Favourite JDrama Actress (55 people)

1. Ishihara Satomi

Japanese

587 points by 6 voters

Ishihara Satomi is a Japanese actress managed by HoriPro talent agency. She began her career at the age of 17 in 2003 by starring in different supporting roles both for TV and ...more

2. Kawaguchi Haruna

Japanese

579 points by 6 voters

Kawaguchi Haruna is a Japanese actor and model born in Goto, Japan. She began modeling in the mid-2000s, appearing in the youth fashion magazine "Nicola". She then went on to make her ...more

Ayase Haruka is a popular Japanese actress, model and singer. Her immediate family consists of her father, mother and one brother. As a youth, Haruka was active in sports, playing basketball in ...more

4. Aragaki Yui

Japanese

396 points by 4 voters

Aragaki Yui is a Japanese idol, model, actress, singer, seiyuu and occasional radio show host of Ryukyuan ancestry. She is particularly recognized for her pleasant face and her movie projects. Aragaki's career ...more

5. Tsuchiya Tao

Japanese

385 points by 4 voters

Tsuchiya Tao is a Japanese actress, model, and dancer. Her older sister, Honoka, works as a model, while her younger brother, Shimba, is also an actor and voice actor. Chosen from among ...more

6. Arimura Kasumi

Japanese

295 points by 3 voters

Arimura Kasumi, born in Itami City, Hyogo Prefecture, is a Japanese actress represented by FLaMme. In December 2009, while attending Hyogo Prefectural Itami Nishi High School, she auditioned for FLaMme and passed. ...more

7. Takeuchi Yuko

Japanese

286 points by 3 voters

Takeuchi Yuko, born in Saitama, Saitama, Japan, was a Japanese actress. She made her big break with NHK's television series Asuka and JT Green's commercial. She had gone on to star in ...more

8. Nakama Yukie

Japanese

285 points by 3 voters

Nakama Yukie is a Japanese actress, singer and former idol. She was born in Okinawa, Japan, in a fisherman's family, the youngest of five siblings. At the start of her career, she ...more

9. Mitsushima Hikari

Japanese

248 points by 3 voters

Mitsushima Hikari is a Japanese actress, singer and model, born in Okinawa, Japan. She debuted as a singer and as an actress in 1997 in the movie "Mothra 2: The Undersea Battle". ...more

10. Komatsu Nana

Japanese

246 points by 3 voters

Tokyo native Komatsu Nana began her career starring in a short film, called Tadaima, before immediately graduating to movies like Close Range Love and The World Of Kanako. Prior to these, however, ...more

11. Toda Erika

Japanese

191 points by 2 voters

Toda Erika is a Japanese actress born in Nada-Ku, Kobe City, Hyogo prefecture. Toda began her performing arts activities in the fifth grade of elementary school and debuted as a gravure model ...more

12. Aoi Yu

Japanese

189 points by 2 voters

Aoi Yu is a Japanese actress and model. She made her film debut as Shiori Tsuda in Shunji Iwai's 2001 film All About Lily Chou-Chou. She subsequently portrayed Tetsuko Arisugawa in Hana ...more

13. Takei Emi

Japanese

188 points by 2 voters

Takei was born in Nagoya. Aspiring to become a model, she declared to her parents on her entry to junior high school that she would become a model within three years. In ...more

14. Ueno Juri

Japanese

186 points by 2 voters

Juri Ueno, born in Kakogawa, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, is a popular Japanese actress. Juri's family consists of her parents and two older sisters. As a child, Juri Ueno excelled at track and ...more

15. Kitagawa Keiko

Japanese

186 points by 2 voters

Kitagawa Keiko, born in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, is a Japanese actress and former model. She grew up in Kobe and lost many friends in the Great Hanshin earthquake in 1995. As a ...more

16. Hashimoto Ai

Japanese

183 points by 2 voters

Hashimoto Ai is a Japanese actress and fashion model. Hashimoto made her debut after winning the grand prize in the HUAHUA Audition in 2008. She appeared in "Confessions" and starred in "The ...more

17. Nanao

Japanese

182 points by 2 voters

Nanao is a Japanese model and actress who is affiliated with Platinum Production. Her real name is Nanao Arai. Nanao started entertainment activities in 2009 when she was 20 years old, she ...more

18. Gouriki Ayame

Japanese

182 points by 2 voters

Ayame Goriki is a Japanese actress, singer and model from Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. She was represented by the talent agency Oscar Promotion until 2020. Ayame Goriki liked to stand out when ...more

