# Haru (actress)

Haru (波瑠, Haru, born June 17, 1991) is a Japanese actress and model from Adachi, Tokyo. She is known for the film Koizora (2007), Maria-sama ga Miteru (2010), the TV drama Asa ga Kita (2015-2016), and for co-hosting of the TBS talk show A-Studio.

## Career

In 2004, at the age of 13, Haru entered the entertainment industry after being scouted by Hori Agency. She made her screen acting debut in the 2006 WOWOW television drama Taigan no Kanojo. In 2007, she debuted as an exclusive model for the fashion magazine Seventeen.
She released her first single, titled "I Miss You/Message: Asu no Boku e," on April 16, 2008. This song was used as the ending theme in the TBS variety show Kami Summers. In 2010 she appeared in a lead role for the first time in the live-action film Maria-sama ga Miteru.
A 2012 NTT DoCoMo TV commercial raised her public profile, and from 2012 to 2015 she was an exclusive model for the fashion magazine non-no. In March 2015 she was cast as lead character in the 93rd NHK Asadora Asa ga Kita.
On January 1, 2018, she opened her Instagram account. She later uploaded a video wishing her fans a "Happy New Year."
On December 25, 2024, she announced that she would be leaving Hori Agency after 19 years at the end of the year.

## Appearances
### TV dramas

* Taigan no Kanojo (WOWOW, 2006)
* 14-sai no Haha (NTV, 2006), Haru Ueda
* Watashitachi no Kyōkasho Episode 1, 9 (Fuji TV, 2007), Sakura Kumazawa
* Sumire 16 sai!! (BS Fuji, 2008), Akebi Kiryu
* Shibatora Episode 1 (Fuji TV, 2008), Rumi
* Koizora (TBS, 2008), Saki
* 33-pun Tantei Episode 3 (Fuji TV, 2008)
* Room of King Episode 3 (Fuji TV, 2008), Chīko
* Ghost Town no Hana (TV Asahi, 2009), Rina Akiyama
* Gekai Hatomura Shūgorō 5 (Fuji TV, 2009), Marina Asaoka
* Orthros no Inu (TBS, 2009), Kana Shirokawa
* Shinzanmono Episode 4 (TBS, 2010), Kanae Sawamura
* Gold Episode 1-2 (Fuji TV, 2010), Ryōko Shiina
* Tōbō Bengoshi Episode 6 (KTV, 2010, Nozomi Hashimoto
* Kurohyō Ryū ga Gotoku Shinshō (MBS, 2010), Saki Kudō
* Young Black Jack (NTV, 2011)
* Tantei X Kara no Chōsenjō! Special (NHK, 2011), Mitsuko Enoki
* Switch Girl!! (Fuji TV TWO, 2011), Reika Jōgasaki
* Kazoku ga Kazoku de Aru Tameni (BS-TBS, 2012), Midori Saeki
* Ekiben Hitori Tabi: Tōhoku Hen (BS Japan, 2012), Nana Ozaki
* Legal High Episode 1 (Fuji TV, 2012), Tomoko Shimamura
* Kekkon Dōsōkai: Seaside Love (Fuji TV TWO, 2012), Renka Natsume
* Higashino Keigo Mysteries Episode 8 (Fuji TV, 2012), Yōko Saeki
* Monsters Episode 4 (TBS, 2012), Kayo Suzuki
* Pillow Talk: Bed no Shiwaku Episode 8 (KTV, 2012), Aoi
* Aibō Season 11, Episode 11 (TV Asahi, 2013), Akane Niōgō
* Shotenin Michiru no Mi no Ue Banashi (NHK, 2013), Chiaki Furukawa
* Tabemonogatari Kanojo no Kondate Chō Episode 9-10 (NHK BS Premium, 2013), Mai Yamane
* Kasukana Kanojo Episode 7 (KTV, 2013), Kasumi Hirota
* Kyūmei Byōtō 24-ji Season 5 (Fuji TV, 2013), Kaon Kunitomo
* Inemuri Sensei (TV Asahi, 2013), Masako
* Nōkon Kid: Bokura no Game Shi (TV Tokyo, 2013), Fumi Takano
* Yorozu Uranai Dokoro Onmyōya e Yōkoso Episode 3 (KTV, 2013), Natsuo Miyauchi
* Shokubutsu Danshi Berandā (NHK BS Premium, 2013)
* Kounotori no Yurikago: Akachan Post no 6-nen Kan to Sukuwareta 92 no Inochi no Mirai (TBS, 2013), Ryōko Yasuda
* Matching Love (TBS, 2013), Haruka Iwata
* Kindaichi Shōnen no Jikenbo Gokumon Juku Satsujin Jiken (NTV, 2014), Akiko Hama
* Hitojichi no Rōdokukai (WOWOW, 2014), Hitomi Hirasawa/Sakiko Hirasawa
* Border Keishichō Sōsa Ikka Satsujinhan Sōsa Dai-4 Gakari (TV Asahi, 2014), Mika Higa
* Osoroshi: Mishimaya Henchō Hyaku Monogatari (NHK BS Premium, 2014), Ochika
* Gomenne Seishun! (TBS, 2014), Yūko Hachiya
* Ubasute (Hokkaido Television Broadcasting, 2014), Diana
* Ōedo Sōsamō 2015: Onmitsu Dōshin, Aku o Kiru! (TV Tokyo, 2015), Sanae Tanuma
* Hula Girl to Inu no Choko (TV Tokyo, 2015), Kasumi Takezawa
* Asadora Asa ga Kita (NHK, 2015), Asa Shiraoka
* Sekai Ichi Muzukashii Koi (NTV, 2016), Misaki Shibayama
* On (Fuji TV, 2016), Hinako Tōdō
* Mom, May I Quit Being Your Daughter? (NHK, 2017), Mizuki Hayase
* I love You Just a Little Bit (TBS, 2017), Mitsu Watanabe
* Musume no Kekkon (TV Tokyo, 2018), Miki Kunieda
* The Kitazawas: We Mind Our Own Business (Nippon TV, 2018), Chiaki Kitazawa
* Mikaiketsu no Onna: Keishichou Bunsho Sousakan (TV Asahi, 2018), Tomo Yashiro
* Ru: Taiwan Express (NHK, 2020), Haruka
* Remolove (NTV, 2020), Mimi
* Turn to me Mukai-kun (NHK, 2023), Kôki Sakaido

