Suzu Hirose

Suzu Hirose (広瀬 すず, Hirose Suzu; born 19 June 1998) is a Japanese actress and model.

Suzu Hirose
広瀬 すず
Hirose at the 2024 Paris Fashion Week
Born	(1998-06-19) 19 June 1998 (age 27) Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka, Japan
Occupations	Actress model
Years active	2012–present[1]
Agent	Foster
Known for	Our Little Sister Chihayafuru The Third Murder
Relatives	Alice Hirose (older sister) [2]
Website	www.web-foster.com/pc/artists/Hirose/Suzu

Biography

Hirose debuted as a model for Japanese fashion magazine Seventeen, alongside her sister Alice. She gained fame when she starred with a group of actresses as the eponymous sister in the award-winning film Our Little Sister. The film won the Picture of the Year award at the 39th Japan Academy Film Prize. Her role for the film garnered her the Newcomer of the Year award in the same ceremony. The film was also selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.^[3][4]

In 2017, Hirose appeared in the film The Third Murder which was a massive success. She won the Best Supporting Actress award in the 41st Japan Academy Film Prize for her role and the film was also awarded the Picture of the Year award in the same ceremony. The film was also screened in the main competition section of the 74th Venice International Film Festival.

She was selected to play the main lead in the live-action trilogy films Chihayafuru, which received box-office successes. She was nominated twice for the Outstanding Performance By An Actress in a Leading Role awards in the Japan Academy Film Prize for her roles in Chihayafuru Part 1 in the 40th Japan Academy Film Prize and Not Quite Dead Yet in the 44th Japan Academy Film Prize.

Hirose played the heroine for the NHK's 100th Asadora, Natsuzora: Natsu's Sky.^[5] She has appeared in multiple commercials since 2013 and regularly tops various polls for celebrities with the most endorsements. Hirose appeared in a number of television dramas such as Kaitō Yamaneko (2016) and Nemesis (2021).

She was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress award in the 45th Japan Academy Film Prize for her role in the film A Morning of Farewell.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2013	The Apology King	Tsugumi		[6]
2014	Hōkago Tachi: Lolita Nante	Rinko		[7]
	Crows Explode	Mie Uchida		[8]
2015	Our Little Sister	Suzu Asano	Lead role	[9]
	The Boy and the Beast	Kaede (voice)		[10]
2016	Chihayafuru Part 1	Chihaya Ayase	Lead role	[11][12]
	Chihayafuru Part 2	Chihaya Ayase	Lead role	[13]
	Rage	Izumi Komiyama		[14]
	Your Lie in April	Kaori Miyazono	Lead role	[15]
2017	Let's Go, Jets!	Hikari Tomonaga	Lead role	[16]
	My Teacher	Hibiki Shimada	Lead role	[17]
	Fireworks	Nazuna Oikawa (voice)	Lead role	[18]
	The Third Murder	Sakie Yamanaka		[19]
2018	Laplace's Witch	Madoka Uhara		[20]
	Chihayafuru Part 3	Chihaya Ayase	Lead role	[21]
	Sunny: Our Hearts Beat Together	Nami Abe (young)	Lead role	[22]
2019	Lupin III: The First	Laetitia (voice)		[23]
2020	Last Letter	Misaki Tōno / Ayumi Tōno		[24]
	Not Quite Dead Yet	Nanase	Lead role	[25]
	The Untold Tale of the Three Kingdoms	transformed Diaochan	Cameo	[26]
2021	A Morning of Farewell	Mayo Hoshino		[27]
2022	Wandering	Sarasa Kanai	Lead role	[28]
2023	Nemesis: The Movie	Anna Mikami	Lead role	[29]
	The Water Flows to the Sea	Chisa Sakaki	Lead role	[30]
	Kyrie	Itsuko "Ikko" Ichijō		[31]
2024	At the Bench		Lead role; anthology film	[32]
2025	Unreachable	Misaki	Lead role	[33]
	Hero's Island	Yamako		[34]
	Yasuko, Songs of Days Past	Yasuko Hasegawa	Lead role	[35]
	A Pale View of Hills	Etsuko	Lead role; British-Japanese film	[36]
2026	Nanji, Hoshi no Gotoku	Akimi Inoue	Lead role	[37]

