1. Aya Tademaru better known by the stage name Haruka Ayase, is a Japanese actress who started her career as a model in the year 2000.
19 Facts About Haruka Ayase
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Haruka Ayase has since become a leading actress in television and film.
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Haruka Ayase was interested as "an excuse to not attend club activities", but had nothing prepared, so she did a rabbit imitation that was popular at school.
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Haruka Ayase won the Special Jury Prize, and made her debut in the entertainment world in 2000.
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Haruka Ayase made her acting debut in 2001 in part 3 of Kindaichi Shonen no Jikenbo starring Jun Matsumoto.
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Haruka Ayase was selected as a cast member of Socrates in Love in 2004, for which she won Best Supporting Actress at the 42nd Television Drama Academy Awards for her portrayal of Aki Hirose, a high schooler with leukemia.
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Haruka Ayase shaved her hair and changed her weight in order to match Masami Nagasawa's portrayal of the character in the film.
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On March 24,2006, Haruka Ayase made her debut as a singer with the single "Period", produced by Takeshi Kobayashi.
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Haruka Ayase made her first appearance in an NHK taiga drama with Yae's Sakura, which focuses on Niijima Yae, a warrior, educator, scholar, and nurse of the late Edo period.
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In 2015, Haruka Ayase starred in Our Little Sister alongside Masami Nagasawa, Kaho, and Suzu Hirose.
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In 2016, Haruka Ayase starred as Balsa, a spear wielder and bodyguard, in Guardian of the Spirit, an NHK taiga drama.
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Haruka Ayase starred in all three seasons of the drama.
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Haruka Ayase born as Aya Tademaru on March 24,1985, in Hiroshima Prefecture.
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Haruka Ayase's grandparents are survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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Haruka Ayase was named the most beautiful face in Japan in 2018.
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In 2006, Haruka Ayase was once detained in New Zealand after being mistaken for a spy.
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Around the spring of 2020, Haruka Ayase's personal office, a company managed by her mother, invested around in a scheme co-managed by a Hiroshima tax accountant who was a long-time acquaintance of the Haruka Ayase family.
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Haruka Ayase is a popular product spokesperson in Japan, appearing in commercials for major consumer brands such as Coca-Cola, SK-II, and KFC.
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Haruka Ayase is the main spokeswoman for Uniqlo and SK-II in Japan.