PROFILEName: 長谷川京子 (はせがわ きょうこ)
Name (romaji): Hasegawa Kyouko / Hasegawa Kyoko
Nicknames: Hasekyo / Hasekyon
Profession: Actress
Date of Birth: 1978-July-22
Place of Birth: Chiba perfecture, Japan
Height: 166cm
Star Sign: Cancer
Blood Type: B
Talent Agency: LesPros Entertainment
A leading actress of Japan.
After being signed as an exclusive model for “CanCam,” the number one selling women’s fashion magazine in Japan, Kyoko Hasegawa started working seriously as a model and became the face of this magazine.
In 2000, she started working seriously as an actress and in 2003, played the heroine in “Bokudake no Madonna (My Only Madonna)” in the Fuji TV Monday 9 PM time slot, known as the highest rated slot among Japanese dramas. The “actress Kyoko Hasegawa” became a household name across Japan.
In 2004, Hasegawa ranked top for number of commercial contracts. She appeared in ads for 11 products by 10 major companies, making her the TV commercial queen of the year.
In 2005, she had a leading role in the Korea / Hong Kong / Japan trilogy titled “Three… Extremes: Box”. This was her film debut, in a segment directed by Takashi Miike, who is garnering attention internationally.
In 2006, Hasegawa had her first leading role in a drama series with “Oishii Propose (A Delicious Proposal)”. In the same year, her acting in “Shusen Kinen Tokubetsu Drama: Himeyuritai to Onaji Senka wo Ikita Shojo no Kiroku - Saigo no Nightingale (War-end Anniversary Drama Special: Memories of a young girl who lived through the same war as the Star Lily Corps - the Last Nightingale)” was described to be superb.
In early 2007, she was in the film “Ai no Rukeichi (Love Never to End)”. This high-profile work was based on a newspaper serial novel that caused a social phenomenon. In the same year, she appeared in “Karei-naru Ichizoku (The Perfect Family)”, which scored viewer ratings of 40%, and her fame spread beyond the borders of Japan to Asia. In 2008, Hasegawa will be in the latest film by director Naomi Kawase, who won the Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 2007.
She is married to Haruichi Shindō, one of the members of the popular Japanese rock band Porno Graffitti, and on Saturday, May 30 2009 she gave birth to a baby boy.
After being signed as an exclusive model for “CanCam,” the number one selling women’s fashion magazine in Japan, Kyoko Hasegawa started working seriously as a model and became the face of this magazine.
In 2000, she started working seriously as an actress and in 2003, played the heroine in “Bokudake no Madonna (My Only Madonna)” in the Fuji TV Monday 9 PM time slot, known as the highest rated slot among Japanese dramas. The “actress Kyoko Hasegawa” became a household name across Japan.
In 2004, Hasegawa ranked top for number of commercial contracts. She appeared in ads for 11 products by 10 major companies, making her the TV commercial queen of the year.
In 2005, she had a leading role in the Korea / Hong Kong / Japan trilogy titled “Three… Extremes: Box”. This was her film debut, in a segment directed by Takashi Miike, who is garnering attention internationally.
In 2006, Hasegawa had her first leading role in a drama series with “Oishii Propose (A Delicious Proposal)”. In the same year, her acting in “Shusen Kinen Tokubetsu Drama: Himeyuritai to Onaji Senka wo Ikita Shojo no Kiroku - Saigo no Nightingale (War-end Anniversary Drama Special: Memories of a young girl who lived through the same war as the Star Lily Corps - the Last Nightingale)” was described to be superb.
In early 2007, she was in the film “Ai no Rukeichi (Love Never to End)”. This high-profile work was based on a newspaper serial novel that caused a social phenomenon. In the same year, she appeared in “Karei-naru Ichizoku (The Perfect Family)”, which scored viewer ratings of 40%, and her fame spread beyond the borders of Japan to Asia. In 2008, Hasegawa will be in the latest film by director Naomi Kawase, who won the Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 2007.
She is married to Haruichi Shindō, one of the members of the popular Japanese rock band Porno Graffitti, and on Saturday, May 30 2009 she gave birth to a baby boy.
