Sakura Ando
With parents in show business, perhaps it is not surprising that Sakura Ando became an actress and, moreover, later married an actor.
She was born to actor/director Okuda Eiji and celebrity Kazu Ando on 18 February 1986. Her great-grandfather was Prime Minister Tsuyoshi. Her older sister is director Ando Momoko. She saw her father on stage at age five and decided to become an actress while in second grade.
She was often ill as a child; her illness made her dizzy, caused balance problems, and at times her brain would shut down. She chose her mother's maiden surname for her professional career. Sono Sion cast her in his film Love Exposure and gave her a major break on the big screen. She won Best Supporting Actress for that role at the 31st Yokohama Film Festival.
Earlier, her father cast her in his film Kaze No Sotogawa (Outside the Wind) alongside her mother and sister. She has since appeared in multiple films and TV series and won several more awards.
She married actor Emoto Tasuku in 2012; they met on a train in 2008 and she had obtained her father's permission to date and marry. She was a boxer in 100 Yen Love, which suited her because she had practiced boxing at age fourteen. She gave birth to her first child, a girl, in 2017.
She won Best Actress at the 42nd Japan Academy Prize for her work in 2018's Shoplifters. By then she was considered one of the top young actresses in Japan alongside Yu Aoi, Miyazaki Aoi, and possibly Aso Kumiko. Interestingly, she had earlier decided to retire and focus on raising her child.
She is a graduate of Gakushuin Women's College.
50Credits20 TV · 30 films
1998–2026Years activefirst to latest
10.0 Highest rated孤独のグルメ2019大晦日スペシャル 緊急指令! 成田~福岡~釜山 弾丸出張編!
7.2 Average ratingacross 45 titles
Top TV shows 20best Sakura Ando shows
- 1
MampukuImai (Tachibana) Fukuko · 151 eps · 2018 - 2
RebootingKondo Asami · 10 eps · 2023 - 3
Brothers in ArmsNarration · 24 eps · 2026 - 4
The Hot SpotHiroko Takahashi · 1 ep · 2025 - 5
We're Millennials. Got a Problem?Akane Miyashita · 10 eps · 2016 - 6
Hello Life from 555 eps · 2014 - 7
PenanceAkiko Takano · 5 eps · 2012 - 8
Magic × Warrior MagiMajo Pures!Mokonyan (voice) · 51 eps · 2018 - 9
Girl Gun LadyDaisy · 10 eps · 2021 - 10
Today's NekomuraScared wife · 24 eps · 2020 - 11
ShomuniReiko Abe · 10 eps · 1998 - 12
ATARUEiko Sasai · 1 ep · 2012 - 13
Shotenin Michiru no Mi no UebanashiHaruko Hatsuyama · 10 eps · 2013 - 14
Chance!2 eps · 2009 - 15
Love Exposure: The TV-ShowAya Koike · 10 eps · 2017 - 16
野田ともうします。20 eps · 2010 - 17
The Brothers KaramazovShiori Kurosawa · 11 eps · 2013 - 18
Like a Girl Playing HouseOnchi Eiko · 8 eps · 2016 - 19
Tabiya OkaeriErika Oka · 4 eps · 2022 - 20
Mango no Ki no Shita deMisaki Tamiya · 1 ep · 2019
Top movies 30best Sakura Ando movies
- 1
孤独のグルメ2019大晦日スペシャル 緊急指令! 成田~福岡~釜山 弾丸出張編!2019 - 2
Climbing to SpringYuri Nakagawa · 2014 - 3
MonsterSaori Mugino · 2023 - 4
Love ExposureKoike · 2008 - 5
ShopliftersNobuyo Shibata · 2018 - 6
KorosunaOmine · 2022 - 7
The ImaginaryLizzie (voice) · 2023 - 8
Godzilla Minus OneSumiko Ota · 2023 · Science Fiction - 9
Destiny: The Tale of KamakuraGrim Reaper · 2017 - 10
0.5 mmSawa · 2014 - 11
Crime or Punishment?!?Momo Mimikawa · 2009 - 12
Ryuukou KanbouHaruko · 2021 - 13
PenanceAkiko Takano · 2013 - 14
100 Yen LoveIchiko Saito · 2014 - 15
A ManRie Taniguchi · 2022 - 16
Bad LandsNeri Hashioka · 2023 - 17
The Stork Nest2013 - 18
We're Millennials. Got a problem?: The MovieMiyashita Akane · 2023 - 19
RadioYuki Sasayama · 2013 - 20
A Long WalkWaitress · 2006 - 21
For Love's SakeGum-ko · 2012 - 22
ReminiscenceRyoko Nishina · 2017 - 23
Tornado GirlYu Mikami · 2017 - 24
Case of Kyoko, Case of ShuichiKyoko · 2013 - 25
Ain't No TomorrowsChizu · 2008 - 26
Petal DanceMotoko · 2013 - 27
Make the Last WishMeiko · 2009 - 28
The Great Yokai War: GuardiansUbume · 2021 - 29
Our HomelandRie · 2012 - 30
Oh, My Buddha!2009
