Mika Mifune

Okay, I can't talk about Mika Mifune without mentioning the obvious: she's the daughter of Toshiro Mifune, the towering samurai-cinema icon, and honestly that's a shadow most people would just disappear under. What I love is that she refused to. Born in Tokyo in '82, she carved out her own lane as an actress and a TV personality, and the thing that always struck me is how blunt and unpretentious she is on screen. She'll just say the real thing, no varnish, and there's something so refreshing about a celebrity who'd rather be honest than smooth. She never seemed to coast on the family name; she showed up and did the work. That mix of famous-name pressure and totally down-to-earth delivery is exactly why I find her so easy to root for.

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Mika Mifune is a Japanese actress and television talent born on September 12, 1982, in Tokyo. She is the daughter of legendary actor Toshiro Mifune and has built her own career in Japanese entertainment as both an actress and a wide-ranging TV personality. Known for her candid, no-nonsense on-screen presence, she has remained active in the industry through various stages of her personal and professional life. She graduated from Yokohama International School, married the musician George Takahashi on her 16th birthday in 1998, and moved to Osaka with her mother and daughter at the end of 2013.

Name (English)

Mika Mifune

Name (Japanese)

三船美佳

Reading

みふね みか

Born

September 12, 1982 (age 44)

Origin

Tokyo, Japan

Height

160 cm

Weight

51 kg

Occupation

Actress / Talent

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Dog

Blood type

O

Measurements

82 / 62 / 88

Agency

Staff-up

Works summary

Appearances

59 (1997–2024)

By year (titles with a known year)

1997: 3, 1999: 2, 2000: 1, 2001: 2, 2002: 5, 2003: 5, 2004: 7, 2005: 5, 2006: 6, 2007: 4, 2008: 1, 2009: 3, 2010: 1, 2012: 2, 2013: 4, 2014: 1, 2016: 2, 2018: 1, 2019: 1, 2023: 1, 2024: 1, year unknown: 1

Debut work

毛利元就 第32話 - 第36話

Filmography / notable works

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/mikamifune_official/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%89%E8%88%B9%E7%BE%8E%E4%BD%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11356969

Tags

• From Tokyo
• Actress
• Talent

Last updated

October 18, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. Works and profile fields sourced from Wikipedia reflect content as of 2026-08-26. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.