Saori Izawa

is a Japanese actress and stunt performer, known for her role as Mahiro Fukagawa in the Baby Assassins film series.

Biography Izawa was born in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, on February 16, 1994. She graduated from the Department of Film Studies at in Tokyo.

In 2016, Izawa auditioned and was accepted as an action trainee for the movie RE:BORN (2017). After that, she started performing stunts in Japanese films such as Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning (2021) and Rurouni Kenshin: The Final (2021), as well as international films like Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins (2021) and John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023).

Izawa made her film debut as an actress in (2021), where she and Akari Takaishi played small parts as teenage assassins. Due to the popularity of the duo's scenes, director set out to write a new action comedy film about the life of a pair of female assassins. The movie Baby Assassins, starring Izawa and Takaishi, premiered in 2021 to great success and became the first of a series of films. Both Izawa and Takaishi reprised their roles as Mahiro Fukagawa and Chisato Sugimoto in the sequels Baby Assassins: 2 Babies (2023) and Baby Assassins: Nice Days (2024), as well as the TV series Baby Assassins Everyday! (2024).

In 2025, Izawa was set to play as part of the cast for the non-verbal stage play The battle of Sekigahara (礎の響～SEKIGAHARA～). However, she withdrew from the production shortly before the premiere, citing health issues.

Filmography

Film

Short films

Television

Web

Commercials YearTitleRoleNotesRef2023Monster Hunter Now: Survival DanceFighter with sword 2024Sakamoto Days Special Live-Action PV Vol. 18 ReleaseStore clerk スキップ・ビート！Skip Beat! Vol. 50 ReleaseSaori 2026Amazon Japan: Every day goes around. Two samurai.Samurai / Actress

Music videos UNDERCOVER CROWN HEAD「鬼灯」 ExWhyZリグレット (REGRET) 2026 「芽吹くとき」

Video games

Radio YearTitleRoleNotesRef2025 - presentHerself

Stage

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