Mina Fujii (藤井 美菜, Fujii Mina, born July 15, 1988) is a Japanese actress. She started her career in the entertainment industry at the age of nine.[1] She is best known for her role in the TV adaptation of Bloody Monday, Kyōfu, and for appearing in TVXQ's "Dōshite Kimi o Suki ni Natte Shimattandarō?" music video.

Mina Fujii
藤井 美菜
Born (1988-07-15) July 15, 1988 (age 36)
San Diego, California, United States
NationalityJapanese
Alma materKeio University
OccupationActress
Years active1998–present
Agents
  • Humanite (Japan)
  • Dragon Heart Global (Korea)
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5+12 in)

Career

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Fujii made her film debut in 2006, when she played as Miki Onaka in Simsons. In 2008, Fujii played the leading character of Toru Ikegami in Ame No Tsubasa. In the same year, she starred as Aoi Asada in the live-action television drama adaptation of Bloody Monday.

In 2012, Fujii played a cameo of Mina in Panda and Hedgehog and Akiko in The King of Dramas.[1]

In 2013, Fujii starred in the MBC reality show We Got Married Global alongside Lee Hongki. In 2014, Fujii played the character of Oshikiri in Monsterz, the Japanese remake of the Korean film Haunters, and Mika Aota in the tokusatsu comedy film Joshi Zu.

Personal life

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Fujii graduated from faculty of letters Keio University where she got Bachelor of Arts in human relations. Fujii writes a film critic column for Barfout.[2] Fujii is fluent in Korean[1] and English,[3] in addition to her native Japanese.

Filmography

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Television dramas

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Year Title Role Network Notes
2007 Broccoli Inaho Yamasita Fuji TV
2008 Shikaotoko Aoniyoshi Fuji TV Episode 1–7,10
The Fantastic Deer-Man Masayo Sakura
Team Batista Episode 4
Bloody Monday Aoi Asada TBS
2010 Bloody Monday Season 2 Aoi Asada TBS
Shukumei 1969-2010 Akiko Shiroi TV Asahi
Shaken Baby! Shakespeare Syndrome Umino Azusa CX
General Rouge no Gaisen Eri Aoki Fuji TV Episode 2
Tenshi no Wakemae Keiko NHK
Face-Maker Anzai Erina NTV / YTV Episode 3/File 3
2011 The Beautiful Neighbor Ami Mashita Fuji TV / KTV
2012 Koisuru Maison: Rainbow Rose Reika TV Tokyo / Tooniverse Second co-starring with Julien Kang
Hungry! Momoko Fuji TV Episode 8
Somato Kabushiki Gaisha Numata Shinobu TBS Disk 3
Panda and Hedgehog Mina Channel A Cameo (Episode 8 & 9)
The King of Dramas Akiko SBS
Drama Special-Another Wedding Minse Eun KBS2
2013 Ookaechizen NHK BS Premium 2nd episode, "Reproved Shogun"
Potato Star 2013QR3 Mina tvN Noh's neighbor
2014 The Story Of The Detective Boy Kindaichi, Neo Giselle Tsukuyomi NTV/YTV Episode 8 & 9/File 8 & 9
Yonimo Kimyona Monogatari: 2014 Fall Special Masami Fuji TV
2015 Yami no Bansosha Giselle Tsukuyomi WOWOW
9 Seconds Eternal Love Mi-na
Yonimo Kimyona Monogatari: 2015 Fall Special - Masterpiece revival Fuji TV
2016 Doctor Chousahan Tabuchi Yuko TV Tokyo
Cold Case: Shinjitsu no Tobira WOWOW
Death Note: New Generation Sho Nanase Hulu
2019 Doctor Detective Seok Jin-i SBS TV
Setsuyaku Rock Makiko Oguro NTV
2021 Kotodamasou Natsume Mitsuba TV Asahi Episode 7-10
2022 Chuzai Keiji Reika Izumi TV tokyo Season3[4]

