Mio Imada (今田 美桜, Imada Mio, born 5 March 1997) is a Japanese actress and model from Fukuoka. Imada began her acting and modelling career in 2015 after being labelled “Prettiest Girl in Fukuoka” by a local advertising agency. Her acting big break was in 2018 when she was cast as Airi Maya for notable Japanese drama series Boys Over Flowers Season 2.[1]

Mio Imada
今田美桜
Born (1997-03-05) March 5, 1997 (age 27)
Fukuoka, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Occupations
Years active2013—present
Agents
  • Contents3 (2016—present)
  • Cover Girl Entertainment (2013—2016)
Websiteimadamio.com

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2015 The Edge of Sin Satomi Sugimoto [2]
2017 Comeback Night Hong Kong film [1]
Double Mints [2]
Bus Jack Returns Sanae Shiratori [3]
Kalanchoe no Hana Tsukino Ichinose Lead role; short film [4]
Demekin Aki [5]
2019 You Shine in the Moonlit Night Riko Hirabayashi [6]
My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising Slice (voice) [7]
2020 Stolen Identity 2 Ryōko Niwa [8]
Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku Yūki Morita [9]
2021 Tokyo Revengers Hinata Tachibana [10]
2023 As Long as We Both Shall Live Miyo Saimori [11]
Tokyo Revengers 2: Bloody Halloween Part 1 Hinata Tachibana [12]
Tokyo Revengers 2: Bloody Halloween Part 2 Hinata Tachibana [13]
2024 Doctor-X: The Movie Masako Ohma [14]
At the Bench Lead role; anthology film [15]
2025 Trillion Game: The Movie Kirika Kokuryu [16]

Television drama

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2015 Watashi wa Chichi ga Kirai Desu CM talent [17]
Kowabon Kaori (voice) Episode 8 [18]
2017 Fugitive Boys Mami Hoshino [2][19]
Detective Yugami Ikumi Mori Episode 2 [20]
The Public Enemy Riko [21]
2018 Kioku Hana Adachi [22]
Boys Over Flowers Season 2 Airi Maya [23]
Honkowa: True Horror Stories: Summer 2018 Yuko Fujimoto Short drama [24]
Suits Sari Tanimoto [25]
2019 Mr. Hiiragi's Homeroom Yuzuki Suwa [26]
Don't You Think Girls Who Talk in Hakata Dialect Are Cute? Herself Single-episode drama [27]
2019–21 Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon Masako Ohma Seasons 6 and 7 [28]
2020 Hanzawa Naoki: Episode 0 Hitomi Hamamura Television film [29]
Hanzawa Naoki Hitomi Hamamura Season 2 [29]
Daddy is My Classmate Hiroko Yamamoto [30]
2021 Love Deeply Aika Miyamae [31]
Welcome Home, Monet Riko Marianna Jinno Asadora [32]
2022 Bad Girl: Glass Ceiling Crushers Maririn Tanaka Lead role [33]
2023 The Last Man: The Blind Profiler Yūki Agatsuma [34]
Trillion Game Kirika Kokuryu [35]
2025 Anpan Nobu Asada Lead role; Asadora [36]

Video games

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Other television

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Web series

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  • #Koe Dake Tenshi (January – March 2018, AbemaTV), Megumi[40]

Commercials

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  • Marinoa City (2013–2015)[1]
  • Hiraki (2014–2016)[1]
  • Fukuoka Prefecture, Yanagawa Tourism idols "Sagemon Girls" (2016)[1]
  • Toogakuen High School (2017)[1]
  • Aoyama Trading Co., Ltd - Yofuku no Aoyama (2017)[1]
  • Shionogi Health Care - Sedes (2017)[1]
  • McDonald's (2017)[1]
  • Asahi Wonda (2017)[1]
  • Kyushu Electrical Safety Inspection Association (2017)[41]
  • Dai-ichi Life - Just (2018)[42]
  • SoftBank - Cyber Sunday (2018)[43]
  • Kosé - Beauty Calendar (2022)[44]

Music videos

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  • Yoshitaka Taira – Hataraku Hitotachi (2015)
  • The Love – Hajimari no Uta (February 28, 2016)
  • Generations from Exile TribeNamida (June 4, 2016)
  • MacoSweet Memory (November 9, 2017)[45]

Dubbing

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Live-action
Animation

Awards and nominations

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Year Association Award Nominee/Work Result Ref.
2018 22nd Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix Best Supporting Actress – Spring Boys Over Flowers Season 2 Nominated [48]
97th Television Drama Academy Awards Best Supporting Actress Boys Over Flowers Season 2 Nominated [49]
Yahoo! Search Awards Actress Category Herself Won [50]
#MVI – Most Valuable Instagrammer in Japan Trend Category Won [51]
2022 45th Japan Academy Film Prize Newcomer of the Year Tokyo Revengers Won [52]
2024 48th Elan d'or Awards Newcomer of the Year Herself Won [53]

References

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