Mayuko Iwasa

Mayuko Iwasa (岩佐 真悠子, Iwasa Mayuko, born February 24, 1987 in Nerima, Tokyo) is a former Japanese entertainer, model, and actress. She was formerly represented by Platinum Production. Among numerous other television and film appearances, she played the lead role in the film adaptation of Kaoruko Himeno's novel Junan (受難, Passion).

Mayuko Iwasa
岩佐 真悠子
Born	(1987-02-24) February 24, 1987 (age 38) Nerima, Tokyo, Japan
Occupations	actress model
Years active	2003–2020
Agent	Platinum Production
Height	1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)

Career

Iwasa was Miss Magazine 2003. She was awarded the Graph Prize, the 42nd Golden Arrow Awards (2004) in March 2005.

In June 2005, Iwasa recorded a duet with Naoya Ogawa called "Katte ni Shinryakusha" (An Invader in My Own Way), which was used as an ending song of Sgt. Frog. The two appeared on Music Station and Pop Jam. Iwasa was in the drama Gal Circle as Rika, a ganguro girl who scams her friends for money. In 2013 she played the lead role in Junan (受難, Passion), the film adaptation of Kaoruko Himeno's novel about a woman who grows a talking face near her genitals after asking God for help.^[1]

On October 1, 2020, she announced her decision to retire from the entertainment industry and take a new career of nursing care.^[2]

Filmography

Films

• Sayonara Midori-chan (2004)
• Space Police (2004)
• Shibuya Kaidan: Sa-chan no Toshi Densetsu (2004)
• Chicken Deka (2004)
• Umeku Haisuikan (2004)
• Omoi no Iro (2004)
• Swing Girls (2004) - Chie
• Einstein Girl (2005)
• Space Police (2005)
• Sugar and Spice: Fumi zekka | Shuga & Supaisu Fumi Zekka (2006) - Yoko
• Carved 2 | Kuchisake-onna 2 (2008) - Yukie Sawada
• Kujira: Gokudo no Shokutaku (2009)
• Beautiful Female Panther: Body Sniper | Utsukushiki mehyo: Body sniper (2010)
• Tensou Sentai Goseiger Returns! The Last Epic (2011)
• Koitani Bashi: La Vallee de l'amour (2011)^[3]
• MILOCRORZE - A Love Story (2012) - Yukine
• Actress (2012) - Akari Hazuki
• Shinobido (2012)
• Junan (受難, Passion) (2013) - Francesco^[1]
• 009-1: The End of the Beginning (2013)
• Cult (カルト, Karuto) (2013) - Mayuko Iwasa^[4]
• Her Granddaughter (2015)^[5]

TV Movies

Year	Title	Role	Network
2006	Detective Conan: Kudo Shinichi's Written Challenge	Sonoko Suzuki	YTV
	Sengoku Jieitai	Osen	NTV
2007	Detective Conan: Kudo Shinichi Returns! Showdown with the Black Organization	Sonoko Suzuki	NTV
2008	Hanazakari no Kimitachi e SP	Hibari Hanayashiki	Fuji TV
	Freshman Director		TBS

Television dramas

Year	Title	Role
2004	Supēsu Porisu
2005	Sayonara Midori-chan[6]
	Einstein Girl	Einstein Girl
	Ganbatte Ikimasshoi (TV series)	Taeko "Dakko" Kikuchi (unknown episodes)
	Seishun no mon: Chikuhō hen (mini TV series)	Female Student of Tagawa Chugaku
2006	Detective Conan	Sonoko Suzuki
	Sugar & Spice	Yoko
	Gal Circle (TV series)	Rika
	Nodame Cantabile	Reina Ishikawa
2007	Hanazakari no Kimitachi e	Hanayashiki Hibari
	Hell Girl	Natsuko Yuki
	Liar Game	Ishida Rie
2008	Kuchisake-Onna 2 The Scissors Massacre	Yukie Sawada
2009	Mei-chan no Shitsuji	Ryuonji Izumi
2010	Troubleman	Ogi Makiko
2011	Hanazakari no Kimitachi e	Hanayashiki Hibari
2013	The Cult	Mayuko Iwasa (herself)
	009-1: The End of the Beginning	Mylene Hoffman