Makiko Esumi

Makiko Esumi
Born
Makiko Esumi (江角 真紀子)

(1966-12-18) 18 December 1966 (age 57)
Izumo, Shimane, Japan
Other namesMakiko Hirano (平野 真紀子)
Occupations
  • Model
  • actress
  • writer
  • essayist
  • lyricist
Years active1995–2017
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Spouses
  • Shin Hirano,
(divorced)
Children2
Websitehttps://web.archive.org/web/20090815065200/http://www.ken-on.co.jp/artist/html/esumi.html

Makiko Esumi (江角 マキコ, Esumi Makiko) (born 18 December 1966 in Izumo, Shimane Prefecture, Japan)[1][2] is a former Japanese model, actress, writer, essayist, and lyricist. Esumi is most well known for her role as Chinatsu Tsuboi in the Japanese television drama series Shomuni.

Esumi won the 1995 Rookie of the Year Award at both the 19th Annual Japan Academy Prize ceremonies and at the 38th Blue Ribbon Awards for her role in the 1995 film Maborosi.[1][3][4] She was nominated in 2002 for the Best Actress Award at the 26th Annual Japan Academy Prize ceremonies for her role in Inochi.[1][5]

In 2000, she released her single, One Way Drive, featuring guitar work and production by Tomoyasu Hotei, who also co-wrote the song with Esumi. She wrote a children's book in 2005.

Esumi is married to Fuji TV director Shin Hirano[1] and is distantly related to Koji Ezumi, a goalkeeper for Omiya Ardija. She was previously married to photographer Rowland Kirishima.[1] She gave birth in 2005 to her first daughter, with her second due to be born in December 2009.

She is represented by the talent management firm Ken-On.

  1. ^ a b c d e 江角マキコ – アワード (in Japanese). allcinema Movie & DVD Database. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
  2. ^ "江角マキコ Esumi Makiko" (in Japanese). Ken-On Group. Archived from the original on 15 August 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
  3. ^ 第19回 日本アカデミー賞 (in Japanese). Nippon Academy-Sho Association. Archived from the original on 28 April 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
  4. ^ 第38回の受賞者・受賞作 (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. 13 February 1996. Archived from the original on 7 February 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
  5. ^ 第26回 日本アカデミー賞 (in Japanese). Nippon Academy-Sho Association. Archived from the original on 28 April 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.

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