, is a Japanese actress. Her television roles have included the young Haruko Amano in the 2013 NHK asadora Amachan and the lead role in the 2017 asadora Hiyokko. She has also appeared in several films, including Flying Colors, for which she won a 39th Japan Academy Film Prize for Newcomer of the Year, and We Made A Beautiful Bouquet, for which she won the 45th Japan Academy Film Prize for Best Actress.
Early life Arimura was born on February 13, 1993, in Itami city, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. She has an older sister, , who is a model turned actress.
Career
In December 2009, while attending Hyogo Prefectural Itami Nishi High School, Arimura auditioned for FLaMme and passed. In May 2010, she made her first series appearance in Hagane no Onna. Arimura gained popularity by appearing in the morning drama Amachan in 2013. Arimura then appeared as the lead actress in the critically acclaimed film Flying Colors where she was cast as a troubled teen who attends a cram school at the behest of her mother in order to gain entry to University. The film was a massive box office success and was the 8th highest-grossing film in Japan in 2015. Arimura was nominated for both the Outstanding Performance By An Actress In A Leading Role and Newcomer of the Year Awards in the 39th Japan Academy Film Prize for her role in the film. She was awarded the Newcomer of the Year Award.
Arimura was selected as the lead actress for the Asadora Hiyokko in the year 2017. For her role in the drama, she was voted as the Best Actress in The 94th Television Drama Academy Awards (2017), an award given quarterly by a popular Japanese magazine, The Television, and are based on the combined results of votes from the magazine readers, juries, and TV journalists in Japan. She has since appeared in many critically acclaimed television dramas and films such as Meet Me After School, I Am a Hero, Cafe Funiculi Funicula and Sekigahara. In the film Sekigahara, Arimura played the role of a ninja named Hatsume who was recruited by the legendary samurai Ishida Mitsunari. The film was nominated for the Picture of the Year award at the 41st Japan Academy Film Prize.
Arimura has also taken on acting roles in works which are regarded as controversial in nature. In the drama Meet Me After School, Arimura took on the challenging role of a young teacher who ended up falling in love with her 15 year-old student. Despite its controversial nature, the drama was named the Best Drama in the 99th Japan Television Drama Academy Awards.
The year 2021 proved to be a very successful year for Arimura. She appeared in the film We Made A Beautiful Bouquet, which was the 8th highest grossing film of 2021 in Japan. Arimura was awarded the Best Actress award in the 45th Japan Academy Film Prize for her role in the film. Arimura also starred in the blockbuster films Rurouni Kenshin: The Final and Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning, the final 2 films of the epic Rurouni Kenshin film franchise which consist of films which are adapted from the Rurouni Kenshin manga series. Both films were massive box-office successes in 2021 in Japan, grossing more than 6.5 billion yen cumulatively. Arimura portrayed Yukishiro Tomoe, the deceased-wife of the titular character Himura Kenshin. Rurouni Kenshin: The Final was the 6th highest grossing film whilst Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning was the 13th highest grossing film for the year 2021 in Japan.
On the drama side, Arimura starred as a young lady struggling with employment, who happens to chance upon a group of also struggling stand-up comedians in the 2021 slice of life drama Life's Punchline (Konto Ga Hajimaru). For her role in the drama, she was voted as the Best Supporting Actress in The 108th Television Drama Academy Awards, making her one of the few female actresses who has won both the Best Actress (Hiyokko) and Best Supporting Actress Awards (Life's Punchline) in The Television Drama Academy Awards.
Arimura appeared in the drama Zenkamono (a.k.a. Prior Convictions) wherein she acted as a voluntary probation officer who was tasked with the supervision of 3 separate paroled convicts. A movie version of Zenkamono starring Arimura was also released in 2022. Also In 2022, Arimura appeared alongside Ninomiya Kazunari in the TV Special Adventure of Comandante Cappellini (Sensuikan Cappellini-go no Bouken) and starred in the drama Ishiko and Haneo. Arimura appeared in the film Phases of the Moon in December 2022.
