Haruka Abe
Haruka Abe (born 8 January 1988) is a Japanese actress based in London.
Haruka Abe

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- Name
- Haruka Abe
- Born
- 8 January 1988
- Birthplace
- Nerima, Tokyo, Japan
- Occupation
- Actress
- Education
- Rose Bruford College
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- English · Japanese
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Key facts
• Name — Haruka Abe • Native Name — 安部 春香 • Born — 8 January 1988 • Birthplace — Nerima, Tokyo, Japan • Occupation — Actress • Education — Rose Bruford College • Years Active — 2006–present
Life and career
Life and career
Born in Nerima, Tokyo, Abe grew up in Tokyo, London and New York. As a child, she trained at Gekidan Himawari, a children’s drama school in Tokyo. She trained at Rose Bruford College in South East London. She appeared in BBC's Ideal as Miko, and as Marti in Sleepydog's science-fiction TV series Slingers directed by Steve Barron. She also appeared in the video for Clean Bandit's song "Rather Be" which has gained over 800 million views on YouTube as of 2025. In 2018, she became the new speaking voice of Noodle from the virtual band Gorillaz.
Television
Television
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2007–2011 — Ideal — Miko • 2008 — The Things I Haven't Told You — Sarah Kells — Television film • 2009 — Casualty — Mika • Slingers (Pilot) — Marti • Wire in the Blood — Japanese waitress • 2011 — My So Called Life Sentence — Danini — Television film • 2012 — My Phone Genie — Naoko • 2014 — Doctors — Jenny • Edge of Heaven — Tammy • 2015 — Cuffs — Mikki • Cucumber — Anna • Cyberbully — Jennifer Li • 2017 — Emerald City — Po • Zapped — Henchwoman • 2018 — Kiss Me First — Tippi • Stath Lets Flats — Tomoko • 2019 — Silent Witness — Akito Emon — Two episodes ("To Brighton, To Brighton") • 2019 — Giri/Haji — Suzume • 2020 — Avenue 5 — Aimi Ito
Web series
Web series
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2020 — Song Machine — Noodle — Web series by Gorillaz 8 episodes
Music videos
Music videos
• Year — Song — Singer/Band — Notes • 2010 — "Chaos Lives In Everything" — Dead & Control — Mimed to Office • 2014 — "Rather Be" — Clean Bandit — Mimed to Jess Glynne's vocals
Video games
Video games
• Year — Title — Voice role — Notes • 2016 — Late Shift — May-Ling — Full motion video

Haruka Abe in a commercial for Late Shift, uploaded by the official Late Shift channel (February 2016)
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Film
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2006 — Mo Yin — Sarah • 2007 — Encore — Echo • 2009 — Shell Shock — Lady One • Only Time — Li Jing — Short film • Stray Balloon — Naomi • Slingers — Marti — Short film • Aneurysm — Model — Short film • We Have Already Begun to Die — She • 2010 — Stanley Pickle — Bluebell • 8 Seconds — Yumiko • Bleach — Li — Short film • 2011 — Yuki — Yuki — Short film • Secrecy — Chie Okumura • Fish — Sakura • Great News • Magnesium — Eve30 • 2012 — Choose — 4624 — Short film • The Outsider: A Looper's Story — Anna — Short film • 47 Ronin — Mika's handmaiden • 2013 — About Time — Japanese girl • Pulling Away — Alyx Castillo — Short film • 2014 — Traces — The Searcher — Short film • The Knife That Killed Me — Serena • The Scopia Effect — Keiko • 2015 — After the World Ended — Sarama/ Sarameya • The Substitute — Seven — Short film • Random 11 — Mitsuko Unagi • Tokyo 70 — Haruka • Kubrick's Coat — Ayame — Short film • 2017 — The Distant Sea — Girl in the house — Short film • 2019 — Hafu — Misaki — Short film • Dead Unicorns — Haruka Satou • She's Just A Shadow — Tanya • 2021 — Cruella — Liberty woman • Stagger — Eva — Short film • Snake Eyes — Akiko — Also does own dub-over voice in Japanese version
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These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Hernon, Matthew. Actress Haruka Abe balances others' expectations and her own dreams. The Japan Times. 2017-03-05.
- 2.The Japan Society - Haruka Abe – Interview with an Actress. www.japansociety.org.uk.
- 3.haruka4be.com. Haruka Abe. Official website.
- 4.British Comedy Guide. Ideal: character guide.
- 5.Sleepydog. Slingers.
- 6.Doors open for Japanese actress Haruka Abe in London. Japan Today. June 21, 2014.
- 7.Hernon, Matthew. Actress Haruka Abe balances others' expectations and her own dreams. The Japan Times. March 5, 2017.
- 8.Clean Bandit. Clean Bandit - Rather Be ft. Jess Glynne [Official Video]. 5 December 2013.
- 9.LEFT HAND HARUKA METHOD: The Haruka Kuroda Interview. Hallelujah Monkeyz: The Gorillaz Fancast.
- 10.Moore, Camille. 10 Things You Didn't Know about Haruka Abe - TVovermind. July 25, 2021.
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