Kasumi Arimura

• Name — Kasumi Arimura • Native Name — 有村 架純 • Born — 13 February 1993 • Birthplace — Itami, Hyōgo, Japan • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 2010–present • Agent — FLaMme

Arimura was born on February 13, 1993, in Itami city, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. She has an older sister, Airi Arimura, who is a model turned actress.

In December 2009, while attending Hyogo Prefectural Itami Nishi High School, Arimura auditioned for FLaMme and passed. In May 2010, she made her first series appearance in Hagane no Onna. Arimura gained popularity by appearing in the morning drama Amachan in 2013. Arimura then appeared as the lead actress in the critically acclaimed film Flying Colors where she was cast as a troubled teen who attends a cram school at the behest of her mother in order to gain entry to University. The film was a massive box office success and was the 8th highest-grossing film in Japan in 2015. Arimura was nominated for both the Outstanding Performance By An Actress In A Leading Role and Newcomer of the Year Awards in the 39th Japan Academy Film Prize for her role in the film. She was awarded the Newcomer of the Year Award. Arimura was selected as the lead actress for the Asadora Hiyokko in the year 2017. For her role in the drama, she was voted as the Best Actress in The 94th Television Drama Academy Awards (2017), an award given quarterly by a popular Japanese magazine, The Television, and are based on the combined results of votes from the magazine readers, juries, and TV journalists in Japan. She has since appeared in many critically acclaimed television dramas and films such as Meet Me After School, I Am a Hero, Cafe Funiculi Funicula and Sekigahara. In the film Sekigahara, Arimura played the role of a ninja named Hatsume who was recruited by the legendary samurai Ishida Mitsunari. The film was nominated for the Picture of the Year award at the 41st Japan Academy Film Prize. Arimura has also taken on acting roles in works which are regarded as controversial in nature. In the drama Meet Me After School, Arimura took on the challenging role of a young teacher who ended up falling in love with her 15 year-old student. Despite its controversial nature, the drama was named the Best Drama in the 99th Japan Television Drama Academy Awards. The year 2021 proved to be a very successful year for Arimura. She appeared in the film We Made A Beautiful Bouquet, which was the 8th highest grossing film of 2021 in Japan. Arimura was awarded the Best Actress award in the 45th Japan Academy Film Prize for her role in the film. Arimura also starred in the blockbuster films Rurouni Kenshin: The Final and Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning, the final 2 films of the epic Rurouni Kenshin film franchise which consist of films which are adapted from the Rurouni Kenshin manga series. Both films were massive box-office successes in 2021 in Japan, grossing more than 6.5 billion yen cumulatively. Arimura portrayed Yukishiro Tomoe, the deceased-wife of the titular character Himura Kenshin. Rurouni Kenshin: The Final was the 6th highest grossing film whilst Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning was the 13th highest grossing film for the year 2021 in Japan. On the drama side, Arimura starred as a young lady struggling with employment, who happens to chance upon a group of also struggling stand-up comedians in the 2021 slice of life drama Life's Punchline (Konto Ga Hajimaru). For her role in the drama, she was voted as the Best Supporting Actress in The 108th Television Drama Academy Awards, making her one of the few female actresses who has won both the Best Actress (Hiyokko) and Best Supporting Actress Awards (Life's Punchline) in The Television Drama Academy Awards. Arimura appeared in the drama Zenkamono (a.k.a. Prior Convictions) wherein she acted as a voluntary probation officer who was tasked with the supervision of 3 separate paroled convicts. A movie version of Zenkamono starring Arimura was also released in 2022. Also In 2022, Arimura appeared alongside Ninomiya Kazunari in the TV Special Adventure of Comandante Cappellini (Sensuikan Cappellini-go no Bouken) and starred in the drama Ishiko and Haneo. Arimura appeared in the film Phases of the Moon in December 2022. In January 2023, Arimura appeared in the 62nd NHK taiga drama What Will You Do, Ieyasu?. In February, Kasumi starred in the Netflix-produced film titled Call Me Chihiro. In June 2024, Arimura appeared in the film Dear Family as a supporting character. In July 2024, Kasumi starred alongside Ren Meguro in the drama Where Does The Sea Begin. In November 2024, Kasumi appeared in the Netflix-produced drama titled Beyond Goodbye. Beyond Goodbye was ranked the 9th most-watched non-english TV series on Netflix on its first week of airing.

