Nana Asakawa

Nana Asakawa, born 3 April 1999 in Saitama Prefecture, has made a transition that looks routine on paper and is anything but in practice. She started as a member of the idol group Super Girls, became widely known through gravure modelling, and has since built a career as an actress, represented by Avex Vanguard. In Japan, that particular path carries a real cost. Gravure work makes a performer highly visible very quickly, but it also tends to fix how the industry reads her, and shaking that framing loose usually takes years of unglamorous supporting roles. The fact that Asakawa kept moving between those worlds rather than settling into the most comfortable one tells me something about her judgement, not just her opportunities. She seems to understand exactly how she is being looked at and to use that understanding deliberately. She is still in her twenties, which in acting terms means the interesting part has not happened yet. I am curious which roles she reaches for once she no longer has to prove anything about the earlier ones.

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Name (English)

Nana Asakawa

Name (Japanese)

浅川梨奈

Reading

あさかわ なな

Born

April 3, 1999 (age 27)

Origin

Saitama Prefecture, Japan

Height

160 cm

Occupation

actor / gravure idol

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Rabbit

Blood type

B

Agency

Avex Management

Active years

2012 -

Works summary

Appearances

146 (2012–2026)

By year (titles with a known year)

2012: 2, 2013: 10, 2014: 8, 2015: 5, 2016: 1, 2017: 20, 2018: 15, 2019: 16, 2020: 10, 2021: 12, 2022: 10, 2023: 6, 2024: 9, 2025: 8, 2026: 2, year unknown: 12

Main labels/studios

Toei Company (3), EX (3), TX (3)

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/asakawa_nana/
• Xhttps://x.com/SG_NANA_avex
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nana%20Asakawa
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B5%85%E5%B7%9D%E6%A2%A8%E5%A5%88
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16263649

Tags

• Saitama Prefecture
• actor
• gravure idol

Last updated

September 29, 2026

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