Nanako Matsushima

Nanako Matsushima

Known for
Acting
Born
October 13, 1973 (age 53)
Birthplace
Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Biography

Nanako Matsushima (松嶋 菜々子 Matsushima Nanako, born October 13, 1973 in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese actress and model. She is known outside Japan for her role in the horror film Ring. She was also a main character in A Story of Love, where she starred next to Hiroyuki Sanada, who also played Ryuji Takayama in Ring. On February 21, 2001, she married Takashi Sorimachi who co-starred with her in Great Teacher Onizuka. They have two daughters together, born on May 31, 2004 and November 30, 2007. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nanako Matsushima, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Known For

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Filmography

2026
One in a Million: Tax Squad poster

One in a Million: Tax Squad

TV · as Yoneda Seiko · 9 eps

2026
GTO (2026) poster

GTO (2026)

TV · as Azusa Fuyutsuki · 11 eps

2025
Anpan poster

Anpan

TV · as Tomiko Yanai · 130 eps

2024
Ougon No Toki - Kintaro Hattori Story poster

Ougon No Toki - Kintaro Hattori Story

Movie · as Hattori Man

2024
GTO Revival poster

GTO Revival

Movie

2024
Haha no Matsu Sato poster

Haha no Matsu Sato

TV · 4 eps

2023
Don't Call It Mystery: The Movie poster

Don't Call It Mystery: The Movie

Movie

2023
Kissing the Ring Finger poster

Kissing the Ring Finger

TV · as Nitta Shizuka · 10 eps

2022
Neighbor Chikara poster

Neighbor Chikara

TV · as Yoriko Michio(道尾 頼子) · 9 eps

2021
The Great Yokai War: Guardians poster

The Great Yokai War: Guardians

Movie · as Reika Watanabe

2020
America ni Makenakatta Otoko - Bakayaro Souri Yoshida Shigeru poster

America ni Makenakatta Otoko - Bakayaro Souri Yoshida Shigeru

Movie · as Kiyo Yoshida

2020
AI Amok poster

AI Amok

Movie · as Nozomi Kiryu

2020
Nozaki Shuhei President of Bank poster

Nozaki Shuhei President of Bank

TV · as Shoko Tachikawa · 5 eps

2020
夢の本屋をめぐる冒険 poster

夢の本屋をめぐる冒険

TV · as 노조미 사사키 · 2 eps

2019
The World of Machida-kun poster

The World of Machida-kun

Movie · as Machida Momoka

2019
Natsuzora poster

Natsuzora

TV · 156 eps

2018
The Crimes That Bind poster

The Crimes That Bind

Movie · as Hiromi Asai

2018
Yuukai Houtei: Seven Days poster

Yuukai Houtei: Seven Days

Movie

2018
Nozaki Shuhei - Auditor of Bank poster

Nozaki Shuhei - Auditor of Bank

TV · as Shoko Tachikawa · 8 eps

2017
Onna no Kunsho poster

Onna no Kunsho

TV · 2 eps

2016
Tower of Sand poster

Tower of Sand

TV · as Sasaki Yumiko · 10 eps

2016
Natsuko Kira poster

Natsuko Kira

TV · as Natsuko Kira · 10 eps

2015
Murder on the Orient Express poster

Murder on the Orient Express

Movie · as Maiko Baba

2015
Red Cross poster

Red Cross

TV · as 希代 · 2 eps

2015
Murder on the Orient Express poster

Murder on the Orient Express

TV · 2 eps

2015
Another Story poster

Another Story

TV · 2 eps

2014
When Marnie Was There poster

When Marnie Was There

Movie · as Yoriko Sasaki (voice)

2013
Shield of Straw poster

Shield of Straw

Movie · as Atsuko Shiraiwa

2013
Lucky Seven Special poster

Lucky Seven Special

Movie

2012
Lucky Seven poster

Lucky Seven

TV · as Toko Fujisaki · 10 eps

2011
I'm Mita, Your Housekeeper poster

I'm Mita, Your Housekeeper

TV · as Akari Mita · 11 eps

2010
Ghost poster

Ghost

Movie · as Nanami Hoshino

2009
Jungle Emperor: Courage Changes the Future poster

Jungle Emperor: Courage Changes the Future

Movie · as Eliza (voice)

2008
BOYS OVER FLOWERS the movie poster

BOYS OVER FLOWERS the movie

Movie · as Tsubaki Dōmyōji

2007
Bizan poster

Bizan

Movie · as Sakiko Kouno

2006
Murder of the Inugami Clan poster

Murder of the Inugami Clan

Movie · as Tamayo Nonomiya

2006
Furuhata Ninzaburo Final: Last Dance poster

Furuhata Ninzaburo Final: Last Dance

Movie

2005
Grave of the Fireflies poster

Grave of the Fireflies

Movie · as Hisako

2005
BOYS OVER FLOWERS poster

BOYS OVER FLOWERS

TV · as Domyoji Tsubaki · 20 eps

2003
Beauty or Beast poster

Beauty or Beast

TV · 11 eps

2002
Toshiie and Matsu poster

Toshiie and Matsu

TV · as Matsu · 51 eps

2000
Whiteout poster

Whiteout

Movie · as Chiaki Hirakawa

2000
Perfect Woman poster

Perfect Woman

TV · as Jinno Sakurako · 11 eps

2000
The Story of One Century poster

The Story of One Century

TV · as Main Role · 3 eps

1999
Ring 2 poster

Ring 2

Movie · as Reiko Asakawa

1999
Forbidden Love poster

Forbidden Love

TV · as Michi Hirose · 11 eps

1999
Emergency Room 24 Hours poster

Emergency Room 24 Hours

TV · as 小島楓(こじま かえで) 演 - 松嶋菜々子 · 41 eps

1999
Ice World poster

Ice World

TV · as Egi Toko · 11 eps

1998
Ring poster

Ring

Movie · as Reiko Asakawa

1998
The Spiral poster

The Spiral

Movie · as Reiko Asakawa (archive footage) (uncredited)

1998
Dramatic Travelogue: Midnight Express ’98 – Toward the Light, Europe poster

Dramatic Travelogue: Midnight Express ’98 – Toward the Light, Europe

Movie

1998
Sweet Season poster

Sweet Season

TV · as Fujitani Mahiro · 11 eps

1998
GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka poster

GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka

TV · as Azusa Fuyutsuki · 12 eps

1998
GTOスペシャル座談会 poster

GTOスペシャル座談会

TV · as Azusa Fuyutsuki · 1 ep

1997
Dramatic Travelogue: Midnight Express ’97 – Westward to Eurasia poster

Dramatic Travelogue: Midnight Express ’97 – Westward to Eurasia

Movie

1997
Fireworks, Ferris Wheels and Love poster

Fireworks, Ferris Wheels and Love

Movie · as Fumika Nonomura

1997
こんな恋のはなし poster

こんな恋のはなし

TV · 12 eps

1997
The Doctor Is In

The Doctor Is In

TV · 10 eps

1997
A Story of Love poster

A Story of Love

TV · 12 eps

1996
Dramatic Travelogue: Midnight Express ’96 – Torrid Asia poster

Dramatic Travelogue: Midnight Express ’96 – Torrid Asia

Movie

1996
Himawari poster

Himawari

TV · as Nozomi Minamida · 162 eps

1994
Furuhata Ninzaburo poster

Furuhata Ninzaburo

TV · 1 ep