19. Nagano Mei

Japanese

182 points by 2 voters

Mei Nagano is a Japanese actress. She is known for playing Rinko in the film My Love Story! (2015) as well as Yosano Suzume in the film Daytime Shooting Star (2017). In ...more

20. Fukada Kyoko

Japanese

171 points by 2 voters

Fukada Kyoko is a Japanese singer and actor. In Japan, her name is sometimes contracted to the nickname Fukakyon. She won the award for Best Actress at the Yokohama Film Festival for ...more

21. Nikaido Fumi

Japanese

169 points by 2 voters

Nikaido Fumi is an actress and fashion model born in Naha-shi, Okinawa. She got off to an early start in show business at age 13, appearing in her first TV drama, Juken ...more

22. Mizukawa Asami

Japanese

169 points by 2 voters

Mizukawa Asami is a Japanese actress. She grew up in Ibaraki, Osaka. She made her debut in 1997 at the age of thirteen in an advertisement for Asahi Kasei's "Hebel Haus". In ...more

23. Yahagi Honoka

Japanese

167 points by 2 voters

Honoka Yahagi is a Japanese teen fashion model and actress from Chiba Prefecture. She is currently represented by Ken-On. She previously worked under the stage name Honoka Miki. Yahagi was first scouted ...more

24. Kimura Yoshino

Japanese

166 points by 2 voters

Born in London and raised in Tokyo. She was sent to camp in Maine when she was 13 and now speaks fluent English. She was a Takarazuka fan which inpsired her dream ...more

25. Yonekura Ryoko

Japanese

166 points by 2 voters

Yonekura Ryoko is a Japanese actress and ex-fashion model. She studied classical ballet for 15 years from the age of five. A member of the Oscar Productions agency, she won a national ...more

26. Kaho

Japanese

162 points by 2 voters

Kaho, born in Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese actress and fashion model. She was first discovered in Harajuku (Omotesando) when she was still in 5th grade. She made her debut in 2003 ...more

27. Sawajiri Erika

Japanese

159 points by 2 voters

Sawajiri Erika is a Japanese actress who is also active as a model and singer. She was born to a Japanese father and an Algerian born-French mother. She became one of Fuji ...more

28. Non

Japanese

156 points by 2 voters

Nounen Rena is a Japanese actress and fashion model from Kamikawa, Hyogo Prefecture. She is best known for her lead roles on the NHK drama series Amachan (2013). She debuted as a ...more

29. Inoue Mao

Japanese

156 points by 2 voters

Mao Inoue is a Japanese actress. She debuted as a U-15 idol in 1999. She is best known to Japanese television drama audiences as Akane Imai in Kids War and as Makino ...more

30. Naka Riisa

Japanese

151 points by 2 voters

Naka Riisa is a Japanese actress. She 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 for which her ...more

31. Kuroki Haru

Japanese

147 points by 2 voters

Kuroki Haru is a Japanese actress from Takatsuki City, Osaka Prefecture, who is known as a very talented Japanese actress who can portray a wide range of roles. She graduated from Kyoto ...more

32. Horikita Maki

Japanese

147 points by 2 voters

Horikita Maki is a former Japanese actress. She debuted in 2003 and has starred in numerous Japanese television dramas, television and magazine advertisements, and movies. Horikita's popular roles include the introverted high ...more

33. Shimada Yoko

Japanese

100 points by 1 voters

Shimada Yoko was a Japanese actress. She was best known to Western audiences for her portrayal of Mariko in the 1980 miniseries Shogun. She was the only female member of Shogun's massive ...more

34. Honda Tsubasa

Japanese

84 points by 1 voters

Honda Tsubasa is a Japanese actress and model under Stardust Promotion, a Japanese talent agency. In mid-2006, Honda was scouted by seven different people on the same day, which became the reason ...more

35. Kiritani Mirei

Japanese

82 points by 1 voters

Kiritani Mirei, born Matsuoka Sayasa, is a Japanese actress, model, and news anchor. She appeared in the film Kimi ni Todoke, Usagi Drop, and Arakawa Under the Bridge. She also appeared in ...more

36. Uchida Yuki

Japanese

78 points by 1 voters

Uchida Yuki is a Japanese actress, and a popular 1990s Japanese idol, model and singer. She practiced fencing in high school and ranked 3rd in a tournament in Tokyo in 1991. She ...more

37. Kuroshima Yuina

Japanese

77 points by 1 voters

Yuina Kuroshima, born in Okinawa, Japan, is an actor, model, and entertainer. She is currently in a relationship with Miyazawa Hio, with whom she's expecting her first child. (Source: MyDramaList)