In January 2023, Arimura appeared in the 62nd NHK taiga drama What Will You Do, Ieyasu?. In February, Kasumi starred in the Netflix-produced film titled Call Me Chihiro.
In June 2024, Arimura appeared in the film Dear Family as a supporting character.
In July 2024, Kasumi starred alongside Ren Meguro in the drama Where Does The Sea Begin.
In November 2024, Kasumi appeared in the Netflix-produced drama titled Beyond Goodbye. Beyond Goodbye was ranked the 9th most-watched non-english TV series on Netflix on its first week of airing.
Filmography
Film DateMovieRoleNotes2011Hankyu Railways - A 15-Minute Miracle Etsuko KadotaSamurai Angel WarsAsami ŌtaLead role2012SPEC: TenMiyabi Masaki2013SPEC: CloseMiyabi MasakiThe Little Maestro Misaki YoshikawaLead roleKid's Police High school girlJudge Lion2014Jossy's Kanoko MidoriyamaWhen Marnie Was There Marnie (voice)Lead roleLight AlongSakiLead role; short filmNutcracker Fantasy Clara (voice)Lead role2015Strobe Edge Ninako KinoshitaLead roleFlying Colors Sayaka KudoLead role2016I Am a HeroHiromi HayakariErased Airi KatagiriThe Firefly Summers NatsumiLead roleSomeone Mizuki TanabeLead role2017March Comes in Like a Lion Kyōko KōdaMarch Goes out Like a Lamb Kyōko KōdaNarratage Izumi KudōLead roleSekigaharaHatsume2018Our Departures Akira OkuzonoLead roleCafe Funiculi Funicula Kazu TokitaLead role2019Fortuna's Eye Aoi KiryūLead roleDragon Quest: Your StoryBianca (voice) Show Me the Way to the StationAdult Sayaka (voice) And Life Goes OnTōko Ikuta Lead role2021We Made a Beautiful Bouquet Kinu HachiyaLead roleRurouni Kenshin: The Final Yukishiro TomoeRurouni Kenshin: The Beginning Yukishiro TomoeThe Supporting Actors: The MovieHerselfGift of Fire Setsu AsakuraLead roleHow We Work, How We LiveHerselfDocumentary2022Prior ConvictionsKayo AgawaLead rolePhases of the MoonRuri Masaki2023Call Me ChihiroChihiro / Aya FurusawaLead role2024Dear FamilyYūko Yamamoto2025Petals and MemoriesFumiko KatoYukikazeTakako TerasawaCameoBlack ShowmanMayo Kamio2026Magical Secret TourWakakoLead roleSatoko AlwaysSatoko NishidaLead role
TV dramas YearDramaRoleNotes2010The Woman of Steel Mana NishiboriSPEC: Birth Miyabi Masaki2011Akutō: Jūhanzai SōsahanManami Momose Episode 5The Woman of Steel Season 2 Mana NishiboriOdd Family 11 Niko Sanada2012CloverYui AkiyamaSPEC: Life Miyabi MasakiTelevision filmMikeneko Homes no Suiri Asuka MuraseEpisodes 8 and 9Boku no Natsuyasumi Haruna AoyamaTsurukame Maternity Center Sayori UeharaThe Brave Yoshihiko and The Key of an Evil SpiritFake MurasakiEpisode 72013Otasukeya Jinpachi Moe KamiyaAmachanHaruko AmanoAsadoraTales of the Unusual: Spring 2013 Sumiko TsujiuraShort dramaStar ManShoko UsuiThe After-Dinner Mysteries SpecialYumiko ShiotaTelevision filmChicken Race Kumi SakuraiTelevision filmThe Stork NestAyumi NiiyamaTelevision film2014Heartbroken ChocolatierMatsuri KoyurugiMozu Season 1 Ami NakajimaBaseball Brainiacs Yuzuko TarumiTonari no Reji no UmekisanMika Sawamura2015Your Story Nana KurataEien no Bokura: Sea Side BlueAoi MatsuokaLead role; television filmUmi ni FuruMiyuki AmayaLead