Eri Fukatsu

Eri Fukatsu was born on Jan 11, 1973 in Japan. Eri Fukatsu's big-screen debut came with Summer Vacation 1999 directed by Shûsuke Kaneko in 1988. Eri Fukatsu is known for Suzume no tojimari directed by Makoto Shinkai, Nanoka Hara stars as Suzume Iwato and Hokuto Matsumura as Sota Munakata. Eri Fukatsu has got 10 awards and 5 nominations so far. The most recent award Eri Fukatsu achieved is Faro Island Film Festival. The upcoming new movie Eri Fukatsu plays is Suzume no tojimari which will be released on Apr 14, 2023.

Fukatsu Eri was born in the southern prefecture of Oita. She participated in the Miss Harajuku Grand Prix held in Tokyo's Harajuku neighbourhood at age thirteen and, upon winning it, quickly moved into the world of entertainment releasing singles and albums, appearing on the small and big screen and doing commercials for the likes of train companies. She released a photo book in 1989. As early as 1990 Fukatsu was the winner of the Newcomer Of The Year at the 13th Japan Academy Prize for the horror film A Kiss To Moonlight in that year. Eri performed using the Mizuhara Rie and Takahara Rie pseudonyms before reverting back to her own name. She would win many more awards including Best Actress at the Japan Academy Awards for her work in Villain and A Ghost Of A Chance. She was also successful overseas with her being named Best Actress at the 34th Montreal World Film Festival in 2010. Her 2015 film Journey to The Shore would premiere at TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival). She was part of the travelling troupe from Tokyo's Setogaya Theatre performing the play Shunkin. She has been seeing fashion designer Shirayama Haruhisa for years and dated Ozawa Kenji and Tsubaki Satoshi prior. Fukatsu is managed by the Amuse agency.