Yumi Sugimoto
Encyclopedia
is a Japanese model, actress, gravure idol and singer.
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series Engine Sentai Go-onger
. She stars also in Mutant Girls Squad under the direction from Tak Sakaguchi
, Noburu Iguchi and Yoshihiro Nishimura
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, Sugimoto has expressed an interest in producing music. She released her debut single, Harukoi, on February 17, 2010.
Modeling career
Sugimoto began her career in modeling during elementary school, when she was chosen in a Grand-Prix semi-audition for the girls manga magazine RibonRibon
is a monthly Japanese shōjo manga magazine published by Shueisha. First issued in August 1955, its rivals are Nakayoshi and Ciao. Its target audience is young girls roughly 9–13 years old. In 2009, the magazine's circulation was 274,167, down from the previous year's circulation numbers of 330,000...
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Acting career
In July 2007 she received her first lead role in TV Tokyo's late TV drama series Boys Esté. Her latest role is Miu Sutō/Go-on Silver in the 2008 TV Asahi's tokusatsuTokusatsu
is a Japanese term that applies to any live-action film or television drama that usually features superheroes and makes considerable use of special effects ....
series Engine Sentai Go-onger
Engine Sentai Go-onger
is the title of Toei Company's thirty-second Super Sentai series of Japanese tokusatsu television series. It premiered on February 17, 2008, a week following the finale of Juken Sentai Gekiranger, and ended on February 8, 2009. It aired as part of TV Asahi's 2008 Super Hero Time block alongside...
. She stars also in Mutant Girls Squad under the direction from Tak Sakaguchi
Tak Sakaguchi
is a Japanese actor, director, fight choreorapher, and stuntman. He is best known for his lead role in Ryuhei Kitamura's cult film, Versus. Sakaguchi is a talented martial artist, and as such, stars in films featuring copious fight scenes and performs all of his own stunts. He is known to be...
, Noburu Iguchi and Yoshihiro Nishimura
Yoshihiro Nishimura
is a Japanese film director, special effects and makeup effects artist, and a screenwriter who has worked predominantly in the horror genre. Nishimura has been described as "a legendary director and effects artist" and "the Tom Savini of Japan" with "talent to burn"...
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Music career
Aside from singing character portrayal songs in Engine Sentai Go-ongerEngine Sentai Go-onger
is the title of Toei Company's thirty-second Super Sentai series of Japanese tokusatsu television series. It premiered on February 17, 2008, a week following the finale of Juken Sentai Gekiranger, and ended on February 8, 2009. It aired as part of TV Asahi's 2008 Super Hero Time block alongside...
, Sugimoto has expressed an interest in producing music. She released her debut single, Harukoi, on February 17, 2010.
TV drama
- Boys EstéBoys Estéis a manga series by . The series is published in Japan by Kodansha and by Chuang Yi in English in Singapore. A live-action drama airs on TV Tokyo.The story stars , an overweight girl who was rejected by her ex-boyfriend because of her weight...
(TV Tokyo, 2007) as Shizuka Koiwai - Coin Locker Monogatari (TV Asahi, 2008) as a guest in ep. 2
- Engine Sentai Go-OngerEngine Sentai Go-ongeris the title of Toei Company's thirty-second Super Sentai series of Japanese tokusatsu television series. It premiered on February 17, 2008, a week following the finale of Juken Sentai Gekiranger, and ended on February 8, 2009. It aired as part of TV Asahi's 2008 Super Hero Time block alongside...
(TV Asahi, 2008) as Miu Sutō/Go-on Silver
Movie
- Engine Sentai Go-onger: Boom Boom! Bang Bang! GekijōBang!!Engine Sentai Go-onger: Boom Boom! Bang Bang! GekijoBang!!is the theatrical film adaptation of the Japanese 2008 Super Sentai series Engine Sentai Go-onger. As with all of the Super Sentai films, Boom Boom! Bang Bang! GekijōBang!! is a double bill with the film for the 2008 Kamen Rider series Kamen Rider Kiva, Kamen Rider Kiva: King of the Castle in the...
(2008 ToeiToei Companyis a Japanese film, television production, and distribution corporation. Based in Tokyo, Toei owns and operates thirty-four movie theaters across Japan, a modest vertically-integrated studio system by the standards of the 1930s United States; operates studios at Tokyo and Kyoto; and is a...
) as Miu Sutō/Go-on Silver - Engine Sentai Go-onger vs. GekirangerEngine Sentai Go-onger vs. Gekirangeris the second film adaptation of the 2008 Japanese Super Sentai series Engine Sentai Go-onger. Initially planned to be a V-Cinema release on DVD March 21, 2009, it was announced on December 7, 2008, that it would be released to Japanese theaters on January 24, 2009, to commemorate the fifteenth...
(2009 ToeiToei Companyis a Japanese film, television production, and distribution corporation. Based in Tokyo, Toei owns and operates thirty-four movie theaters across Japan, a modest vertically-integrated studio system by the standards of the 1930s United States; operates studios at Tokyo and Kyoto; and is a...
) as Miu Sutō/Go-on Silver - Samurai Sentai Shinkenger vs. Go-onger: GinmakuBang!!Samurai Sentai Shinkenger vs. Go-onger: GinmakuBang!!is a Japanese film released in theaters on January 30, 2010, featuring a crossover between the Samurai Sentai Shinkenger and Engine Sentai Go-onger casts and characters. The heroes of Tensou Sentai Goseiger also make a cameo appearance in the film. The catchphrase for the movie is . It opened at #5...
(2010 ToeiToei Companyis a Japanese film, television production, and distribution corporation. Based in Tokyo, Toei owns and operates thirty-four movie theaters across Japan, a modest vertically-integrated studio system by the standards of the 1930s United States; operates studios at Tokyo and Kyoto; and is a...
) as Miu Sutō/Go-on Silver - Mutant Girls SquadMutant Girls Squadis a Japanese film by Noboru Iguchi, Yoshihiro Nishimura and Tak Sakaguchi. The film is about Rin, a sixteen-year-old mutant girl who meets a gang of rebel mutants who aim to take revenge on humans for persecuting their race...
(2010 NikkatsuNikkatsuis a Japanese entertainment company well known for its film and television productions. It is Japan's oldest major movie studio. The name Nikkatsu is an abbreviation of Nippon Katsudō Shashin, literally "Japan Cinematograph Company".-History:...
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DVD
- Yumi Sugimoto -Flowering- (Released May 2006)
- Yumi Sugimoto -Morning Star- (Released January 2007)
- Yumi Sugimoto -Journey Hitori Sugimoto Yumi 19-year-old- (Released September 2008)