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2013	Kasukana Kanojo	Asuka Yuzuki		[38]
	Take Five	Rui Sasahara (Girlhood)		[39]
	Gekiryū: Watashi o Oboete Imasuka?	Takako Midōhara (Junior High School)		[40]
2014	Bitter Blood	Shinobu Sahara		[41]
	Fathers	Shinobu Koizumi	Episode 3	[42]
	The Man of the Tokyo Olympics	Wada Mary Mariko	Television film	[43]
2015	The Girl's Speech	Tsubame Haruna	Lead role	[44]
2016	The Mysterious Thief Yamaneko	Mao Takasugi		[45][46]
2018	Anone	Harika Tsujisawa	Lead role	[47]
	We Are Rockets!	Hikari Tomonaga	Special appearance	[48]
2019	Natsuzora: Natsu's Sky	Natsu Okuhara	Lead role; Asadora	[49]
2021	Air Girl	Komari Sano	Lead role; television film	[50]
	Ann's Lyrics: Ann Sakuragi's Haiku Lessons	Ann Sakuragi	Lead role; miniseries	[51]
	Okehazama	Nōhime	Television film	[52][53]
	Nemesis	Anna Mikami	Lead role	[54]
2022	Umeko: The Face of Female Education	Tsuda Umeko	Lead role; television film	[55]
2023	Hold My Hand at Twilight	Soramame Asagi	Lead role	[56]
2025	Who Saw the Peacock Dance in the Jungle?	Komugi Yamashita	Lead role	[57]
	Asura	Sakiko	Lead role	[58]
	Chihayafuru: Full Circle	Chihaya Ayase		[59]

Television shows

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2013	Mohaya Kami Dane		17 April–18 September	[60]
2018	69th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen	Red team host		[61]
2019	70th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen	Judge		[62]

Web drama

• Aoharu Online Beta (Shueisha)
  • "Aoharu Jikan Natsu" (5 July 2013 – 8 August 2013)
  • "Suzu to no Aoi Haru" (6 September 2013 – 25 October 2013)
• Kataomoi vol.12 (28 October 2013)
• Jadict "Lovely Hickey #14" (4 November 2013)
• Ghost Band (10 December 2013, Nestle Theater on YouTube)^[63]

Radio drama

• Very Merry Christmas (Tokyo FM, 15 December 2013), Kairi

Radio show

• School of Lock! - Girls Locks! (Tokyo FM, 14 October 2013 – 16 March 2017)^[64]
• Ghana presents - Hirose Suzu no Carnation Letter (Tokyo FM, 6 May 2014)^[65]
• Hirose Suzu no All Night Nippon Gold (Nippon Broadcasting System, 20 March 2015)
• Hirose Suzu no Yohaku Jikan (Tokyo FM, 7 October 2023 –)^[66]

Music video appearances

Year	Title	Artist	Ref.
2013	"Christmas Eve (30th Anniversary Edition)"	Tatsuro Yamashita	[67]
2014	"Precious Love"	Atsushi	[68]
2015	"Itsuka Kitto"	Naoto Inti Raymi	[69]
	"Hana"	Kobukuro	[70]
2017	"Tetote"	Whiteeeen feat. GReeeeN	[71]
	"Uta Usagi"	Spitz	[72]

Stage

Theatre

Year	Title		Role	Venue	Date	Ref.
	English	Japanese
2019	A Night at the Kabuki	Q: A Night at the Kabuki	Juliet of Minamoto	Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre	October 8–15 November 9–December 11	[73][74]
2022					July 29–September 11	[75][76][77]
				Sadler’s Wells Theatre	22–24 September
				Shin Kabuki-za Theatre, Osaka	7–16 October
				National Theater, Taipei	25–30 October

Bibliography

Magazine

• Seventeen, Shueisha 1967-, as an exclusive model (October 2012 – November 2018)^[2]
• B.L.T., Tokyo News Service 1997-, "Zenzen, Hajimetedesu" (June 2014 – May 2016)
• CM Now, Genkosha 1931-, "Arisuzu" (July/August 2014 – July/August 2017)
• Grand Jump, Shueisha 1967-, "1 piece" (21 January 2015 – 1 April 2015)
• Nikkei Entertainment!, Nikkei BP 1997-, "Makezugirai" (April 2017 – July 2018)^[78]

Photobook

• Hirose Suzu 1st Photobook "Suzu" (31 March 2014), Tokyo News Service, ISBN 978-4863363915^[79]
• 17-sai no Suzubon (19 March 2016), Shueisha, ISBN 978-4087807776^[80]
• Suzu Hirose in Natsuzora Photobook (1 April 2019), Tokyo News Service, ISBN 978-4863369184^[81]
• Leisure Treasure (19 February 2022), Kodansha, ISBN 978-4065194003^[82]

Book cover

• Suitei Osananajimi Part 1 (24 May 2013)
• Suitei Osananajimi Part 2 (25 June 2013)

