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 Prize

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)
• The Old Capital (2016) (Mai Sada)
• Utsukushii Hoshi (2017)

Television

• Hard Nuts (2013)
• Amachan (2013)

Awards

Year	Award ceremony	Award	Result
2013	34th Yokohama Film Festival	Best Newcomer	Won
2013	86th Kinema Junpo Award	Best New Actress	Won
2013	36th Japan Academy Prize	Newcomer of the Year	Won
2014	58th Elan d'or Awards	Newcomer of the Year	Won

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