Photo: C China / CC BY 3.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
Born on June 12, 1982, Anri Sugihara is from Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. Public records list Anri Sugihara as an actor, tarento and gravure idol. The age as of 2026 is 44. The listed height is 157 cm.
My Take
Anri Sugihara, born June 1982 in Fukuyama, Hiroshima, made her name as a gravure idol — the Japanese swimsuit-modeling and photobook industry — before moving into television work as a tarento, and she now also works as an investor and businessperson, running her own investment academy. The career shape is what interests me. Gravure is brutally age-limited work: it concentrates almost all of a person's earning power into her twenties and offers no obvious next step. Most people in it eventually disappear from the public record. Sugihara instead converted visibility into a second profession built on something completely different — market knowledge, taught under her own name, on her own site. She went freelance rather than staying inside an agency, which in Japan means giving up a safety net for control over what she does next. I don't know how good an investor she is, and the file here doesn't tell me. But the deliberate rebuilding of a career on a foundation that doesn't expire strikes me as the genuinely notable thing about her, more than anything from the photobook years.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Anri Sugihara
- Name (Japanese)
- 杉原杏璃
- Born
- June 12, 1982 (age 44)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Dog
- Origin
- Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
- Height
- 157 cm
- Occupation
- actor / tarento / gravure idol / investor / businessperson
2. Links
- Official sitehttps://landing.sugiharaanri-toushiacademy.com/
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/anri.sugihara.anri/
- Xhttps://x.com/Anri0612Anr
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anri%20Sugihara
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%89%E5%8E%9F%E6%9D%8F%E7%92%83
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9039389
3. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-08-07
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Anri Sugihara born?
Born June 12, 1982 (age 44).
Where is Anri Sugihara from?
Anri Sugihara is from Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.
What does Anri Sugihara do?
Anri Sugihara works as actor, tarento, gravure idol, investor, businessperson.
How tall is Anri Sugihara?
Anri Sugihara is 157 cm.
Actor — see all → · Tarento — see all → · More people from Japan →