Aoi Miyazaki

is a Japanese actress. She is known for her roles in Nana and Virgin Snow.

Career Miyazaki started working in the entertainment industry at the age of four. Initially she appeared mostly in commercials, magazine advertisements, and as an extra in television dramas. Miyazaki made her film debut in Ano Natsu no Hi at the age of 14.

Also at the age of 14, Miyazaki began to draw international attention for her role as the survivor of a traumatic bus hijack in Shinji Aoyama's Eureka. The film won the International Federation of Film Critics Prize at the Cannes Film Festival 2000, and resulted in her receiving the Best Actress award at the Japanese Professional Movie Awards. She also made her musical debut in The Little Prince in 2003.

Later, Miyazaki won Best Actress award in the Cinemanila International Film Festival for her performance in Harmful Insect.

Endorsements Miyazaki has appeared in commercials for major corporations including Aflac, Tokyo Metro, NTT DoCoMo and Olympus. In early 2008, she was selected as Emporio Armani's new print advertisement model. Miyazaki has been the face of the Japanese popular apparel brand Earth music&ecology since 2010.

Humanitarian activities In recent years, Miyazaki has taken a more prominent position in humanitarian activism projects.

She travelled with her older brother and fellow actor, Masaru Miyazaki, to Bangladesh in 2005 to experience poverty firsthand, and they highlighted the problems then found in their 2006 photobook Tarinai Peace.

The siblings travelled to Denmark and Finland in 2006 to investigate global warming. Their experiences were then published in their 2007 photobooks Love, Peace, and Green Tarinai, Peace2.

Miyazaki took part in the Gold Ribbon Walking event in Roppongi, Tokyo in 2008 to raise awareness and funds for childhood cancer.

Her 2008 film, Children of the Dark, addresses issues of child exploitation.

Personal life Miyazaki married actor Sosuke Takaoka, her partner since she was fifteen, on 15 June 2007. They divorced in December 2011, with Takaoka subsequently accusing her of committing adultery on his Twitter account.

Miyazaki married singer Junichi Okada on 23 December 2017 after dating for two and a half years. The couple jointly announced that they had welcomed the birth of their first child, a son, born May 2018. In August 2025, Miyazaki revealed in an interview with Josei Seven that she had given birth to her fourth child earlier that year. She also stated that she chose not to announce her second, third, and fourth pregnancies to avoid media attention.

Filmography

Film Year Title RoleNotes 1999 Ano Natsu no Hi Tama Kobayashi 2000 Swing Man Futami Minase 2001 Eureka Kozue Tamura 2002 Harmful Insect Sachiko Kita Lead role Pakodate-jin Hikaru "Pikaru" Hino Lead role Tomie: Forbidden Fruit Tomie Hashimoto Lead role 2003 Lovers' Kiss Eriko Kawana2004 Loved Gun Miyuki A Blue Automobile Konomi Saeki Riyu Yukari Ishida Amoretto Female high-school student 2005 All About My Dog Mika Lead role; Marimo segment Nana Nana Komatsu Lead role 2006 Origin: Spirits of the Past Toola (voice) Lead role Gimme Heaven Mari Michiki My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me? Hana Su-ki-da Yu (young) Lead role Hatsukoi Misuzu Lead role Heavenly Forest Shizuru Satonaka Lead role Umi de no Hanashi Kaede Fukino Lead role 2007 Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad DJ Idol Virgin Snow Nanae Sasaki South Korean-Japanese film Sad Vacation Kozue Tamura 2008 Bloody Snake Under the Sun An Anjo Flowers in the Shadows Naruko/Hisako Children of the Dark Keiko Otowa 2009 Brass Knuckle Boys Kanna Kurita Lead role Mt. Tsurugidake Hatsuyo Shibasaki 2010 Solanin Meiko Lead role Here Comes the Bride, My Mom! Tsukiko Morii Lead role Colorful Shōko Sano (voice) 2011 In His Chart Haruna Kurihara My So Has Got Depression Haruko Lead role Chronicle of My Mother Kotoko 2012 Wolf Children Ame and Yuki Hana (voice) Lead role Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer En 2013 Petal Dance Jinko Lead role The Great Passage Kaguya Hayashi Yellow Elephant Aiko Tsumari Lead role Dawn of a Filmmaker: The Keisuke Kinoshita Story Teacher and narrator2014 The Chart of Love Haruna Kurihara The Vancouver Asahi Toyoko 2015 The Boy and the Beast Child Kyūta (voice) 2016 Rage Aiko If Cats Disappeared From the World She Birthday Card Yoshie 2017 The Last Recipe Chizuru Yamagata 2022 Lonely Castle in the Mirror Kitajima-sensei (voice) 2023 In Love and Deep Water Chizuru Banjaku Lead role We're Broke, My Lord! Natsu 2024 Kadono Eiko's Colorful Life: Finding the Magic Within Narrator 2025 5 Centimeters per Second Koshimizu

TV dramas Year Title RoleNotes 1999 Genroku Ryōran Sayo Yatō Taiga drama 2000 Hatachi no Kekkon Shiori Chūganji Girl Azusa Minami Lead role Himitsu Club O-daiba.com Rei Kōgen 2001 Kabushikikaisha O-daiba.com Rei Kōgen R-17 Yukari Nomura Fure, Fure Jinsei! Kyōko Yūki Ao to Shiro de Mizuiro Kaeda Uchiyama Lead role; TV movie 2002 Shiawase No Shippo Moe Sasamoto Keitaideka Zenigata Ai Ai Zenigata Lead role 2004 Chotto Matte Kamisama Akihiko Amagi The Reason Yukari Ishida TV movie Chichi no Umi, Boku no Sora Honoka Arai TV movie 2006 Junjo Kirari Sakurako Arimori Lead role; Asadora 2008 Atsuhime Tenshō-in Atsuhime Lead role; Taiga drama 2011 Madame Butterfly Cho Ito (Cho cho san) Lead role; miniseries 2012 Going My Home Naho Shimojima 2017 Kurara: The Dazzling Life of Hokusai's Daughter Oei Lead role; TV movie 2018 Brother and Sister Monchi Lead role; TV movie 2020 Ashita no Kazoku Risa Onodera Lead role; TV movie 2023 Ranman Narrator / Noriko Fujihira Asadora 2025 Just a Bit Espers Shiki 2026 Brothers in Arms Oichi Taiga drama

Dubbing Franny's Feet, Franny

Awards Year Award Category Work(s) Result 2001 23rd Three Continents Festival Best Actress Harmful Insect 2002 Cinemanila International Film Festival Best Actress 2009 33rd Elan d'or Awards Newcomer of the Year Atsuhime 12th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix Best Actress 45th Galaxy Award Individual Award 5th TVnavi's Drama of the Year 2008 Best Actress 2010 33rd Japan Academy Film Prize Best Actress Shonen Merikensack 2011 24th Nikkan Sports Film Award Best Actress Tsure ga Utsu ni Narimashite and Kamisama no Karute 2012 35th Japan Academy Film Prize Best Actress Tsure ga Utsu ni Narimashite 2013 36th Japan Academy Film Prize Best Supporting Actress Chronicle of My Mother 2014 37th Japan Academy Film Prize Best Actress The Great Passage 2016 41st Hochi Film Award Best Supporting Actress Rage, If Cats Disappeared From the World and Birthday Card 29th Nikkan Sports Film Award Best Supporting ActressRage and If Cats Disappeared From the World 2017 59th Blue Ribbon Awards Best Supporting Actress 71st Mainichi Film Awards Best Supporting Actress Rage 40th Japan Academy Film Prize Best Actress Best Supporting Actress Birthday Card