About Mitsushima Hikari

She began her music career in 1997 as a teenage ‘idol singer’ in the J-pop groups Folder and Folder 5. She made her acting debut in the same year, starring as Shiori Uchiura / Little Girl in the kaiju film Rebirth of Mothra II. Her first television appearance came in 2005, when she played Elly in Ultraman Max. Her film career recommenced as Sayu Yagami in 2006’s manga-adaptation thriller film Death Note, and in 2008 she starred as Yōko Ozawa in Love Exposure, a comedy-drama / art film directed by Sion Sono. Her performance in Love Exposure brought her critical attention and won her and her team several awards.