Reika Hashimoto (橋本麗香, Hashimoto Reika) (born 25 December 1980 in Tokyo) is a famous Japanese model and actress. Half-American, of Spanish descent, she's been working as a model since she was 10. She had her acting debut on 1999 movie Hakuchi (directed by Makoto Tezuka , opposite Tadanobu Asano), and has performed in several movies. On television, she had a participation on TV Asahi's Profile and has performed in many Chinese soap operas.

Filmography

• Hakuchi (The Innocent) (starring Tadanobu Asano, director Makoto Tezuka , 1999)
• Jikken eiga (Experimental Cinema) (starring Masatoshi Nagase, director Makoto Tezuka , 1999)
• Mōju vs Issunbōshi (starring Tetsurō Tamba , director Teruo Ishii , 2001)
• Hero? Tenshi ni aeba... (Hero? If I could meet an angel...) (starring Takashi Hagino, director Kōsuke Tsurumi , 2004)
• SURVIVE STYLE 5＋ (co-starring Tadanobu Asano, director Gen Sekiguchi , 2004)
• Synchronicity (starring Masanobu Andō , director Makoto Tezuka , scheduled for 2005)

Television

Drama

• Mokuyō no kaidan (Thursday's Ghost Tales) (Fuji Television (Japan), 1996)
• Ren ren do shuo wo ai ni (人人都说我爱你) (starring Zhang Lei , China, 2003)
• Jiang shan mei ren (江山美人) (starring Eric Suen , China, 2004)
• Xia ying xian zong (侠影仙踪) (starring Zhou Jie and Sun Fei Fei , China, 2004)

Special

• Beefighter Kabuto (as Sophie Villeneuve, produced by Tōho , 1996)

Variety

• Wonderful (ワンダフル), TBS, 1996)
• PRO－file (TV-Asahi , until 2004)

Commercials

• Bireleys (Asahi Iinryō )
• ANESSA (Shinseidô )
• Skinguard (Johnson)
• KFC
• Casio

External Links

• 橋本麗香・オフィシャルサイト (Reika Hashimoto Official Site)

• Reika Hashimoto's IMDb listing

• 美丽人生 (Beautiful Life, Chinese fan forum)

• Adorable Reika (Fansite in Spanish)

Most of this entry is an English translation from Japanese Wikipedia Reika Hashimoto's entry