Asami Usuda
Acting
Biography
Asami Usuda (臼田 あさ美, Usuda Asami, real name: 臼田 麻美 (before marriage, same reading), October 17, 1984) is a Japanese actress and model. She is affiliated with A-Team. She was spotted and scouted outside the famous Shibuya 109 fashion compartment store in Tokyo at age 15 and began appearing in magazines as a model. Her husband is Reiji Okamoto, drummer of the rock band Okamoto's. She currently lives in Tokyo.
Born: October 17, 1984
Place of Birth: Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Known For
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
My Beloved Flower
The story revolves around the love, friendship and relationships between four characters who meet by chance.
吹く風は秋
Great Selection Taxi
Edawakare is the driver of Sentaxi, a marvellous vehicle which is able to take a passenger back to his or her “life’s turning point”. His cool appearance is at odds with his talkative, meddlesome, sweet-toothed character. He gives advice to passengers who are flustered after failing in their life’s choice.
0.5 Man
Masaharu "Masaji" Tachibana was a brilliant programmer who got burnt out and suddenly stopped showing up to work. He now lives at home with his parents and spends his time sleeping and playing video games. He only ventures out of his room to visit the local convenience store for more energy drinks and snacks, until one day he learns that his parents have decided to build a "2.5 family" house with his sister and her family joining them. Masaji is forced to acclimate and with the change of environment begins to venture out of his room and his own head.
Police in a Pod
20-year-old rookie police officer Kawai Mai works hard at a police box and feels both physically and mentally drained. She has never felt appreciated even though she supposedly works for the sake of the area’s residents. In addition, she does not find working at a police box rewarding. Mai is about to hand in her resignation when she meets 30-year-old Fuji Seiko, the former ace detective of the Criminal Investigations Division. Seiko is said to have been forced to transfer to the police box for harassing a subordinate at work but … … This encounter between Mai and Seiko will significantly change their lives as they are suddenly paired up. This odd pair struggle to help and support each other in cases, routine duties and romance?! And Seiko’s true reason for coming to the police box is revealed.
Kawa no Hotori de
Toshi-chan and BB live in a hut with a blue sheet on the banks of the Tama River. Having lived there for several years, they are familiar with the area. The two of them gather cans across town from 4 am in the morning and sleep at 7 pm in order to save money on electricity at night. While they do not have substantial income, they are not particularly concerned about money. They are carefree each day and take pride in being homeless men who can support themselves. Nao, a young female actress from a small theatre company, visits Toshi-chan and BB one day. She is playing a heroine who has a grand romance with the leader of homeless men in her next performance and asks to interview them. This is the beginning of a long night for the trio…
Nihon wo yukkuri hashittemita yo
Transformation
Somebody’s brain is living inside of me. Medical thriller based on the novel by Keigo Higashino which has sold over 1,250,000 copies.
Fictitious OL Diary
The drama is based on a blog written by Bakarhythm between 2006 and 2009 where he posed as a OL nicknamed Masuno Kakū, who supposedly worked in a bank and wrote stories about the daily feelings of a OL from her perspective and the people around her.
Filmography
as Aiko Keino
as Kakitani Narumi
as Noyama Honoka
as 三宅仁美
as Koiwai Sumire
as Yuka Nanami
as Hana
as Saori
as Yoshiko Takasaki
as Todoroki Oto
as Yuki Komoto
as Nagiko Dan
as Yuri Kato
as Riho Yoshikawa
as Kumiko Hashimoto
as Urara
as Nozomi
as Rui Toyonaka
as Rubber Band
as 玉川今日子
as Komine Tomoko
as Machiko Takashima
as Narumi Hotta
as Keiko
as Shinjo Yukiko
as Michiko Yamazaki
as Aoi Minamino
as Tsuchida
as Nishimura Atsuko
as 小峰智子
as Junko Miyamura
as Kyoko Tatsumi
as Shigeko
as Kokoro Tamaki
as Kyoko Morimura
as Yuka Sayama
as Megumi Shiroyama
as Naoko Tachibana
as Mari Tachibana
as Kamata Yuki
as Asami Hata
as Madoka Katsurai
as Shiori Sasho
as Shimojo Megumi
as Tamae
as Eriko
as Nanako Fumejima
as Moe Nomura
as Midori Chihaya
as Maki Tanaka
as Olive
as Yuma Daichi
as Sayoko Urakawa
as Natsume Fujikawa
as Saki
as Asou Haruna
as Yasuyo Nunokawa
as Rei Hoshino
as Yoko