Ai Hashimoto (Actress and fashion model)

Ai Hashimoto is a Japanese actress and fashion model from Kumamoto Prefecture.

Native name: 橋本愛 (HASHIMOTO Ai)
Occupation: Actress and fashion model
Birthplace: Kumamoto Prefecture
Born: January 12, 1996 (age 20)
Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)
Debuted: 2010
Office: Sony Music Artists

History

Debut as a model

In 2008, her mother entered her in the Newcome “HuAHuA Audition”. She took home the grand prix, marking her debut in the entertainment industry. That same year, she participated in the 33rd Horipro Talent Scout Caravan and was one of the finalists. However, she lost the grand prix and special prize to Hikari Takara and Misaki Momose, respectively.

In 2009, she competed in Seventeen’s “Miss Magazine” competition in a pool of 5,267 applicants. She was the youngest of the group of winners which also included Emi Kudo, Arisa Takada and Alice Hirose, who is now her best friend.

Acting career

Hashimoto made her acting debut in a low-budget movie called “Give and Go” (2009) in which she played a hearing impaired basketball player. Although the film itself was not particularly successful or widely distributed, then 14-year-old Hashimoto received critical praise for her enthusiastic performance.

In 2010, she played class chairman Mizuki Kitahara in Tetsuya Nakashima’s “Confessions”. It was an important role in a highly publicized film, and helped her gain the spotlight as an up-and-coming film actress.

Hashimoto appeared in seven live-action films in 2012, all at the age of 16. On February 10, 2013, she received the Best New Actress award at Kinema Junpo’s “Best 10” ceremony.

Filmography as actor

Year	Movie	Role
2015	Parasyte - Part 2	Satomi Murano
2015	Little Forest: Winter/Spring	Ichiko
2014	Parasyte - Part 1	Satomi Murano
2014	Wonderful World End
2014	Little Forest: Summer/Autumn	Ichiko
2014	The World of Kanako	Emi Morishita
2014	Otona Drop	Anne Irie
2013	I’ll Give It My All… Tomorrow	Suzuko Oguro
2013	Angel Home
2013	Goodbye Debussy	Haruka Kozuki
2012	Until the Break of Dawn
2012	Bungo: Sasayaka na Yokubou
2012	The Kirishima Thing	Kasumi Higashihara, badminton club member
2012	Another	Mei Misaki
2012	Soup
2012	Blood-C: The Last Dark	Mana Hiiragi
2012	Sadako 3D	Sadako Yamamura
2012	Home	Azumi Takahashi
2011	A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki’s Fabulous Trip
2011	Avatar	Michiko
2011	Control Tower	Mizuho
2010	Confessions	Mizuki Kitahara, Girl A

Latest news

Ai Hashimoto to star in live-action "Little Forest" movie

Actress Ai Hashimoto will star in an upcoming live-action adaptation of Daisuke Igarashi’s manga Little Forest, directed by Junichi Mori.Hashimoto, who recently broke new career ground by playing...

2 years ago
Parasyte manga to get a 2-part live-action movie adaptation

Hitoshi Iwaaki’s science fiction horror manga Parasyte (Kiseijuu), which has reached a total circulation of over 11 million copies, will get a 2-part live-action movie adaptation directed by...

2 years ago
Sosuke Ikematsu and Ai Hashimoto to star in "Otona Drop"

Young actor Sosuke Ikematsu is set to star in Ken Iizuka’s Otona Drop, an upcoming film based on a novel by Naoya Higuchi. Ai Hashimoto will play the heroine.Ikematsu has been a bit of a hot...

3 years ago
Koji Yakusho and rookie actress Nana Komatsu to star in Tetsuya Nakashima’s "Kawaki"

Today it was announced that Koji Yakusho will star in Tetsuya Nakashima’s Kawaki (lit. “Thirst”), a movie adaptation of Akio Fukamachi’s debut novel Hateshinaki Kawaki, winner of the 3rd...

3 years ago
Director Yukihiko Tsutsumi makes a cameo appearance in “Sayonara Debussy”

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3 years ago
And the new Sadako is… Ai Hashimoto!

Say what you will about how tightly controlled Japanese movie publicity is, but they sure know how to keep a secret. Just one day from the theatrical release of Tsutomu Hanabusa’s Sadako 3D in...

4 years ago
Tori Matsuzaka gets his first starring film role in “Tsunagu”

Tori Matsuzaka, winner of the Best New Actor prize from the 85th Kinema Junpo Awards, is set to get his first starring film role in an adaptation of Mizuki Tsujimura’s best-selling novel, Tsunagu...

4 years ago
14-year-old actress Ai Hashimoto stars in adaptation of Yusuke Yamada’s “Avatar”

Coming off her performance in Tetsuya Nakashiima's much discussed 2010 film Confessions, 14-year-old model/actress Ai Hashimoto has been cast in the lead role in Atsushi Wada’s Avatar.The upcoming...

6 years ago