# Kasumi Arimura

Kasumi Arimura (有村 架純, Arimura Kasumi, born February 13, 1993), is a Japanese actress. Her television roles have included the young Haruko Amano in the 2013 NHK asadora Amachan and the lead role in the 2017 asadora Hiyokko. She has also appeared in several films, including Flying Colors, for which she won a 39th Japan Academy Film Prize for Newcomer of the Year, and We Made A Beautiful Bouquet, for which she won the 45th Japan Academy Film Prize for Best Actress.

## Early life

Arimura was born on February 13, 1993, in Itami city, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. She has an older sister, Airi Arimura [ja], who is a model turned actress.

## Career

In December 2009, while attending Hyogo Prefectural Itami Nishi High School, Arimura auditioned for FLaMme and passed. In May 2010, she made her first series appearance in Hagane no Onna. Arimura gained popularity by appearing in the Morning drama Amachan in 2013. Arimura then appeared as the lead actress in the critically acclaimed film Flying Colors where she was cast as a troubled teen who attends a cram school at the behest of her mother in order to gain entry to University. The film was a massive box office success and was the 8th highest-grossing film in Japan in 2015. Arimura was nominated for both the Outstanding Performance By An Actress In A Leading Role and Newcomer of the Year Awards in the 39th Japan Academy Film Prize for her role in the film. She was awarded the Newcomer of the Year Award.
Arimura was selected as the lead actress for the Asadora Hiyokko in the year 2017. For her role in the drama, she was voted as the Best Actress in The 94th Television Drama Academy Awards (2017), an award given quarterly by a popular Japanese magazine, The Television, and are based on the combined results of votes from the magazine readers, juries, and TV journalists in Japan. She has since appeared in many critically acclaimed television dramas and films such as Meet Me After School, I Am a Hero, Cafe Funiculi Funicula and Sekigahara. In the film Sekigahara, Arimura played the role of a ninja named Hatsume who was recruited by the legendary samurai Ishida Mitsunari. The film was nominated for the Picture of the Year award at the 41st Japan Academy Film Prize.
Arimura has also taken on acting roles in works which are regarded as controversial in nature. In the drama Meet Me After School, Arimura took on the challenging role of a young teacher who ended up falling in love with her 15 year-old student. Despite its controversial nature, the drama was named the Best Drama in the 99th Japan Television Drama Academy Awards.
The year 2021 proved to be a very successful year for Arimura. She appeared in the film We Made A Beautiful Bouquet, which was the 8th highest grossing film of 2021 in Japan. Arimura was awarded the Best Actress award in the 45th Japan Academy Film Prize for her role in the film. Arimura also starred in the blockbuster films Rurouni Kenshin: The Final and Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning, the final 2 films of the epic Rurouni Kenshin film franchise which consist of films which are adapted from the Rurouni Kenshin manga series. Both films were massive box-office successes in 2021 in Japan, grossing more than 6.5 billion yen cumulatively. Arimura portrayed Yukishiro Tomoe, the deceased-wife of the titular character Himura Kenshin. Rurouni Kenshin: The Final was the 6th highest grossing film whilst Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning was the 13th highest grossing film for the year 2021 in Japan.
On the drama side, Arimura starred as a young lady struggling with employment, who happens to chance upon a group of also struggling stand-up comedians in the 2021 slice of life drama Life's Punchline (Konto Ga Hajimaru). For her role in the drama, she was voted as the Best Supporting Actress in The 108th Television Drama Academy Awards, making her one of the few female actresses who has won both the Best Actress (Hiyokko) and Best Supporting Actress Awards (Life's Punchline) in The Television Drama Academy Awards.
Arimura appeared in the drama Zenkamono (a.k.a Prior Convictions) wherein she acted as a voluntary probation officer who was tasked with the supervision of 3 separate paroled convicts. A movie version of Zenkamono starring Arimura was also released in 2022. Also In 2022, Arimura appeared alongside Ninomiya Kazunari in the TV Special Adventure of Comandante Cappellini (Sensuikan Cappellini-go no Bouken) and starred in the drama Ishiko and Haneo. Arimura appeared in the film Phases of the Moon in December 2022.
In January 2023, Arimura appeared in the 62nd NHK taiga drama What Will You Do, Ieyasu?. In February, Kasumi starred in the Netflix-produced film titled Call Me Chihiro.
In June 2024, Arimura appeared in the film Dear Family as a supporting character.
In July 2024, Kasumi starred alongside Ren Meguro in the drama Where Does The Sea Begin.
In November 2024, Kasumi appeared in the Netflix-produced drama titled Beyond Goodbye. Beyond Goodbye was ranked the 9th most-watched non-english TV series on Netflix on its first week of airing.

