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Yuumi Kawai

Yuumi Kawai or Yūmi Kawai (河合 優実, Kawai Yūmi, born 19 December 2000 in Tokyo) is a Japanese Actress.[1][2]

Yuumi Kawai
河合 優実
Kawai at press event wearing zebra-print jacket and looking toward camera while smiling
Kawai at the Tokyo International Film Festival in October 2022
Born (2000-12-19) 19 December 2000 (age 23)
Tokyo, Japan
Alma materNihon University College of Art
OccupationActress
Years active2019–present

Career

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In 2019, Kawai made her acting debut in the short film Yodominaku, Yamanai.[1] In 2022, she was given the Best Newcomer award at the 43rd Yokohama Film Festival for her roles in A Balance and It's a Summer Film.[3] She continued her success by winning Best Supporting Actress at the 44th Yokohama Film Festival for her roles in various other films,[4] including Plan 75, which earned her a nomination of Best Supporting Actress at the 16th Asian Film Awards.[5][6]

She has also been active in television drama acting, with roles in Extremely Inappropriate![7] and The Child Of God Murmurs[8] earning her two acting awards in 2024. In particular, audience of Extremely Inappropriate! (where Kawai plays a high-school student in the 1980s) noticed her resemblance to Momoe Yamaguchi when in-character, and proceeded to name Kawai "Momoe-chan from the Reiwa era".[9][10] This TV series had a significant impact, and after its broadcast ended, she was cast in commercials for well-known companies such as Shiseido, Uniqlo, and Suntory. According to Oricon's survey, she ranked as the No. 1 breakout actress of the first half of 2024.[11]

Personal life

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Her hobbies are dancing, singing, drawing and playing basketball. When she was in third grade, she started going to the dance studio her younger sister was attending. Although she once stopped dancing when in middle school, she was in the dance club in high school. As she continued dancing, she realized the joy of "expressing" and decided to become an actress.[12]

Kawai is good friends with fellow actress Ai Mikami, as both of them attended Nihon University College of Art together.[13]

She respects Mirai Moriyama as both an actor and a dancer.[14]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2019 Yodominaku, Yamanai Lead role; short film [1]
2020 Rolling Marbles Moeko [15]
A Beloved Wife High school girl who makes Udon [1]
Sasaki in My Mind Naemura [16]
2021 It's a Summer Film Beat-ban (Kickboard) [17]
A Balance Mei [18]
Unfeigned Happy Ending Yū [19]
2022 Just Remembering Izumi [20]
Love Nonetheless Misaki [21]
To Be Killed by a High School Girl Aoi Sugi [22]
Plan 75 Yōko Narimiya [23]
A Man Akane [24]
A Winter Rose Tomoka Misaki [25]
The Lines That Define Me Kawagishi [26]
A Hundred Flowers Misaki [27]
2023 Sayonara, Girls. Manami Yamashiro Lead role [28]
In Her Room Yōko [29]
Heartless Hana [30]
2024 A Girl Named Ann Ann Lead role [31]
April Come She Will Jun Sakamoto [32]
Look Back Fujino (voice) Lead role [33]
Desert of Namibia Kana Lead role [34]
Hakkenden: Fiction and Reality Hamaji [35]
2025 Teki Cometh Ayumi Sugai [36]
She Taught Me Serendipity Hana Sakurada [37]

Television

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2019 In Hand Kaori Kikuchi Episode 4 [38]
2022 Teen Regime Suguri Saiga Miniseries [39]
One Night Morning Tamako Lead role; episode 4 [40]
2023 My Family Nami Kishimoto Lead role [41]
The Child of God Murmurs Haruka Kinoshita Lead role; television film [42]
2024 Extremely Inappropriate! Junko Ogawa [43]
RoOT/Route of Odd Taxi Rena Lead role [44]
Like a Dragon: Yakuza Yumi Sawamura [45]
2025 Anpan Ranko Asada Asadora [46]

Music videos

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Year Song Artist Ref.
2021 Duets Maaya Sakamoto [47]
2022 Ame San San King Gnu [48]

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Work(s) Result Ref.
2022 41st Zenkoku Eiren Awards Best Supporting Actress A Balance Won [49]
43rd Yokohama Film Festival Best Newcomer A Balance and It's a Summer Film Won [3]
76th Mainichi Film Awards Best New Actress A Balance Nominated [50]
95th Kinema Junpo Awards Best New Actress A Balance, It's a Summer Film and Unfeigned Happy Ending Won [51]
64th Blue Ribbon Awards Best Newcomer A Balance and It's a Summer Film Won [52]
35th Nikkan Sports Film Awards Best Supporting Actress Plan 75, A Winter Rose, A Man, and others Nominated [53]
Best Newcomer Won
47th Hochi Film Awards Best Supporting Actress Plan 75, A Winter Rose and Just Remembering Nominated [54]
2023 44th Yokohama Film Festival Best Supporting Actress Plan 75, A Winter Rose, A Man, and others Won [55]
16th Asian Film Awards Best Supporting Actress Plan 75 Nominated [5]
2024 119th Drama Academy Awards Best Supporting Actress Extremely Inappropriate! Won [7]
50th Hoso Bunka Foundation Prize Acting Skill Award NHK Special "Shūkyō nisei" series The Child of God Murmurs Won [8]

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