Tomoyo Harada

is a Japanese actress, singer, and lyricist, and was a popular idol in the 1980s.

Career In 1982, Harada participated in a movie audition with the reason of wanting to meet Hiroyuki Sanada, and received a special award. In July of the same year, she made her acting debut in the Fuji TV drama Sailor Suit and Machine Gun. Her first role in a film was in 1983's Toki o Kakeru Shōjo for which she won the award for best newcomer at the 8th Hochi Film Award. She won the award for best actress at the 7th Yokohama Film Festival for Early Spring Story. Numerous other singles and albums have followed.

In the summer of 2007, Harada joined the pop electronica band "pupa" as a vocalist, at the invitation of Yukihiro Takahashi. Other members are Hiroshi Takano, Ren Takada, Hirohisa Horie, Tomohiko Gondo.

Filmography Films Year Title Role Notes 1983 The Girl Who Leapt Through Time Kazuko Yoshiyama Film distributor: Toei. The leading actress. 1984 Miho Nakamichi Film distributor: Toei. The leading actress. Tengoku ni ichiban chikai shima (Island closest to Heaven) Mari Katsuragi Film distributor: Toei. The leading actress. 1985 Sōshun Monogatari Hitomi Okino Film distributor: Toho. The leading actress. 1986 Cabaret Chieko Film distributor: Toho. Kuroi Dress no Onna Reiko Asabuki Film distributor: Toho. The leading actress. 1987 Take Me Out to the Snowland Yu Ikegami Film distributor: Toho. The leading actress. 1989 Urban Marine Resort Story Mariko Tanaka Film distributor: Toho. The leading actress. 1991 Mangetsu Mari Nohira Film distributor: Shochiku. The leading actress. 1993 Kekkon Mai Iwashita Film distributor: Shochiku. The leading actress. Samurai Kids Yuki Murata Film distributor: Toho. Spain kara no Tegami Natsuko Tamiya Film distributor: Toho. 1995 Ashita (nameless) Film distributor: Toho. 1997 Kizudarake no Tenshi Eiko Tachibana Film distributor: Shochiku. Toki o Kakeru Shōjo (narration) 1998 Rakkasuru Yūgata Rika Tsubota Film distributor: Shochiku. The leading actress. 2000 Nagasaki Burabura-bushi Umeji Film distributor: Toei. 2004 Village Photobook Noriko Takahashi Film distributor: Video Planning, Wako. 2005 Ubume no Natsu Ryoko Kuonji and Kyoko Kuonji (double role) Film distributor: Nippon Herald Films. Sayonara Color Michiko Oikawa Film distributor: Zazie Films. Daiteiden no Yoru ni Shizue Saeki Film distributor: Asmik-Ace. 2006 The Blossoming of Kamiya Etsuko Etsuko Kamiya Film distributor: Pal-ep. The leading actress. Nihon no Jitensha Dorobō (cameo appearance) Film distributor: Cinema Angelica. Moonriders The Movie "Passion Maniacs: Mania no Junan" Film distributor: Media Craft, White Noise Production. A documentary film. 2007 Tonarimachi Sensō Mizuki Kasai Film distributor: Kadokawa Pictures. 2010 You are Umasou (film) Mother Voice 2011 Tokyo Oasis Kikuchi Film distributor: Suurkiitos. 2012 Bread of Happiness Rie Mizushima Film distributor: Asmik-Ace. The leading actress. 2013 Pecoross' Mother and Her Days 2018 Under One Umbrella 2020 Under the Stars Chihiro's mother2021 My Blood & Bones in a Flowing Galaxy Your Turn to Kill: The Movie Nana Tezuka Film distributor: Toho. The leading actress. 2025 The 35-Year Promise Kyoko Nishihata Film distributor: Toei.

Television Year Title Role Notes 1993 Aki Taiga drama 2003 The Eldest Boy and His Three Elder Sisters Kazuko Kashiwakura 2011 Ohisama Hiroko Sudō Asadora 2018 Half Blue Sky Wako Hagio Asadora 2019 Your Turn to Kill Nana Tezuka The leading actress

Discography

Studio albums TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsJPN Released: November 28, 1983 Label: EMI Music Japan2Released: November 28, 1984 Label: CBS/Sony Records2PavaneReleased: November 28, 1985 Label: CBS/Sony Records7Next DoorReleased: June 28, 1986 Label: CBS/Sony Records4SoshiteReleased: November 28, 1986 Label: For Life Music—Released: May 17, 1996 Label: Hip Land Music Corp.27EyjaReleased: October 21, 2009 Label: Universal Music Japan31

Compilation albums

pupa

Studio albums Album #Album information1st floating pupa Released: July 2, 20082nd dreaming pupa Released: July 28, 2010