## Filmography
### Movies

| Date | Movie | Role | Notes |
| 2011 | Hankyu Railways - A 15-Minute Miracle | Etsuko Kadota | |
| 2011 | Samurai Angel Wars | Asami Ōta | Lead role |
| 2012 | SPEC: Ten | Miyabi Masaki | |
| 2013 | SPEC: Close | Miyabi Masaki | |
| 2013 | The Little Maestro | Misaki Yoshikawa | Lead role |
| 2013 | Kid's Police | High school girl | |
| 2013 | Judge | Lion | |
| 2014 | Jossy's | Kanoko Midoriyama | |
| 2014 | When Marnie Was There | Marnie (voice) | Lead role |
| 2014 | Light Along | Saki | Lead role; short film |
| 2014 | Nutcracker Fantasy | Clara (voice) | Lead role |
| 2015 | Strobe Edge | Ninako Kinoshita | Lead role |
| 2015 | Flying Colors | Sayaka Kudo | Lead role |
| 2016 | I Am a Hero | Hiromi Hayakari | |
| 2016 | Erased | Airi Katagiri | |
| 2016 | The Firefly Summers | Natsumi | Lead role |
| 2016 | Someone | Mizuki Tanabe | Lead role |
| 2017 | March Comes in Like a Lion | Kyōko Kōda | |
| 2017 | March Goes out Like a Lamb | Kyōko Kōda | |
| 2017 | Narratage | Izumi Kudō | Lead role |
| 2017 | Sekigahara | Hatsume | |
| 2018 | Our Departures | Akira Okuzono | Lead role |
| 2018 | Cafe Funiculi Funicula | Kazu Tokita | Lead role |
| 2019 | Fortuna's Eye | Aoi Kiryū | Lead role |
| 2019 | Dragon Quest: Your Story | Bianca (voice) | |
| 2019 | Show Me the Way to the Station | Adult Sayaka (voice) | |
| 2019 | And Life Goes On | Tōko Ikuta | Lead role |
| 2021 | We Made a Beautiful Bouquet | Kinu Hachiya | Lead role |
| 2021 | Rurouni Kenshin: The Final | Yukishiro Tomoe | |
| 2021 | Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning | Yukishiro Tomoe | |
| 2021 | The Supporting Actors: The Movie | Herself | |
| 2021 | Gift of Fire | Setsu Asakura | Lead role |
| 2021 | How We Work, How We Live | Herself | Documentary |
| 2022 | Prior Convictions | Kayo Agawa | Lead role |
| 2022 | Phases of the Moon | Ruri Masaki | |
| 2023 | Call Me Chihiro | Chihiro / Aya Furusawa | Lead role |
| 2024 | Dear Family | Yūko Yamamoto | |
| 2025 | Petals and Memories | Fumiko Kato | |
| 2025 | Black Showman | Mayo Kamio | |

### TV dramas

| Year | Drama | Role | Notes |
| 2010 | The Woman of Steel | Mana Nishibori | |
| 2010 | SPEC: Birth | Miyabi Masaki | |
| 2011 | Akutō: Jūhanzai Sōsahan | Manami Momose | Episode 5 |
| 2011 | The Woman of Steel Season 2 | Mana Nishibori | |
| 2011 | Odd Family 11 | Niko Sanada | |
| 2012 | Clover | Yui Akiyama | |
| 2012 | SPEC: Life | Miyabi Masaki | Television film |
| 2012 | Mikeneko Homes no Suiri | Asuka Murase | Episodes 8 and 9 |
| 2012 | Boku no Natsuyasumi | Haruna Aoyama | |
| 2012 | Tsurukame Maternity Center | Sayori Uehara | |
| 2012 | The Brave Yoshihiko and The Key of an Evil Spirit | Fake Murasaki | Episode 7 |
| 2013 | Otasukeya Jinpachi | Moe Kamiya | |
| 2013 | Amachan | Haruko Amano | Asadora |
| 2013 | Tales of the Unusual: Spring 2013 | Sumiko Tsujiura | Short drama |
| 2013 | Star Man | Shoko Usui | |
| 2013 | The After-Dinner Mysteries Special | Yumiko Shiota | Television film |
| 2013 | Chicken Race | Kumi Sakurai | Television film |
| 2013 | The Stork Nest | Ayumi Niiyama | Television film |
| 2014 | Heartbroken Chocolatier | Matsuri Koyurugi | |
| 2014 | Mozu Season 1 | Ami Nakajima | |
| 2014 | Baseball Brainiacs | Yuzuko Tarumi | |
| 2014 | Tonari no Reji no Umekisan | Mika Sawamura | |
| 2015 | Your Story | Nana Kurata | |
| 2015 | Eien no Bokura: Sea Side Blue | Aoi Matsuoka | Lead role; television film |
| 2015 | Umi ni Furu | Miyuki Amaya | Lead role; miniseries |
| 2016 | Love That Makes You Cry | Oto Sugihara | Lead role |
| 2017 | Hiyokko | Mineko Yatabe | Lead role; Asadora |
| 2018 | Meet Me After School | Hijiri Suenaga | Lead role |
| 2019 | Hiyokko 2 | Mineko Maeda | Lead role; miniseries |
| 2019 | And Life Goes On | Tōko Ikuta | Lead role; miniseries |
| 2020 | A Day-Off of Kasumi Arimura | Herself | Lead role; miniseries |
| 2020 | Gift of Fire | Setsu Asakura | Lead role; television film |
| 2020 | Our Sister's Soulmate | Momoko Adachi | Lead role |
| 2020 | Cold Case Season 3 | Misa Kifune | Episode 3 |
| 2021 | Life's Punchline | Rihoko Nakahama | |
| 2021 | Zenkamono | Kayo Agawa | Lead role |
| 2022 | Adventure of Comandante Cappellini | Sakiko Hayami | Television film |
| 2022 | Ishiko and Haneo: You're Suing Me? | Shōko "Ishiko" Ishida | Lead role |
| 2022 | Lost Man Found | Herself | Cameo; episode 1 |
| 2023 | What Will You Do, Ieyasu? | Sena | Taiga drama |
| 2024 | Where Does the Sea Begin | Yayoi Momose | |
| 2024 | Beyond Goodbye | Saeko | Lead role |

