Mikako Ichikawa
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation(s)	Actress and model
Years active	1994 - present

Mikako Ichikawa (市川 実日子, Ichikawa Mikako) is a Japanese actress and model from Tokyo, Japan. Her older sister is the actress and model Miwako Ichikawa.

Biography

Due to her older sister being in the modeling business, Ichikawa made several appearances in the fashion magazine Olive during her teens. She then became a model in 1994 under exclusive contract with the magazine. In 1998, she started modeling for other magazines such as CUTiE, spoon. and Zipper. She made her acting debut in the 1998 short film How To Jujutsu, directed by Takashi Homma. Among the most notable movies she has appeared in are Blue, Cutie Honey, Memories of Matsuko and Shin Godzilla. For her role in Blue she won the award for Best Actress at the 24th Moscow International Film Festival.^[1] She was given a Best New Talent award at the 2003 Yokohama Film Festival.^[2]

Ichikawa's hobbies are photography and handicrafts.

Filmography

Film

• Timeless Melody (2000) – Chikako
• Blue (2001) – Kayako Kirishima
• A Woman's Work (2002) – Rina
• Lovers' Kiss (2003) – Miki Ozaki
• Pretty Woman (2003)
• Cutie Honey (2004) – Natsuko Aki
• Be with You (2004) – Midori Nagase; Takumi's co-worker
• Animusu anima (2005) – Office lady
• Rampo Noir (2005) segment "Kagami jigoku"
• Memories of Matsuko (2006) – Kumi Kawajiri; Matsuko's sister
• Ten Dreamy Nights (2006) segment 'The 5th Night'
• Life Can Be So Wonderful (2007) – Kanoko
• Megane (2007)
• Kissho Tennyo (2007)
• Romantic Prelude (2009)
• Mother Water (2010) – Hatsumi
• Rent-a-Cat (2012) – Sayoko
• Our Family (2014) – Kyōko
• A Living Promise (2016)
• Museum (2016)
• Shin Godzilla (2016) – Hiromi Ogashira
• The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue (2017)
• The Third Murder (2017) – Shinohara
• Narratage (2017)
• Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura (2017)
• Hitsuji no Ki (2018) – Yasu Sakurakōji
• A Girl Missing (2019)
• Dad, Chibi is Gone (2019)
• The Voice of Sin (2020) – Ami
• Tang and Me (2022) – Sakurako^[3]
• Side by Side (2023) – Shiori^[4]
• Shin Kamen Rider (2023) – Ichiro's mother^[5]

Television

• Psycho Doctor (NTV, 2002)
• Suika (2003) – Shibamoto Yuka
• With the Light (NTV, 2004)
• Kuitan (NTV, 2006)
• Atsuhime (NHK TV, 2008)
• Samurai High School (2009) – Sayaka Miki: Home Room Teacher
• Kenji Miyazawa's Table (Wowow, 2017) – Masajirō Miyazawa
• Unnatural (TBS, 2018)
• Shiroi Kyotō (TV Asahi, 2019) – Natsumi Nosaka^[6]
• A Warmed Up Love (TBS, 2020)
• Come Come Everybody (2021–22) – Berry^[7]
• DCU (TBS, 2022) – Mako Kuroe^[8]

Awards