Personal Info
Birth date
1972-05-25 (53 Years)
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Tokyo, Japan
Also known as
-Hikari Ishida
Biography
Hikari Ishida (born May 25, 1972) is a Japanese actress. She starred along with Megumi Odaka and Natsuki Ozawa in the TV-series Hana no Asuka-gumi!. She also released several singles and six albums and she had one minor hit with the song "Emerald no Suna". Ishida also made numerous commercials for hair products and released several photobooks and videos. Ishida has had at least one song appear on the NHK program Minna no Uta. She is younger sister of Yuriko Ishida, who is also an actress. Source: Article "Hikari Ishida" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Filmography
Solitary Gourmet
8.8
Overview:
Centered around typical Japanese food, a solitary salesman travelling through the country for business purposes, eats at its various establishments and experiences the various delicacies of Japanese cuisine.Tales of the Bizarre
7.8
Overview:
Inspired by American TV movies like "Hitchcock Theater" and "The Twilight Zone," the show features multiple works with Tamori as the storyteller and actors as the main characters. While horror and supernatural themes are predominant, a variety of genres like comedy and drama are also produced. Most episodes, however, have a bad ending.Suits
5.7
Overview:
Shogo Kai is a lawyer at one of the big 4 law firms in Japan. He is good at his job, but he is arrogant. Shogo Kai only thinks about winning and he thinks the only way to satisfy his clients is to win. He is getting close to becoming a senior partner at the law firm. Shogo Kai's boss worries about his focus on winning above all else. As a condition of his promotion at the law firm, his boss asks him to hire a young lawyer as an associate. Shogo Kai interviews prospective young lawyers and meets Daiki Suzuki. Daiki Suzuki has high intelligence and his memory ability is amazing.SMAP×SMAP
8.5
Overview:
SMAP×SMAP was an ongoing weekly Japanese variety show on Kansai TV and Fuji TV starring the members of SMAP. The show began on April 15, 1996 and it aired from 22:00 to 22:54 every Monday. The show's usual ratings were higher than 20%, which is considered high since most variety shows range from 10-20%. Each episode begins a variety of skits, comedic performances, and/or games. These are followed by Bistro SMAP, in which the SMAP members compete against each other to impress celebrity judges with their gourmet cooking. Last is a musical performance by SMAP which may include celebrity guests, as well.Tokugawa Yoshinobu
NYR
Overview:
The 37th NHK Taiga Drama is Tokugawa Yoshinobu. The series focuses on the life of Tokugawa Yoshinobu, the 15th and final ruler of the Tokugawa period. Born the seventh son of Lord Nariaki of Mito, Yoshinobu is named shogun when he is just 29 years old. With a wisdom and vision beyond his years, he tries to prolong the life of this 200-year-old dynasty which began with Ieyasu. However, he is unable to forestall the winds of revolution as clans in Choshu, Satsuma and Tosa, with the help of the Imperial Court, clamor for change.Hirari
NYR
Overview:
The 48th NHK Asadora Renzoku Drama is Hirari. Story's settings includes Tokyo. Hirari is a young and energetic girl. She loves the sports, sumo, very much and would like to find a career. However, there isn't any suitable career for a female in this area. Nevertheless, she still works hard towards her dream, and at last, she gets a chance to become a sumo stable's nutrition consultant.in this field. However, there isn't any suitable career for a female in this area. Nevertheless, she still works hard towards her dream, and at last, she gets a chance to become a sumo stable's nutrition consultant.Dandan
