Riona Hazuki


Riona Hazuki, born Mai Yamada, is a Japanese actress. In 1999, she played the main role in Owls' Castle.
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Biography

Hazuki was born as Mai Yamada in Nakano ward, Tokyo on July 11, 1965. From ages 10 to 17, she lived in Chicago where her family had moved due to her father’s job.
Hazuki made her debut as an actor in the 1993 television drama Oka no Ue no Himawari . Her first role in a movie was in 1995’s Sharaku - the movie in which she met and starred with Hiroyuki Sanada. Her final acting role was in the Television drama Deka fūfū 3 in 2017.

Personal life

In 1995, it was reported that Hazuki had had an affair with married actor Hiroyuki Sanada, who she had co-starred with in the movie Sharaku. At the time, she was 19 years old, and Sanada was 35. Hazuki reportedly chased him to the Philippines where he was working. In an interview with the magazine Weekly Asahi, she reportedly said, "I don't mind if my partner has a wife." Sanada then divorced his wife, actress. Hazuki later was labeled a "devil woman" and was heavily criticized by the public for her behavior.
In 2001, she had a surprise marriage to a sushi chef living in Hawaii, USA, but divorced after just two months. In 2004, she married again for the second time, to a real estate heir. She gave birth to her first child, a daughter, on November 7 of that year, she then got divorced in 2015, with her ex-husband taking custody of their daughter. In 2018, it was revealed by news outlets that she had married a third time, again to an executive at a major real estate developer.

Selected filmography

Radio

  • ''Riona Hazuki Venus Typhoon''

Discography

Photobooks

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Autobiography

  • ''Shinjitsu''