Film

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Year Title Role Notes Ref
2006 Simsons Miki Onaka
2007 The Signs of Love Asuka Miyamoto
2008 Ame no Tsubasa Toru Ikegami flower
10 Promises to My Dog Cameo
2010 All to the Sea Yuka
Kyōfu Kaori
Abacus and Sword Sei Inoshiyama
2013 The Werewolf Game: The Villagers Side Marie Inoue
2014 Monsterz Oshikiri
Jossy's Mika Aota
Bullet Train of Wives Shima Tayo
2015 Amor Mysterious Girl South Korean film
Seoul Searching Mayumi South Korean film
2016 Death Note: Light Up the New World Shō Nanase [5]
My New Sassy Girl Yuko South Korean film
2017 Where I Belong Michi
2018 Human, Space, Time and Human Eve South Korean film
2021 The Nighthawk's First Love Mew [6]
2022 Black Night Parade [7]

Stage

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Year Title Director
1998 Shanpo-no-mori-de-nemuru Yoshihiro Kurita
1999 Scrooge Tudor Davis
2000 A Little Princess Santa Tonakai
2001 Fadette Yoshihiro Kurita
2002 Hanshin Seisuke Yamazaki
2015 Peer Gynt Akira Shirai

Variety

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Year Title Network Notes
2008 Jump! CX
2012 Trunq Daegu Tokyo MX with Song Joong-ki
2013 Strong Heart SBS Episode 163 & 164
2013 We Got Married Global MBC with Lee Hong-gi
2013 Quiz to Change the World MBC Episode 224
2014 Sebaki MBC
2014 Bankurawase Fuji TV
2014 The King Of Food KBS
2014 Hello! Stranger MBC [8]
2015 Match Made in Heaven Returns MBC [9]

Music videos

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Year Artist Track Notes
2007 Infinity 16 "Welcomez Minmi, 10-Feet (Manatsu no Orion 真夏のオリオン)"
2008 Tohoshinki "Why Did I Fall In Love With You" with Murakami Koki
2009 Miho Fukuhara "Yasashii Aka" 32 minute short film, with Tsutsui Mariko and Tanaka Yoji
2009 S.R.S "Wonder Song"
2011 Hiromi Sakimoto "Yoake-no-Ballade"
2011 Every Little Thing "Moon" with Jang Geun Suk
2012 Zia "Because I'm Upset (속상해서)" (also known as "Depressed") with Julien Kang
2013 Shinhwa "This Love" from The Classic album[10]
2013 Heo Young Saeng "Weak Child" Special Album She
2013 Juju "Mamotte Agetai"
2015 Xiah Junsu "Yesterday"
2016 Raymond Lam "Love is Near"

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2016 Seoul International Drama Awards Asian Star Prize Won

References

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  1. ^ a b c Sohn, JiAe (2014-01-24). "Foreign stars on the rise". Korea.net. Korean Culture and Information Service. Archived from the original on 2014-04-21. Retrieved 2014-04-27.
  2. ^ Episode 2. We Got Married: Global. MBC. 13 April 2013.
  3. ^ "Mina Fujii to Star as Shō Nanase in Death Note 2016".
  4. ^ Go Jae-wan (November 26, 2021). "후지이 미나, 日인기 시리즈 '주재형사'시즌3 합류…"너무 기뻐, 촬영 전날 잠도 못자" [Fujii Mina joins the popular Japanese series 'Detective in charge' season 3... "I'm so happy, I couldn't sleep the night before the filming"] (in Korean). Sports Chosun. Retrieved November 26, 2021 – via Naver.
  5. ^ "2016 Death Note Film Brings Back Erika Toda as Misa". Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  6. ^ "よだかの片想い". eiga.com. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
  7. ^ "ブラックナイトパレード". eiga.com. Retrieved November 10, 2022.
  8. ^ Mina Fujii joins cast of Hello Stranger
  9. ^ "Match Made in Heaven Returns" Releases Full Cast Lineup, Excluding Two Mystery Top Star Members
  10. ^ Hong, Grace Danbi (8 May 2013). "Fujii Mina to be shinhwa's Lady in 'this love' MV". enewsWorld. CJ E&M. Archived from the original on 6 June 2013. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
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