Masami Nagasawa

Masami Nagasawa is, to me, the gold standard for a child star who actually grew into a great adult actress. Starting leading roles as a teenager out of Iwata, Shizuoka, she could easily have peaked early; instead she went from a Newcomer award to a Blue Ribbon Best Actress, proving range that pure looks never deliver. Five Japan Academy Prizes and four Blue Ribbon Awards are not flukes. What I value most is her elasticity across comedy and serious drama, and her ability to anchor big-budget films like Masquerade Hotel. Audiences stay loyal to actors who can act, and she earned that loyalty.

Name (English)

Masami Nagasawa

Name (Japanese)

長澤まさみ

Reading

ながさわ まさみ

Born

June 3, 1987 (age 39)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Rabbit

Origin

Iwata, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan

Height

170 cm

Occupation

actor / model / fashion model / film actor / television actor

High school

Horikoshi High School

Awards & achievements

• 2005 Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year
• 2020 Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Actress
• 2005 Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting Actress
• 2012 Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting Actress
• 2004 Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Newcomer

• Official sitehttps://www.toho-ent.co.jp/actor/1081
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/masami_nagasawa/
• Xhttps://x.com/nagasawamg
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masami%20Nagasawa
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%95%B7%E6%BE%A4%E3%81%BE%E3%81%95%E3%81%BF
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q253900

Tags

• Shizuoka Prefecture
• actor
• model
• fashion model

Last updated

2026-06-21

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.