# Shioli Kutsuna

Shioli Kutsuna (Japanese: 忽那 汐里, Hepburn: Kutsuna Shiori, born 22 December 1992) is a Japanese-Australian actress, known for her role as Ran Mori in Shinichi Kudo's Written Challenge!, Minami Maho in Beck (2010), Haru/Harumi in 125 Years Memory (2015), and Yukio in Deadpool 2 (2018) and Deadpool & Wolverine (2024). She plays Mitsuki in the Apple TV+ series Invasion (2021). In 2014, she won the Japan Academy Film Prize for Newcomer of the Year.

## Early life

Kutsuna was born in Killarney Heights, Sydney. She lived in Australia until the age of 14 before moving to Japan to pursue a career as a model and actress.

## Career

In 2006, Kutsuna won the Judge's Prize at the 2006 Japan Bishōjo Contest.
In 2009, she had her first major starring role. She played the part of Tsugumi Nitobe in 7 Mannin Tantei Nitobe (70 000 People Detective Nitobe), an ordinary college student who has 70,000 friends on the Internet and solves difficult cases by using their brains.
In 2011, she was cast to play Ran Mori in a special drama for the live-action of Detective Conan, a popular manga series written by Gosho Aoyama. She replaced Tomoka Kurokawa, who played Ran in the previous specials in 2006 and 2007.
In 2012, she was named Best New Actress of 2011 by film magazine Kinema Junpo.
In 2015, she appeared in two leading roles as Haru/Harumi in the Japanese-Turkish co-production 125 Years Memory.
She played mutant Yukio in the 2018 film Deadpool 2, the eleventh installment of the X-Men film series. She reprised the role in the 2024 Marvel Cinematic Universe sequel Deadpool & Wolverine.
In 2021, she appeared in the first season of Apple TV+ series Invasion, and the second season which premiered in August 2023.
In 2022, it was revealed that she will appear in Hideo Kojima's Death Stranding 2: On the Beach.

