Hikari Mitsushima

Hikari Mitsushima is a Japanese actress and singer. She came to note as a pop singer but went on to star in films. She began her music career in 1997 as a teenage idol singer in the Jpop groups Folder and Folder 5. Although she made her acting debut in 1997 with Rebirth of Mothra II she did not start acting regularly until 2005. She appeared in mangabased thriller film Death Note 2006 and the wellreceived Love Exposure 2008 a comedydrama/art film directed by Sion Sono. Her performance in the latter brought her critical attention and won her several awards. Since then she has had starring roles in Kakera: A Piece of Our Life 2009 and Sawako Decides 2010 written and directed by Yuya Ishii whom she subsequently married in late 2010. They divorced in 2016. She has also appeared in the music video for Mondo Grossos song Labyrinth 2017 which has over 23 million views on YouTube as of April 2020.