Eri Fukatsu

is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best actress at the 18th Yokohama Film Festival for Haru She also received acclaim for her role in the Japanese TV series Bayside Shakedown and the subsequent spin-off films of the series. In 1988, she starred in "Christmas Express" commercials for the Central Japan Railway Company.

Career In her early years in Japan's entertainment business, Eri Fukatsu worked as a singer under the names Rie Mizuhara and Rie Takahara, but later decided to use her real name. In 1988 she made her screen debut in the film adaptation of Tōma no Shinzō, entitled Summer Vacation 1999. Among her television credits, Eri Fukatsu also provides narration for the long-running "World Heritage Sites" program on Japanese television.

In 1997, Fukatsu took the role of Sumire Onda in the Bayside Shakedown television series. She co-starred with Satoshi Tsumabuki in Lee Sang-il's 2010 film Villain, for which she won the Best Actress award at the 34th Montreal World Film Festival. In 2011, she starred in Kōki Mitani's A Ghost of a Chance.

Filmography

Films

Television

Discography Albums Applause (1990) Sourire (1992) Dokuichigo (2012) (as Ichigo Ichie)

Singles "Yokohama Joke" (1988) "Nanatsu no Namida" (1989) "Approach" (1989) "Hitori-zutsu no Futari" (1992) "Ai wa Suteki, Ai wa Hanataba" (1992)

Photobooks Sobacasu (1989)

Awards and nominations YearAwardCategoryWork(s)Result 199013th Japan Academy Film PrizeNewcomers of the YearMangetsu no Kuchizuke 199718th Yokohama Film FestivalBest ActressHaru 20th Japan Academy Film PrizeBest Actress 199922nd Japan Academy Film PrizeBest Supporting ActressBayside Shakedown: The Movie 20025th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand PrixBest ActressKoi no Chikara 200328th Hochi Film AwardsBest Supporting ActressLike Asura, Bayside Shakedown 2 200427th Japan Academy Film PrizeBest Supporting ActressLike Asura Bayside Shakedown 2 35th Hochi Film AwardsBest Actress 23rd Nikkan Sports Film AwardsBest Actress 201134th Japan Academy Film PrizeBest Actress 201235th Japan Academy Film PrizeBest ActressA Ghost of a Chance 201689th Kinema Junpo AwardsBest ActressJourney to the Shore, Parasyte: Part 230th Takasaki Film FestivalBest ActressJourney to the Shore