Hikari Mitsushima
Hikari Mitsushima is a Japanese actress, singer and model. In 2017 she was the vocalist and dancer in Mondo Grosso's videos for "Labyrinth", which has garnered over 42 million views on YouTube as of December 2025, and "In this World".
Career
She is a graduate of Okinawa Actors School. She began her music career in 1997 as a teenage 'idol singer' in the J-pop groups Folder and Folder 5. She made her acting debut in the same year, starring as Shiori Uchiura / Little Girl in the kaiju film Rebirth of Mothra II. Her first television appearance came in 2005, when she played Elly in Ultraman Max. Her film career recommenced as Sayu Yagami in 2006's manga-adaptation thriller film Death Note, and in 2008 she starred as Yōko Ozawa in Love Exposure, a comedy-dramaart film directed by Sion Sono. Her performance in Love Exposure brought her critical attention and won her and her team several awards.Since then, Mitsushima has had starring roles in numerous films and television dramas including 2010's Sawako Decides, written and directed by Yuya Ishii.
Mitsushima has made occasional vocal contributions to Japanese pop singles. She featured as a vocalist in the fictional band SRM on Stephanie's "Pride ~A Part of Me~", the title song for the 2009 Japanese drama film Pride. In 2017, she provided lead vocals for fictional band Doughnuts Hole's "Otona no Okite", the theme song for television drama Quartet, in which she starred as Suzume Sebuki. In the same year, she appeared as a featured vocalist in Mondo Grosso's song "Labyrinth" and starred as a dancer in the music video.
Personal life
Her grandfather was Italian-American.Mitsushima announced via fax through her agency that she has registered her marriage with film director Yuya Ishii on October 25 2010, they later divorced in early 2016. On May 17, 2016, Mitsushima and Kento Nagayama's agencies jointly announced that the two were confirmed to be in a relationship.
Filmography
Film
- Rebirth of Mothra II as Shiori Uranai / Little girl
- Death Note as Sayu Yagami
- Death Note 2: The Last Name as Sayu Yagami
- Exte: Hair Extensions as Yuriko Shiina
- Shaolin Girl as Hikari Takahashi
- Drop in Ghost
- Love Exposure as Yōko
- Pride as Moe Midorikawa
- Be Sure to Share as Schoolgirl
- The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio as Haru Yasuoka
- Kakera: A Piece of Our Life as Haru
- Rinco's Restaurant
- Sawako Decides as Sawako
- Villain
- Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai as Miho
- Tormented as Kiriko
- Smuggler as Tanuma Chiharu
- Moteki
- A Chorus of Angels as Manami
- The End of Summer as Tomoko
- Hello! Junichi
- Kakekomi as Ogin
- One Piece Film: Gold as Carina
- Traces of Sin as Mitsuko
- Umibe no Sei to Shi as Miho Shimao
- Mary and the Witch's Flower as The Red-Haired Witch
- The Bucket List
- Riverside Mukolitta
- I Am Makimoto as Tōko Tsumori
- Tang and Me as Emi
- Last Mile as Erena Funado
- On Summer Sand as Asako
- Bring Him Down to a Portable Size as Kanako
- The Last Blossom, Nana Nagata in the past
- The Brightest Sun as Satoko
Animation
Cocoon as MayuTelevision
- Ultraman Max as Elly
- Dandori Musume as Ulala
- Beni no monshō as Ayako
- Burokkorii
- Kaette kita jikō keisatsu as Mitsuyo
- Kamen Rider Den-O as Yuka Sawada
- Kekkon sagishi
- Shakin Kanojo
- Hitomi as Junko
- Make The Last Wish
- Uramiya honpo reboot
- IRIS /dubbed for Kim So-yeon/
- Bloody Monday as Risa Kurano / Lisa
- Tsuki no Koibito ~Moon Lovers~ as Anzai Rina
- Moteki as Nakashiba Itsuka
- Dazai Osamu tanpen shōsetsu shū 3
- Sayonara Bokutachi no Youchien as Yoshiki Mari
- Sunshine
- Soredemo, Ikite yuku as Futaba
- Kaitakushatachi
- Woman as Koharu
- Wakamono Tachi as Hikari
- Saving My Stupid Youth as Lisa
- Dokonjō Gaeru as Pyonkichi
- Totto TV as Tetsuko Kuroyanagi
- Kidnap Tour
- Quartet as Suzume
- Kangoku no Ohimesama as Futaba Wakai
- 10 Count to the Future as Aoi Orihara
- First Love as Yae Noguchi
Awards
She has won the following awards for her performances:;Fant-Asia Film Festival
- 2009: Jury Prize: Best Female Performance – Love Exposure
- 2009: Best New Talent – Love Exposure, Pride, The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio
- 2011: Best Supporting Actress – Moteki, Sayonara Bokutachi no Youchien
- 2014: Best Actress – Woman
- 2010: Best Supporting Actress – Love Exposure, Pride, The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio
- 2010: Sponichi Grand Prize: New Talent Award – Love Exposure
- 2010: Best New Talent – Love Exposure, Pride, The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio
- 2011: Best Actress – Love Vibes, Sawako Decides
- 2016: Best Supporting Actress – ''Kakekomi''