NYR
Overview:
The twin girls Tajima Megumi and Ichijo Nozomi was separated at birth after their parents had divorced. Years later they meet each other. Both of them have a career within the entertainment industry. Megumi who lives in Matsue, Shimane sings in the band Shijimijiru, and Nozomi is a maiko, an apprentice geisha in Kyoto.Haken no Hinkaku
7.3
Overview:
Oomae Haruko is an A+ Temp worker who never cracks a smile or minces words, and leaves work on the dot. But her cynical nature indicates she has something painful to hide. Satonaka Kensuke has just been promoted to head S&F's new Marketing Division. Saddled with a rag-tag group of subordinates, he is struggling to lift his division off the ground. When Oomae is placed in Kensuke's department, she finds herself doing more work than she's ever done before. This is a timely drama that examines the different attitudes toward temp workers and regular employees, and the ways to overcome frictions in interpersonal relationships. This follows an October report on labor conditions by the Labor Ministry, which showed that, after regulations were relaxed, the proportion of regular employees to Temps had doubled compared to that of eight years ago.Secret Unrequited Love
6
Overview:
When Takuma Kakinouchi was 8-years-old, he spent time in the hospital. He made friends with Mayu Taneda who was the same age as him. One day, they got out of the hospital and visited a park. There, Takuma Kakinouchi and Mayu Taneda promised that they would marry each other. They had no doubt that they would have a future together. 7 years later, Takuma Kakinouchi entered a prestigious high school at the age of 15. During the high school welcoming ceremony, a female freshman representative goes up to the platform. Takuma Kakinouchi is shocked to see that the girl is Mayu Taneda. Just so she could be with Takuma Kakinouchi, Mayu Taneda studied extremely hard to enter the same prestigious high school. Takuma Kakinouchi has tried to avoid her, even though he loves her. When he was younger, he heard how long he would live.Switching – Goodbye Me
6.5
Overview:
After his parent's divorce, Kazuo Saito moves with his mother from Onomichi and must leave his girlfriend behind. At his new school, Kazuo is surprised to reunite with his childhood friend Kazumi.My Girlfriend's Child
5
Overview:
Sachi and her boyfriend Takara are a young couple who both attend different high schools. However, one night, Sachi gets the feeling something isn't right with her body, and later, after taking a test, she discovers she is pregnant. The two teenagers then have to face the harsh reality and question of whether they can give birth to and raise a child - a decision that will change their lives forever.Mischievous Kiss the Movie Part 1: High School
6.4
Overview:
Based on a popular manga series of the same name, this Japanese romantic comedy follows the lives of two high school students, Kotoko, a bubbly girl who’s hopeless in school, and Naoki, her smart and handsome senior. Although Kotoko gathers up the courage to confess her love to him, he bluntly rejects her in public. But fate works in mysterious ways - when her house collapses, a childhood friend of her father’s, Mr. Irie, invites them to live with his family, and she learns that the son of Mr. Irie is none other than Naoki himself…Blue Period
7.6
Overview:
Yatora is the perfect high school student, with good grades and lots of friends. It's an effortless performance, and, ultimately… a dull one. But he wanders into the art room one day, and a lone painting captures his eye, awakening him to a kind of beauty he never knew. Compelled and consumed, he dives in headfirst—and he's about to learn how savage and unforgiving art can be!Hana no Asuka gumi!
