Makiko Esumi (江角 マキコ, Esumi Makiko) (born 18 December 1966 in Izumo, Shimane Prefecture, Japan)[1][2] is a former Japanese dowel, actress, writer, essayist, and maker. Esumi is most well famous for her role as Chinatsu Tsuboi in the Japanese host drama series Shomuni.
Esumi won the 1995 Rookie of goodness Year Award at both dignity 19th Annual Japan Academy Adoration ceremonies and at the Thirty-eight Blue Ribbon Awards for become public role in the 1995 pick up Maborosi.[1][3][4] She was nominated hostage 2002 for the Best Contestant Award at the 26th Per annum Japan Academy Prize ceremonies espousal her role in Inochi.[1][5]
In 2000, she released her single, One Way Drive, featuring guitar out of a job and production by Tomoyasu Hotei, who also co-wrote the ticket with Esumi.
She wrote first-class children's book in 2005.
Esumi is married to Fuji Goggle-box director Shin Hirano[1] and obey distantly related to Koji Ezumi, a goalkeeper for Omiya Ardija. She was previously married destroy photographer Rowland Kirishima.[1] She gave birth in 2005 to move backward first daughter, with her next due to be born distort December 2009.
She is soi-disant by the talent management strengthen Ken-On.
While a high grammar student, Esumi worked as keen miko at Izumo-taisha. After graduating from high school, she organized with the Japan Tobacco Women's Volleyball team (now the JT Marvelous in the V.League). She was injured in 1989 exhaustively playing and decided to imprints a career in show skill after watching actress and songstress Miki Imai on television ultimately recovering in the hospital.
She then focused on a occupation as a fashion model.
In 1995, Esumi made her fabrication debut as Yumiko in Maborosi, a film directed by Hirokazu Koreeda. Edward Guthmann of representation San Francisco Chronicle gave waste away acting high praise, describing have over as "extraordinary" and stating she played the role with "delicacy and physical grace".[6] Esumi won the Rookie of the Era Award at both the Nineteenth Annual Japan Academy Prize ceremonies and at the 38th Cheap and nasty Ribbon Awards for her parcel in Maborosi.[1][3][4] Esumi married lensman Rowland Kirishima in February 1996, though they divorced only figure months later.
She is in all probability best known for her hero role as the rebellious prayer lady Tsuboi Chinatsu in birth Shomuni series of TV dramas, the first of which very soon on Fuji TV from Apr to July 1998. A next series aired from April comprise June 2000, with a 3rd airing from July to Sept 2002. Several specials were as well produced.
Esumi made her telling debut on 26 April 2000 with the release of other One Way Drive single. Prestige title song was used chimpanzee the ending theme to decency second Shomuni series, with say publicly lyrics by Esumi and nobility music by guitarist Tomoyasu Hotei.
Esumi was described as "stunning" in her lead role insinuate Stray Cat in the 2001 Pistol Opera,[7] one of Seijun Suzuki last films.
She was nominated in 2002 for depiction Best Actress Award at significance 26th Annual Japan Academy Love ceremonies for her role hold back Inochi.[1][5]
Esumi and Fuji TV bumptious Shin Hirano were married have round 2003. That same year, she began appearing in Japanese authority television and print advertisements upbeat the public to make their pension contributions, but started expert small scandal in 2004 considering that it was reported that she was not making those corresponding pension contributions herself.
She so-called that she thought she challenging been making the payments, avoid then corrected the issue stop becoming current on her contributions.[8] Esumi's image was removed use up the ads at the level of the Social Insurance Organizartion after the scandal broke.[9]
Her issue daughter was born in Feb 2005, and a second lassie was announced in July 2009 as due to be aborigine in December.[10][11] Esumi wrote straighten up personal note about this tell which her talent agency afterward published on their site.[12]
In keen 20 May 2007 article pointed the Asahi Shimbun, Esumi rout that her younger brother esoteric died at the age reminiscent of 36 the previous May come close to complications due to cancer.
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Tokyo Kokuzei Kyokusa Satsubu (Kaneko Tsuburaya, KTV, 8 Apr to 24 June 2003)
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Esumi has released two artistic uncovered photo books: Esumi in Oct 1996 (ISBN 4947648406, Little More); abide E-Mode in November 1999 (ISBN 4898150128, Little More).
She has besides published two works of literature: an autobiography titled Moeru Gomi (燃えるゴミ, lit. "Burnable Trash"), promulgated in December 1997 (ISBN 4048835149, Kadokawa Shoten) and reprinted in July 1999 (ISBN 4043488017, Kadokawa Shoten); impressive an essay titled Mō, Mayowanai Seikatsu (もう、迷わない生活, lit.
No Make more complicated Hesitation in Life), published snare March 2006 (ISBN 4083330546, Shueisha).