Wakana Sakai

Wakana Sakai (酒井 若菜, Sakai Wakana, born 9 September 1980, in Nogi, Shimotsuga District, Tochigi, Japan)[1] is a Japanese actress, writer,[5] and former gravure idol. Her real and former stage name is Miyuki Sakai (酒井 美幸, Sakai Miyuki).

Wakana Sakai
酒井 若菜
Born
Miyuki Sakai (former stage name)[1]

(1980-09-09) September 9, 1980
Nogi, Shimotsuga District, Tochigi, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Occupation
Years activeJuly[lower-alpha 1] 1995[4]–present
Agent
  • Moon the Child (1995–2009)
  • A-team (2009)–
Known for
Height1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
WebsiteOfficial profile

Sakai is represented with Moon the Child, and later A-team. She is left-handed.

Filmography

TV drama
Year Title Role Network Notes Ref.
1997Psychometrer EijiNTV[1]
1999Sen'nen'ōkoku III Jūshi: Vanny KnightsMiya FukushimaEX
2000Warui On'na: ShuffleRitsukoTBSLead role
Ikebukuro West Gate ParkRikaTBS
2001Kindaichi Shōnen no JikenboReiko HayamiNTV
Saotome TyphoonHinakoEX
ZZZ D-Today: Ren'ai SaibanMoririnNTVLead role
es Kiken na Tobira: Ai o Tejō de Tsunagu TokiMaki MorishitaEX
2002Kisarazu Cat's EyeMokoTBS
Koi Seyo OtomeHinako TomitaNHK
Boku ga Chikyū o SukuuYoko KamehuTBS
Home & AwayRiru AkibaharaCX
KōryūMegumi KatoNBNLead role
2003Tramps Like UsShiori FukushimaTBS
Manhattan Love StoryShiori EmotoTBS
2004Home Drama!Hitomi HaraguchiTBS
Ā Tantei JimushoRyoko InoueEX
MedakaKeiko KariyaCX
Tokugawa Tsunayoshi: Inu to Yoba Reta OtokoZuishun-inCX
2005The Queen's ClassroomNTVFinal episode
2006SaiyūkiChun-liCXEpisode 2
7-ri no On'na BengoshiEXEpisode 2
Kuroi TaiyōEmikoEX
Waraeru Koi wa ShitakunaiTBS
2007Watashitachi no KyōkashoNozomi YoshikoshiCX
First KissCX
2008Sasaki Fusai no Jingi Naki TatakaiMegumi SuzukiTBS
Tsuma-tachi Kara no Mikudarihan: Otto-tachi no (Hi) Rikon Kaihi ManualMomoko DanjoCX
Fukidemono to ImōtoJunko HiguchiEX
Rose:Time:LifeMariko SasakiCX
Much Ado About Love: Love Stories VMiyia NekodaNTVLead role
2009BossYukari HiguchiCX
7 Man-ri Tantei NitobeYuri NakazatoBS Asahi
SmileKayo ShibataTBS
OhitorisamaSaeko YanoTBS
News Sokuhō wa NagaretaReiko ShibataFuji TV One Two Next
2010MotherMei SuzuharaNTV
RyōmadenOtokuNHK[6]
Unubore DekaTakamineTBSFinal episode
Rei Nōryoku-sha oda Girikyōko no UsoMisato InagakiEX
2011Koisuru NihongoKaoriNHKEpisode 7
Umareru.Maho MizukawaTBS
Shiritsu Tantei Yui ShimozawaMiyuki ShibukawaCX
Soredemo, IkiteyukuYukie AzumaCXEpisodes 6 and 7
Shinya ShokudōHitomiMBSEpisode 18
2012Deka Kurokawa SuzukiMachiko TasakiYTVEpisode 10
IrodorihimuraAya KimuraTBSEpisode 2
Single MotthersMizue NambaNHK
2013Shūden GohanWakanaTX
Saito-san 2Chisako TachibanaNTV
2014On'na Rule Shiawase ni Naru Tame no 50 no OkiteMiharu KawaiNTV
Gunshi KanbeiRikiNHK
Seicho Matsumoto Special: Jikan no ShūzokuMiwako KajiharaCX
Is There a Vet in the House?LindaYTVEpisode 6
Oyaji no SenakaNonomiyaTBSEpisode 10
Watashitachi ga Propose sa Renai no ni wa, 101 no Riyū ga Atteda naMadokaLaLaTVEpisode 3
Woman won't allow itSae YokomoriTBSEpisode 4
2015MassanChie NakajimaNHK
Dr. RintarōMadoka NakanishiNTV
Boku no Tsuma to Kekkon Shite Kudasai.Yoko KawaguchiNHK BS Premium
AtelierMizuki NishikawaCX
2016Seicho Matsumoto Drama Special: Kuroi JukaiChie MachidaEX
Hi no KoKyoko IkemotoTHKEpisodes 4 and 5[7][8]

Other TV series
Year Title Network Notes
Mayonaka no ŌkokuNHK BS2Moderator
Chikara no Kagiri Go Go Go!!CX
Gravure no BishōjoMondo21
2009Kon'na Suteki na Nippon gaNHK
Asian SmileNHKNarrator
2010TsunamiNHK G
2012Nippon Kikō Hokkaidō Shintoku Kōkō Sorezore no HaruNHK GNavigator
2013Shūden GohanTX

Internet drama
Year Title Role Network Notes
2010Dengeki Kon: perfume of loveMaru KusumiBeeTV
2011Inu no Merry: Shiawase o Hakobu Densho InuMachikoBeeTVLead role
2015AtelierMizuki NishikawaNetflix[lower-alpha 2]

