Japanese Actress Nagasawa Masami

Name: 長澤まさみ (ながさわまさみ)
Name (romaji): Nagasawa Masami
Profession: Actress
Birthdate: 1987-Jun-03
Birthplace: Iwata, Shizuoka, Japan
Height: 168cm
Weight: 43kg
Star sign: Gemini
Blood type: A

Masami Nagasawa is a Japanese actress for Toho Entertainment. Masami has performed in many famous movies and television dramas including Crying out Love, In the Center of the World, Nada Sousou, Dragon Zakura and Proposal Daisakusen. She graduated from Horikoshi High School in 2006. Nagasawa Masami is also known as "Ma-chan" or as Yamashita Tomohisa calls her "ma-tan". In 2000, she auditioned in the 5th (Year 2000) Toho "Cinderella" Contest at the age of 12, and emerged as the youngest winner ever out of a total contestant pool of 35,153 individuals.

This marked the beginning of her career in the entertainment industry. Masami was awarded the Best Newcomer prize in the 27th Japanese Academy Awards for her excellent performance in Robokon. In 2004, Masami starred as the heroine of the story, a teenage girl who died of leukemia, in the big hit movie, Crying Out Love, In the Center of the World. The movie was a box office success in Japan, earning 8500 million Yen in total.

Her outstanding performance in this movie earned her numerous awards including the Best Supporting Actress Prize (the youngest ever) in the 28th Japanese Academy Awards. For three consecutive years since 2005, she has been the cover girl for Toho Calendar, which has a history of over 50 years. In Summer 2007, Masami was ranked 9th in 2007 Most Influential People In Japan, she is the only female on the ranking.

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