Chizuru Ikewaki

Chizuru Ikewaki (池脇 千鶴, Ikewaki Chizuru; born 21 November 1981 in Higashiosaka, Osaka) is a Japanese actress.^[1]

Chizuru Ikewaki
Born	(1981-11-21) November 21, 1981 (age 43) Higashiosaka, Osaka, Japan
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1997–present

Career

Ikewaki was given a Best New Talent award at the 2000 Yokohama Film Festival for her performance in Osaka Story.^[2] She appeared in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 2012 television drama Penance.^[3] She has also appeared in films such as Sword of Desperation^[4] and Looking for a True Fiancee.^[5]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1999	Osaka Story	Wakana	Lead role
2000	Across a Gold Prairie	Narisu Kodai	Lead role
2002	The Cat Returns	Haru (voice)	Lead role
2003	Josee, the Tiger and the Fish	Josee	Lead role
	A Day on the Planet	Chiyo
2006	Strawberry Shortcakes	Satoko	Lead role
2008	The Homeless Student
	10 Promises to My Dog	Yuko Inoue
2009	Pandemic
2010	Sweet Little Lies
	Sword of Desperation	Rio
	Permanent Nobara
2011	Bunny Drop	Yuki Goto
	In His Chart
	Looking for a True Fiancee	Wakako Suzuki
2012	Hasami	Hisae Nagai	Lead role
2013	Under the Nagasaki Sky
	Don't Lose Heart - Kujikenaide
	The Great Passage
	The Devil's Path	Yoko Fujii
	Beyond the Memories	Manami
2014	The Light Shines Only There	Chinatsu Ohshiro
	In His Chart 2
	Princess Jellyfish	Banba
2015	Being Good	Yōko Ōmiya
2016	Rage	Asuka
2018	Lenses on Her Heart	Akane Ōtaki	Lead role	[6]
	Shoplifters	Kie Miyabe		[7]
	Ten Years Japan		Lead role; "Sono Kūki wa Mienai" segment	[8]
2019	Tora-san, Wish You Were Here	Setsuko Takano		[9]
	Another World	Hatsuno		[10]
2022	My Small Land	Noriko Sakiyama		[11]
2025	Sunset Sunrise	Hitomi Mochida		[12]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1998	Tokugawa Yoshinobu	Sakura	Taiga drama
2000	Summer Snow	Chika Shinoda		[13]
2001–02	Honmamon	Konoha	Lead role; Asadora	[14]
2002	Season of the Sun	Eiko Izumi		[15]
2003	Ōoku	Maru		[16]
2007	Fūrin Kazan	Lady Sanjō	Taiga drama	[17]
2012	Penance	Yuka Ogawa		[18]
2018	Jimmy: The True Story of a True Idiot	Shinobu Otake		[19]
2021	Old Jack and Rose	Arata Usui	Lead role	[20]
2025	The Ghost Writer's Wife	Fumi Matsuno	Asadora	[21]