Mine would have to be Aya Ueto, Fujii Mina, Fukuda Saki, and Kuroki Meisa. I couldn't pick just one.
mine: Inoue Mao (I only have one at the moment.)
Ueno Juri I think is my only one
Shinohara Ryoko is COOL ^_^
To be honest I don`t like the average jap actress. They all seem dull to me.
Still there are some great actresses out there.

Maya Miki, don`t know why, but everytime I see her in a new drama I`m happy. She is one of the women that give me the feeling that she loves her roles and portrays them out of heart. Some of her dramas Buzzer Beat, Attention Please!, Zettai Kareshi and many more.

Mizuki Alisa, just saw her in Ohitorisama and I loved her. I should watch more dramas with her.
Shinohara Ryoko
Horikita Maki
Nakama Yukie
Shida Mirai
Yamada Yu
and last but not least:
Ueto Aya + Fukada Kyoko
Inoue Mao, Erika Toda, Kuroki Meisa and Kitagawa Keiko
Ueno Juri, Horikita Maki and Ichikawa Yui
I'm a little partial to Japanese actresses: almost all my favourite asian actresses are Japanese.

Yuko Takeuchi - she has so much class, it goes beyond beauty. I fell in love with her in Pride and found her amazing in every other drama I saw her acting in since then.

Ueno Juri - versatile, expressive, extremely funny and self ironic. Adorable.

Ryoko Shinohara - a great actress, hands down. I went through some mediocre dramas only for the sake of her always flawless acting.

Erika Toda - I like her way of delivering lines and I like her choice of always different roles.

Yui Aragaki - I have yet to see a role in which she's not convincing. And she can cry and make me feel it.

The list could go on.
I'm so bad, I choose my favorite actresses mostly according to how they look, so superficial, but I really like all of their acting too.

Horikita Maki - She is cuteness in human form. I like her most in Hana Kimi and Atashinchi no Danshi. I wish she played more roles like this.

Aibu Saki - She is so pretty and her smile is gorgeous. I actually liked her acting best in Buzzer Beat, although her character is a really bia. I'd like to see her in more serious roles because she was cute in Zettai Kareshi but a little unconvincing.

Kuroki Meisa - She is stunningly beautiful. I loved her sweet innocent compassionate role in One Pound Gospel.

Kichise Michiko - She's got the whole cougar thing going on, and all I can say is Miss Kichise please take me lol. I love her acting in Bloody Monday, and Boss, and everything else I've seen her in. She always does a good job.

Inoue Mao - I was really impressed with her acting skills in HYD, and I think she is really cute in First Kiss

Ueno Juri - How she ever pulled off a crazy character like Nodame I'll never know, but she did it so great that I totally fell in love with her. I wanna see more rolls with her like this.

Erika Toda - I always really like her characters, especially in SPEC and Boss. I think she's cute, but she's not quite as cute as the others.
Kitano Kii. Her acting is exceptional, and she's still so young. I envy and admire her. The way she acted in LIFE and Halfway blew me away.
baronessbaroness_45 wrote: Kitano Kii. Her acting is exceptional, and she's still so young. I envy and admire her. The way she acted in LIFE and Halfway blew me away.


i agree with that. She's really amazing actress
Keiko Kitagawa

Ueno Juri

Inoue Mao

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Ueno Juri: She is so versatile; I love all the characters that she acts out
Erika Toda: She really improved over the years; to be honest, I only like her later works