Natsumi Ikema

is a Japanese actress, model, and former child actor who affiliated with Rising Production.

Early life and career Natsuki Ikema was born on 10 July 2002 in Tomigusuku. When she was 5, her mother, who wanted her to overcome her shyness, recommended that she apply to Color's, a local Okinawa model and stylist agency, in the newspaper, which marked the beginning of her entertainment career.

She began her career as a child actor and model, and in 2013 made her TV debut in Saito-san 2, where she was praised for her acting, with fans calling her a diamond in the rough found in Okinawa. She appeared in locally produced Sentai dramas and local commercials. She learned singing and dancing as one of her hobbies, and was a member of the dance and vocal unit Lollipop until her graduation in March 2018. She was in the same group as Yokota Mirai.

As a child actress she moved to Tokyo for four months when she was in the fifth grade of elementary school and participated in the filming of Saito-san 2, and while in junior high school, she played the lead role in a movie, which sparked her interest in acting. In 2018 she left her parents' home and moved to Tokyo when she entered high school, and began working full-time as an actress.

In March 2018 she was selected to appear in a commercial, Sea Breeze, which has produced such stars as Miki Nakatani, Kyoko Fukada, Maki Horikita, Umika Kawashima, and Suzu Hirose, and is known as the gateway to becoming a breakout actress. She became a hot topic of conversation, and that make she was chosen to appear in a commercial. She also tried her hand at gravure for the first time in Weekly Playboy, and sort after that she made her first appearance in Weekly Young Jump, appearing on the cover and in her first lead photo shoot, showing off her first swimsuit.

She made her acting debut in live action film, Nisekoi. At same time she appearance in morning drama, Natsuzora in early 2019. After booming due Nisekoi, she took part in two live action film of Kaguya-sama: Love Is War and Kaguya-sama Final.

In first half of 2020, she joined morning drama Chimudondon, as a female student at a rival school to the heroine played by Kuroshima Yuina.

In 2023, she appeared in the television series adapted from Diary of Our Days at the Breakwater.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 2014 Tamako and the Chochika Spell Tamako Love at the Restaurant Begins Guest role 2015 Tamako and the Majimun of Yomukae Bridge Tamako Halsar Acres 2018 Kitanaka Sketch Adaniya Azumi Nisekoi Kosaki Onodera 2019 Okinawan Blue Ao Lead role Kaguya-sama: Love Is War Kashiwagi Nagisa 2020 Tonkatsu DJ Agetarō Katsumata Koromo 2021 Kaguya-sama Final: Love Is War Kashiwagi Nagisa 2022 Shimamori Tower Yuki Higa

Television Year Title Role Notes 2009 Ryushin Mabuya Gaiden Yui (young) 2013 Saito-san Harima Miyu Season 2 Black Cat, Sometimes a Flower Shop Kiyoka Hinata 2017 Acres Ground Master Toji Yu Lead role 2019 Natsuzora Kawatani Yukiko Asadora Sawa-chan Rides the Wave Sawa Korezawa Regional drama 2022 Chimudondon Hitomi Yara Asadora Tokuso 9 Hayasaka Ranko Guest Role 2023 Get Ready Okada Natsumi Guest role Diary of Our Days at the Breakwater Hodaka Natsumi