Personal Info
Birth date
1976-03-19 (49 Years)
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Tokyo, Japan
Also known as
이치카와 미와코
Miwako Ichikawa
Miwako Ichikawa
Biography
Born in Tokyo in 1976 Ichikawa Miwako first career film was 2000's Another Heaven, which made her screen debut in the same year as her younger sister Mikako. Miwako, however, had already released a 1999 album called Pin-up Girl. Miwako has also maintained an active fashion modelling career since 1991 and appeared in multiple Japanese magazines. She notably was in All About Lily Chou Chou where Aoi Yu got her start. Ichikawa is signed to the November Agency.
Filmography
Emergency Room 24 Hours
7.5
Overview:
Dr. Shindo seems cold, but is a competent surgeon. He is also an ER doctor capable of accurate decisions and treatment, who always tries to see things from the patient’s side. Although once retired from his profession, he one day discovers someone in need of help, who he treats and rushes to the Kohoku Medical University Emergency Center. This incident encourages him to once again work as an ER doctor. Confrontation erupts between female doctor Tamaki, and Shindo, now a just-arrived ER doctor. While this human drama depicts the relationships among doctors and nurses, it appeals emotionally to viewers on the subject of life.Time Limit Investigator
6.7
Overview:
Shūichirō Kiriyama works at the Limitation Task Force, the place where the cases which have reached the statute of limitations are destroyed. Getting bored of his job, he decides to find a hobby, because it seems important to him to have a hobby. So he decides to puzzle out the unsolved cases on his free time, helped by his coworker Mikazuki, who seems to have a crush on him.Midnight Diner
8.1
Overview:
Set in a small restaurant in the corner of a shopping district. The unusual eatery is only open after midnight, and its standard menu consists of just a single choice. However, the customers still come for the amusing chatter and the proprietor's willingness to cook any dish that they request. This drama depicts the lives of the restaurant's patrons, including a yakuza, an unsuccessful actor, a group of office ladies, a newspaper delivery boy, and a stripper.The Private Detective Mike
8.4
Overview:
Mike Hama, Private Detective, is a chain-smoking, wisecracking tough guy with a weakness for the ladies and a soft spot in his heart, especially for his kid sister Akane. Mike's so down on his luck he'll take any case, from finding a lost pet to spying on cheating spouses. But every now and then, along comes a client with dubious and dangerous case… and that's when Mike shows his stuff.Older Sister
8
Overview:
Naoko Noda, who works in a trading company, is called "anego" by her younger co-workers. What is "anego"? It means "older sister," but in this case it is given as a nickname to Naoko because she is like a big sister to her coworkers, who depend on her to give them advice about everything. This drama, depicts realistically how Naoko lives her everyday life, including her love life, the problems she faces, and her uneasiness about the future. --NTVGu Gu the Cat
6
Overview:
About a lady and her cat. The lady's cat dies and she loses all inspiration to continue living, and doing her work from home job. One day when forced to get out of her house for a while she finds and orphaned kitten in the park. The kitten is sick and she takes the kitten to the vet. This kitten brings her out of her depression and gives her new hope.Matrimonial Chaos
7.7
Overview:
Ordinary salaryman Hamasaki Mitsuo works for a company which installs vending machines. He complains about his marriage life while at the dentist office. Mitsuo isn't happy at all with his marriage with his wife, Hoshino Yuka, who has the complete opposite personality from him. He doesn't know if he loves Yuka or not. At this time, Mitsuo meets Kono Akari, his ex-girlfriend from his university days, who is now married to Uehara Ryo.Mother
8.5
Overview:
Yasuko Matsuyuki plays the part of Nao Suzuhara, an elementary school teacher. When she realizes that one of the female students is receiving abuse from her mother, Nao's maternal instincts kick in, and she impulsively decides to bring the girl into her own care. Serving as a substitute mother, Nao takes the child on a trip from Hokkaido to Tokyo, and the two experience various events together along the way.Our Textbook
7.3
Overview:
A school is supposed to be the safe place for children, but unfortunately it is not any longer. It has so many problems that even most dedicated teachers would give up eventually. Kohei KAJI (Atsushi ITO) a young passionate teacher who's just started his career at a junior high school, but he is thrown into the chaos and desperation when one of his student dies at school. Tamako TSUMIKI (Miho KANNO) is a cool elite lawyer who seems to have some secret connection with that dead girl. Is that an accident? Or suicide? Together they start investigate what has been going on at the school and they have to face some terrifying facts that show how easily one could fall. This is a controversial theme that questions every one of us if we can change the world.Wonderful Single Life
7.2
Overview:
"Kekkon Shinai" follows the lives of single people in their 30's and 40's.Neo Ultra Q
9.2
Overview:
Ultra Q has returned, and continues investigations of monstrous appearances and strange ecological phenomenons.1122: For a Happy Marriage
6.3
Overview:
Ichiko and Otoya are happily married, despite not having sex for the last two years. The secret to their happiness is Otoya's affair with Mitsuki, which Ichiko approves. Everything is going well until Otoya rejects Ichiko's advances on the night of their seventh anniversary. In shock, Ichiko seeks advice from her friend who suggests she exercise her right to have a boyfriend of her own.Good Luck!!