BIOGRAPHY
TV COMMERCIAL & ADVERTISEMENT
2008 : FX Prime, Kose Cosme Port "Salon Style"
2006 : Canon "PIXUS", Kose "Luminus", House Wellness Foods "C1000 TAKEDA", Asahi Beer "Zeitaku Biyori", Rokkou Island Project
2005 : Supreme Court of Japan /citizen judge system GR
2004 : NTT docomo "FOMA", Crymzon "nidea" GR, Takeda Shokuhin "C1000 TAKEDA"2003 : Canon, HOYU, Elleseine, Glico, Chiba Vision, NTT docomo Kyushu, National Tax Agency, Nippon Life Insurance Company, KOSE, GemCEREY, Japan Coca Cola
2006 : Canon "PIXUS", Kose "Luminus", House Wellness Foods "C1000 TAKEDA", Asahi Beer "Zeitaku Biyori", Rokkou Island Project
2005 : Supreme Court of Japan /citizen judge system GR
2004 : NTT docomo "FOMA", Crymzon "nidea" GR, Takeda Shokuhin "C1000 TAKEDA"2003 : Canon, HOYU, Elleseine, Glico, Chiba Vision, NTT docomo Kyushu, National Tax Agency, Nippon Life Insurance Company, KOSE, GemCEREY, Japan Coca Cola
TV DRAMA
2008 : TBS/SCANDAL
2007 : TBS/Karei naru Ichizoku, TBS/Kodoku no Kake -Itoshiki Hito yo-
2006 : NHK/Taiga drama, Komyou ga Tsuji, NTV/ World War 2 Memorial Special Drama: Himeyuritai to Onaji Senka wo Ikita Shojyo no Kiroku Saigo no Nightingale, CX/Yo nimo Kimyou na Monogatari, haru no Tokubetsu hen, TBS/Oishi Propose
2005 : TBS/M no Higeki, TBS/Dragon Sakura, NTV/Fuyu no Undoukai, wowow/Jiyu Renai
2004 : NHK/Scheherazade, CX/Wonderful Life2003 : CX/Boku dake no Madonna, CX/Itsumo Futari de
2002 : CX/Seiya no drama special:Kanojyo tachi no Christmas("anti-X'mas gir" leading role), CX/Tentai Kansoku, TBS/Pretty Girl, CX/Big Money!, ANB/Kyuryu de Aimshou
2001 : CX/Star no Koi, NTV/Nenmatsu Jidaigeki Drama: Akahige
2007 : TBS/Karei naru Ichizoku, TBS/Kodoku no Kake -Itoshiki Hito yo-
2006 : NHK/Taiga drama, Komyou ga Tsuji, NTV/ World War 2 Memorial Special Drama: Himeyuritai to Onaji Senka wo Ikita Shojyo no Kiroku Saigo no Nightingale, CX/Yo nimo Kimyou na Monogatari, haru no Tokubetsu hen, TBS/Oishi Propose
2005 : TBS/M no Higeki, TBS/Dragon Sakura, NTV/Fuyu no Undoukai, wowow/Jiyu Renai
2004 : NHK/Scheherazade, CX/Wonderful Life2003 : CX/Boku dake no Madonna, CX/Itsumo Futari de
2002 : CX/Seiya no drama special:Kanojyo tachi no Christmas("anti-X'mas gir" leading role), CX/Tentai Kansoku, TBS/Pretty Girl, CX/Big Money!, ANB/Kyuryu de Aimshou
2001 : CX/Star no Koi, NTV/Nenmatsu Jidaigeki Drama: Akahige
MAGAZINE
2008 : Fujingaho, MISS（cover）, Nikkei WOMAN（cover）, Nikkei Otona no OFF（cover）, Harper's BAZAAR, LEE（cover）, Shukan Gendai（cover)
2007 : Ane Can, L25 Screen, Tokyo Calendar（cover）, Nikkei Health（cover）, Nikkei WOMAN（cover）, Chou Chou（cover）, Shukan Gendai（cover）, with（cover）, Josei Seven, Shukan Bunshun
2006 : Tokyo Calendar (cover), TV Guide, Spring, Tokyo Calender（cover）, NHK Weekly Stera（cover）, ecocolo, TV Japan, Caz ChouChou（cover）, CanCam [Onesan kei Can Cam special edition], LUCi（cover）, BRUTUS, anan（cover）, CLUB With Grazia, Nikkei WOMAN（cover）, FRaU（cover）, TV station
2007 : Ane Can, L25 Screen, Tokyo Calendar（cover）, Nikkei Health（cover）, Nikkei WOMAN（cover）, Chou Chou（cover）, Shukan Gendai（cover）, with（cover）, Josei Seven, Shukan Bunshun
