is a Japanese actress. She is best known for her memorable role of Makimachi Misao in the movie series Rurouni Kenshin, as Mai Nakahara in The 8-Year Engagement, Koharu in The Cinderella Addiction and most recently as Yuzuha Usagi in Netflix's Alice in Borderland. Her older sister, Honoka, works as a model, while her younger brother, Shimba Tsuchiya, is also an actor.
Career and stage play Chosen from among 2,020 women auditioning for the part, Tsuchiya was cast in the starring role of Mare, a morning drama serial aired on Japan's public television which first aired on March 30, 2015.
In 2018, Tsuchiya performed in a theatre production in five cities within four countries around the world. The production was an adaptation from the manga Pluto. She played two main characters: a little cyborg girl named Uran and a cyborg woman named Helena.
She was that Japanese voice of Félicie in the 2016 film Ballerina and sung a new ending theme titled "Félicies" in the Japanese dub.
She planned to participate in another Stage Play challenge in Tokyo during the summer of 2020, joining a Madam Mari Natsuki production called Neo Vol. 4.
Personal life On January 1, 2023, Tsuchiya announced on her Instagram that she had married the Generations from Exile Tribe singer and actor Ryota Katayose, who was her co-star in the 2017 film My Brother Loves Me Too Much. At the same time, she also announced her pregnancy with her first child. On August 29, 2023, Tsuchiya and Katayose announced the birth of their first child.
Filmography
Film Year Title RoleNotes 2008Tokyo Sonata Mika Kurosu2009Tsurikichi Sanpei Yuri Takayama 2010Ultraman Zero: The Revenge of BelialPrincess Emerana Luludo Esmeralda2011The Legacy of the SunSū-chan2012Hatenu Mura no MinaKanna MatsushitaLead role2013Arcana Maki / SatsukiLead roleSuzuki Sensei: The Movie Somi OgawaSekiseki RenrenJuriLead role2014Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto InfernoMakimachi MisaoRurouni Kenshin: The Legend EndsMakimachi MisaoThe Werewolf Game: The Beast Side Yuka KabayamaLead role2015Orange Naho TakamiyaLead roleLibrary Wars: The Last MissionMarie Nakazawa2016Gold Medal ManMidori YokoiYell for the Blue Sky Tsubasa OnoLead role2017Policeman and MeKako MotoyaLead roleTori GirlYukina ToriyamaLead roleMy Brother Loves Me Too MuchSetoka TachibanaLead roleThe 8-Year EngagementMai NakaharaLead role2018My Little MonsterShizuku MizutaniLead roleKasane: Beauty and FateNina Tanzawa and KasaneLead roleWaiting for SpringMitsuki Haruno Lead role2019WhistleblowerNanako Misawa2020Food LuckShizuka TakenakaLead role2021Jump!! The Heroes Behind the GoldYukie NishikataThe Cinderella AddictionKoharu FukuuraLead roleRurouni Kenshin: The FinalMakimachi MisaoEvery Trick in the BookNahomi Torikai2022What to Do with the Dead Kaiju?Yukino Amane2023As Long as We Both Shall LiveSumiSpecial appearance2024MatchedRinkaLead roleDangerous Cops: Home ComingAyaka NagamineHoneko Akabane's BodyguardsMasachika JingūHakkenden: Fiction and RealityPrincess Fuse2025The Final PieceNatsuko2026Matched: True LoveRinkaLead roleSukiyakiYukiko Kashiwagi
Television Year Title Role Notes 2010RyōmadenOtome Sakamoto (as a teenager)Episode 1; Taiga drama2011OhisamaHana KimuraAsadoraOuran High School Host ClubRenge HoushakujiSuzuki SenseiSomi Ogawa2012Ultraman RetsudenPrincess Emerana Luludo EsmeraldaChūshingura: Sono Gi Sono AiYae IsakaTV movieMiss Double Faced TeacherShiori Matsumoto2013LimitChieko KamiyaMayonaka no Panya-sanNozomi Shinozaki2014Konya wa Kokoro Dake DaiteMiu MasaokaLead roleHanako and AnneMomo AndoAsadora2015MareMare TsumuraLead role; AsadoraLibrary Wars: Book of MemoriesMarie NakazawaTV movie2015–18Downtown RocketRina Tsukuda2 seasons2016Whose Is the Cuckoo's Egg?Kazami HidaLead roleGoodbye Ghosts!Sachi AgumaLead roleIQ246: The Cases of a Royal GeniusSōko Watō2018We Are Rockets!Wakaba FujitaniLead role2019Castle of SandRieko NaruseTV movieDream StageTsubasa OzawaLead role; TV movieW's TragedyMako Watsuji Lead role; TV movie2020Bones of SteelMoe Nomura2020–2025Alice in BorderlandYuzuha UsagiLead role; 3 seasons2022Involvement in Family AffairsSato ShinoharaLead role2024Shrink: Psychiatrist YowaiYuri AmemiyaMiniseriesThe Diamond Sleeping Under the SeaYuriko Voice acting Year Title RoleNotes 2016ErasedSatoru Fujinuma (young)TV animeBallerinaFélicieJapanese dubbing 2018BumblebeeCharlie Watson (Hailee Steinfeld)Live-action Japanese dubbing2021Sing a Bit of HarmonyShion AshimoriAnime film 2026Anpanman: Pantan to Yakusoku no HoshiPantanAnime film
Music video appearances Greeeen – Dream (2016) Lang Lang – Classical Music Mashup (2019) Taiking ft. Tsuchiya Tao - Rules (2022)
Others 60th Japan Record Awards (2018), host 61st Japan Record Awards (2019), host
Discography
Singles "Fēlicies" (2017) "Anniversary" (2018) released as Taotak (duo with Takumi Kitamura) " Lead Your Partner " (2021) "Umbrella" (2021) "You Got Friends" (2021) "Rules" (2022) (featuring with Taiking of Suchmos )
Print publications
Magazines Hanachu, Shufunotomo 2003-, as an exclusive model from May 2008 to June 2010
Photobooks Tsubomi 1 (13 October 2011, Magazine House) Document (3 February 2015, Tokyo News Service) Marezora (16 September 2015, NHK Publishing)
Awards and nominations Year Award ceremony Category Nominee / Work Result 2005Miss Phoenix Super Heroine AuditionSpecial Jury AwardTao Tsuchiya 20153rd Best Action ActressRurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno, Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends28th Shogakukan DIME Trend AwardsPerson of the Year Award Mare201640th Elan d'or AwardsNewcomer of the Year Mare, Orange39th Japan Academy Film PrizeNewcomer of the YearOrange201730th Japan Best Dressed Eyes AwardsEntertainment Category – Female Tao Tsuchiya 15th Clarino Beautiful Legs Awards20s Category9th Best Rising Actress My Brother Loves Me Too Much, Policeman and Me, Tori Girl1st Actress201841st Japan Academy Film PrizeBest ActressThe 8-Year Engagement31st Nikkan Sports Film AwardsBest ActressKasane: Beauty and Fate, The 8-Year Engagement201929th Japan Jewelry Fair7th Woman of the YearTao Tsuchiya20213rd Asia Contents Awards Best ActressAlice in Borderland202548th Japan Academy Film PrizeBest Supporting ActressHakkenden: Fiction and Reality
References
External links
Tao Tsuchiya at Sony Music