Wakana Sakai

Wakana Sakai (酒井 若菜, Sakai Wakana; born 9 September 1980, in Nogi, Shimotsuga District, Tochigi, Japan)^[1] is a Japanese actress, writer,^[5] and former gravure idol. Her real and former stage name is Miyuki Sakai (酒井 美幸, Sakai Miyuki).

Wakana Sakai
酒井 若菜
Born	Miyuki Sakai (former stage name)[1] (1980-09-09) September 9, 1980 (age 44) Nogi, Shimotsuga District, Tochigi, Japan
Occupations	Actress writer[2][3]
Years active	July[a] 1995[4]–present
Agents	Moon the Child (1995–2009) A-team (2009–2024) Irving (2024–)
Known for	Kisarazu Cat's Eye Single Mothers Shūden Gohan Otakus in Love Kisarazu Cat's Eye World Series Reunion
Website	Official profile

Sakai is represented with Moon the Child, then A-team, and later Irving. She is left-handed.

Filmography

TV drama

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1997	Psychometrer Eiji			[1]
2000	Ikebukuro West Gate Park	Rika		[6]
2002	Kisarazu Cat's Eye	Moko		[7]
2010	Ryōmaden	Otoku	Taiga dama	[8]
2015	Atelier	Mizuki Nishikawa		[9]
2016	Hi no Ko	Kyoko Ikemoto	Episodes 4 and 5	[10][11]
2023	Kami no Ko wa Tsubuyaku		Television film	[12]
2024	Omusubi	Sachiko Yotsugi	Asadora	[13]

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2022	Ano Niwa no Tobira o Aketatoki			[14]
2023	Shylock's Children			[15]

Publications

Photobooks

Year	Title	Ref.
2013	I Love You	[16]

Novels

Year	Title	Ref.
2008	Koboreru	[17]

Essays

Year	Title	Ref.
2012	Kokoro ga Obotsukanai Yoru ni	[18]
2016	Wakana Sakai to 8-ri no Otoko-tachi	[19][20]

Articles

Year	Title	Notes	Ref.
2013	Wakana Sakai no "Kuyokuyo Shitatte Hajimaru!"		[b]

Notes

1. Debut month; Wakana Sakai's Twitter account. Jul 2014.
2. "Hakase Suidōbashi no Meruma Junpō". Vol. 6. 25 Jan 2013.