Discography

Audio

• Hatsukoi / Kazemachi de Aimasho (24 June 2015)^[83]
• Rōei Ogura Hyakunin Isshu (6 April 2016)^[84]
• Ruriiro no Chikyuu / Fireworks OST (9 August 2017)^[85]

Record jacket

• Ai no Uta Bitter Sweet Tracks 2 → mixed by Q;indivi+ / Ai no Uta J-POP NON STOP MIX 2 → mixed by DJ FUMI★YEAH! (24 December 2014)^[86]
• back number - "Heroine" (21 January 2015)^[87]
• Naoto Inti Raymi - Itsuka Kitto (8 April 2015)^[88]

Advertisements

TV commercial

• Benesse Corporation - Shinken Seminar Kōkō Kōza (2012 - 2013)
• Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corporation - FLET'S Hikari Ninen Wari (2013)^[89]
• Otsuka Foods - Match/Match Pink (2014)^[90]
• Lotte
  • Ghana (2014 - 2015)^[91]
  • Koume (2014)^[92]
  • Fit's (2015 - 2016)^[93]
  • Sō (2017 - 2021)^[94]
• Recruit Marketing Partners
  • Zexy (2014 - 2015) - 7th Commercial Girl^[95]
  • Rikunabi Next (2021)^[96]
• SoftBank
  • SoftBank Mobile - Shirato Family (2014 - 2021)^[97]
  • SoftBank Robotics - Whiz (2020)^[98]
  • Softbank 5G (2021) ^[99]
• Line Corporation - LINE PLAY (2014)^[100]
• Shizuoka Ichigo Kyōgikai - Shizuoka Strawberry "Benihoppe" (2014)^[101]
• JR East - JR SkiSki (2014 - 2015)^[102]
• Myojo Foods
  • Ippeichan Yomise no Yakisoba (2015 - 2016)^[103]
  • Charumera (2017)^[104]
• Tokyo Gas
  • Ene Farm (2015)^[105]
  • Anata to Zutto Kyo yori Motto (2015)^[106]
  • Barber Suga (2016)^[106]
• Shiseido
  • Sea Breeze (2015)^[107]
  • D Program (2020)^[108]
  • 150th Anniversary Commercial (2022) ^[109]
• Katakura Industries - Cocoon City (2015)^[110]
• Fujifilm
  • Shaprise Shiyou (2015)^[111]
  • Fuji Color^[112]
  • Oshogatsu wo Utsuso (2015 - 2021)^[113]
  • Mashikaku Print (2017)
  • Instax mini (2018)
  • Instax mini Evo (2021) ^[114]
• Senju Pharmaceutical - Mytear CL (2015 - 2020)^[115]
• Nippon Professional Baseball Organization (2015)^[116]
• Universal Studios Japan
  • Universal Surprise Halloween (2015)^[117]
  • The Wizarding World of Harry Potter (2016)^[118]
• Leopalace21 (2015 - 2016)^[119]
• Mitsubishi UFJ NICOS - DC Card (2016 - 2018)^[120]
• GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Japan - Contac (2016 - 2020)^[121]
• Square Enix - Final Fantasy Brave Exvius (2016 - 2017)^[122]
• Suzuki - Suzuki Wagon R (2017 - 2019)^[123]
• Stripe International - Earth Music&Ecology (2017 - 2020)^[124]
• Otsuka Pharmaceutical - Five Mini (2017)^[125]
• Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games - Recruit Volunteers (2018)^[126]
• Japanese Red Cross Society - Blood Donation at Twenty (2018)^[127]
• The Pokémon Company - Pokémon Trading Card Game (2018)^[128]
• Toshiba Lifestyle (2018 - 2019)^[129]
• Asahi Soft Drinks
  • Mitsuya Cider (2019)^[130]
  • Mitsuya Lemonade (2019)^[131]
  • Plant Time Soy Milk Tea (2020)^[132]
• Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries - #Genkini Itadakimasu Project (2020)^[133]
• AGC (2021)^[134]
• Ajinomoto Frozen Food - Gyoza★ (2021)^[135]
• Mitsui Fudosan - Be The Change (2021)^[136]
• Air Jordan (Japan) Tokyo Fearless Ones (2021) ^[137]
• Weathernews app (2023)^[138][139]