38. Ueto Aya

Japanese

75 points by 1 voters

Born in Tokyo, Japan, Aya Ueto received her first break in August 1997, when, at the age of 11, she won the Special Jury Prize at the 7th All-Japan Bishoujo Contest. After ...more

39. Kuriyama Chiaki

Japanese

74 points by 1 voters

Kuriyama Chiaki is a Japanese actress, talent, model, and singer from Tsuchiura City, Ibaraki Prefecture. She graduated from Japan High School of Music. Her agency was Space Craft until 2020 when she ...more

40. Yamaguchi Sayaka

Japanese

73 points by 1 voters

Yamaguchi Sayaka is a Japanese actress born in Fukuoka, Japan.

41. Kagurazaka Megumi

Japanese

70 points by 1 voters

Kagurazaka Megumi is a Japanese actress and former gravure idol from Okayama prefecture. She belongs to the moon rock. She is the president of the film production company Zion Productions. She won ...more

42. Seino Nana

Japanese

69 points by 1 voters

Saino Nana was born in Inazawa City, Aichi Prefecture on October 14, 1994. She is a Japanese model and actress. Since she was young, she decided she wanted to work in either ...more

43. Nao

Japanese

68 points by 1 voters

Nao, previously known with her stage name Honda Nao, is a Japanese actress from Fukuoka. She is currently signed under the talent agency Irving Co., Ltd. (Source: Wikipedia, MyDramaList)

44. Amami Yuki

Japanese

66 points by 1 voters

Amami Yuki, born Nakano Yuri, in Ueno, Taito-ku, Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese stage and screen actress. Amami joined the drama club in junior high school and the second year, she was ...more

45. Shibasaki Ko

Japanese

63 points by 1 voters

Shibasaki Ko is a Japanese actress and singer who started her career at the age of 14 when she was discovered by a star agent. She became known for her performance in ...more

46. Nagasawa Masami

Japanese

62 points by 1 voters

Nagasawa Masami, born in Iwata, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, is a Japanese actress. She is also known as "Ma-chan" or, as Yamashita Tomohisa calls her, "Maa-tan". On her radio show, she introduces herself ...more

47. Kuroki Meisa

Japanese

61 points by 1 voters

Kuroki Meisa, born as Shimabukuro Satsuki, is an actress, model, and singer represented by the agency Sweet Power and signed to Sony Music Japan. Kuroki is Okinawan and one-quarter Brazilian. She made ...more

48. Araki Yuko

Japanese

60 points by 1 voters

Araki Yuko is a Japanese actress and fashion model represented by Stardust Promotion. She was born on December 15, 1993, in Tokyo. She is a member of Happy Science, a Japanese new ...more

49. Suzuki Yuuka

Japanese

59 points by 1 voters

Suzuki Yuuka is a Japanese model and actress born in Tokyo, Japan. She is affiliated with PLATINUM PRODUCTION (プラチナムプロダクション). She had dreamed of entering the entertainment industry since she was in the ...more

50. Matsushima Nanako

Japanese

58 points by 1 voters

Matsushima Nanako, born in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, is a Japanese actress and model. She is known outside Japan for her role in the horror film Ring. She was also the main character ...more

51. Watanabe Anne

Japanese

55 points by 1 voters

Watanabe Anne is a Japanese fashion model and actress. In her modelling work, she is known by the mononym Anne. She is the daughter of film actor Watanabe Ken. Her brother, Watanabe ...more

52. Kichise Michiko

Japanese

54 points by 1 voters

Kichise Michiko is a Japanese fashion model and actress. She was born in Fukuoka. She is currently represented by FLaMme talent office. She reported on her blog that she got married on ...more

53. Kimura Fumino

Japanese

53 points by 1 voters

Kimura Fumino is a Japanese actress. She was previously married to an acting instructor. The two divorced in 2019. On March 12, 2023, it was announced that she would be getting married ...more

54. Miyazaki Aoi

Japanese

49 points by 1 voters

Miyazaki Aoi is a Japanese actress. She is considered one of Japan's most beautiful women. She is best known for roles such as in "Nana" and "Virgin Snow". Her brother Miyazaki Masaru ...more

55. Maeda Atsuko

Japanese

48 points by 1 voters

Maeda Atsuko is a former member of the Japanese idol group AKB48. She was in Team A and was one of the most prominent members in the group, being voted number one ...more