# Eri Fukatsu

Eri Fukatsu (深津 絵里, Fukatsu Eri, born 11 January 1973) is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best actress at the 18th Yokohama Film Festival for Haru and the best actress award at the 2010 Montreal World Film Festival for her performance in Villain. She also received acclaim for her role in the Japanese TV series Bayside Shakedown and the subsequent spin-off films of the series. In 1988, she starred in "Christmas Express" commercials for the Central Japan Railway Company.

## Career

In her early years in Japan's entertainment business, Eri Fukatsu worked as a singer under the names Rie Mizuhara and Rie Takahara, but later decided to use her real name. In 1988 she made her screen debut in the film adaptation of Tōma no Shinzō, entitled Summer Vacation 1999. Among her television credits, Eri Fukatsu also provides narration for the long-running "World Heritage Sites" program on Japanese television.
In 1997, Fukatsu took the role of Sumire Onda in the Bayside Shakedown television series. She co-starred with Satoshi Tsumabuki in Lee Sang-il's 2010 film Villain, for which she won the Best Actress award at the 34th Montreal World Film Festival. In 2011, she starred in Kōki Mitani's A Ghost of a Chance.

## Filmography
### Films

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1988 | Summer Vacation 1999 | Norio | as Rie Mizuhara |
| 1988 | Stay Gold | Risa | as Rie Mizuhara |
| 1989 | Kiss to Moonlight | Rie Takahara | Lead role |
| 1991 | Manatsu no Chikyū | Yūko Hashimoto | Lead role |
| 1995 | Birthday Present | Eri Kawano | |
| 1996 | Haru | Hoshi | Lead role |
| 1998 | Bayside Shakedown: The Movie | Sumire Onda | |
| 2000 | Space Travelers | Midori Aida ("Irene Bear") | |
| 2003 | Bayside Shakedown 2 | Sumire Onda | |
| 2003 | Like Asura | Takiko | |
| 2006 | The Professor's Beloved Equation | Kyōko | |
| 2007 | The Adventures of Super Monkey | Tang Sanzang | |
| 2008 | The Magic Hour | Mari Takachiho | |
| 2008 | Honokaa Boy | Chaco | |
| 2009 | Your Story | Natsumi Takahara | Lead role |
| 2010 | Bayside Shakedown 3 | Sumire Onda | |
| 2010 | Villain | Mitsuyo Magome | Lead role |
| 2011 | A Ghost of a Chance | Emi Hōshō | Lead role |
| 2012 | Bayside Shakedown The Final | Sumire Onda | |
| 2014 | Parasyte: Part 1 | Ryoko Tamiya | |
| 2015 | Parasyte: Part 2 | Ryoko Tamiya | |
| 2015 | Journey to the Shore | Mizuki Yabuuchi | Lead role |
| 2016 | The Long Excuse | Natsuko Kinugasa | |
| 2017 | Survival Family | Mitsue Suzuki | |
| 2022 | Suzume | Tamaki Iwato (voice) | |
| 2025 | Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses: The Movie | | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1990 | Yobikō Boogie | Mayumi Shimaoka | |
| 1990 | Paradise Nippon | Sanae Fujii | Lead role |
| 1991 | High School Daidassō | Tsugumi Kurita | |
| 1991 | Ruju no Dengon | | Lead role; episode 5 |
| 1992 | In the Name of Love | | |
| 1992 | Yonimo Kimyō na Monogatari: Door | | |
| 1992 | Natsu no Yoru no Rusuban | | |
| 1992 | Hatachi no Yakusoku | | |
| 1993 | Kekkonshiki | | |
| 1993 | Akuma no Kiss | | |
| 1993 | Otona no Kiss | | |
| 1994 | Kono Ai ni Ikite | | |
| 1994 | Wakamono no Subete | | |
| 1995 | Saikō no Kataomoi | Kurumi Katō | Lead role |
| 1995 | Best Friend | | |
| 1996 | Naniwa Kin'yūdō: Part 1 | | |
| 1996 | Tōmei Ningen: Dead Zone in Zeus | | |
| 1997 | Bayside Shakedown | Sumire Onda | |
| 1997 | Bara no Satsui: Kyomu eno Kumotsu | | |
| 1997 | Narita Rikon | | |
| 1998 | Tokugawa Yoshinobu | Tenshō-in Atsuhime | Taiga drama |
| 1998 | Kirakira Hikaru | Hikaru Amano | Lead role |
| 1998 | Wangansho Fukei Monogatari: Shoka no Kōtsuu Anzen Special | Sumire Onda | Television film |
| 1998 | Odoru Daisousasen: Aki no Hanzai Bokumetsu Special | Sumire Onda | Television film |
| 1999 | Kanojotachi no Jidai | | Lead role |
| 2000 | Tenkiyohō no Koibito | | |
| 2001 | Kabachitare! | Chiharu | Lead role |
| 2001 | Chūshingura 1/47 | Horibe Hori | Television film |
| 2002 | Power of Love | Tōko Motomiya | Lead role |
| 2002 | Hundred Million Stars From the Sky | Yūko Dōjima | |
| 2003 | The Eldest Boy and His Three Elder Sisters | Haruko | Lead role |
| 2003 | Kawa, Itsuka Umi e: Muttsu no Ai no Monogatari | Tami | Lead role |
| 2005 | Slow Dance | Isaki Makino | Lead role |
| 2006 | Adventures of the Super Monkey: Journey to the West | Xuanzang | |
| 2007 | Fukatsu Eri no Black Comedy: Blacome | Various | Lead role |
| 2008 | Change | Rika Miyama | |
| 2008 | The Naminori Restaurant | Ami | Episode 33 |
| 2009 | Ekiro | Keiko Fukumura | Television film |
| 2020 | Saigo no Onna | Sayuri Minagawa | Television film |
| 2021–22 | Come Come Everybody | Rui | Lead role; Asadora |

