Yuumi Kawai

Yuumi Kawai or Yūmi Kawai (河合 優実, Kawai Yūmi, born December 19, 2000 in Tokyo) is a Japanese actress.[1][2]

Yuumi Kawai
河合 優実
Kawai at press event wearing zebra-print jacket and looking toward camera while smiling
Kawai at the Tokyo International Film Festival
in October 2022
Born (2000-12-19) December 19, 2000
Tokyo, Japan
OccupationActress
Years active2019–present
AgentDongyu Club

Career

In 2019, Kawai made her acting debut in the short film Yodominaku, Yamanai.[1] In 2022, she was given the Best Newcomer award at the 43rd Yokohama Film Festival for her roles in A Balance and It’s a Summer Film.[3]

Personal life

Her hobbies are dancing, singing, drawing, playing basketball, and singing. When she was in third grade, she started going to the dance studio her younger sister was attending. Although she once stopped dancing when in middle school, she was in the dance club in high school. As she continued dancing, she realized the joy of "expressing" and decided to become an actress.[4]

She respects Mirai Moriyama as both an actor and a dancer.[5]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Directed by Notes Ref.
2019 Yodominaku, Yamanai Kenta Shibayama Lead role; short film [1]
2020 Rolling Marbles Moeko Ken'ichi Ugana [6]
A Beloved Wife High school girl who makes Udon Shin Adachi [1]
Sasaki in My Mind Naemura Takuya Uchiyama [1]
2021 It’s a Summer Film Beat-ban (Kickboard) Sōshi Matsumoto [7]
A Balance Mei Yūjirō Harumoto [8]
Unfeigned Happy Ending Yū Daisuke Matsuo [1]
2022 Just Remembering Izumi Daigo Matsui [9]
Love Nonetheless Misaki Hideo Jojo [10]
To Be Killed by a High School Girl Aoi Sugi Hideo Jojo [11]
Plan 75 Yōko Narimiya Chie Hayakawa [12]
A Man Akane Kei Ishikawa [13]
A Winter Rose Tomoka Misaki Junji Sakamoto [14]
A Hundred Flowers Genki Kawamura [15]
The Lines That Define Me Kawagishi Norihiro Koizumi [16]
2023 Sayonara, Girls. Manami Yamashiro Shun Nakagawa Lead role [17]
In Her Room Yōko Chihiro Itō [18]
Heartless Hana Daichi Sugimoto [19]
2024 About Anne Anne Yu Irie Lead role [20]

Television
Year Title Role Network Notes Ref.
2019 In Hand Kaori Kikuchi TBS Episode 4 [21]
2022 Teen Regime Suguri Saiga NHK Miniseries [22]
One Night Morning Tamako Wowow Lead role; episode 4 [23]
2023 I Love My Family for Who They Are Nami Kishimoto NHK Lead role [24]
Kami no Ko wa Tsubuyaku Haruka Kinoshita NHK Lead role; television film [25]

Music videos
Year Song Artist Ref.
2022 Ame San San King Gnu [26]

Awards
Year Award Category Work(s) Result Ref
2022 41st Zenkoku Eiren Awards Best Supporting Actress A Balance Won [27]
43rd Yokohama Film Festival Best Newcomer A Balance and It’s a Summer Film Won [3]
76th Mainichi Film Awards Best New Actress A Balance Nominated [28]
95th Kinema Junpo Awards Best New Actress A Balance, It’s a Summer Film and Unfeigned Happy Ending Won [29]
64th Blue Ribbon Awards Best Newcomer A Balance and It’s a Summer Film Won [30]
35th Nikkan Sports Film Awards Best Supporting Actress Plan 75, A Winter Rose, A Man, and others Nominated [31]
Best Newcomer Won
47th Hochi Film Awards Best Supporting Actress Plan 75, A Winter Rose and Just Remembering Nominated [32]
2023 44th Yokohama Film Festival Best Supporting Actress Plan 75, A Winter Rose, A Man, and others Won [33]
16th Asian Film Awards Best Supporting Actress Plan 75 Nominated [34]

References
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  3. "第43回ヨコハマ映画祭 2021年日本映画個人賞". Yokohama Film Festival. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
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