Rosa Kato

• Name — Rosa Kato • Birth Name — Rosa Kato • Born — 22 June 1985 • Birthplace — Kagoshima, Japan • Other Names — Rosa Matsui (married) • Occupation — Actress, model • Years Active — 2001–present • Height — 161 cm • Children — 2 • Website — www.ken-on.co.jp/rosa/ born 22 June 1985 is a Japanese actress and commercial model.

From April 2004 to March 2005, Kato was a regular guest student on Italian Conversation, a 25-minute NHK TV program for beginners of Italian. She subsequently began appearing in commercials and became a popular model after appearing in Zexy, a Japanese bridal magazine, in 2004. She appeared in the Japanese film Tokyo Tower with Jun Matsumoto in 2005. In late 2005, she began appearing in Japanese television dramas such as Kindaichi Shonen no Jikenbo. She later won the "Best Newcomer Award" for her performance in Dance Drill (also known as Dandori in Japan) in 2006. In 2007, she starred in the Japanese drama Jotei with Hana Yori Dango actor Shota Matsuda. In 2008, Kato appeared in several TV dramas such as Oh! My Girl! with Mokomichi Hayami and Change with Takuya Kimura.

Kato's mother is Japanese and her father is Italian, both met at an Italian restaurant her father worked at in Yokohama. When Kato was five years old, the family moved to Naples, Italy. At that time she was able to speak and understand Italian, but has since forgotten almost every word. Hence, Kato was a regular guest student on Italian Conversation NHK TV program. She was named Rosa after her paternal grandmother.

On 22 June 2011, Kato's 26th birthday, she married Japanese football player Daisuke Matsui. The next day, she announced on her blog her four-month pregnancy with their first child. She later gave birth to a son in France on 13 December. In February 2014, she gave birth to her second son. On 17 August 2025, she announced her divorce from Matsui during a variety show. However the exact date of the divorce has not been revealed, but she said it happened "not this year or anything, but a little while ago."

• Title — Year — Network • Division 1 - Yuku Na Ryoma! — 2005 — Fuji TV • Kindaichi Shounen No Jikenbo — 2005 — NTV • Yakusha Damashii — 2006 — Fuji TV • Tsubasa No Oreta Tenshitachi 2 — 2006 — Fuji TV • Onna No Ichidaiki SP — 2006 — Fuji TV • Tokkyu Tanaka San Go — 2007 — TBS • Jotei — 2007 — TV Asahi • Change — 2008 — Fuji TV • Oh! My Girl!! — 2008 — NTV • Ketsuekigatabetsu Onna ga Kekkon Suru Hoho — 2009 — Fuji TV • Door To Door — 2009 — TBS • Samayoi Zakura — 2009 — Fuji TV • Koishite Akuma — 2009 — Fuji TV • Pro Golfer Hana — 2010 — NTV • Fuyu no Sakura — 2011 — TBS

Rosa Kato was born on 22 June 1985 in Kagoshima Prefecture. Kato held the nationality of Japan. Kato was educated at Senshu University. Married to: Daisuke Matsui. Kato worked as model, seiyū, actor and fashion model. Kato was active from 2001. Kato worked in Japanese.