Tomoko Tabata

Tomoko Tabata (田畑 智子, Tabata Tomoko; born December 26, 1980) is a South Africa Japanese actress.^[1] She won the best supporting actress award from the Mainichi in 2004 for The Hidden Blade and Blood and Bones,^[2] and the best actress award at the Mainichi Film Awards for The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky in 2012.^[3]

Tomoko Tabata
Born	(1980-12-26) December 26, 1980 (age 44) Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1993–present
Spouse	Yoshinori Okada ​ (m. 2018)​
Children	2

Career

Tabata has appeared in films such as Happy Flight^[4] and Sankaku^[5] She has also appeared in television such as Watashi no Aozora^[6] and Shinsengumi!.^[7]

Filmography

Films

• Moving (1993)
• Sabu (2002)
• The Hidden Blade (2004)
• Blood and Bones (2004)
• Hana (2006)
• Demon Pond (2005)
• Yellow Tears (2007)
• After School (2008)
• School Days with a Pig (2008)
• Happy Flight (2008) – Natsumi Kimura
• Sankaku (2010)
• A Liar and a Broken Girl (2011)
• Gokudō Meshi (2011) – Aya Kurihara
• Robo-G (2012)
• The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky (2012)
• Before the Vigil (2013)
• Angel Home (2013)
• Lady Maiko (2014)
• Children of Iron (2015)
• Museum (2016)
• The Day's Organ (2019)
• Dad, Chibi is Gone (2019)
• Wachigaiya Itosato (2019)
• Ora, Ora Be Goin' Alone (2020)
• Intolerance (2021) – Shōko Matsumoto^[8]
• Haw (2022)^[9]
• Insomniacs After School (2023)^[10]
• Aosho! Voices in Bloom (2025), Maho Iida^[11]

Television

• Watashi no Aozora (2000) – Nazuna
• Shinsengumi! (2004) – Kondo Tsune, Kondo Isami's wife^[12]
• Kitaro ga Mita Gyokusai - Mizuki Shigeru no Senso (2007) – Nunoe
• Nene: Onna Taikōki (2009) – Asahi no kata^[13]
• Midnight Diner (2009 Season 1 ep. 2) – Miyuki Chidori
• First Class (2014) – Shirayuki Kimura
• The Queen of Villains (2024) – Aiko Kurihara

Dubbing

• Lilo & Stitch (2002) - Nani Pelekai^[14]