Sara Minami

In this Japanese name, the surname is Minami.
Sara Minami
南沙良
Born (2002-06-11) June 11, 2002 (age 22)
Tokyo, Japan
Occupations
  • Actress
  • model
Years active2014–present
AgentLesPros Entertainment

Sara Minami (Japanese: 南沙良, Minami Sara, June 11, 2002) is a Japanese actress and model under LesPros Entertainment.

She won the 18th Nicola Model Audition Grand Prix. She is a former exclusive model for the fashion magazine nicola.[1][2]

Career

In 2014, she won the 18th Nicola Model Audition Grand Prix. In October of the same year, she became an exclusive model for the fashion magazine nicola.[2]

In 2017, she made her debut as an actress in the movie Dear Etranger.[3] She was nominated for the 60th Blue Ribbon Awards for Newcomers for her appearance in the film, but missed her award.[4] In the same year, she starred in the music video for Rebecca's new song, Koini Ochitara.[5]

In 2018, she made her movie debut starring in the movie Shino Can't Say Her Name.[6] She played the role of a high school girl with stuttering,[7] and showed impressing acting in the scene where she cried lamenting with a runny nose.[4] Her performance in the film was rated highly, and along with double-starring Aju Makita, the two were awarded the 43rd Hochi Film Award for Best Newcomer[8] and the 33rd Takasaki Film Festival Best New Actress Award.[9] Additionally, Minami was awarded the 61st Blue Ribbon Award[4][7] and 28th Japanese Movie Critics Award for New Actress.[10] In September, she was appointed as the new image character for Pocky and made her first appearance in the commercials.[11]

In 2019, she made her first appearance in a TV drama in Cocoa broadcast by Fuji TV on January 4, 2019.[12] In March of the same year, she ended her contract as an exclusive model for nicola.[2] She challenged jidaigeki historical drama for the first time in Iwane: Sword of Serenity released in May of the same year.[13]

In 2021, she starred in the TV drama series Dragon Zakura broadcast on TBS.[14][15]

In 2022, she acted in the NHK taiga drama The 13 Lords of the Shogun as Ohime, the daughter of Minamoto no Yoritomo and Hōjō Masako.[16] She also played the main character in the horror movie The Good Father.

In 2023, she played the main character Sawako Kuronuma in the TV Tokyo adaptation of Kimi ni Todoke.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2017 Dear Etranger Kaoru Tanaka [17]
2018 Shino Can't Say Her Name Shino Ōshima Lead role [6]
Mugen Foundation Mirai [18]
2019 21st Century Girl Anthology film [19]
Iwane: Sword of Serenity Iyo Sakazaki [13]
2020 Momi's House Ayaka Honda Lead role [20]
2021 The Sun Stands Still Shiori Kikuchi [21]
Zokki Kyōko Matsubara [22]
Ride or Die Young Rei Nagasawa [23]
2022 The Good Father Hana Kubo Lead role [24]
To Be Killed by a High School Girl Maho Sasaki [25]

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2021 Dragon Sakura 2 Nao Hayase [14]
2022 The 13 Lords of the Shogun Ōhime Taiga drama [16]
2023 Kimi ni Todoke Sawako Kuronuma Lead role [26]
Themis's Law School Classroom Yukino Terui [27]
2024 Dear Radiance Daini no Sanmi Taiga drama [28]

Japanese dub

Year Title Role Dub for Notes Ref.
2023 Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves Doric Sophia Lillis [29]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work(s) Result Ref.
2018 43rd Hochi Film Awards Best New Artist Shino Can't Say Her Name Won [30]
2019 61st Blue Ribbon Awards Best Newcomer Won [31]

References

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  2. ^ a b c "Sara Minami", nicolanet. Shinchousha. Archived from the original from May 2, 2018.
  3. ^ "『nicola』モデル・南沙良、女優デビュー 映画『幼な子われらに生まれ』異例抜てき". ORICON NEWS. 5 February 2019. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
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  8. ^ "表彰-報知映画賞". Hochi Shimbunsha (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-04-02.
  9. ^ "第３３回高崎映画祭受賞者発表". Takasaki Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-04-02.
  10. ^ "日本映画批評家大賞 第28回受賞作品". Japanese Movie Critics Award. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
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  13. ^ a b "南沙良：ポッキーCMで話題の16歳美少女が時代劇初挑戦 「居眠り磐音」で松坂桃李の妹役". MANTANWEB（まんたんウェブ） (in Japanese). 28 November 2018. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
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  29. ^ "南沙良、『ダンジョンズ＆ドラゴンズ』で吹き替え初挑戦 自然の化身・ドリック役に". Real Sound. 19 January 2023. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
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