## Personal life

In 2011, together with actresses Mayuko Kawakita and Riko Narumi, Kutsuna graduated from Horikoshi High School.
In 2013, she dropped out of college before starting her third year, for the sake of her career. Her agency said: "It really was difficult for her to work while going to school. She had a hard time attending classes due to her work in dramas. She accepted this and dropped out. She will now be focusing on her acting career".
Kutsuna is fluent in both English and Japanese.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2009 | Guardian Angel | Ryoko | |
| 2010 | Chonmage Purin | | |
| 2010 | BECK | Minami Maho | |
| 2011 | My Back Pages | Mako Kurata | |
| 2011 | 3 nen B gumi Kinpachi Sensei: Final | Kanai Akiko | |
| 2011 | Shojotachi no Rashinban | Eshima Ran | |
| 2011 | Shinichi Kudo's Written Challenge! The Mystery of the Legendary Strange Bird | Ran Mori | |
| 2012 | Shinichi Kudo and the Kyoto Shinsengumi Murder Case | Ran Mori | |
| 2012 | The Life of Guskou Budori | Neri (voice) | Japanese-language version |
| 2013 | Petal Dance | Haraki | |
| 2013 | Before The Vigil | Machiko Yamada | |
| 2013 | Unforgiven | Natsume | |
| 2014 | Oh! Father | Taeko | |
| 2015 | 125 Years Memory | Haru/Harumi | |
| 2016 | While the Women Are Sleeping | Miki | |
| 2016 | Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV | Lunafreya Nox Fleuret | Japanese-language version |
| 2017 | Kiseki: Sobito of That Day | Rika | |
| 2017 | Cat Collector's House | Michiru Towada | |
| 2017 | Oh Lucy! | Mika Ogawa | |
| 2018 | The Outsider | Miyu | |
| 2018 | Deadpool 2 | Yukio | Also Japanese-language version |
| 2019 | Murder Mystery | Suzi Nakamura | |
| 2024 | Deadpool & Wolverine | Yukio | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2007 | 3 nen B gumi Kinpachi Sensei 8 | Akiko Kanai | |
| 2008 | Taiyo to Umi no Kyoshitsu | Risa Fujisawa | 10 episodes |
| 2009 | Mei-chan no Shitsuji | Amo Rin | 10 episodes |
| 2009 | 70 000 People Detective Nitobe | Tsugumi Nitobe | |
| 2009 | The Witch Trial | Haruka Kashiwagi | 10 episodes |
| 2009 | Shōkōjo Seira | Kaori Mizushima | 10 episodes |
| 2010 | Graduation Song | Mami Sato | 2 episodes |
| 2011 | Jidankoshonin Gota Keshi | Ayano Sakura | 13 episodes |
| 2011 | Gō | Sen | 7 episodes |
| 2011 | Shinichi Kudo's Written Challenge | Ran Mori | 2 episodes |
| 2011 | I'm Mita, Your Housekeeper. | Yui Asuda | 11 episodes |
| 2012 | O-PARTS | Yuki Miyamae | 4 episodes |
| 2012 | Yo nimo Kimyo na Monogatari | Misa Kashiwagi | Television film Segment 4: "Changing Room" |
| 2012 | 20nen-go no Kimi e | Mariko Sawada | Television film |
| 2012 | Single Mothers | Yukino Kijima | 8 episodes |
| 2013 | Nakuna, Hara-chan | Kiyomi Konno | 8 episodes |
| 2013 | The Family Game | Sara Mizukawa / Maika Asami / Maki Tachibana | 10 episodes |
| 2013 | Machiisha Jumbo!! | Asuka Baba | 12 episodes |
| 2014 | Nezumi, Edo wo Hashiru | Kosode | 6 episodes |
| 2014 | Bitter Blood | Hitomi Maeda | 11 episodes |
| 2014 | Ukai ni Koishita Natsu | Yuzu Tachibana | Television film |
| 2016 | Kamogawa Shokudo | Koishi Kamogawa | 8 episodes |
| 2017 | 1942-nen no Play Ball | Kimiko | Television film |
| 2021 | Invasion | Mitsuki Yamato | Main role |
| 2023 | Sanctuary | Asuka Kunishima | 8 episodes |

### Video games

| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
| 2013 | Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy | Aurora | Japanese-language version | |
| 2025 | Death Stranding 2: On the Beach | Rainy | Japanese and English voice, likeness | |

### Promotional videos

* 11 December 2008 ORANGE RANGE Oshare Banchou feat. Soy Sauce 「おしゃれ番長 feat.ソイソース / 中華料理 篇」
* 17 June 2009 ASIA ENGINEER「僕にできる事のすべて」

## Accolades

| Year | Award | Category | Notable Works | Result |
| 2006 | 11th Japan Bishōjo Contest | Special Jury Prize | Herself | Won |
| 2010 | 2nd TAMA Cinema Awards | Best Rising Actress | BECK & Looking up at the Half-Moon | Won |
| 2010 | 7th Beauty Week Award | The Best of Beauty | Herself | Won |
| 2011 | 85th Kinema Junpo Award | Best New Actress | My Back Pages | Won |
| 2011 | 9th Clarino Beautiful Legs Award | Teen Category | Herself | Won |
| 2011 | 2nd Japan Wedding Best Dresser Award | Best Wedding Dresser Award | Herself (with Ayame Goriki) | Won |
| 2012 | 66th Mainichi Film Awards | Sponichi Grand Prix Newcomer Award | My Back Pages | Won |
| 2012 | 54th Blue Ribbon Awards | Best Supporting Actress | — | Nominated |
| 2012 | Japan Natto Cooperative Society | Natto Queen | Herself | Won |
| 2013 | 77th Television Drama Academy Awards | Best Supporting Actress | — | Nominated |
| 2014 | 37th Japan Academy Prize | Newcomer of the Year | Unforgiven & Before The Vigil | Won |
| 2021 | Forbes JAPAN 2021 | 30 Under 30 JAPAN - Entertainment | Herself | Included |
| 2023 | Asia Contents Awards & Global OTT Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Sanctuary | Pending |