### Films

* Dakara Watashi o Suwarasete. Tūkin Densha de Suwaru Gijutsu! (2006), Ai
* The Graduates (2007), Kaoru Yoshii
* Koizora (2007), Aya
* Koi no Pororon (2007), Kaho
* Chī-chan wa Yūkyū no Mukou (2008), Yūko Hayashida
* Yūbae Shōjo "Asakusa no Shimai" (2008)
* Real Onigokko (2008), Haru Satō
* Rock'n Roll Diet! (2008), Narumi Eguchi
* Tenshi no Ita Okujō (2008), Mizuki Kawashiro
* Ikemen Bank The Movie (2009), Yuri Yamamura
* Guardian Angel (2009), Asami Watanabe
* Yamagata Scream (2009), Munae Haraizen
* Onna no Ko Monogatari (2009), Kimiko(Highschool Girl)
* Bushido Sixteen (2010), Midoriko Nishiogi
* Soft Boy (2010), Kusanagi
* Maria-sama ga Miteru (2010), Sachiko Ogasawara
* Afro Tanaka (2012), Mina
* Girls For Keeps (2012), Yūko Kitamura
* Good Coming: Tōru to Neko, Tama ni Neko (2012), Miyuki
* Bungo: Sasayaka na Yokubō Kokuhaku Suru Shinshitachi "Kōfuku no Kanata" (2012), Kinuko
* Party wa Sentō Kara Hajimaru (2012)
* Minasan, Sayōnara (2013), Yuri Matsushima
* Zekkyō Gakkyū (2013), Makoto Hosaka
* Crying 100 Times: Every Raindrop Falls (2013), Keiko Ogawa
* Kiyoku Yawaku (2013), Asami Kawaguchi
* Shin Ōkubo Monogatari (2013)
* Gajimaru Shokudō no Koi (2014), Mizuho Hirara
* Again (2015), Mie Tozawa
* Grasshopper (2015), Yuriko
* Before a Falling Star Fades Away (2015), Naoko Motoyama
* Oz Land (2018)
* Cafe Funiculi Funicula (2018)
* Dragon Quest: Your Story (2019), Flora (voice)
* All About March (2020), Yayoi Yūki
* Hotel Royal (2020), Masayo Tanaka
* Analog (2023), Miyuki

### Video games

* Kurohyō: Ryū ga Gotoku Shinshō (2010), Kudo Saki
* Nioh 2 (2020), Mumyo

### Dubbing

* Godzilla (2014), Elle Brody (Elizabeth Olsen)

### Music videos

* Funky Monkey Babys - Kokuhaku (23 July 2008)
* Plus - Yukimichi (16 December 2009)
* Jang Keun-suk - Stay (30 May 2012)
* Indigo la End - Hitomi ni Utsuranai (24 September 2014)
* Dreams Come True - KNOCKKNOCK