Chizuru Ikewaki (Actress)

Chizuru Ikewaki is a Japanese actress from Osaka.

Native name: 池脇千鶴 (IKEWAKI Chizuru)
Occupation: Actress
Nickname: Chii-chan
Birthplace: Higashiōsaka, Osaka
Born: November 21, 1981 (age 34)
Height: 5' 1" (155 cm)
Blood type: O
Debuted: 1997
Genres: Films, stage, TV dramas, commercials

History

In 1997, Ikewaki debuted on TV Tokyo’s popular audition show Asayanand competed in the 2nd CM Beautiful Girl Audition, eventually being selected as the 8th “Rehouse Girl” out of 8,000 competitors.

In 1999, she began her film career by starring in Jun Ichikawa’s Osaka Story.

Filmography as actor

Year	Movie	Role
2015	Kimi wa Iiko
2014	Princess Jellyfish	Banba, railway otaku
2014	The Light Shines Only There	Chinatsu
2014	The Chart of Love	Naomi
2013	The Devil’s Path
2013	Under the Nagasaki Sky	Mihoko Takamori
2013	The Great Passage	Reimi Miyoshi
2012	Hasami
2011	Looking for a True Fiancée
2011	In His Chart	Naomi
2011	Bunny Drop	Yuki Goto
2010	Sword of Desperation	Rio
2010	Permanent Nobara
2010	Sweet Little Lies
2009	Pandemic	Mami Manabe
2008	The Homeless Student	Sachiko Tamura
2008	20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End
2008	Grave of the Fireflies (live-action)	young widow
2008	Oka o Koete	Yoko Hosokawa
2008	10 Promises to My Dog	Yuko Inoue, Akari's friend
2006	Strawberry Shortcakes	Satoko
2005	Funky Forest: The First Contact	Ichiko
2003	Josee, the Tiger and the Fish	Josee (Kumiko)
1999	Across a Gold Prairie

Latest news

Rena Nounen to star in live-action "Princess Jellyfish" film

On Thursday it was announced that Rena Nounen will star in the upcoming live-action adaptation of Akiko Higashimura's manga Princess Jellyfish (Kuragehime). Nounen, who also stars in...

2 years ago
Full trailer for "In His Chart 2" starring Sho Sakurai, Aoi Miyazaki, and Tatsuya Fujiwara

The official website for Yoshihiro Fukagawa’s medical drama film In His Chart 2 has been updated with a new 90-second trailer.

2 years ago
Go Ayano to star in "Soko nomi nite Hikari Kagayaku"

Today it was announced that Go Ayano will star in Mipo O’s Soko nomi nite Hikari Kagayaku (English title: The Light Shines Only There), the second feature film based on the work of late...

3 years ago
Konishi, Maki, and Ikewaki to play 3 potential brides in "Looking for a True Fiancée"

Earlier today it was announced that actresses Yoko Maki, Manami Konishi, and Chizuru Ikewaki will play Takayuki Yamada’s 3 potential brides in Yuki Iwata’s upcoming film adaptation of Takami...

5 years ago
Chizuru Ikewaki explores her inner modern girl in “Oka o Koete”

Ever since she made a splash in the movie industry at 18 for playing the 14-year-old daughter of a divorced manzai comedy team in Jun Ichikawa’s Osaka Story, Chizuru Ikewaki has kept herself...

8 years ago