# Anna Yamada

Anna Yamada (山田 杏奈, Yamada Anna, born January 8, 2001) is a Japanese actress represented by Amuse.

## Career

In 2011 Yamada won the Grand Prix at Ciao Girl 2011 Audition, and joined the talent agency Amuse Inc. She attended the audition because she wanted the Nintendo 3DS, which was the prize of the Grand Prix. Since then, she has been active as a model for the magazine Ciao.
In 2013 she played the role of Emi Natsume in Keiji no Manazashi, which was broadcast on TBS, and made her first appearance in a TV drama. In the comic JS・JC Moderu Monogatari published in the same year, the story of how she became active as a Ciao Girl was written by Mea Sakisaka and published under the title of Fairy Smile ~ Anna Yamada Monogatari ~.
In 2015, Yamada starred as Yui in the live-action drama of Nao Maita's original manga Age 12.
She made her first appearance in the movie Too Young to Die! released in 2016.
In the January 23, 2017 issue of Weekly Playboy, released in 2017, she was featured as one of the eight "Sugokawa 2017".
She starred in the movie Liverleaf, released in 2018. The same year, she starred in the TV drama Sachiiro no One Room.
She released her first photo book in 2019. The same year, she won the Best Newcomer Award at the 41st Yokohama Film Festival for her performance in her movie Chiisana Koi no Uta.
In 2020, she participated in the #SaveWithStories project by Save the Children by storytelling the picture book Tebukuro wo Kaini. In December of the same year, she released her first calendar.
In 2021, she ranked 3rd in the Next Break Female Talent BEST 10 by Talent Power Ranking. In March of the same year, she participated in the photo exhibition Vol.3 of Watashi no Toritakatta Joyū-ten under the nomination of photographer Takahiro Sakai.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2012 | Detective Conan: The Eleventh Striker | (voice) | |
| 2016 | Too Young to Die! | Manami | |
| 2017 | Saki | Mako Someya | |
| 2017 | Wilderness Part One | Mari | |
| 2018 | Leading Roles | Chisato Sakai | |
| 2018 | Liverleaf | Haruka Nozaki | Lead role |
| 2018 | Missions of Love | Mami Mizuno | |
| 2019 | 21st Century Girl | Kiku | Lead role; anthology film |
| 2019 | Little Love Song | Mai Fukumura | |
| 2019 | 5 Million Dollar Life | Asuka Tachibana | |
| 2019 | Murders at the House of Death | Mifuyu Shizuhara | |
| 2020 | Georama Boy, Panorama Girl | Haruko Shibuya | Lead role |
| 2021 | The Master Plan | Yocchi | |
| 2021 | The Cinderella Addiction | Chinatsu Fukuura | |
| 2021 | Suicide Forest Village | Hibiki Amazawa | Lead role |
| 2021 | Unlock Your Heart | Ai Kimura | Lead role |
| 2021 | What She Likes... | Sae Miura | |
| 2022 | Homestay | Akira Fujieda | |
| 2023 | Mountain Woman | Rin | Lead role; American-Japanese film |
| 2024 | Golden Kamuy | Asirpa | |
| 2024 | Faceless | Mai Sakai | |
| 2025 | As for Me | Maiko Honda | |
| TBA | Golden Kamuy: The Movie 2 | Asirpa | |

### Television drama

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2013 | The Detective's Gaze | Emi Natsume | |
| 2015 | Burning Flower | Hisa's friend | Episode 1; Taiga drama |
| 2015 | Wasurenai... ni i-chan no randoseru | Hide Yonezu | |
| 2016 | Sumika Sumire | Tomoka Kurihara | Episode 7 |
| 2016 | Tales of the Unusual: Autumn 2016 | Aya | Short drama |
| 2016 | Saki | Mako Someya | |
| 2018 | Missions of Love | Mami Mizuno | |
| 2018 | A Little Room for Hope | Sachi | Lead role |
| 2019 | Let's Have a Meal Together | Sachi | Lead role |
| 2019 | Tales of the Unusual: Rain 2019 | 15-year-old Nozomi Haruta | Short drama |
| 2020 | The Secrets | Hitomi Shirakawa | |
| 2020 | O Maidens in Your Savage Season | Kazusa Onodera | Lead role |
| 2022 | Blue Box Briefing | Sappūkei | Lead role; mini-series |
| 2022 | Teen Regime | Sachi Sagawa | Mini-series |
| 2022 | 10 Count to the Future | Akari Mizuno | |
| 2022 | New Nobunaga Chronicle: High School Is a Battlefield | Miyabi Kusakabe | |
| 2022 | Uzukawamura Jiken | Misaki | Mini-series |
| 2023 | Tax Solver | Hanako Dōmeki | |
| 2024 | Golden Kamuy: The Hunt of Prisoners in Hokkaido | Asirpa | |
| 2025 | In Lilac Bloom, The Path to a Veterinarian | Satori Kishimoto | Lead role; mini-series |
| 2025 | Home Sweet Home | Misuzu Yoshioka | Television film |

### Japanese dub

| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
| 2024 | Despicable Me 4 | Poppy Prescott | | |

### Originals

| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
| 2015 | Age 12 | Yui Aoi | Lead role | |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Work(s) | Result |
| 2020 | 41st Yokohama Film Festival | Best Newcomer | Little Love Song | Won |
| 2021 | 34th Nikkan Sports Film Awards | Best Newcomer | Unlock Your Heart and the others | Nominated |
| 2023 | Elle Cinema Awards 2023 | ElleGirl Rising Star | Mountain Woman | Won |
| 2024 | 37th Nikkan Sports Film Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Golden Kamuy and Faceless | Won |
| 2025 | 67th Blue Ribbon Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Golden Kamuy and Faceless | Nominated |
| 2025 | 48th Japan Academy Film Prize | Best Supporting Actress | Faceless | Nominated |
| 2025 | 48th Japan Academy Film Prize | Newcomer of the Year | Faceless and Golden Kamuy | Won |