Megumi Okina

Megumi Okina (奥菜 恵, Okina Megumi, born 6 August 1979 age 34) is a Japanese actress and J-Pop singer. Born in Hiroshima and raised in Tokyo, she made her J-Pop debut on 19 August 1995. She starred in the Japanese original of The Grudge. She married Susumu Fujita in January 2004. They divorced on 22 July 2005. In 2007, Megumi said she was retiring from the entertainment business. But she reversed course by acting in a remake of a 2004 Thai film, Shutter. It was released March 21, 2008. She portrayed a ghost called Megumi Tanaka.

Personal life

Around March 12, 2009, she announced that she was four months pregnant and planning on marrying her boyfriend of two years, a businessman.

Discography

Albums

• 1995/09/21 : Blossom
• 1996/05/21 : illusion
• 1997/03/20 : gradation
• 1998/04/01 : i・n・g
• 1998/09/01 : Stairs -The Best Songs-

Singles

• 1995/08/19 : この悲しみを乗り越えて
• 1996/04/23 : そんなの悲しいね
• 1996/09/21 : あなたのそばで
• 1997/02/25 : 今でも...あなたが好きだから
• 1997/05/28 : 淑女の夢は万華鏡 (ending theme from Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo)
• 1997/10/29 : それでも愛してる
• 1998/02/25 : ゆらゆら
• 1998/08/21 : Eternity

Filmography

Movies

• 1995: Naito heddo (adapted from Night Head)
• 2000: Tales of the Unusual
• 2000: Sebunzu feisu (Seven's Face)
• 2001: Otogirisō (St John's Wort)
• 2001: Red Shadow: Akakage
• 2003: Ju-on: The Grudge
• 2006: Ulysses
• 2006: Inugamike no Ichizoku
• 2008: Shutter (aka Spirits)
• 2009: Tsumi toka batsu toka

Dramas

• Kinjirareta Asobi (NTV, 1995)
• Wakaba no Koro (TBS, 1996)
• Kimi ga Jinsei no Toki (TBS, 1997)
• Futari (TV Asahi, 1997)
• Shinryonaikai Ryoko (NTV, 1997)
• Ao no Jidai (TBS, 1998)
• Hashire Komuin (Fuji TV, 1998)
• Genroku Ryoran (NHK, 1999)
• Tengoku ni Ichiban Chikai Otoko as Tsuyuzaki Koharu (TBS, 1999)
• Tengoku no Kiss as Mitarai Asumi (TV Asahi, 1999)
• Suna no ue no Koibitotachi (Fuji TV, 1999)
• Hanamura Daisuke (Fuji TV, 2000, ep11-12)
• Wakaresaseya as Mizusawa Chiharu (YTV, 2001)
• Shin Hoshi no Kinka (NTV, 2001)
• Koisuru Top Lady as Hasegawa Mizuki (Fuji TV, 2002)
• Boku ga Chikyu wo Suku as Tsukishima Kyoko (TBS, 2002)
• Beginner (Fuji TV, 2003)
• Kyohansha (NTV, 2003)
• Konya Hitori no Bed de as Jumonji Azusa (TBS, 2005)
• Jikou Keisatsu (TV Asahi, 2006, ep5)
• Oishii Koroshikata (BS Fuji, 2006)
• Wakatoryo to Kyuunin no Ko (NHK, 2006)
• Aibou 5 (TV Asahi, 2006, ep1)
• Takusan no Ai wo Arigato (たくさんの愛をありがとう) (NTV, 2006)

External links

• Okina Megumi Official Site (Japanese)
• Megumi Okina at the Internet Movie Database
• JMDb profile (Japanese)