Ai Hashimoto
Japanese actress (born 1996)
Ai Hashimoto (橋本 愛, Hashimoto Ai; born 12 January 1996) is a Japanese actress.
01Early life and career
Hashimoto was born in Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, the second of three daughters. In 2008, Hashimoto won the HUAHUA audition held by Newcome; her mother had chosen Hashimoto for the audition because she had the strongest facial complexion out of the three sisters.
In 2009, Hashimoto was selected as the youngest "Miss Seventeen" by fashion magazine Seventeen, alongside Emi Kudo, Arisa Takada and Alice Hirose, out of 5,267 applicants. The same year, she debuted as an actress in the movie Give and Go, portraying a deaf girl who is absorbed in basketball.
Hashimoto appeared in Confessions in 2010 and starred in The Kirishima Thing in 2012, for which she won new face awards from the Japan Academy and Kinema Junpo. She also appeared as Sadako in Sadako 3D.
In 2024, Hashimoto was appointed Jury member at the 2024 Tokyo International Film Festival for its section 'International competition'. On December 31, she left Sony Music Artists and transferred to the new agency Eden.
02Filmography
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Give and Go | Natsuki | Lead role | |
| Confessions | Mizuki Kitahara | |||
| 2011 | Control Tower | Mizuho Takimoto | Lead role | |
| A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Trip | Yoshiko | |||
| Avatar | Michiko Abukumagawa | Lead role | ||
| 2012 | The Kirishima Thing | Kasumi | ||
| Sadako 3D | Sadako | |||
| Until the Break of Dawn | Misa Arashi | |||
| Soup | Chiaki Nishimura | |||
| Home: Itoshi no Zashiki Warashi | Azumi Takahashi | |||
| Blood-C: The Last Dark | Mana Hiiragi | Voice role | ||
| Another | Mei Misaki | Lead role | ||
| Bungo: Stories of Desire | Tomoyo | Lead role, segment Sushi | ||
| 2013 | Goodbye Debussy | Haruka Kōzuki | Lead role | |
| I'll Give It My All... Tomorrow | Suzuko Ōguro | |||
| Angel Home | Haruka Kunimura | |||
| 2014 | The World of Kanako | Morishita | ||
| Little Forest: Summer & Autumn | Ichiko | Lead role | ||
| Parasyte: Part 1 | Satomi Murano | |||
| Adult Drop | Anne Irie | |||
| 2015 | Little Forest: Winter & Spring | Ichiko | Lead role | |
| Wonderful World End | Shiori Hayano | Lead role | ||
| Parasyte: Part 2 | Satomi Murano | |||
| 2016 | The Shell Collector | Tsutako | ||
| Utsukushii Hito | Tōko | Lead role | ||
| The Inerasable | Ms. Kubo | |||
| Birthday Card | Noriko | Lead role | ||
| The Old Capital | Mai Sada | |||
| 2017 | A Beautiful Star | Akiko | ||
| Parks | Jun | Lead role | ||
| 2018 | It's Boring Here, Pick Me Up | I | Lead role | |
| Oz Land | Yayoi Tamachi | |||
| 2019 | 21st Century Girl | Lead role; anthology film | ||
| 2020 | Good-Bye | Keiko Mizuhara | ||
| Hold Me Back | Satsuki | |||
| 2022 | xxxHolic | Zashiki-warashi | ||
| To Every You I've Loved Before | Kazune Takigawa (voice) | |||
| To Me, the One Who Loved You | Kazune Takigawa (voice) | |||
| 2024 | After the Fever | Sanae | Lead role | |
| Happiness | Tsukiko Kunikida | |||
| The Voices at War | Mieko Wada | |||
| The Hotel of My Dream | Sudō | |||
| 2025 | As for Me | Kanako Saotome | Lead role | |
| BAUS: The Ship's Voyage Continues | Hanae | |||
| Rewrite | Tomoe | |||
| After the Quake | Mina | |||
| 2026 | The Mountain | Minami Kazuno | Lead role |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Crime and Punishment: A Falsified Romance | Hikaru Baba | ||
| 2013 | Hard Nuts | Kurumi Nanba | Lead role | |
| Amachan | Yui Adachi | Asadora | ||
| 2014 | All About My Siblings | Kazumi Nagahara | ||
| 2018 | Segodon | Suga | Taiga drama | |
| Dele | Yuriko | Episode 5 | ||
| 2019 | Idaten | Koume | Taiga drama | |
| Nodoka no Niwa | Motoko Asahina | Lead role | ||
| Our Dearest Sakura | Yuri | |||
| 2020 | Pareto's Miscalculation | Satomi Makino | Lead role | |
| 2021 | Sekai wo Kaeta Onnanoko | Ada Lovelace (voice) | Short drama | |
| Reach Beyond the Blue Sky | Odaka Chiyo | Taiga drama | ||
| 2023 | A Day-Off of Hana Sugisaki | Midori | Episodes 5 and 6 | |
| The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House | Momoko | |||
| 2024 | Shinjuku Field Hospital | Mai Minami | ||
| 2025 | After the Quake | Mina | Miniseries | |
| Unbound | Tei | Taiga drama | ||
| 2026 | Soul Mate | Sumiko Shinonome |
TV anime
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Natsunagu! | Natsuna Keyaki | Lead role |
Radio
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | Hashimoto Ai no Kokonishikanai Dokoka e | Host |
Dubbing
- The Flash (Kara Zor-El / Supergirl (Sasha Calle))
03Awards and nominations
| Year | Award ceremony | Award | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 34th Yokohama Film Festival | Best Newcomer | Won | |
| 86th Kinema Junpo Awards | Best New Actress | Won | ||
| 36th Japan Academy Film Prize | Newcomer of the Year | Won | ||
| 2014 | 38th Elan d'or Awards | Newcomer of the Year | Won | |
| 2018 | 72nd Mainichi Film Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated |
Sources and credits
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Images, from Wikimedia Commons:
- Hashimoto Ai as Member of the International Competition Jury at Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo International Film Festival 2024 (54578022416).jpg by Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan, CC BY 2.0
- 27th Tokyo International Film Festival- Hashimoto Ai from Parasyte (15018274373).jpg by Dick Thomas Johnson, CC BY 2.0
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