is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best actress at the 18th Yokohama Film Festival for Haru and the best actress award at the 2010 Montreal World Film Festival for her performance in Villain. She also received acclaim for her role in the Japanese TV series Bayside Shakedown and the subsequent spin-off films of the series. In 1988, she starred in "Christmas Express" commercials for the Central Japan Railway Company.
Career In her early years in Japan's entertainment business, Eri Fukatsu worked as a singer under the names Rie Mizuhara and Rie Takahara, but later decided to use her real name. In 1988 she made her screen debut in the film adaptation of Tōma no Shinzō, entitled Summer Vacation 1999. Among her television credits, Eri Fukatsu also provides narration for the long-running "World Heritage Sites" program on Japanese television.
In 1997, Fukatsu took the role of Sumire Onda in the Bayside Shakedown television series. She co-starred with Satoshi Tsumabuki in Lee Sang-il's 2010 film Villain, for which she won the Best Actress award at the 34th Montreal World Film Festival. In 2011, she starred in Kōki Mitani's A Ghost of a Chance.
Filmography
Films Year Title Role Notes1988Summer Vacation 1999Norioas Rie Mizuhara Stay GoldRisaas Rie Mizuhara 1989Kiss to MoonlightRie TakaharaLead role1991Manatsu no ChikyūYūko HashimotoLead role1995Birthday PresentEri Kawano1996HaruHoshiLead role1998Bayside Shakedown: The MovieSumire Onda2000Space TravelersMidori Aida ("Irene Bear")2003Bayside Shakedown 2Sumire OndaLike AsuraTakiko2006The Professor's Beloved EquationKyōko2007The Adventures of Super MonkeyTang Sanzang2008The Magic HourMari TakachihoHonokaa BoyChaco2009Your StoryNatsumi TakaharaLead role2010Bayside Shakedown 3Sumire OndaVillainMitsuyo MagomeLead role2011A Ghost of a ChanceEmi HōshōLead role2012Bayside Shakedown The Final Sumire Onda2014Parasyte: Part 1Ryoko Tamiya2015Parasyte: Part 2Ryoko TamiyaJourney to the ShoreMizuki YabuuchiLead role2016The Long Excuse Natsuko Kinugasa2017Survival FamilyMitsue Suzuki2022SuzumeTamaki Iwato (voice)2025Gosh!!Yayoi Hagoromo
Television Year Title Role Notes1990Yobikō Boogie Mayumi Shimaoka Paradise Nippon Sanae Fujii Lead role 1991High School Daidassō Tsugumi Kurita Ruju no Dengon Lead role; episode 51992In the Name of Love Yonimo Kimyō na Monogatari: Door Natsu no Yoru no Rusuban Hatachi no Yakusoku 1993Kekkonshiki Akuma no Kiss Otona no Kiss 1994Kono Ai ni Ikite Wakamono no Subete 1995Saikō no Kataomoi Kurumi Katō Lead role Best Friend 1996Naniwa Kin'yūdō: Part 1 Tōmei Ningen: Dead Zone in Zeus 1997Bayside Shakedown Sumire Onda 1997Bara no Satsui: Kyomu eno Kumotsu Narita Rikon 1998Tokugawa Yoshinobu Tenshō-in AtsuhimeTaiga drama Kirakira Hikaru Hikaru Amano Lead role Wangansho Fukei Monogatari: Shoka no Kōtsuu Anzen Special Sumire Onda Television film Odoru Daisousasen: Aki no Hanzai Bokumetsu Special Sumire Onda Television film 1999Kanojotachi no Jidai Lead role 2000Tenkiyohō no Koibito 2001Kabachitare! Chiharu Lead role Chūshingura 1/47 Horibe Hori Television film 2002Power of Love Tōko Motomiya Lead role Hundred Million Stars From the Sky Yūko Dōjima 2003The Eldest Boy and His Three Elder Sisters Haruko Lead role Kawa, Itsuka Umi e: Muttsu no Ai no Monogatari Tami Lead role 2005Slow Dance Isaki Makino Lead role 2006Adventures of the Super Monkey: Journey to the West Xuanzang2007Fukatsu Eri no Black Comedy: Blacome Various Lead role 2008Change Rika Miyama The Naminori Restaurant Ami Episode 33 2009Ekiro Keiko Fukumura Television film 2020Saigo no Onna Sayuri Minagawa Television film 2021–22Come Come Everybody Rui Lead role; Asadora
Discography Albums Applause (1990) Sourire (1992) Dokuichigo (2012) (as Ichigo Ichie)
Singles "Yokohama Joke" (1988) "Nanatsu no Namida" (1989) "Approach" (1989) "Hitori-zutsu no Futari" (1992) "Ai wa Suteki, Ai wa Hanataba" (1992)
Photobooks Sobacasu (1989)
Awards and nominations YearAwardCategoryWork(s)Result 199013th Japan Academy Film PrizeNewcomers of the YearMangetsu no Kuchizuke199718th Yokohama Film FestivalBest ActressHaru20th Japan Academy Film PrizeBest Actress 199922nd Japan Academy Film PrizeBest Supporting ActressBayside Shakedown: The Movie 20025th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand PrixBest ActressKoi no Chikara 200328th Hochi Film AwardsBest Supporting ActressLike Asura, Bayside Shakedown 2200427th Japan Academy Film PrizeBest Supporting ActressLike AsuraBayside Shakedown 2 200716th Japanese Movie Critics AwardsBest ActressThe Professor's Beloved Equation201034th Montreal World Film FestivalBest Actress Villain35th Hochi Film AwardsBest Actress 23rd Nikkan Sports Film AwardsBest Actress 201134th Japan Academy Film PrizeBest Actress 201235th Japan Academy Film PrizeBest ActressA Ghost of a Chance201689th Kinema Junpo AwardsBest ActressJourney to the Shore, Parasyte: Part 230th Takasaki Film FestivalBest ActressJourney to the Shore
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