Sakura Ando

Birthday: 1986-02-18
Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
Gender: Female
Drafted: 473
Drafted By: Calvin and Nobbs
Owned By: Calvin and Nobbs
Owned Wins: 0
Owned Noms: 0
Win Bonus: 0
Nom Bonus: 0
Total Points: 0

With parents in show business, perhaps it is not surprising that Sakura Ando became an actress and, moreover, later married an actor.

She was born to actor/director Okuda Eiji and celebrity Kazu Ando on 18 February 1986. Her great-grandfather was Prime Minister Tsuyoshi. Her older sister is director Ando Momoko. She saw her father on stage at age five and decided to become an actress while in second grade.

She was often ill as a child; her illness made her dizzy, caused balance problems, and at times her brain would shut down. She chose her mother's maiden surname for her professional career. Sono Sion cast her in his film Love Exposure and gave her a major break on the big screen. She won Best Supporting Actress for that role at the 31st Yokohama Film Festival.

Earlier, her father cast her in his film Kaze No Sotogawa (Outside the Wind) alongside her mother and sister. She has since appeared in multiple films and TV series and won several more awards.

She married actor Emoto Tasuku in 2012; they met on a train in 2008 and she had obtained her father's permission to date and marry. She was a boxer in 100 Yen Love, which suited her because she had practiced boxing at age fourteen. She gave birth to her first child, a girl, in 2017.

She won Best Actress at the 42nd Japan Academy Prize for her work in 2018's Shoplifters. By then she was considered one of the top young actresses in Japan alongside Yu Aoi, Miyazaki Aoi, and possibly Aso Kumiko. Interestingly, she had earlier decided to retire and focus on raising her child.

She is a graduate of Gakushuin Women's College.

Career Statisics

	Season	Age	Movie	Role	Result	Points
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Transaction History

Date	Location	Team	Receives	Team	Receives	Team	Receives

Credits

	Year	Title	Character
	2026-05-17	Dora	Nami
	2025-08-13	A Very Straight Neck
	2023-12-15	The Imaginary	Lizzie (voice)
	2023-11-03	Godzilla Minus One	Sumiko Ota
	2023-10-13	We're Millennials. Got a problem?: The Movie	Miyashita Akane
	2023-09-29	Bad Lands	Neri Hashioka
	2023-06-02	Monster	Saori Mugino
	2022-11-18	A Man	Rie Taniguchi
	2022-01-28	Korosuna	Omine
	2021-07-01	The Great Yokai War: Guardians	Ubume
	2021-04-10	Ryuukou Kanbou	Haruko
	2019-12-31	孤独のグルメ2019大晦日スペシャル 緊急指令！ 成田～福岡～釜山 弾丸出張編！
	2018-06-02	Shoplifters	Nobuyo Shibata
	2017-12-09	Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura	Grim Reaper
	2017-09-16	Tornado Girl	Yu Mikami
	2017-05-06	Reminiscence	Ryoko Nishina
	2017-01-17	Sound of Waves	Yuko Kitagawa
	2016-09-03	Dias Police: Dirty Yellow Boys	Yumeko
	2016-02-17	Seed
	2015-04-25	Asleep	Terako
	2015-02-14	Her Granddaughter	Misaki Akimoto
	2014-11-15	100 Yen Love	Ichiko Saito
	2014-11-08	0.5 mm	Sawa
	2014-06-14	Climbing to Spring	Yuri Nakagawa
	2014-03-01	Homeland	Misa
	2013-11-25	The Stork Nest
	2013-08-24	Case of Kyoko, Case of Shuichi	Kyoko
	2013-05-29	Penance	Akiko Takano
	2013-04-19	Petal Dance	Motoko
	2013-03-26	Radio	Yuki Sasayama
	2013-02-02	Yellow Elephant	Kanyu the dog (voice)
	2012-11-17	The Samurai That Night	Mika
	2012-07-01	Our Homeland	Rie
	2012-06-16	For Love's Sake	Gum-ko
	2010-11-16	Teto
	2010-06-26	8000 Miles 2: Girls Rapper
	2010-06-12	A Crowd of Three	Kayo
	2010-03-13	Sweet Little Lies	Miyako
	2010-01-23	All to the Sea
	2009-11-15	We'll Keep Walking, That's All	Miyuki Matsunaka
	2009-11-13	Torso	Mina
	2009-10-10	The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio	Rika Kinoshita
	2009-08-15	Oh, My Buddha!
	2009-02-28	Crime or Punishment?!?	Momo Mimikawa
	2009-01-09	Make the Last Wish	Meiko
	2008-11-29	Love Exposure	Koike
	2008-11-22	Ain't No Tomorrows	Chizu
	2007-12-22	Out of the Wind	Mariko Iwata
	2006-04-01	A Long Walk	Waitress