Tamiyo Kusakari
Tamiyo Kusakari is a Japanese actress and former ballet dancer. In 1997 her portrayal of Mai Kishikawa in Shall We Dance? Won a Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role.
Tamiyo Kusakari
- Name
- Tamiyo Kusakari
- Born
- 10 May 1965
- Birthplace
- Tokyo, Japan
- Occupation
- Ballet dancer, actress
- Spouse
- Masayuki Suo
- Full name
- 草刈 民代.
- Nationality
- Japan
- Known for
- Shall We Dance?
- Honours
- 20th Japan Academy Prize
- Languages
- Japanese
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Key facts
• Name — Tamiyo Kusakari • Born — 10 May 1965 • Birthplace — Tokyo, Japan • Occupation — Ballet dancer, actress • Spouse — Masayuki Suo
Biography
Biography
From Toshima, Tokyo, Kusakari started dancing professionally at the age of eight and won the first prize at the Japan Ballet Competition of 1987. In 1987, she made her debut as Odette in Swan Lake. She received the Muramatsu Award in 1988, and the Tachibana Akiko Award in 1990. At 27, she suffered a hernia that nearly ended her career, leaving her a temporary wheelchair user. She retired from ballet in 2009 at the age of 43. Kusakari is also known for her starring role in Shall We Dance? During the production of the movie she met and later married the director, Masayuki Suo. She starred in Suo's 2012 film A Terminal Trust.
Recognition
Recognition
• 1996, 20th Japan Academy Prize, Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Television
Television
• Shinzanmono (2010) • Ryōmaden (2010) • Diplomat Kosaku Kuroda (2011) • Shizumanu Taiyō (2016) • Tokyo Sentimental (2016) • Kuroido Goroshi (2018), Mitsuru Kuroido • Great Love: With You Who Forget Me (2018)
Films
• Shall We Dance? (1996), Mai Kishikawa • Dancing Chaplin (2010) • A Terminal Trust (2012) • Lady Maiko (2014) • Moon and Lightning (2017) • Talking the Pictures (2019), Marguerite (Alla Nazimova) • Yasuko, Songs of Days Past (2025), star actress
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- 1.Shoji, Kaori. Dancing with body and soul - The Japan Times. The Japan Times. 2 July 2006.
- 2.草刈民代 引退公演終え「幸せでした」と笑顔. Sponichi Annex. April 25, 2009.
- 3.Schilling, Mark. 'Dancing Chaplin' - The Japan Times. The Japan Times. 15 April 2011.
- 4.DeFore, John. A Terminal Trust (Tsui No Shintaku): Montreal Review - The Hollywood Reporter. The Hollywood Reporter. 3 September 2012.
- 5.第20回日本アカデミー賞優秀作品. Japan Academy Film Prize.
- 6.ゆきてかへらぬ. eiga.com.
- 7.檀れい＆小泉孝太郎ら追加キャストが決定！ 上川隆也主演「沈まぬ太陽」. CinemaCafe.net. February 13, 2016.
- 8.小栗旬、吉田鋼太郎に恋のアドバイス!? 「東京センチメンタル」初回マドンナも発表. CinemaCafe.net. December 17, 2015.
- 9.野村萬斎＆大泉洋、三谷幸喜版「アクロイド殺し」SPドラマで共演. Cinema Today. February 15, 2018.
- 10.松岡昌宏、戸田恵梨香から婚約破棄される精神科医に『大恋愛～僕を忘れる君と』. Modelpress. August 17, 2018.
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