Hikari Mitsushima

I'll be honest, Hikari Mitsushima is one of those performers who just hijacks the whole frame the second she shows up, and I never quite see it coming. There's something about a Kagoshima-born, Okinawa-raised kid who started out singing and dancing as a child act and then quietly turned into one of Japan's most ferocious screen actors that I find irresistible. She does this thing where her face looks soft and open but the eyes are absolutely on fire, and it wrecks me every time. By the time she picked up that Elan d'Or newcomer nod in 2011 I'd already decided she was operating on another level, and she just kept digging deeper into roles, leaving the rest of us scrambling to catch up. Genuinely feel lucky to be watching in the same era as her.

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Hikari Mitsushima is a Japanese actress, singer, and talent born on November 30, 1985, in Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture. She is recognized for her versatile performing career spanning acting, music, and entertainment. In 2011 she received the Elan d'Or Award for Best Newcomer, an industry prize recognizing outstanding emerging talent. She stands 162 cm tall and is based in Japan.

Name (English)

Hikari Mitsushima

Name (Japanese)

満島ひかり

Reading

みつしま ひかり

Born

November 30, 1985 (age 40)

Origin

Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan

Height

162cm

Occupation

Actress / Singer / Gravure Idol / Talent

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Ox

Blood type

A

Agency

Freelance

Active years

1997 -

Awards & achievements

• 2011 — Elan d'Or Award, Best Newcomer

Works summary

Appearances

207 (1997–2026)

By year (titles with a known year)

1997: 1, 2005: 4, 2006: 5, 2007: 11, 2008: 9, 2009: 7, 2010: 14, 2011: 13, 2012: 6, 2013: 10, 2014: 6, 2015: 5, 2016: 17, 2017: 15, 2018: 4, 2019: 5, 2020: 6, 2021: 15, 2022: 13, 2023: 10, 2024: 5, 2025: 5, 2026: 3, year unknown: 18

• Official sitehttp://www.humanite.co.jp/mitsushima/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/0o.mitsuhima.o0/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%BA%80%E5%B3%B6%E3%81%B2%E3%81%8B%E3%82%8A
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q266376

Tags

• From Kagoshima Prefecture
• Actress
• Singer
• Gravure Idol

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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