Films
Year Title Role Notes
2000Twilight Syndrome: SotsugyōYuri AndoLead role
2001Mu Mondai 2Yumiko Ota
KewaishiShinobu Saegusa
2003Kisarazu Cat's Eye Nihon SeriesMoko
2004Otakus in LoveKoino AkashiLead role
2006Kisarazu Cat's Eye World SeriesMoko
Rainbow SongKyoko Asakura
2007Maiko Haaaan!!!Mamefuku
2009My Rainy DaysKaori Shiota
2012Hakuji no HitoSaki Okita
2013ReunionTakae Oshita
2014By Location: Hyō / UraMayumi Kadokura
Greatful DeadAsuka Saejima
2019108: Revenge and Adventure of Goro Kaiba
Come Kiss Me at 0:00 AMYōko Hanazawa

Advertisements
Year Title Notes
1997Akihabara Denki MatsuriCo-starring with Megumi Yasu
J-Phone Sha-MailCo-starring with Norika Fujiwara
Sapporo Brewery Hokkaidō Nama Shibori
Asahi Breweries Dew
Tokyo Gas Gas Pa ChoAs Ono no Imoko

Radio
Year Title Network
1999Ore-tachi XXX Yattemasu MokuyōbiMBS Radio
2014Megumikazu Okada Koyoi, Lock Bar de: Drama na Hitobito no Ongaku DangiNHK FM

Stage
Year Title Notes Ref.
2000Boys Be...Alive Try AgainDaily guest
2012Fuki no Hatsukoi, Ebina Sa
2014Ikenaikoto Kai?[2][3]
Fuki no Hatsukoi, Ebina Sa / Kalashnikov Furin Kaikyō

Internet
Year Title
2006"Wakana Sakai Interview Motteco Shoten"
2013"My Vaio Magazine Joyū Wakana Sakai ga Kataru, Hon to Watashi no Fukai Kankei"

Publications

Photobooks
Year Title Ref.
1999Kamisama no Mayu
Yokan
2000wakana: Wakana Sakai Official Photo Book
do-dai?
Dōshitemo, Wakana Sakai
Atlas–Wakana Sakai in Morocco
2001Wakana
Parapara Wakana
Wakana Sakai Box Set Wakanadas 2001-nendoban
2002Wakana Sakai Dairy 2002-2003
Aya
Suhada
2005μ-wakana
2009Gekkan Wakana Sakai
2013I Love You[10]

DVD
Year Title
2000NTV Genic '99 Wakana Sakai Voices
Tenshi no Tamago
2001Body Wave Vitamin Wakana
2002Wakana Sakai: Atlas

Publications

Novels
Year Title Ref.
2008Koboreru[11]

Essays
Year Title Ref.
2012Kokoro ga Obotsukanai Yoru ni[12]
2016Wakana Sakai to 8-ri no Otoko-tachi[13][14]

Articles
Year Title Notes
2013Wakana Sakai no "Kuyokuyo Shitatte Hajimaru!"[lower-alpha 3]

Notes
  1. Debut month; Wakana Sakai's Twitter account. Jul 2014.
  2. Also aired on Fuji Television.[9]
  3. "Hakase Suidōbashi no Meruma Junpō". 6. 25 Jan 2013.

References
  1. "グラドルから演技派へ 酒井若菜"膠原病告白"までの紆余曲折". Nikkan Gendai (in Japanese). 25 Feb 2016. p. 2. Retrieved 1 Sep 2016.
  2. Fukuda, Rei (12 Dec 2013). "酒井若菜、休業期間を振り返る…「罰は受けたつもり」". Cinema Today (in Japanese). Retrieved 1 Sep 2016.
  3. "酒井若菜8年の葛藤「私は私を救いたい」". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). 28 Apr 2014. Retrieved 1 Sep 2016.
  4. "水道橋博士のメルマ旬報". 41. 10 Jul 2014. p. 509.
  5. 若菜/ "酒井 若菜". Nihon Tarento Meikan (in Japanese). VIP Times. Retrieved 1 Sep 2016.
  6. Sakai, Wakana (26 Mar 2010). "龍馬伝!". Wakana Sakai Official blog: Neon-dō (in Japanese). Retrieved 1 Sep 2016.
  7. "また株を上げた酒井若菜　闘病告白、役作りで抜歯 一時オファーなく". ZakZak (in Japanese). Sankei Digital. 26 Apr 2016. Retrieved 1 Sep 2016.
  8. "酒井若菜が前歯抜く「極力ブスに映れるよう」女優魂". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). 23 Apr 2016. Retrieved 1 Sep 2016.
  9. "桐谷美玲主演ドラマ『アンダーウェア』大地真央ら出演者発表" (in Japanese). Oricon. 1 Aug 2015. Retrieved 1 Sep 2016.
  10. "酒井若菜、10年ぶりのグラビアで「30歳を過ぎて赤いビキニはなかなか無い」". Mynavi News (in Japanese). Mynavi. 9 Sep 2013. Retrieved 1 Sep 2016.
  11. Sakai, Wakana (17 Jun 2010). "絵ッ". Wakana Sakai Official blog: Neon-dō (in Japanese). Retrieved 1 Sep 2016.
  12. Sakai, Wakana (29 Apr 2012). "タイトル発表". Wakana Sakai Official blog: Neon-dō (in Japanese). Retrieved 1 Sep 2016.
  13. "酒井若菜、病気に負けない　エッセーで膠原病告白". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports Shinbun-sha. 19 Feb 2016. Retrieved 1 Sep 2016.
  14. Sakata, Masaki (7 Apr 2016). "酒井若菜、文章を書くことは「欠落を補う絆創膏」女優業との両立を目指す". Crank In! (in Japanese). Hollywood Channel. Retrieved 1 Sep 2016.
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