7.4
Overview:
A promising pilot tries his best to advance in the company, even though an unfortunate incident left him in a bad light with his captain.All About Lily Chou-Chou
7.4
Overview:
Charts the troubled teenage years of students Yūichi Hasumi and Shūsuke Hoshino, exploring the shifting and complex power dynamics of their relationship against the backdrop of Yūichi's love for the dreamy and abstract music of pop star Lily Chou-Chou.Kougen e Irasshai
NYR
Overview:
As a former manager of a top hotel, Seiji has been entrusted with the reopening of a hotel in the high plains that has been boarded up and closed for years. With a budget of 20 million, he begins to hire interesting characters to work there and rebuild the hotel. However, his attempts to get a top chef to draw customers fail. The staff members begin to worry about the hotel's future and try to leave, but at precisely that moment, an elderly man who used to be a chef at a top hotel pays a visit. Will this mean success for Seiji or just add to his troubles? --TBSSchool Lawyer: Finding the Colors of the Stars
NYR
Overview:
A shy, awkward school lawyer with a unique perspective tackles students' complex struggles at a co-ed high school shaken by declining enrollment, navigating heartfelt challenges beyond legal rules.Ghost Cat Anzu
6.712
Overview:
Precocious tween Karin finds herself abandoned by her father in rural Japan. Living in a temple with her grandfather, she meets Anzu, a giant "ghost cat" and notorious layabout tasked with looking after her. Distrustful of her new guardian, Karin sabotages Anzu's odd jobs for the townsfolk and befriends the eccentric local forest spirits. In an effort to win Karin over, Anzu accidentally makes a deal with the devil, and all Hell breaks loose.Call Me Chihiro
7.129
Overview:
An unapologetic former sex worker starts working at a bento stand in a small seaside town, bringing comfort to the lonely souls who come her way.Drowning Love
6.293
Overview:
Natsume Mochizuki works as a teen model in Tokyo, but she learns that she has to move to her father's hometown of Ukigumo. She is in a desperate situation because she can't do the things she wants to do in Ukigumo. One day, she meets Koichiro Hasegawa. He is the successor of the Hasegawa family. His family is wealthy and is respected in the area. Natsume Mochizuki and Koichiro Hasegawa become attracted to each other, but something changes their fate.Lady Girls
NYR
Overview:
Lady Girls is a poignant romantic comedy portrays the lives of three single, 40-year-old women as they search for happiness and love while longing to stay always-a-girl-at-heart regardless their age.Bread and Soup and Cat Weather
6.4
Overview:
Akiko lives with her mother, but suddenly her mother passes away. Since then she quits her editing job and takes over her mother's small restaurant. At the restaurant there's only two items on the menu: sandwich and soup.God Does Not Play Dice
6
Overview:
Everything seems normal until the Oriental Air 402 plane is swallowed into some kind of energy and disappears. Ten years after having everyone think the plane had mysteriously crashed and everyone died, in 2006, it reappears as if nothing had happened. Now the passengers of 402 apparently can experience how life is 10 years after the day they boarded that plane...Sex Is No Laughing Matter
6.2
Overview:
