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Riona Hazuki

Riona Hazuki (葉月里緒奈 Hazuki Riona), born Mai Yamada (山田麻衣 Yamada Mai, born on July 11, 1975, in Tokyo, Japan), is a Japanese actress. In 1999, she played the main role in Owls' Castle.

Biography

Hazuki was born as Mai Yamada in Nakano, Tokyo on July 11, 1975. From ages 10 to 17, she lived in Chicago where her family had moved due to her father’s job.

Hazuki made her debut as an actor in the 1993 television drama Oka no Ue no Himawari (The Sunflower on the Hill). Her first role in a movie was in 1995’s Sharaku - the movie in which she met and starred with Hiroyuki Sanada. Her final acting role was in the Television drama Deka fūfū 3 (Detective Husband and Wife 3) in 2017.

Personal life

In 1995, it was reported that Hazuki had had an affair with married actor Hiroyuki Sanada, who she had co-starred with in the movie Sharaku (写楽). At the time, she was 19 years old, and Sanada was 35. Hazuki reportedly chased him to the Philippines where he was working. In an interview with the magazine Weekly Asahi, she reportedly said, "I don't mind if my partner has a wife." Sanada then divorced his wife, actress . Hazuki later was labeled a "devil woman" and was heavily criticized by the public for her behavior.

In 2001, she had a surprise marriage to a sushi chef living in Hawaii, USA, but divorced after just two months. In 2004, she married again for the second time, to a real estate heir. She gave birth to her first child, a daughter, on November 7 of that year, she then got divorced in 2015, with her ex-husband taking custody of their daughter. In 2018, it was revealed by news outlets that she had married a third time, again to an executive at a major real estate developer.

Selected filmography

Dramas

Films

Radio

  • Riona Hazuki Venus Typhoon (1994−1995, JOLF)

Discography

Albums

Singles

Bibliography

Photobooks

  • undo (Tatsuo Watanabe, October 25, 1993, Schola)
  • Shinoyama Kishin News 4 Hazuki Riona (August 30, 1994, Asahi Press)
  • Riona, Debut Mae... (December 10, 1995, Bunkasha)
  • Riona 7 Days (Tatsuo Watanabe, December 25, 1995, Bunkasha)
  • riona hazuki tunjung (Tatsuo Watanabe, May 20, 1997, Shogakukan)
  • Riona (Kishin Shinoyama, May 1, 1998, Bunkasha)
  • Riona: Limited Edition (November 20, 1998, Bunkasha)
  • Accident Series 3: Riona Hazuki + Kishin Shinoyama (October 16, 1998, Asahi Press)
  • Riona S (Kishin Shinoyama, January 1, 2001, Bunkasha)

Autobiography

References

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