• Year — Drama — Role — Notes — Ref. Reference(s) • 2010 — The Woman of Steel — Mana Nishibori • SPEC: Birth — Miyabi Masaki • 2011 — Akutō: Jūhanzai Sōsahan — Manami Momose — Episode 5 • The Woman of Steel Season 2 — Mana Nishibori • Odd Family 11 — Niko Sanada • 2012 — Clover — Yui Akiyama • SPEC: Life — Miyabi Masaki — Television film • Mikeneko Homes no Suiri — Asuka Murase — Episodes 8 and 9 • Boku no Natsuyasumi — Haruna Aoyama • Tsurukame Maternity Center — Sayori Uehara • The Brave Yoshihiko and The Key of an Evil Spirit — Fake Murasaki — Episode 7 • 2013 — Otasukeya Jinpachi — Moe Kamiya • Amachan — Haruko Amano — Asadora • Tales of the Unusual: Spring 2013 — Sumiko Tsujiura — Short drama • Star Man — Shoko Usui • The After-Dinner Mysteries Special — Yumiko Shiota — Television film • Chicken Race — Kumi Sakurai — Television film • The Stork Nest — Ayumi Niiyama — Television film • 2014 — Heartbroken Chocolatier — Matsuri Koyurugi • Mozu Season 1 — Ami Nakajima • Baseball Brainiacs — Yuzuko Tarumi • Tonari no Reji no Umekisan — Mika Sawamura • 2015 — Your Story — Nana Kurata • Eien no Bokura: Sea Side Blue — Aoi Matsuoka — Lead role; television film • Umi ni Furu — Miyuki Amaya — Lead role; miniseries • 2016 — Love That Makes You Cry — Oto Sugihara — Lead role • 2017 — Hiyokko — Mineko Yatabe — Lead role; Asadora • 2018 — Meet Me After School — Hijiri Suenaga — Lead role • 2019 — Hiyokko 2 — Mineko Maeda — Lead role; miniseries • And Life Goes On — Tōko Ikuta — Lead role; miniseries • 2020 — A Day-Off of Kasumi Arimura — Herself — Lead role; miniseries • Gift of Fire — Setsu Asakura — Lead role; television film • Our Sister's Soulmate — Momoko Adachi — Lead role • Cold Case Season 3 — Misa Kifune — Episode 3 • 2021 — Life's Punchline — Rihoko Nakahama • Zenkamono — Kayo Agawa — Lead role • 2022 — Adventure of Comandante Cappellini — Sakiko Hayami — Television film • Ishiko and Haneo: You're Suing Me? — Shōko "Ishiko" Ishida — Lead role • Lost Man Found — Herself — Cameo; episode 1 • 2023 — What Will You Do, Ieyasu? — Sena — Taiga drama • 2024 — Where Does the Sea Begin — Yayoi Momose • Beyond Goodbye — Saeko — Lead role • 2026 — Gift — Hitoka Kiriyama

• Jeanne d'Arc (October 7, 2014 - November 24, 2014), Jeanne d'Arc • Tomodachi (2021), the second daughter

• Layton's Mystery Journey (2017), Katrielle "Kat" Layton

• Ketsumeishi - "Nakama" (May 12, 2010) • Sayaka Shionoya - "Dear Heaven" (December 10, 2012) • Saku - "Start Me Up" (April 29, 2015) • Aoi Teshima - "Letter for Tomorrow" (February 10, 2016) • Nissy - "Happening" and "My Prettiest Girl" (August 24, 2016)

• The Making of Magical Movies: John Lasseter and Disney Animation (2014), narrator • 66th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen (2015), a judge • 67th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen (2016), red team captain • 68th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen (2017), red team captain • 64th Japan Record Awards (2022), host

• B.L.T. U-17 Vol.17 (Tokyo News Mook) (February 5, 2011), Tokyo News Service, • aBUTTON Vol.4_Yume Arimura Kasumi (Plup Series) (November 30, 2011), Parco, • Shinkokyū: Shin Kokyu (November 7, 2013), Shueisha, • Oh! My Rody (February 14, 2014), TMWC,

Kasumi Arimura is recorded as having received Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year, Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Actress and Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Newcomer. Recorded at birth as 有村 架澄.

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