## Discography
### Albums

* Applause (1990)
* Sourire (1992)
* Dokuichigo (2012) (as Ichigo Ichie)

### Singles

* "Yokohama Joke" (1988)
* "Nanatsu no Namida" (1989)
* "Approach" (1989)
* "Hitori-zutsu no Futari" (1992)
* "Ai wa Suteki, Ai wa Hanataba" (1992)

## Photobooks

* Sobacasu (1989)

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Work(s) | Result |
| 1990 | 13th Japan Academy Film Prize | Newcomers of the Year | Mangetsu no Kuchizuke | Won |
| 1997 | 18th Yokohama Film Festival | Best Actress | Haru | Won |
| 1997 | 20th Japan Academy Film Prize | Best Actress | Haru | Nominated |
| 1999 | 22nd Japan Academy Film Prize | Best Supporting Actress | Bayside Shakedown: The Movie | Nominated |
| 2002 | 5th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix | Best Actress | Koi no Chikara | Won |
| 2003 | 28th Hochi Film Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Like Asura, Bayside Shakedown 2 | Won |
| 2004 | 27th Japan Academy Film Prize | Best Supporting Actress | Like Asura | Won |
| 2004 | 27th Japan Academy Film Prize | Best Supporting Actress | Bayside Shakedown 2 | Nominated |
| 2007 | 16th Japanese Movie Critics Awards | Best Actress | The Professor's Beloved Equation | Won |
| 2010 | 34th Montreal World Film Festival | Best Actress | Villain | Won |
| 2010 | 35th Hochi Film Awards | Best Actress | Villain | Won |
| 2010 | 23rd Nikkan Sports Film Awards | Best Actress | Villain | Won |
| 2011 | 34th Japan Academy Film Prize | Best Actress | Villain | Won |
| 2012 | 35th Japan Academy Film Prize | Best Actress | A Ghost of a Chance | Nominated |
| 2016 | 89th Kinema Junpo Awards | Best Actress | Journey to the Shore, Parasyte: Part 2 | Won |
| 2016 | 30th Takasaki Film Festival | Best Actress | Journey to the Shore | Won |