Rie Miyazawa is a Japanese actress and former teen idol. She is regarded as one of Japan's top actresses, and her accolades include six Japan Academy Film Prizes and three Kinema Junpo Awards
Miyazawa began her career as a child model, seeing wide exposure as the original face of Mitsui Rehouse, and made her acting debut in the 1988 film Seven Day's War, for which she won the Japan Academy Award for Newcomer of the Year at age sixteen. Her short-lived music career began with the single "Dream Rush" in 1989, and the next year she performed at the prestigious Kōhaku Uta Gassen television special.
Miyazawa quickly rose to prominence as one of the top idols of the early Heisei period, attracting controversy for her 1991 nude photography book Santa Fe, which moved 1.5 million copies. Her personal struggles were further scrutinized, including a high-profile engagement to sumo wrestler Takanohana, a suicide attempt and battle with anorexia nervosa. By 1996, she went into hiatus and briefly resettled in San Diego.
She took on a few television drama roles in the late 1990s, and returned to the big screen in the Taiwanese films The Cabbie (2000) and Peony Pavilion (2001). She co-starred in the highly-acclaimed 2002 film The Twilight Samurai, which marked a full-fledged comeback for Miyazawa and remains as her most recognizable role both domestically and internationally. She saw further success in The Face of Jizo and Tony Takitani (2004), and received several accolades for Pale Moon (2014) and Her Love Boils Bathwater (2016).
Known For
Asura
Tsunako · (7 episodes)
2025
オーランド
2024
PHOENIX: Reminiscence of Flower
Romi (voice)
2023
The Moon
Yoko
2023
Phoenix: Eden17
Romi (voice) · (4 episodes)
2023
I Am Makimoto
Miharu Imae
2022
The 13 Lords of the Shogun
Maki no kata · (48 episodes)
2022
The Sunday Runoff
2022
Guilty Flag
(20 episodes)
2021
FM999: 999 WOMEN'S SONGS
Eve (The First Woman) · (1 episode)
2021
Byplayers: 100 Days in the Forest of Supporting Actors
(1 episode)
2021
Independence of Japan
2020
North Light
(2 episodes)
2020
Seven Days War
Hitomi Nakayama (voice)
2019
No Longer Human
Michiko Tsushima
2019
The Naked Director
Etsuko Takamiya · (2 episodes)
2019
Ashiato Hime
(1 episode)
2017
Her Love Boils Bathwater
Futaba Kono
2016
Too Young To Die!
Adult Hiromi Tezuka
2016
疾走する蜷川幸雄80歳 〜生きる覚悟〜
2016
Pieta in the Toilet
Takuto's Mother
2015
Pale Moon
Rika Umezawa
2014
Gu Gu the Cat
Asako Kojima · (9 episodes)
2014
Leaders
(2 episodes)
2014
Kiki's Delivery Service
Kokiri
2014
The After-Dinner Mysteries
Miho Kumazawa
2013
神様のボート
노지마 요코 · (3 episodes)
2013
Blackboard
Hisako Shirahama · (1 episode)
2012
Blackboard
Shirahama Hisako · (3 episodes)
2012
Princess Go
(46 episodes)
2011
Princess Go
Chacha/Yododono · (46 episodes)
2011
MIRACLE GIRLS: Neva-da Stop Dreaming
2010
Gelatin Silver, Love
Assasin
2009
Dreaming Awake
2008
The Invitation from Cinema Orion
Toyo Toyota
2007
Hana
Osae
2006
The Book of the Dead
Iratsume of Fujiwara (voice)
2005
Ashura
Tsubaki
2005
Sunny Home
Self
2005
Natsumeke no Shokutaku
(1 episode)
2005
一番大切な人は誰ですか？
Nakamichi Toko · (10 episodes)
2004
Tony Takitani
Konuma Eiko / Hisako
2004
The Face of Jizo
Mitsue Fukuyoshi
2004
The Kiss of an Invisible Man
2004
Musashi
Oshino · (49 episodes)
2003
The Twilight Samurai
Tomoe Iinuma
2002
Kogoro Akechi vs Kaijin Nijyuu Menso
Fumiyo Yoshinaga
2002
Utsutsu
Ikuko Obara
2002
Peony Pavilion
Cui Hua
2001
Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project
Kido Kubo
2001
The Cabbie
Chuang Ching-wen
2000
Food Fight
Miyazono Saeka · (11 episodes)
2000
Romance
(11 episodes)
1999
Genroku Ryoran
Aguri · (49 episodes)
1999
Precious Time
Lisa Takimura · (12 episodes)
1998
Tom Cat Holmes and the Twilight Hotel
1998
Concerto
(10 episodes)
1996
SMAP×SMAP
Bistro Guest · (1 episode)
1996
聖夜の奇跡 あなたの好きな愛はどれ?
1995
The Tale of Himeji Castle
1995
Kita no kuni kara '95 Himitsu
1995
47 Ronin
Karu
1994
結婚式場 花嫁介添人がゆく
(1 episode)
1994
Youth Peony Lantern
1993
Saiyūki
三藏法师
1993
Erotic Liaisons
Rie
1992
Don't Steal My Heart
1992
Kita no kuni kara '92 Sudachi Part 1
1992
Basara: The Princess Goh
Princess Goh
1992
Tokyo Elevator Girl
(11 episodes)
1992
いつか誰かと朝帰りッ
(10 episodes)
1990
梦中情人
(11 episodes)
1990
Defeat the Devil!
Maki Hoshigawa
1990
Why Do I Choose?
1989
Oshare dorobō
1989
Tears of a Swan
Mika Hazuki · (25 episodes)
1989
Seven Days War
Hitomi Nakayama
1988