Hana Toyoshima
Hana Toyoshima is a Japanese actress. She is known for her role as Kuniko Seo in Call Me Chihiro and as Yuzuki Onodera in Bullet Train Explosion. After working with C&T and Smile Monkey, Toyoshima is now affiliated with Stardust Promotion's Production Division 1.
Career
Early career
Hana Toyoshima began her entertainment career in 2008 at the age of one. At five years old, she auditioned for the movie Black Dawn, where because her role had no spoken lines, expressive acting was highly important. Her charming appearance and mature acting skills were highly praised, earning her attention as the second Mana Ashida.In 2012, she appeared in the NHK morning drama Doctor Ume. In 2013, she played the childhood version of Mine Yokoi, daughter of Kakuma Yamamoto, in the NHK historical drama Yae's Sakura. After that, she portrayed the young Haruko Amano. In the June 2013 in the movie Midsummer's Equation, she portrayed the childhood version of Narumi Kawabata played by actress Anne Watanabe. She further increased her popularity when she played the young version of the heroine Meiko Uno, also portrayed by Anne Watanabe, in her third morning drama appearance, Bon Appetit! starting in October 2013.
In November 2013, she was chosen as the campaign character for "TRF Easy Do Dancercise", showcasing her dance skills in a dance cover video. In 2017, she played the young version of Tetsuko Kuroyanagi in the TV Asahi daytime drama Totto-chan!. In spring 2019, she entered junior high school, "graduated" from the children's talent agency Smile Monkey, and moved to Stardust Promotion.