Sei Ashina

Aya Igarashi (五十嵐 彩, Igarashi Aya; November 22, 1983 – September 14, 2020^[1]), known professionally as Sei Ashina (芦名 星, Ashina Sei), was a Japanese actress.^[2]

Sei Ashina
芦名 星
Born	Aya Igarashi (五十嵐 彩) (1983-11-22)22 November 1983 Fukushima, Japan
Died	14 September 2020(2020-09-14) (aged 36) Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2002–2020
Agent	Horipro
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Website	www.horipro.co.jp/ashinasei/

Career

She was born Igarashi Aya,^[3] and assumed the stage name Sei Ashina. Prior to her acting career, Ashina was a model.^[4][1] She made her acting debut in the 2002 Tokyo Broadcasting System Television series The Tail of Happiness (しあわせのシッポ),^[4][1] modeling that year in magazines including Shogakukan's CanCam and Shueisha's Pinky, and was best known for starring as Hime in Kamen Rider Hibiki.^[5] She was also known for her role as The Girl, an unnamed concubine, in Silk (2007).^[6]

Ashina died on September 14, 2020, at age 36. Her body was found at her home in Shinjuku in a suspected suicide.^[7][4]

Filmography

Movies

• Sekai no Owari (2004)
• Kamen Rider Hibiki & The Seven Senki (2005) – Hime (姫)
• Silk (2007) – The Girl
• Tatoe Sekai ga Owattemo (2007)
• Mayu-Kokoro no Hoshi- (2007)
• Kamui Gaiden (2009)
• NANASE: The Psychic Wanderers (2010)
• Tale of Genji: A Thousand Year Engima (2011)
• Killing For The Prosecution (2018)
• Impossibility Defense (2018)
• Perfect World (2018)
• AI Amok (2020)

Television

• Stand Up!! (2003)
• Dollhouse (ドールハウス) (2004)
• Kamen Rider Hibiki (2005)
• Broccoli (ブロッコリー) (2006)
• Tsubasa No Oreta Tenshitachi (2007)
• Swan no Baka (2007)
• Giragira (2008)
• Bloody Monday (ブラッディ・マンデイ) (2008)
• Saru Lock (2009)
• Untouchable (2009)
• Bloody Monday 2 (2010)
• Watashi wa Shadow (2011)
• Nobunaga no Chef (2013)
• Nobunaga no Chef 2 (2014)
• The Emperor's Cook (2015)
• Specialist (2016)^[8]