Riisa Naka
Riisa Naka is a Japanese actress. She was given a Best New Talent award at the 2009 Yokohama Film Festival. Naka became famous by appearing in Hachi One Diver and played the lead, Hana Adachi, in Yankee-kun to Megane-chan. Naka also portrayed cousins Makoto Konno and Akari Yoshiyama who are the protagonists in respectively the 2006 anime film The Girl Who Leapt Through Time and the 2010 live action movie Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, both of which are based on the 1967 novel Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo by Yasutaka Tsutsui.
Personal life
Naka has a Swedish grandfather, making her one-quarter Swedish and three-quarters Japanese. She was named Riisa after Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa painting which her grandfather had an affection for.She was given a Best New Talent award at the 2009 Yokohama Film Festival and became famous by appearing in Hachi One Diver, a drama that aired in 2008.
Naka co-starred with actor Akiyoshi Nakao in Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo in 2010 and again in the NHK drama Tsurukame Josanin, which aired in August 2012. They started dating after the filming for the drama ended in October 2012.
In spring 2013, it was announced that Naka would marry Nakao, with the wedding being held on March 21, 2013. On October 4, 2013, Naka gave birth to the couple's first child, a son, at a hospital in Tokyo.
On April 11, 2025, she announced that she left Amuse since her first debut to work independently.
Her skills are Japanese dancing, piano, and swimming.
Filmography
Dramas
My Boss My Hero, Chiba AkaneYakusha Damashii, episode 7 guestBroccoli Ultraman Mebius, episode 40 guestJodan janai, Hirose KarenSexy Voice and Robo, episode 5 guestBinbō Danshi, Shinjo SumireHachi One Diver, Soyo Nakashizu/ MilkGakko ja Oshierarenai!, Yokoyama EriKami no Shizuku, co-starring, Shinohara MiyabiNinkyou Helper, Haruna MisoraKoibana: Suika to Bansoukou Yankee-kun to Megane-chan, Hana Adachi The Japanese The Japanese Don't Know, Kano Haruko Sayonara Aruma, Takahashi FumikoParty wa Owatta, ToakeShiawase ni Narou yo, Sakuragi MarikaLucky Seven, Mizuno AsukaTsurukame Maternity Center, Onodera MariyaResident – 5-nin no Kenshui, Miyama Shizuku Lucky Seven SP, Mizuno AsukaCold Case I love You Just a Little Bit, Reika ArishimaBlack Leather Notebook, Namiko YamadaPlage ~ Wakeari bakari no share house, Koike MiwaYell, Megumi KatoriKoisuru Hahatachi, Kanbara MariAlice in Borderland, Mira KanōTokyo MER: Mobile Emergency Room, Chiaki TakanawaŌoku: The Inner Chambers, Tokugawa TsunayoshiLet's Get Divorced, Yui KurosawaExtremely Inappropriate!, Nagisa InushimaOmusubi, Ayumi YonedaThe 19th Medical Chart, Todo KuroiwaExtremely Inappropriate! Special, Nagisa InushimaPlastic Beauty, Rin ToyamaMovies
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time - Makoto Konno Island Times - YukiShibuya-ku Maruyama-cho - Yumi Chi-chan wa Yukyu no Muko - Chigusa UtashimaGachi Boy - Akane IgarashiIt's So Quiet - ChizuruJun Kissa Isobe - Sakiko IsobeAn Encyclopedia of Unconventional Women - RyokoPandora no Hako - MaboSummer Wars - Yumi JinnouchiTime Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time - Akari Yoshiyama Zebraman 2: Attack on Zebra City - Zebra Queen/YuiHara ga Kore Nande - Hara MitsukoMoteki - AiYoung Black Jack - YunaBrave Hearts: Umizaru - MikaThe Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji The Mole Song: Hong Kong Capriccio A Forest of Wool and Steel - Eri HamanoMy Dad Is a Heel Wrestler - MichikoLove At Least Brothers in Brothel - IbukiThe Mole Song: Final Crayon Shin-chan: Shrouded in Mystery! The Flowers of Tenkazu Academy - Ageha Tokyo MER: Mobile Emergency Room – The Movie - Chiaki TakanawaBetween the White Key and the Black Key - ChikakoThe Imaginary - Emily Cells at Work! - NK CellTokyo MER: Mobile Emergency Room – Capital Crisis - ChiakiPlays
- ''Dokurojo no Shichinin''