role; miniseries2016Love That Makes You CryOto SugiharaLead role2017Hiyokko Mineko YatabeLead role; Asadora2018Meet Me After SchoolHijiri SuenagaLead role2019Hiyokko 2Mineko MaedaLead role; miniseries And Life Goes OnTōko Ikuta Lead role; miniseries2020A Day-Off of Kasumi ArimuraHerselfLead role; miniseriesGift of FireSetsu AsakuraLead role; television filmOur Sister's SoulmateMomoko AdachiLead roleCold Case Season 3Misa KifuneEpisode 32021Life's PunchlineRihoko Nakahama ZenkamonoKayo AgawaLead role2022Adventure of Comandante CappelliniSakiko HayamiTelevision filmIshiko and Haneo: You're Suing Me?Shōko "Ishiko" IshidaLead roleLost Man Found HerselfCameo; episode 12023What Will You Do, Ieyasu?SenaTaiga drama2024Where Does the Sea BeginYayoi MomoseBeyond GoodbyeSaekoLead role2026GiftHitoka Kiriyama
Stage Jeanne d'Arc (October 7, 2014 - November 24, 2014), Jeanne d'Arc Tomodachi (2021), the second daughter
Video games Layton's Mystery Journey (2017), Katrielle "Kat" Layton
Music video appearances Ketsumeishi - "Nakama" (May 12, 2010) Sayaka Shionoya - "Dear Heaven" (December 10, 2012) Saku - "Start Me Up" (April 29, 2015) Aoi Teshima - "Letter for Tomorrow" (February 10, 2016) Nissy - "Happening" and "My Prettiest Girl" (August 24, 2016)
Others The Making of Magical Movies: John Lasseter and Disney Animation (2014), narrator 66th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen (2015), a judge 67th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen (2016), red team captain 68th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen (2017), red team captain 64th Japan Record Awards (2022), host
Awards and nominations +Year presented, name of the award ceremony, category, nominee(s) of the award, and the result of the nominationYearAward ceremonyCategoryNominated work(s)Result2014Short Shorts Film Festival & AsiaBest ActressLight Along201639th Japan Academy Film PrizeBest ActressFlying ColorsNewcomer of the Year40th Elan d'or AwardsNewcomer of the Year Herself58th Blue Ribbon AwardsBest ActressStrobe Edge, Flying Colors29th Nikkan Sports Film AwardsBest NewcomerThe Firefly Summers, Someone201722nd Busan International Film FestivalAsia Star AwardNarratage201860th Blue Ribbon AwardsBest Actress202113th Tama Film AwardsBest ActressWe Made A Beautiful Bouquet34th Nikkan Sports Film AwardsBest Actress16th GQ Men of the YearBest ActressElle Cinema Awards 2021Best Actress202276th Mainichi Film AwardsBest Actress64th Blue Ribbon AwardsBest Actress45th Japan Academy Film PrizeBest Actress47th Hochi Film AwardsBest ActressPrior Convictions202365th Blue Ribbon AwardsBest Actress46th Japan Academy Film PrizeBest Supporting ActressPhases of the Moon
Bibliography
Books Kimi to Boku no Heya (Shueisha, March 20, 2015), cover,
Photobooks B.L.T. U-17 Vol.17 (Tokyo News Mook) (February 5, 2011), Tokyo News Service, aBUTTON Vol.4_Yume Arimura Kasumi (Plup Series) (November 30, 2011), Parco, Shinkokyū: Shin Kokyu (November 7, 2013), Shueisha, Oh! My Rody (February 14, 2014), TMWC,
References
External links
Kasumi Arimura at FLaMme Official blog