Ambassador

• Haruta Inc. - Haruta Image Girl (2013)^[140]
• Japan Fire and Crisis Management Association - Zenkoku Kasai Yobō Undō (2014-2015)
• 93rd All Japan High School Soccer Tournament - 10th Cheergirl (2014)^[141]
• Cocoon City - First Image Character (2015 - 2016)^[110]
• Japan Industrial Safety & Health Association - National Safety Week, Heat Stroke Prevention (2015)^[142]
• Japan International Cooperation Agency - Nantokashinakya! Project (2015)^[143]
• Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications - Voting at 18 Years Old Image Character (2015)^[144]
• Kimono Yamato - Image Character (2015)^[145]
• B.League - Special Booster (2016)^[146]
• Crocs Japan - Global Ambassador (2019)^[147]
• Louis Vuitton - Ambassador (2020)
• Air Jordan (Japan) - Face of the Brand (2021) ^[148]

Exhibitions

• Pure Actress - photo exhibition of 50 Japanese actresses^[149]
  • Hong Kong (2016)
  • Shanghai (2017)
  • Macau - Art Macau 2019 (10 - 29 August 2019)
  • Tokyo Omotesandō (14 July - 8 August 2021)
• Oh My Sister! - photo exhibition of Hirose sisters^[150]
  • Tokyo Ginza (1 - 10 March 2019)
  • Osaka Umeda (28 December 2019 - 26 January 2020)

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work(s)	Result	Ref.
2015	The 7th Tama Cinema Forum	Best Rising Actress	Our Little Sister and The Boy and the Beast	Won	[151]
	The 28th Tokyo International Film Festival	Arigato Award	Herself	Won	[152]
	The 40th Hochi Film Awards	Best New Artist	Our Little Sister	Won	[153]
	The 28th Nikkan Sports Film Awards	Best Newcomer		Won	[154]
2016	The 37th Yokohama Film Festival	Best Newcomer		Won	[155]
	The 89th Kinema Junpo Awards	Best New Actress		Won	[156]
	The 39th Japan Academy Film Prize	Newcomer of the Year		Won	[157]
	The 25th Tokyo Sports Film Awards	Newcomer of the Year		Won	[158]
	The 29th Nikkan Sports Film Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Rage	Nominated
	The 41st Hochi Film Awards	Best Supporting Actress		Nominated
		Best Actress	Chihayafuru and Your Lie in April	Nominated
2017	The 59th Blue Ribbon Awards	Best Actress		Nominated
	The 40th Japan Academy Film Prize	Best Actress	Chihayafuru	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actress	Rage	Nominated
	The 26th Tokyo Sports Film Awards	Best Supporting Actress		Won
	The 41st Elan d'or Awards	Newcomer of the Year	Herself	Won	[159]
	The 30th Nikkan Sports Film Awards	Best Actress	Let's Go, Jets!	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actress	The Third Murder	Nominated
2018	The 72nd Mainichi Film Awards	Best Supporting Actress		Nominated
	The 12th Asian Film Awards	Best Supporting Actress		Nominated
	The 41st Japan Academy Film Prize	Best Supporting Actress		Won	[160]
	The 27th Tokyo Sports Film Awards	Best Supporting Actress		Won
		Best Actress	Let's Go, Jets!	Nominated
	The 60th Blue Ribbon Awards	Best Actress		Nominated
		Best Supporting Actress	The Third Murder, My Teacher	Nominated
	The 43rd Hochi Film Awards	Best Actress	Chihayafuru Part 3, Sunny: Our Hearts Beat Together	Nominated
2019	VoCE Best Cosmetics Awards 2019	Most Beautiful Face	Herself	Won	[161]
2020	The 54th Kinokuniya Theater Awards	Individual Award	Q: A Night at the Kabuki	Won	[162]
	Wowow Theatrical Awards 2019	Rookie of the Year		Won	[163]
	The 28th Hashida Awards	Rookie Award	Natsuzora: Natsu's Sky	Won	[164]
2021	The 44th Japan Academy Film Prize	Best Actress	Not Quite Dead Yet	Nominated	[165]
	The 25th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix	Best Actress in Spring Drama	Nemesis	Won	[166]
	The 46th Hochi Film Awards	Best Supporting Actress	A Morning of Farewell	Nominated	[167]
2022	The 45th Japan Academy Film Prize	Best Supporting Actress		Nominated	[168]
	The 35th Nikkan Sports Film Awards	Best Actress	Wandering	Nominated	[169]
	The 14th Tama Film Awards	Best Actress		Won	[170]
	Elle Cinema Awards 2022	Best Actress		Won	[171]
	The 47th Hochi Film Awards	Best Actress		Nominated	[172]
2023	The 65th Blue Ribbon Awards	Best Actress		Nominated	[173]
	The 46th Japan Academy Film Prize	Best Actress		Nominated	[174]
2024	The 78th Mainichi Film Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Kyrie	Won	[175]
	The 66th Blue Ribbon Awards	Best Supporting Actress		Nominated	[176]