Emi Wakui

is a Japanese actress. She has won three Japanese Academy Awards: the 1994 Best Actress award for her performance in Rainbow Bridge (Niji no Hashi), and the 1992 awards for Best Supporting Actress and Best Newcomer for her performance as Seiko Kawashima in My Sons.

Multiple dramas featuring Wakui in the 1990s, Tokyo Cinderella Story in 1994, Pure in 1996 , and Virgin Road in 1997, were all hits and gained high ratings.

Personal life In November 1995, Wakui married actor Masato Hagiwara, with whom she co-starred in the TV drama Natsuko no Sake. She gave birth to a son in October 1999. She and Hagiwara divorced in July 2003, with Wakui taking custody of their son.

Filmography

Film Year Title RoleNotes 1989 Beppin no Machi 1990 Boku to, bokura no natsu Lead role 1991 No Worries on the Recruit Front My Sons Seiko Kawashima 1992 Angel: Boku no Uta wa Kimi no Uta Kaori Amano Lead role 1993 Rainbow Bridge Chiyo Lead role 1995 Birthday Present Lead role 2004 Tange Sazen: Hyakuman Ryo no Tsubo The Taste of Tea School Wars: Hero 2005 Makoto 2006 Sinking of Japan Tsubakiyama's Send Back Say Hello for Me 2009 Feel the Wind 2010 The Lady Shogun and Her Men 2011 Princess Toyotomi 2012 Robo-G 2014 Unsung Hero Rinko 2015 Again 2018 My Retirement, My Life Nozomi Fujisawa I Want to Eat Your Pancreas Sakura's mother (voice) 2019 Strawberry Song Kōta's mother 2020 Our Story Yuriko Chitani 2021 The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window Noriko Mikado 2022 Radiation House: The Movie Nagisa Ōmori 2023 Fly Me to the Saitama: From Biwa Lake with Love Naoko Uchida

Television Year Title RoleNotes 1988 Hana no Asuka-gumi! 1994 Natsuko no Sake Natsuko Saeki Lead role Tokyo Cinderella Story Yukiko Matsui Lead role 1996 Pure Yuka Orihara Lead role 1997 Virgin Road Kazumi Sakurai Lead role 1998 A Woman Striking a Blow Kaoru Yoshimura Lead role 2000 Friends Risa Hiura 2002 Dakishimetai Mikiko Sawada Lead role, TV movie 2003 Musashi Rin Taiga drama 2006 Kōmyō ga Tsuji Nōhime Taiga drama 2008 Chiritotechin Itoko Wada Asadora 2009 The Waste Land Yoshiko Iki 2010 Wagaya no Rekishi Machiko Hasegawa Mini-series 2012 Taira no Kiyomori Ikenozenni Taiga drama 2015 The Last Cop Kanako Suzuki The Emperor's Cook Empress Teimei 2017 Hiyokko Aiko Nagai Asadora 2019–21 Radiation House Nagisa Ōmori 2 seasons 2021 Reach Beyond the Blue Sky Shibusawa Ei Taiga drama 2023 What Will You Do, Ieyasu? Kōdai-in Taiga drama

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Work(s) Result 1991 4th Nikkan Sports Film Awards Best Supporting ActressMy Sons and No Worries on the Recruit Front 199215th Japan Academy Film Prize Newcomer of the Year Best Supporting Actress 65th Kinema Junpo Awards Best Supporting Actress My Sons 16th Elan d'or Awards Newcomer of the Year Herself 1994 17th Japan Academy Film Prize Best Actress Rainbow Bridge 2008 1st Tokyo Drama Award Best Supporting Actress Chiritotechin