Masami Nagasawa Japanese Actress From Iwata

Masami Nagasawa (3 June 1987, Iwata) is a Japanese actress. She is known for Our Little Sister (2015) and Bleach (2018).

Early life

She was born to Kazuaki Nagasawa. Schooling on record includes Horikoshi High School.

Career

Her first listed screen credit dates to 2000, with Pyrokinesis. Work from the 2000s includes Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. (2003) and Godzilla: Final Wars (2004). I Wish (2011) and Before We Vanish (2017) are among her 2010s credits. In the 2020s, she appeared in Detective Chinatown 3 (2021, as Anna Kobayashi) and Shin Ultraman (2022).

The list below counts 39 films and 4 TV series from 2000 to 2025. Drama is the most frequent genre among her listed titles (5), followed by action (2) and adventure (2). Her latest credit on record is Hokusai's Daughter (2025). Of her three titles with worldwide box-office figures on record, Crying Out Love in the Center of the World (2004) has the highest, at $74.8 million.

Kanna Hashimoto appears in four of her listed titles, including Gintama (2017) and Kingdom (2019). Other co-stars who recur in her credits are Takao Ōsawa (three titles) and Kentaro Sakaguchi (two titles). Shinsuke Sato directed four of her titles on record, among them I Am a Hero (2015) and Kingdom 3: The Flame of Destiny (2023). Her other notable work includes Masquerade Hotel.

Recognition

Among her honours is the Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Newcomer, won in 2004 for Crying Out Love in the Center of the World. Other wins include three Blue Ribbon Awards (2005, 2012 and 2020) and the Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year (2005). Her awards record shows 5 wins.

Personal life

She is married to Takeshi Fukunaga.