazaki started working in the entertainment industry at the age of four. Initially she appeared mostly in commercials, magazine advertisements, and as an extra in various television dramas. Miyazaki made her film debut in Ano Natsu no Hi at the age of fourteen.
Also at the age of 14, Miyazaki began to draw international attention for her role as the survivor of a traumatic bus hijack in Shinji Aoyama's Eureka. The film won the International Federation of Film Critics Prize at the Cannes Film Festival 2000, and resulted in her receiving the Best Actress award at the Japanese Professional Movie Awards.[3] In 2003, she also made her musical debut in The Little Prince.
Later, Miyazaki won Best Actress award in the Cinemanila International Film Festival for her performance in Harmful Insect.[3] She teamed up with Aoyama again in Eli, Eli, Lema Sabachthani?, an Un Certain Regard selection at Cannes 2005. Later in the same year, she co-starred with Mika Nakashima in the mainstream and commercially successful Nana.
In 2008, she won the Galaxy Individual Award for her performance in the NHK drama Atsuhime.[4]
Beyond acting, Miyazaki has appeared in commercials for major corporations including Aflac, Tokyo Metro, NTT DoCoMo and Olympus. In early 2008 she was also selected as Emporio Armani's new print advertisement model.[5]
In recent years, Miyazaki has taken a more prominent position in humanitarian activism projects.
In 2005, she traveled with her older brother Masaru Miyazaki to India to experience poverty firsthand, and they highlighted the problems then found in their 2006 photobook Tarinai Peace.
In 2006, the siblings traveled to Denmark and Finland to investigate global warming. Their experiences were then published in their 2007 photobooks Love, Peace, and Green Tarinai, Peace2.
In April, 2008, Miyazaki took part in the Gold Ribbon Walking event in Roppongi, Tokyo to raise awareness and funds for childhood cancer.
Her 2008 film Children of the Dark also addresses issues of child exploitation.[6]
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1999 | Ano Natsu no Hi | Tama Kobayashi | |
| 2000 | Swing Man | Futami Minase | |
| 2001 | Eureka | Kozue Tamura | |
| 2002 | Harmful Insect | Sachiko Kita | Lead role |
| Pakodate-jin | Hikaru "Pikaru" Hino | Lead role | |
| Tomie: The Final Chapter - Forbidden Fruit | Tomie Hashimoto | Lead role | |
| 2003 | Lovers' Kiss | Eriko Kawana | |
| 2004 | Loved Gun | Miyuki | |
| A Blue Automobile | Konomi Saeki | ||
| Riyu | Yukari Ishida | ||
| Amoretto | Female high-school student | ||
| 2005 | All About My Dog | Mika | Lead role |
| Nana | Nana Komatsu | Lead role | |
| 2006 | Gin-iro no Kami no Agito | Toola | Voice, lead role |
| Gimme Heaven | Mari Michiki | ||
| Eli, Eli, Lema Sabachthani? | Hana | ||
| Su-ki-da | Yu (young) | Lead role | |
| Hatsukoi | Misuzu | Lead role | |
| Tada, Kimi o Aishiteru | Shizuru Satonaka | Lead role | |
| Umi de no Hanashi | Kaede Fukino | Lead role | |
| 2007 | Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad | DJ Idol | |
| Virgin Snow | Nanae Sasaki | ||
| Sad Vacation | Kozue Tamura | ||
| 2008 | Bloody Snake Under the Sun | An Anjo | |
| Flowers in the Shadow | Naruko/Hisako | ||
| Children of the Dark | Keiko Otowa | ||
| 2009 | The Shōnen Merikensack | Kanna Kurita | Lead role |
| Mt. Tsurugidake | Hatsuyo Shibasaki | ||
| 2010 | Solanin | Meiko | Lead role |
| Okan no Yomeiri | |||
| Colorful | Voice | ||
| 2011 | Kamisama no Karute | Haruna Kurihara | |
| Tsure ga Utsu ni Narimashite | |||
| Drama | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1999 | Genroku Ryoran | Sayo Yatō | |
| 2000 | Hatachi no Kekkon | Shiori Chūganji | |
| Girl | Azusa Minami | Lead role | |
| Himitsu Club O-daiba.com | Rei Kōgen | ||
| 2001 | Kabushikikaisha O-daiba.com | Rei Kōgen | |
| R-17 | Yukari Nomura | ||
| Fure, Fure Jinsei! | Kyōko Yūki | ||
| Ao to Shiro de Mizuiro | Kaeda Uchiyama | Lead role, television special | |
| 2002 | Shiawase No Shippo | Moe Sasamoto | |
| Keitaideka Zenigata Ai | Ai Zenigata | Lead role | |
| 2004 | Chotto Matte Kamisama | Akihiko Amagi | |
| Riyu | Yukari Ishida | ||
| Chichi no Umi, Boku no Sora | Honoka Arai | ||
| 2006 | Junjo Kirari | Sakurako Arimori | Lead role |
| 2008 | Atsuhime | Okatsu/Atsuhime | Lead role |
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