Mirume is a 19 year old college student who falls in love with Yuri, an almost 40 year old art teacher at his university. Yuri isn't your typical college professor, having a quirky sense of humor and unpredictable personality. When Yuri invites Murume to her studio, she playfully seduces the still naive 19 year old student. Things become more complicated when Mirume discovers that Yuri is married to a much older man....Solomon's Perjury 2: Judgment
6.7
Overview:
A group of junior high school must find out the truth of their classmate's death is he was killed by someone or committed suicide.Another Heaven
6.061
Overview:
A pair of hard-boiled Tokyo cops are investigating a gruesome murder: after killing the victim, the murderer cut his skull open and cooked his brain in a stew. As they try to track down the killer, they discover that, quite literally, everybody is a suspect. Will they bring the terror to an end, or will they become part of it themselves?Rebirth
7.56
Overview:
After the collapse of their relationship, Kiwako abducts the 6-month old child of a man she was having an affair with. Raising the child as her own, it is four years before the authorities catch up with her and the young child.Acting
2025School Lawyer: Finding the Colors of the Stars (3 Episodes) as Kaoru Kurushima
2024Ghost Cat Anzu as Yuzuki (voice)
20241122: For a Happy Marriage (1 Episode) as Unknown
2023Call Me Chihiro as Chihiro
2022Just Remembering as Makita
2021Will I Be Single Forever? as Yukino Sato
2021Around The Table as Tomoyo Kunieda
2016Drowning Love as Meiko
2016Cats Don't Come When You Call as Landlady
2015Lady Girls (10 Episodes) as Miwa Kudo
2015Solomon's Perjury 2: Judgment as Minae Kakiuchi
2015Solomon's Perjury 1: Suspicion as Minae Kakiuchi
2014Miracle: Devil Claus' Love and Magic as Rina
2014Chokolietta as Kayoko Miyanaga
2014Disconcerto as Saki Nishijima
2014Gu Gu the Cat (1 Episode) as Rina Ishikawa
2014Woman Lived Mori Mitsuko as Naomi Yosida
2014Saikō no Rikon: Special as Unknown
2013It All Began When I Met You as Chiharu
2013Bread and Soup and Cat Weather (4 Episodes) as Misato
2013Neo Ultra Q (1 Episode) as Youki Ueda
2013Matrimonial Chaos (11 Episodes) as 濑田智世
2012Wonderful Single Life (11 Episodes) as Tsugumi Watanabe
2011Rebirth as Kumi Sawada
2010Mother (11 Episodes) as Yuzukawa Tamami
2009Midnight Diner (1 Episode) as Tsukiko Maeoka
2009Time Lost, Time Found as Hikari Miyasato
2008Nightmare Detective 2 as Itsuko Kagenuma
2008Sex Is No Laughing Matter as Student
2007Our Textbook (2, 12 Episode) as Unknown, Akiko Misawa
2006大人計画「まとまったお金の唄」 (1 Episode) as Unknown
2006God Does Not Play Dice (9 Episodes) as Hamasuna Yuzuko
2006Time Limit Investigator (1 Episode) as Kira Kira
2005Into a Dream as Ranko
2005Princess Raccoon as Kome
2005In the Pool as Suzumi Iwamura
2005タナカヒロシのすべて as テルミンと俳句の会の女の子
2005Older Sister (10 Episodes) as Manami Hasegawa
2005Mirrored Mind as Actress
2005Roomshare no Onna (23 Episodes) as Unknown
2004Jeonju Digital Project 2004 as Unknown
2004Kiss & Hurt as Natsuki
2004The Thirsty Flower: Four by Four Equals One as Unknown
2003Karaoke Terror as Sugako
2003Kougen e Irasshai (1 Episode) as Unknown
2003Good Luck!! (10 Episodes) as Kaori Ogawa
2002The Private Detective Mike (12 Episodes) as Miruku
2002Concent as Yuki Asakura
2001All About Lily Chou-Chou as Shimabukuro
2000Another Heaven as Asako
1999Emergency Room 24 Hours (7 Episodes) as Shizuka Yokomizo（横溝 静香）
1990Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen (5 Episodes) as Unknown