7.5
Overview:
While the adults were devouring the country in peace the young girls are now plunging into the Sengoku Period. A domination of fear and terror by the Zenchura, a federation of banchos nationwide, began. With 80% of the nation's middle schools already under its control. Yet, there was one girl who was determined to crush those wicked ambitions. Her name is Asuka Kuraku.Have a Song on Your Lips
6.6
Overview:
A young piano prodigy, Yuri Kashiwagi, returns to her hometown after several years and joins a middle school to mentor the choir group.Chizuko's Younger Sister
7.6
Overview:
The Kitao family is coping with the loss of the eldest daughter, Chizuko, who was killed in a freak accident the year prior. When the other daughter Mika is suddenly in a dangerous situation, Chizuko returns as a ghost to save her; reunited with her sister, Mika begins spending time with Chizuko again.Until The Cherry Blossom Falls
7.5
Overview:
Childhood friends Kōta and Mei were third-year students in high school when Kōta suddenly died. Seven years later, Mei returns to her hometown and visits a place with mid-winter cherry blossom trees that were special to her and Kōta. To her surprise, Kōta, who is supposed to be dead, appears. He is still 17 in mind and body while she is now 24. Kōta can only be here while the cherry blossom blooms. Will he be able to tell Mei his feelings with the time he has left?Adrenaline Drive
7.1
Overview:
A gas leak explosion at a yakuza hideout provides a shy nurse and a rental car clerk with the opportunity to take a briefcase full of money. A cross-country chase ensues.Secret
7.5
Overview:
Naoko and Monami, mother and daughter, are in a bus accident. Naoko dies, but her spirit ends up inhabiting Monami's body. She then returns home to Heisuke, dad, and they try to figure out how to live their lives. Additionally, there is some suspicion surrounding the cause of the accident, which Heisuke investigates.Zeicho: There's a Reason for "I Can't Pay"
6.2
Overview:
Aiba Soichiro works in the tax department at city hall. His job is to get people to pay taxes that are past due. For that, he evaluates their financial situation and visits their home. Sometimes, he seizes their property and urges them to pay their tax. While dealing with tax issues, he approaches them with his heart and tries to find ways to help them. Soichiro Aiba used to be a bureaucrat in the Ministry of Finance, but for some reason, he quit his job there and began working as a tax collector.Haruka, Nostalgia
6
Overview:
Ayase Shinsuke, a popular writer of a series of girl novels, visits Otaru, the town he grew up in. He meets a strange boy who calls himself by the author's real name.Bad Girl: Glass Ceiling Crushers
6.4
Overview:
Work-life balance, side job, online meetings… In today's world of drastically-changing work styles, an incredibly cheerful but incapable new employee is borne! Meet Marilyn Tanaka. She is assigned to a redundant department where a peculiar employee, Ms. Minegishi, becomes her senior. "Don't you want to climb the ladder?", she tempts Marilyn.Beginners!
7.3
Overview:
Shimura Teppei (Fujigaya Taisuke) grew up watching his policeman father who would ride side-by-side in marathons because he was a motorcycle cop, and dreamt of being a marathon runner as a child. But Teppei’s father lost his job and disappeared. Teppei ruined himself by becoming a well-known delinquent in the area. Under the influence of his childhood friend, Yuichi, Teppei chose to become a policeman after graduating from high school. He miraculously passed the recruitment exam and entered the police academy. However, he has been assigned to a “class of reserves” (Goriki Ayame, Koyanagi Yu, Okamoto Azusa, Mizusawa Erina, Ishii Tomoya, Mori Ren) which is a gathering of odds and ends. There are eight of them and each day they are only instructed by the assistant teacher, Ryuzaki Misaki, to sweep the academy grounds … …One Summer's Day
NYR
Overview:
Veteran filmmaker Nobuhiko Obayashi rounds out the second of his two trilogies about his hometown of Onomichi with this film about the budding relationship between a young lad and an eccentric old man. Fifth-grader Yuta (Takuro Atsugi) is a typical city child looking forward to a summer of reading comic books and playing video games. Instead, he is bundled off to his grandparent's house on the Inland Sea. His grandfather, Yuta's parents explain, has been acting strangely as of late -- he eats the offerings in the family altar and once tried to lead attendants at a funeral in a rousing round of calisthenics. Since his mother and father are swamped with work, and his elder sister (Nana Sano) is studying for college entrance exams, Yuta has been asked to look after Grandpa. The old man takes Yuta on a tour of Onomichi, regaling him with 70 years of its history. Along the way, Grandpa slips in and out of the past, increasingly unable to discern between the two.The Boxfish and the Sea of Minamata
NYR
Overview:
Hakofugu (Black spotted boxfish) lacks confidence and always stays alone by the rocks, watching other fish and feeling envious. Then, one day, upon meeting Himetatsu (Korean seahorse), who has lost the way and is said to be from the sea of Minamata, Boxfish's very first adventure begins. This film is based on the picture book "The Boxfish's Wish" (published by Kodansha), written by Sakana-kun (Fish Guy) — a Japanese marine biologist, TV personality, and illustrator.Acting
2025Renoir as Utako Okita
2025Second to Last Love 3 (11 Episodes) as Unknown
2025Moonlight Kitchen (10 Episodes) as Maya Hojo
2025366 Days as Yukiko
2024Blue Period as Marie Yaguchi
2024My Girlfriend's Child (12 Episodes) as Kawakami Harumi
202490 Years Old – So What? as Nurse
2024The Boxfish and the Sea of Minamata as Himetatsu'mother / Bluefin tuna / Japanese sardine
2023Zeicho: There's a Reason for "I Can't Pay" (10 Episodes) as Hibino Minori
2023I’m Curious About the Contents of the Supermarket Basket (10 Episodes) as Handa Kimie
2023Keishichou Outsider (9 Episodes) as Mayu Mizuki
2022Bad Girl: Glass Ceiling Crushers (2 Episodes) as Satoko Natsume
2022奇跡のバックホーム as Unknown
2022Homestay as Sanae Kobayashi
2021Grown-ups as Unknown
2021Skeleton Flowers as Sachiyo
2020Neko (1 Episode) as Unknown
2020Today's Nekomura (24 Episodes) as Murata-san's wife
2020Until The Cherry Blossom Falls (8 Episodes) as Shino Sometani
2019Secret Unrequited Love (7 Episodes) as Emi Kakinouchi
2018Suits (1 Episode) as Yuri Hanamura
2017Lovers in the Attic (8 Episodes) as Kinuka Saijo
2016Mischievous Kiss the Movie Part 1: High School as Noriko Irie
2016Detective Mitarai's Casebook: The Clockwork Current as Kanako Takizawa
2015奥田英朗クライムサスペンス 邪魔 (1 Episode) as Unknown
2015Have a Song on Your Lips as Sizuru Nakamura
2012Beginners! (10 Episodes) as Misaki Ryuzaki
2012Solitary Gourmet (1 Episode) as Unknown
2010Secret (9 Episodes) as Sugita Naoko
2008Dandan (150 Episodes) as Unknown
2007Switching – Goodbye Me as The Teacher
2007Haken no Hinkaku (1 Episode) as 加藤 のぞみ
2002スクープ (1 Episode) as Unknown
2002女刑事ふたり (1 Episode) as Unknown
2001A Wednesday Love Affair (11 Episodes) as Misao Amachi
2001Tokyo Marigold as Young Actress
2000Séance as Junko's Customer
1999One Summer's Day as Yumi Shina
1999Adrenaline Drive as Shizuko Sato
1999Fascination Amour as Sandy
1998Love Again (9 Episodes) as Mizuki Yoshino
1998Tokugawa Yoshinobu (49 Episodes) as Mika
1996SMAP×SMAP (1 Episode) as Bistro Guest
1996結婚しようよ (12 Episodes) as 唯川美羽
1995Into a Bright Moment (12 Episodes) as Fujitani Kanako
1993The Ordinary People (11 Episodes) as Narumi Sonoda
1993Haruka, Nostalgia as Haruka / Yoko Miyoshi
1992Hirari (151 Episodes) as 藪沢ひらり
1992悪女 (11 Episodes) as Tanaka Martin
1991Waiting for the Flood as Yuki Ono
1991My Soul Is Slashed as Saeko
1991Chizuko's Younger Sister as Mika Kitao
1990Why She Won't Marry as Unknown
1990Tales of the Bizarre (1 Episode) as Unknown
1989ママハハ・ブギ (12 Episodes) as Unknown
1988The Glorious Asuka Gang! as Harumi
1988Hana no Asuka gumi! (23 Episodes) as Harumi Kōzuki
1986Tsumatachi no Kagai Jugyo (24 Episodes) as Unknown
Production
2019A-11 ... Producer