Ai Hashimoto

Ai Hashimoto (橋本 愛, Hashimoto Ai; born 12 January 1996) is a Japanese actress.

Ai Hashimoto
橋本 愛
Hashimoto at the 37th Tokyo International Film Festival in 2024
Born	(1996-01-12) January 12, 1996 (age 29) Kumamoto, Japan
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2008–present
Agent	Eden

Early life and career

Hashimoto was born in Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture,^[1] the second of three daughters.^[2] In 2008, Hashimoto won the HUAHUA audition held by Newcome;^[3][4] her mother had chosen Hashimoto for the audition because she had the strongest facial complexion out of the three sisters.^[3]

In 2009, Hashimoto was selected as the youngest "Miss Seventeen" by fashion magazine Seventeen, alongside Emi Kudo, Arisa Takada and Alice Hirose, out of 5,267 applicants.^[5] The same year, she debuted as an actress in the movie Give and Go, portraying a deaf girl who is absorbed in basketball.^[2]

Hashimoto appeared in Confessions in 2010^[6] and starred in The Kirishima Thing in 2012,^[7] for which she won new face awards from the Japan Academy^[8] and Kinema Junpo.^[9] She also appeared as Sadako in Sadako 3D.^[10]

In 2024, Hashimoto was appointed Jury member at the 2024 Tokyo International Film Festival for its section 'International competition'.^[11] On December 31, she left Sony Music Artists and transferred to the new agency Eden.^[12]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2010	Give and Go	Natsuki	Lead role
	Confessions	Mizuki Kitahara
2011	Control Tower	Mizuho Takimoto	Lead role
	A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Trip	Yoshiko
	Avatar	Michiko Abukumagawa	Lead role
2012	The Kirishima Thing	Kasumi		[13]
	Sadako 3D	Sadako
	Until the Break of Dawn	Misa Arashi
	Soup	Chiaki Nishimura
	Home: Itoshi no Zashiki Warashi	Azumi Takahashi
	Blood-C: The Last Dark	Mana Hiiragi	Voice role
	Another	Mei Misaki	Lead role
	Bungo: Stories of Desire	Tomoyo	Lead role, segment Sushi
2013	Goodbye Debussy	Haruka Kōzuki	Lead role
	I'll Give It My All... Tomorrow	Suzuko Ōguro
	Angel Home	Haruka Kunimura
2014	The World of Kanako	Morishita
	Little Forest: Summer & Autumn	Ichiko	Lead role	[14]
	Parasyte: Part 1	Satomi Murano
	Adult Drop	Anne Irie
2015	Little Forest: Winter & Spring	Ichiko	Lead role	[15]
	Wonderful World End	Shiori Hayano	Lead role
	Parasyte: Part 2	Satomi Murano
2016	The Shell Collector	Tsutako
	Utsukushii Hito	Tōko	Lead role
	The Inerasable	Ms. Kubo
	Birthday Card	Noriko	Lead role
	The Old Capital	Mai Sada		[16]
2017	A Beautiful Star	Akiko		[17]
	Parks	Jun	Lead role	[18]
2018	It's Boring Here, Pick Me Up	I	Lead role	[19]
	Oz Land	Yayoi Tamachi		[20]
2019	21st Century Girl		Lead role; anthology film	[21]
2020	Good-Bye	Keiko Mizuhara		[22]
	Hold Me Back	Satsuki		[23]
2022	xxxHolic	Zashiki-warashi		[24]
	To Every You I've Loved Before	Kazune Takigawa (voice)		[25]
	To Me, the One Who Loved You	Kazune Takigawa (voice)		[26]
2024	After the Fever	Sanae	Lead role	[27]
	Happiness	Tsukiko Kunikida		[28]
	The Voices at War	Mieko Wada		[29]
	The Hotel of My Dream	Sudō		[30]
2025	As for Me	Kanako Saotome	Lead role	[31]
	BAUS: The Ship's Voyage Continues	Hanae		[32]
	Rewrite	Tomoe		[33]
	After the Quake	Mina		[34]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2012	Crime and Punishment: A Falsified Romance	Hikaru Baba
2013	Hard Nuts	Kurumi Nanba	Lead role
	Amachan	Yui Adachi	Asadora	[35]
2014	All About My Siblings	Kazumi Nagahara
2018	Segodon	Suga	Taiga drama	[36]
	Dele	Yuriko	Episode 5	[37]
2019	Idaten	Koume	Taiga drama	[38]
	Nodoka no Niwa	Motoko Asahina	Lead role	[39]
	Our Dearest Sakura	Yuri		[40]
2020	Pareto's Miscalculation	Satomi Makino	Lead role	[41]
2021	Sekai wo Kaeta Onnanoko	Ada Lovelace (voice)	Short drama	[42]
	Reach Beyond the Blue Sky	Odaka Chiyo	Taiga drama	[43]
2023	A Day-Off of Hana Sugisaki	Midori	Episodes 5 and 6	[44]
	The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House	Momoko		[45]
2024	Shinjuku Field Hospital	Mai Minami		[46]
2025	After the Quake	Mina	Miniseries	[34]
	Unbound	Tei	Taiga drama	[36]

TV anime

Hashimoto attending the 27th Tokyo International Film Festival in 2015

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2020	Natsunagu!	Natsuna Keyaki	Lead role	[47]

Radio

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2020–21	Hashimoto Ai no Kokonishikanai Dokoka e	Host		[48]

Dubbing

• The Flash (Kara Zor-El / Supergirl (Sasha Calle))^[49]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award ceremony	Award	Result	Ref.
2013	34th Yokohama Film Festival	Best Newcomer	Won	[50]
	86th Kinema Junpo Awards	Best New Actress	Won	[51]
	36th Japan Academy Film Prize	Newcomer of the Year	Won	[52]
2014	38th Elan d'or Awards	Newcomer of the Year	Won	[53]
2018	72nd Mainichi Film Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Nominated	[54]