Satomi Ishihara

What draws me to Satomi Ishihara is her emotional range. She can swing from broad comedy to quiet drama within a single role, and the screen always brightens when she smiles. Coming up through the early 2000s with a run of newcomer awards, she built a reputation on craft, yet what keeps audiences loyal feels more like warmth than technique. At 157 cm she is small, but her presence is anything but. I admire performers whose skill never reads as showy, and she belongs firmly in that category. That unforced naturalism is, to me, the rarest gift an actor can have.

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Name (English)

Satomi Ishihara

Name (Japanese)

石原さとみ

Reading

いしはら さとみ

Born

December 24, 1986 (age 39)

Origin

Tokyo, Japan

Height

157 cm

Occupation

film actor / model / actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Tiger

Blood type

A

Agency

Horipro

Active years

2003 -

High school

Soka Junior & Senior High School

Awards & achievements

• 2005 Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year
• 2004 Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Newcomer
• 2003 Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Newcomer

Spouse

Non-celebrity man (2020 -)

Works summary

Appearances

296 (2001–2026)

By year (titles with a known year)

2001: 1, 2003: 7, 2004: 7, 2005: 10, 2006: 8, 2007: 13, 2008: 7, 2009: 9, 2010: 10, 2011: 15, 2012: 15, 2013: 14, 2014: 14, 2015: 14, 2016: 8, 2017: 7, 2018: 5, 2019: 8, 2020: 11, 2021: 15, 2022: 3, 2023: 3, 2024: 7, 2025: 3, 2026: 3, year unknown: 79

Debut work

石原さとみインタビュー モッテコ書店

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttp://pc.ishiharasatomi.jp/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satomi%20Ishihara
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%9F%B3%E5%8E%9F%E3%81%95%E3%81%A8%E3%81%BF
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1197220

Tags

• Tokyo
• film actor
• model
• actor

Last updated

September 24, 2026

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