is a Japanese actress, sister of actress Mikako Ichikawa

Mikako Ichikawa

Mikako Ichikawa is a Japanese actress and model from Tokyo, Japan. She was working as a model for the Japanese fashion magazine Olive under an exclusive contract...

 (市川実日子). She began in 1991 as a model

Model (person)

A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....

, and released a single in 1998 and an album the following year. She debuted in acting in 2000 and immediately starred in the movies Another Heaven in 2000 and Konsento

Konsento

Konsento is a Japanese thriller film released in 2001 and directed by Shun Nakahara. It is based on the bestseller novel of the same title by Randy Taguchi.-Main cast:* Miwako Ichikawa - Yuki Asakura* Miho Tsumiki - Ritsuko...

(aka Concent or Power Point) in 2001. But from there she only gets more minor roles like in All About Lily Chou-Chou

All About Lily Chou-Chou

is a 2001 Japanese film written and directed by Shunji Iwai. The film portrays the rough lives of high school children in Japan, and centres around the music of a fictional singer Lily Chou-Chou.-Plot:...

, Karaoke Terror, Princess Raccoon

Princess Raccoon

is a 2005 Japanese film directed by Seijun Suzuki. The "raccoon" of the English title is actually a translation for the tanuki. It is a love story set in the musical genre and stars Zhang Ziyi as a tanuki princess and Joe Odagiri as the banished prince she falls in love with...

, or in TV dramas like Mike Hama or Anego with Ryoko Shinohara

Ryoko Shinohara

Ryoko Shinohara is a Japanese singer and actress. She began her career as a singer in the Japanese female pop band Tokyo Performance Doll, and after its break-up, began a solo singing career with producer Tetsuya Komuro...

. She gets one of the main role in the follow-up movie to Nightmare Detective

Nightmare Detective

is a 2007 Japanese horror film directed by Shinya Tsukamoto and released by Movie-Eye Entertainment Inc, starring Ryuhei Matsuda and hitomi. Masanobu Ando and Ren Osugi play supporting roles, and Tsukamoto himself plays the unnamed villain. The film is shot entirely within Adachi, Tokyo.Nightmare...

 in 2008.

Movies

• Nightmare Detective 2
  Nightmare Detective 2
  is a 2008 Japanese horror film and sequel, directed by Shinya Tsukamoto, to the 2007 film Nightmare Detective, starring Ryuhei Matsuda as Kyoichi Kaganuma.-Plot:...
  
  (Akumu Tantei 2) (2008)
• Hito no sekkusu o warauna (2007)
• Kiraware Matsuko no Issho (2006)
• Notebook of Life (2005)
• Into a Dream (2005)
• Princess Raccoon
  Princess Raccoon
  is a 2005 Japanese film directed by Seijun Suzuki. The "raccoon" of the English title is actually a translation for the tanuki. It is a love story set in the musical genre and stars Zhang Ziyi as a tanuki princess and Joe Odagiri as the banished prince she falls in love with...
  
  (2005)
• In the Pool (2005)
• Mirrored Mind (2005)
• Tanaka Hiroshi no Subete (2005)
• Kiss to Kizu (2004)
• Showa Kayo Daizenshu (2003)
• All About Lily Chou-Chou
  All About Lily Chou-Chou
  is a 2001 Japanese film written and directed by Shunji Iwai. The film portrays the rough lives of high school children in Japan, and centres around the music of a fictional singer Lily Chou-Chou.-Plot:...
  
  (2001)
• Konsento
  Konsento
  Konsento is a Japanese thriller film released in 2001 and directed by Shun Nakahara. It is based on the bestseller novel of the same title by Randy Taguchi.-Main cast:* Miwako Ichikawa - Yuki Asakura* Miho Tsumiki - Ritsuko...
  
  (aka Concent / Power Point) (2001)
• Another Heaven (2000)

Dramas

• Triangle (Fuji TV, 2009, ep1-3)
• Judge II (NHK, 2008)
• Average 2 (Fuji TV, 2008)
• Judge (NHK, 2007)
• Watashitachi no Kyokasho (Fuji TV, 2007, ep7-8)
• Sexy Voice and Robo (NTV, 2007, ep4)
• Kaette Kita Jikou Keisatsu (TV Asahi, 2007, ep2)
• Kami wa Saikoro wo Furanai (NTV, 2006)
• Anego (NTV, 2005)
• Roomshare no Onna (NHK, 2005)
• Shin Yonigeya Honpo (NTV, 2003, ep2)
• Good Luck!! (TBS, 2003)
• Kougen e Irasshai (TBS, 2003)
• Shiritsu Tantei Hama Mike (NTV, 2002)

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