2006 : Tokyo Calendar (cover), TV Guide, Spring, Tokyo Calender（cover）, NHK Weekly Stera（cover）, ecocolo, TV Japan, Caz ChouChou（cover）, CanCam [Onesan kei Can Cam special edition], LUCi（cover）, BRUTUS, anan（cover）, CLUB With Grazia, Nikkei WOMAN（cover）, FRaU（cover）, TV station
MOVIE
2009 :Rain Fall
2007 :Taitei no Ken, Ai no Rukeichi
2005 :Jiyu Renai, Utsukushi Yoru, Zankoku na Asa -box- ：Jam Films female "Momo"
RADIO
2004 : Photographs "Key of life"
2003 : Nippon Broadcasting/Love Stories "Koibito tachi no Jigsaw Puzzle"
2001 : Photo book: Kyoko-WIND Kyofuu, FM Tokyo/Dear Friends, J-WAVE/VIVA！ACCESS, TOKYO FM/SUNTORY SATURDAY WAITING BAR, Nippon Broadcasting/Bibiru no All Night Nippon
STAGE & PLAY2003 : Nippon Broadcasting/Love Stories "Koibito tachi no Jigsaw Puzzle"
2001 : Photo book: Kyoko-WIND Kyofuu, FM Tokyo/Dear Friends, J-WAVE/VIVA！ACCESS, TOKYO FM/SUNTORY SATURDAY WAITING BAR, Nippon Broadcasting/Bibiru no All Night Nippon
2005 : Award: The 16th Jewelry Best Dresser Award （20's category）
2004 : Stage: MIDSUMMER CAROL-Gama Oji VS Zarigani Majin- (dates:7/4-8/14, cast: Hideaki Itou, Hajime Yamazaki, Inuko Inuyama, Takaya Yamauchi, Kazushige Komatsu, Catherine Seto, Mizuki Kato, Hirohito Goto, Katsumi Kiba
2003 : Best Dresser Award（entertainment/show biz category）
2001 : Book event: La fille naturelle, Book event: Meet & greet event to celebrate a new photo book release, Video: La fille naturelle（Pony Canyon）
2004 : Stage: MIDSUMMER CAROL-Gama Oji VS Zarigani Majin- (dates:7/4-8/14, cast: Hideaki Itou, Hajime Yamazaki, Inuko Inuyama, Takaya Yamauchi, Kazushige Komatsu, Catherine Seto, Mizuki Kato, Hirohito Goto, Katsumi Kiba
2003 : Best Dresser Award（entertainment/show biz category）
2001 : Book event: La fille naturelle, Book event: Meet & greet event to celebrate a new photo book release, Video: La fille naturelle（Pony Canyon）
TV SHOW
2008 : TBS/Goro's Bar
2007 : NHK/Hitorigoto, TBS/Goro's Bar, NHK/Midokoro NHK, KTV etc./Yuming Seiki no 40 Oku Yen Project no Subete -Matsutoya Yuming Shangri-La Ⅲ Micchaku 300 Nichi (narrator), NHK/Studio Park, NHK/Koi Uta 2007, NHK/Doyou Studio Park
2006 : TBS/Canon Special Chikyu Souseiki Mystery Planet Blue -Umi to Taiyou no Kodou wo Kike-(narrator), NTV/99 size
2005 : TX/SMAP×SMAP（Bistro Smap）, TBS/Ousama no Brunch, CX/K-1 WORLD GP 2005 in Paris, CX/Wan Nai R&R Special, ANB/Tetsuko no Heya, TBS/Goro's Bar Shinshun Special, ANB/Matthew's Best Hit TV＋
2007 : NHK/Hitorigoto, TBS/Goro's Bar, NHK/Midokoro NHK, KTV etc./Yuming Seiki no 40 Oku Yen Project no Subete -Matsutoya Yuming Shangri-La Ⅲ Micchaku 300 Nichi (narrator), NHK/Studio Park, NHK/Koi Uta 2007, NHK/Doyou Studio Park
2006 : TBS/Canon Special Chikyu Souseiki Mystery Planet Blue -Umi to Taiyou no Kodou wo Kike-(narrator), NTV/99 size
2005 : TX/SMAP×SMAP（Bistro Smap）, TBS/Ousama no Brunch, CX/K-1 WORLD GP 2005 in Paris, CX/Wan Nai R&R Special, ANB/Tetsuko no Heya, TBS/Goro's Bar Shinshun Special, ANB/Matthew's Best Hit TV＋
