Satsuki Shimabukuro, better known by her stage name Meisa Kuroki, is a Japanese actress, model and singer.
19 Facts About Meisa Kuroki
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Meisa Kuroki is represented by the agency Sweet Power and is signed to Sony Music Japan.
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Meisa Kuroki has modeled for the popular Japanese fashion magazine JJ, among others, and is the current Japanese representative for Epson and Giorgio Armani.
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Meisa Kuroki has appeared in numerous television dramas, commercials, films, and stage productions.
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Meisa Kuroki is best known for the song "Wired Life", which served as an ending theme for the anime series Blue Exorcist.
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Since its release, Meisa Kuroki has focused solely on her acting career.
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Meisa Kuroki made her television debut in 2004 in the Fuji TV drama, Medaka.
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Meisa Kuroki has played supporting roles in several high-rated and critically acclaimed drama series, including Haikei, Chichiue-sama, Kaze no Garden, and Shinzanmono.
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Meisa Kuroki won the Television Drama Academy Award and TV Life Drama Grand Prix for Best Supporting Actress in 2009 for her role in the Fuji TV drama, Ninkyo Helper.
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Meisa Kuroki starred in Subaru, the live-action, film adaptation of the Masahito Soda manga, produced by Bill Kong, and Assault Girls, directed by Mamoru Oshii.
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In 2010, Meisa Kuroki played the role of Yuki Mori in the live-action film Space Battleship Yamato, opposite Takuya Kimura.
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In 2011, Meisa Kuroki co-starred with Mikako Tabe in her first serial drama lead role in the TV Asahi drama Jiu: Keishicho Tokushuhan Sosakei.
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Meisa Kuroki performed on the soundtrack of the 2007 film Crows Zero, in which she appeared.
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In January 2011 Meisa Kuroki released her first studio album, Magazine, which peaked at number 6 on the Oricon Weekly Albums chart.
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Meisa Kuroki performed "Wired Life" for Ao no Exorcist as the second ending theme.
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In 2009, Meisa Kuroki was chosen as the Japanese face of international fashion brand, Emporio Armani, and she appeared in numerous events for the brand worldwide.
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In 2010 Meisa Kuroki was chosen as the international face of French cosmetic brand, L'Oreal.
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On 2 February 2012, Meisa Kuroki married Jin Akanishi, a Japanese actor and pop singer best known for his work as part of the boy band KAT-TUN, and the following week, on 9 February, the media reported she was pregnant.
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Meisa Kuroki gave birth to their first child, a daughter named Theia, on 23 September 2012 and their second child, a son, on 6 June 2017.