### Stage

* Jeanne d'Arc (7 October 2014 - 24 November 2014), Jeanne d'Arc
* Tomodachi (2021), the second daughter

### Video games

* Layton's Mystery Journey (2017), Katrielle "Kat" Layton

### Music videos

* Ketsumeishi - Nakama (12 May 2010)
* Sayaka Shionoya - Dear Heaven (10 December 2012)
* Saku - Start Me Up (29 April 2015)
* Aoi Teshima - Letter for Tomorrow (10 February 2016)
* Nissy - Happening and My Prettiest Girl (24 August 2016)

### Others

* The Making of Magical Movies: John Lasseter and Disney Animation (2014), narrator
* 66th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen (2015), a judge
* 67th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen (2016), red team captain
* 68th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen (2017), red team captain
* 64th Japan Record Awards (2022), host

## Awards and nominations

Year presented, name of the award ceremony, category, nominee(s) of the award, and the result of the nomination :
| Year | Award ceremony | Category | Nominated work(s) | Result |
| 2014 | Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia | Best Actress | Light Along | Won |
| 2016 | 39th Japan Academy Film Prize | Best Actress | Flying Colors | Nominated |
| 2016 | 39th Japan Academy Film Prize | Newcomer of the Year | Flying Colors | Won |
| 2016 | 40th Elan d'or Awards | Newcomer of the Year | Herself | Won |
| 2016 | 58th Blue Ribbon Awards | Best Actress | Strobe Edge, Flying Colors | Won |
| 2016 | 29th Nikkan Sports Film Awards | Best Newcomer | The Firefly Summers, Somebody | Won |
| 2017 | 22nd Busan International Film Festival | Asia Star Award | Narratage | Won |
| 2018 | 60th Blue Ribbon Awards | Best Actress | Narratage | Nominated |
| 2021 | 13th TAMA Film Awards | Best Actress | We Made A Beautiful Bouquet | Won |
| 2021 | 34th Nikkan Sports Film Awards | Best Actress | We Made A Beautiful Bouquet | Nominated |
| 2021 | 16th GQ Men of the Year | Best Actress | We Made A Beautiful Bouquet | Won |
| 2021 | Elle Cinema Awards 2021 | Best Actress | We Made A Beautiful Bouquet | Won |
| 2022 | 76th Mainichi Film Awards | Best Actress | We Made A Beautiful Bouquet | Nominated |
| 2022 | 64th Blue Ribbon Awards | Best Actress | We Made A Beautiful Bouquet | Nominated |
| 2022 | 45th Japan Academy Film Prize | Best Actress | We Made A Beautiful Bouquet | Won |
| 2022 | 47th Hochi Film Awards | Best Actress | Prior Convictions | Won |
| 2023 | 65th Blue Ribbon Awards | Best Actress | Prior Convictions | Nominated |
| 2023 | 46th Japan Academy Film Prize | Best Supporting Actress | Phases of the Moon | Nominated |