Hikari Mitsushima
Career. She began her music career in 1997 as a teenage 'idol singer' in the J-pop groups Folder and Folder 5. She made her acting debut in the same year, starring as Shiori Uchiura / Little Girl in the kaiju film "Rebirth of Mothra II". Her first television appearance came in 2005, when she played Elly in "Ultraman Max". Her film career recommenced as Sayu Yagami in 2006's manga-adaptation thriller film "Death Note", and in 2008 she starred as Yōko Ozawa in "Love Exposure", a comedy-dramaart film directed by Sion Sono. Her performance in "Love  Exposure" brought her critical attention and won her and her team several awards. Since then Mitsushima has had starring roles in numerous films and television dramas including 2010's "Sawako Decides", written and directed by Yuya Ishii. Mitsushima and Ishii married in 2010 and divorced in 2016. Mitsushima has made occasional vocal contributions to Japanese pop singles. She featured as a vocalist in the fictional band SRM on Stephanie's "Pride ~A Part of Me~", the title song for the 2009 Japanese drama film "Pride". In 2017, she provided lead vocals for fictional band Doughnut's Hole's "Otona no  Okite", the theme song for television drama "Quartet", in which she starred as Suzume Sebuki. In the same year, she appeared as a featured vocalist in Mondo Grosso's song "Labyrinth" and starred as a dancer in the music video (over 32million views on YouTube, ). Awards. She has won the following awards for her performances: