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Riisa Naka

is a Japanese actress. She was given a Best New Talent award at the 2009 Yokohama Film Festival. Naka became famous by appearing in Hachi One Diver (2008) and played the lead, Hana Adachi, in Yankee-kun to Megane-chan (2010). Naka also portrayed cousins Makoto Konno and Akari Yoshiyama who are the protagonists in respectively the 2006 anime film The Girl Who Leapt Through Time and the 2010 live action movie ', both of which are based on the 1967 novel Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo by Yasutaka Tsutsui.

Personal life

Naka has a Swedish grandfather, making her one-quarter Swedish and three-quarters Japanese. She was named Riisa after Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa painting which her grandfather had an affection for.

She was given a Best New Talent award at the 2009 Yokohama Film Festival and became famous by appearing in Hachi One Diver, a drama that aired in 2008.

Naka co-starred with actor Akiyoshi Nakao in ' in 2010 and again in the NHK drama Tsurukame Josanin, which aired in August 2012. They started dating after the filming for the drama ended in October 2012.

In spring 2013, it was announced that Naka would marry Nakao, with the wedding being held on March 21, 2013. On October 4, 2013, Naka gave birth to the couple's first child, a son, at a hospital in Tokyo.

On April 11, 2025, she announced that she left Amuse since her first debut to work independently.

Her skills are Japanese dancing, piano, and swimming.

Filmography

Dramas

Movies

  • The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006), Makoto Konno
  • Island Times (2006), Yuki
  • Shibuya-ku Maruyama-cho (2006), Yumi
  • Chi-chan wa Yukyu no Muko (2008), Chigusa Utashima
  • Gachi Boy (2008), Akane Igarashi
  • It's So Quiet (2008), Chizuru
  • Jun Kissa Isobe (2008), Sakiko Isobe
  • An Encyclopedia of Unconventional Women (2009), Ryoko
  • Pandora no Hako (2009), Mabo
  • Summer Wars (2009), Yumi Jinnouchi
  • ' (2010), Akari Yoshiyama
  • ' (2010), Zebra Queen/Yui
  • Hara ga Kore Nande (2011), Hara Mitsuko
  • Moteki (2011), Ai
  • Young Black Jack (2011), Yuna
  • ' (2012), Mika
  • ' (2014)
  • ' (2016)
  • A Forest of Wool and Steel (2018), Eri Hamano
  • My Dad Is a Heel Wrestler (2018), Michiko
  • Love At Least (2018)
  • Brothers in Brothel (2021), Ibuki
  • ' (2021)
  • ' (2021), Ageha (voice)
  • Tokyo MER: Mobile Emergency Room – The Movie (2023), Chiaki Takanawa
  • Between the White Key and the Black Key (2023), Chikako
  • The Imaginary (2023), Emily (voice)
  • Cells at Work! (2024), NK Cell
  • Tokyo MER: Mobile Emergency Room – Capital Crisis (2026), Chiaki
  • High School Family (2026), Shizuka Ietani
  • Sukiyaki (2026), Masako Ei

Plays

  • Dokurojo no Shichinin (2011)

Dubbing

Music videos

  • Kimi wa Boku ni Niteiru (2005) - See-Saw
  • Captain Straydum (2006) - Cyborg
  • Nostalgia (2010) - Ikimono Gakari
  • Honto Wa Kowai Ai To Romance (2010) - Keisuke Kuwata
  • Boku Kimi Believer (2010) - Ghostnote

Discography

  • as Zebra Queen (2010)

References

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