Manami Higa

is a Japanese actress. Her mother was a model. She graduated from Okinawa Prefectural Central High School. She gained recognition as an actress when she was selected in an audition of 2,156 people to star in the NHK Asadora Dondo Hare in 2006.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes Ref. 2005 Letters from Kanai Nirai Misaki Taira 2007 The Prisoner 2012 We Were There:Part 1 Akiko Sengenji We Were There:Part 2 Akiko Sengenji 2013 Tokyo Sky Story Hiromi Lead role Tobe! Dakota Chiyoko Morimoto Lead role 2016 Kanon Ai Kishimoto Lead role 2017 My Teacher Sachiko Nakajima 2018 Code Blue the Movie Haruka Saejima 2022 The Master Sake Brewers Asuka Nagamine Lead role 2023 The Pearl Legacy Harumi Ōgame Lead role 2025 Emergency Interrogation Room: The Final Movie Ami Ikoma

Television Year Title Role Notes Ref. 2007 Dondo Hare Natsumi Asakura Lead role; Asadora 2009 Tenchijin Kiku-hime Taiga drama 2012 Morimura Seiichi no Shikai no Fukuryū Aki Yagiri 2013 Bakken Record o Koete Haruka Koutari Lead role 2013 Sousa Ikka Sawamura Keiji Hatsumi Nagasawa Yoidore Kotōji Oryō Nouhime 2: Sengoku no Onnatachi Oichi no Kata Sousa Ikka Sawamura Keiji 2 Hatsumi Nagasawa 2014 Matsumoto Seichō Drama Special: Shi no Hassō Aki Tsumura Matsumoto Seichō Tsuyoki Ari Motoko Miyahara GTO Honami Fujikawa Season 2 2015 Alone in Love Haru Etō Lead role Samurai Sensei Haruka Saeki 2019 Natsuzora: Natsu's Sky Kōko Maejima Asadora 2021 Japan Sinks: People of Hope Kaori Amami 2022 Emergency Interrogation Room: New Year's Special Ami Ikoma Television film 2023 Ao Haru Ride Kaoru Ichijō