Manami Higa

Manami Higa (比嘉 愛未, Higa Manami; born June 14, 1986) is a Japanese actress. Her mother was a model. She graduated from Okinawa Prefectural Central High School. She gained recognition as an actress when she was selected in an audition of 2,156 people to star in the NHK Asadora Dondo Hare in 2006.^[1]

Manami Higa
比嘉 愛未
Born	(1986-06-14) June 14, 1986 (age 39) Nakagami, Uruma, Okinawa, Japan
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2003–present
Agent	Rising Production
Website	www.higamanami.com

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2012	We Were There:Part 1	Akiko Sengenji		[2]
	We Were There:Part 2	Akiko Sengenji		[3]
2013	Tokyo Sky Story	Hiromi	Lead role	[4]
	Tobe! Dakota	Chiyoko Morimoto	Lead role	[5]
2016	Kanon	Ai Kishimoto	Lead role	[6]
2017	My Teacher	Sachiko Nakajima		[7]
2018	Code Blue the Movie	Haruka Saejima		[8]
2021	Love and the Grand Tug-of-war	Atsuko Arima		[9]
2022	The Master Sake Brewers	Asuka Nagamine	Lead role	[10]
2023	The Pearl Legacy	Harumi Ōgame	Lead role	[11]
TBA	Emergency Interrogation Room: The Final	Ami Ikoma		[12]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes	Ref.
2007	Dondo Hare	Natsumi Asakura	NHK	Lead role; Asadora	[13]
2008–2017	Code Blue	Haruka Saejima	Fuji TV	3 seasons	[8]
2009	Tenchijin	Kiku-hime	NHK	Taiga drama	[14]
2012	Morimura Seiichi no Shikai no Fukuryū	Aki Yagiri	TV Asahi		[15]
2013	Bakken Record o Koete	Haruka Koutari	UHB	Lead role	[16]
2013	Sousa Ikka Sawamura Keiji	Hatsumi Nagasawa	Fuji TV		[17]
	Yoidore Kotōji	Oryō	NHK BS		[18]
	Nouhime 2: Sengoku no Onnatachi	Oichi no Kata	TV Asahi		[19]
	Sousa Ikka Sawamura Keiji 2	Hatsumi Nagasawa	Fuji TV		[20]
2014	Matsumoto Seichō Drama Special: Shi no Hassō	Aki Tsumura	Fuji TV		[21]
	Matsumoto Seichō Tsuyoki Ari	Motoko Miyahara	TV Tokyo		[22]
	GTO	Honami Fujikawa	KTV	Season 2	[23]
2015	Alone in Love	Haru Etō	NTV	Lead role	[24]
	Samurai Sensei	Haruka Saeki	TV Asahi		[25]
2019	Natsuzora: Natsu's Sky	Kōko Maejima	NHK	Asadora	[13]
2021	Japan Sinks: People of Hope	Kaori Amami	TBS		[26]
2022	Emergency Interrogation Room: New Year's Special	Ami Ikoma	TV Asahi	Television film	[12]
2022–2024	She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat	Yuki Nomoto	NHK General TV	Lead role; 2 seasons	[27]
2023	Ao Haru Ride	Kaoru Ichijō	Wowow		[28]