Life is a Journey
Life is a Journey
by AKIKO MONOU

 

AkikO MoNOU

Akiko started off her model and acting career by starring in Shiseido’s No Color Foundation in 1996. In 2001, she starred in her first feature movie for Director Hiroyuki Nakano’s “Stereo Future”. Following her film debut, she has been been casted to model and act in various Japanese commercials, movies and magazines. In 2011, Akiko moved to New York, where she met her husband-to-be. She and her husband moved back to Japan, where she and her family now live in Hayama, Kanagawa-ken, Japan.

Currently, as she raises her son in Hayama, Akiko continues to act and model. As of late, she can be seen in Shueisha Publishing Company’s “Natsui Ichi” product movie and TV commercials for Lipton Tea. Her openness to share her lifestyle as a mother is often featured in magazines and appeals to like-minded women similar in age.

Akiko’s hobbies include reading, yoga, and traveling. She loves to visit different countries such as Cuba, Brazil, and Bali to learn and participate in traditional dance.

 

WORKS

MOVIE
2011 「UGLY」(Dir: Kesaku Kakimoto)
2011 「Yuyumi Dahlia」(Dir: Chihiro Ikeda)
2010 「TESTUO THE BULLET MAN」(Dir: Shinya Tsukamoto)
2009 「Yatterman」(Dir: Takashi Miike)
2009 「THE CODE/Angou」(Dir: Kaizou Hayashi)
2009 「HEAVEN'S DOOR」(Dir: Michael Arias)
2008 「after school」(Dir: Kenji Uchida)
2008 「The Most Beautiful Night in the World | Sekai de ichiban utsukushii yoru」 (Dir: Daisuke Tengan)
2007 「Anna no Monogatari」(Dir: Saki Yamada)
2007 「United Red Army」(Dir: Koji Wakamatsu)Playing Yoshiko Mochihara
2007 「Konna Otonano Onnanoko」(Dir: Masanori Taminaga)
2007 「BAUMKUCHEN」(Dir: Kensaku Kakimoto)
2007 「Youkai Kidan」(Dir: Tooru Kamei)
2006 「COLORS」(Dir: Kensaku Kakimoto)
2005 「Lost in Translation」(Dir: Sofia Coppola)
2003 「Kakuto」 (Dir: Iseya Yusuke)
2001 「STEREO FUTURE episode2002」(Dir: Hiroyuki Nakano)
1998 「Sumurai Fiction」(Dir: Hiroyuki Nakano)Playing Akakage
2006 「Koroshiya Sally」(From「Charaway Renai Banzai!」)(Dir: Naoto Hidaka)
2005 「Yamanotesen Game (mini.Jam)」(Dir: Shoichi Matsumoro)
2004 「Family Restaurant( From「Straw Very」)」(Dir: Kensaku Kakimoto)
2004 「No Pants Girls Gaiden」(Dir: Saki Yamada)
2003 「Pay day(From 「Director Infection」)」(Dir: Shunsuke Matsuoka)
2003 「SONIC FOUR」(Dir: Hiroyuki Nakano)
2003 「Slow is Beautiful」(Dir: Hiroyuki Nakano)


DRAMA
2009 NHK General「Ghostfriends」(April)
2008 TV TOKYO「Soroan Minotoda」(Dir: Taishi Muramoto)
2002 NTV 「Jikuu Keisatsu Sousa Ikka」
2001 KBS「Furusato (Kyotokara 21 Seikino Asia」
1996 Fuji TV「23 kuno Onna Setagaya Hen」

CM
2017  SUBARU「 BRZ STI Sport」Product Movie
2017  Shueisha「Natsu Ichi」Special Movie
2017  Lopson「Yellow label」「Chilled」Series
2017  MEJ「AGEST」Concept Movie
2010 FANCL Cosmetics(August~1 Year Contact)
2009 「UNITED ARROWS BEAUTY&YOUTH ~local beauty~」
2009  Spring & Summer 2009, 150th Anniversary of Yokohama Port, 「Story ga Hajimaru」
2008 GlaxoSmithKline, GlaxoSmithKline ~Breathe Right~
2008 Coca-cola Japan, Aquatherapy Minaqua
2007 Kao, Style fit
2007 Nissan Motor, March: The first generation, Shiawase Machiko-san.
2007 Otsuka Foods, ReSOLA「Taberu Kirei Series」
2006 De Beers, DTC Trilogy
2006 Ezaki Glico, BREO「Yoga Series」「Bathroom Series」
2005 NOKIA NOKIA~Car Kit~(Web Exclusive)
2003 SHARP, docomo SH505i
2003 Kewpie
2002 Shiseido ~Ma Cherie~
2001 Shiseido, ~UV White~
2001 Kewpie, Kewpie Half キューピーハーフ
2000 Nike, NIKE~Women’s Campaign~
1998 Watosa, wAtOSA
1996 Shiseido, NO COLOR FOUNDATION

MUSIC VIDEOS
2011 「LOCK ME OUT」(BOOM BOOM SATELLITES)
2009 「Hanafubuki」(Dir: Hideto Usui, Daisuke Shimada)
2003 「~Bird of Paradise 」 (orange pekoe)
2002 「#free - Sweet Robots Against The Machine」(Towa Tei)

MAGAZINE
SITRUUNA vol.2、&Premium、SOREL、Maternity nina's、
nina's、InRed、TRANSIT、Otona no Oshare Techou、GLOW
milk JAPON、HONEY、otona muse, etc...

PHOTO BOOK
2004 Shinchosha「Gekkan Monou Akiko」
2002 Peer to Peer Network「SWEET FEMAILE」

TV
2007 NHK General「Yuru Nabi」
2003 NHK General「Digital Studio」
2003 Sekai Ururun Taizaiki

STAGE
2010 「Kenrantoka Tanmantoka」
2006 「3days2nights1morning」(Kido8 performance)
2005 「Dacchu No」(Theatre Naughty Boys)

OTHER
2009 Product Catalog「UNITED ARROWS BEAUTY&YOUTH ~local beauty~」 SS 2009
2009 Product Catalog, 「override」AW2008
2004 Web Drama「NO MUSIC NO LIFE」(Dir: Ryu Ishii)
2004 Commercial Drama「Tamio Okuda’s Album~LION~」