Ai Hashimoto

• Name — Ai Hashimoto • Native Name — 橋本 愛 • Born — 12 January 1996 • Birthplace — Kumamoto, Japan • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 2008–present • Agent — Eden born 12 January 1996 is a Japanese actress.

Hashimoto was born in Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, the second of three daughters. In 2008, Hashimoto won the HUAHUA audition held by Newcome; her mother had chosen Hashimoto for the audition because she had the strongest facial complexion out of the three sisters. In 2009, Hashimoto was selected as the youngest "Miss Seventeen" by fashion magazine Seventeen, alongside Emi Kudo, Arisa Takada and Alice Hirose, out of 5,267 applicants. The same year, she debuted as an actress in the movie Give and Go, portraying a deaf girl who is absorbed in basketball. Hashimoto appeared in Confessions in 2010 and starred in The Kirishima Thing in 2012, for which she won new face awards from the Japan Academy and Kinema Junpo. She also appeared as Sadako in Sadako 3D. In 2024, Hashimoto was appointed Jury member at the 2024 Tokyo International Film Festival for its section 'International competition'. On December 31, she left Sony Music Artists and transferred to the new agency Eden.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes — Ref. References • 2012 — Crime and Punishment: A Falsified Romance — Hikaru Baba • 2013 — Hard Nuts — Kurumi Nanba — Lead role • Amachan — Yui Adachi — Asadora • 2014 — All About My Siblings — Kazumi Nagahara • 2018 — Segodon — Suga — Taiga drama • Dele — Yuriko — Episode 5 • 2019 — Idaten — Koume — Taiga drama • Nodoka no Niwa — Motoko Asahina — Lead role • Our Dearest Sakura — Yuri • 2020 — Pareto's Miscalculation — Satomi Makino — Lead role • 2021 — Sekai wo Kaeta Onnanoko — Ada Lovelace (voice) — Short drama • Reach Beyond the Blue Sky — Odaka Chiyo — Taiga drama • 2023 — A Day-Off of Hana Sugisaki — Midori — Episodes 5 and 6 • The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House — Momoko • 2024 — Shinjuku Field Hospital — Mai Minami • 2025 — After the Quake — Mina — Miniseries • Unbound — Tei — Taiga drama • 2026 — Soul Mate — Sumiko Shinonome

• Illustration — Hashimoto attending the 27th Tokyo International Film Festival in 2015 • Year — Title — Role — Notes — Ref. References • 2020 — Natsunagu! — Natsuna Keyaki — Lead role

• Year — Title — Role — Notes — Ref. References • 2020–21 — Hashimoto Ai no Kokonishikanai Dokoka e — Host

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