Riisa Naka

Riisa Naka (仲 里依紗, Naka Riisa, born October 18, 1989) is a Japanese actress. She was given a Best New Talent award at the 2009 Yokohama Film Festival.[1] Naka became famous by appearing in Hachi One Diver (2008) and played the lead, Hana Adachi, in Yankee-kun to Megane-chan (2010). Naka also portrayed cousins Makoto Konno and Akari Yoshiyama who are the protagonists in respectively the 2006 anime film The Girl Who Leapt Through Time and the 2010 live action movie Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, both of which are based on the 1967 novel Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo by Yasutaka Tsutsui.

Riisa Naka
仲 里依紗
Born (1989-10-18) October 18, 1989
Higashisonogi, Nagasaki, Japan
OccupationActress
Years active2002–present
AgentAmuse, Inc.
Known forFight (2005)
Notable workAlice in Borderland 2020, Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo (animated 2006, live 2010)
Height162 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Spouse
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(m. 2013)​
Children1

Personal life

Naka has a Swedish grandfather, making her one-quarter Swedish and three-quarters Japanese. She was named Riisa after Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa painting which her grandfather had an affection for.[2]

She was given a Best New Talent award at the 2009 Yokohama Film Festival and became famous by appearing in Hachi One Diver, a drama that aired in 2008.

Naka co-starred with actor Akiyoshi Nakao in Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo in 2010 and again in the NHK drama Tsurukame Josanin, which aired in August 2012. They started dating after the filming for the drama ended in October 2012.

In spring 2013, it was announced that Naka would marry Nakao, with the wedding being held on March 21, 2013. On October 4, 2013, Naka gave birth to the couple's first child, a son at a hospital in Tokyo.[3]

Her skills are Japanese dancing, piano and swimming.

Filmography

Dramas

Movies

Plays
  • Dokurojo no Shichinin (2011)

Dubbing

Music videos
  • Kimi wa Boku ni Niteiru (2005) - See-Saw
  • Captain Straydum (2006) - Cyborg
  • Nostalgia (2010) - Ikimono Gakari
  • Honto Wa Kowai Ai To Romance (2010) - Keisuke Kuwata
  • Boku Kimi Believer (2010) - Ghostnote

Discography
  • "Namida (Kokoro Abaite)" (NAMIDA～ココロアバイテ～, "Tears (Through His Heart)") as Zebra Queen (2010)

References
  1. "Yokohama Film Festival: 2009". Internet Movie Database. February 1, 2009. Archived from the original on December 16, 2012. Retrieved April 16, 2009.
  2. "Riisa Naka - Nippon Cinema". Archived from the original on September 6, 2012. Retrieved October 19, 2009.
  3. "Naka Riisa gives birth to her first child".
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