14 years old Tsuchiya Tao is the newest face among the young shining actresses. Her first bigger role was that of Sanpei's (Suga Kenta) childhood friend in the movie "Tsurikichi Sanpei" by the director of the award-winning movie "Okuribito" (Departures), Takita Yojiro. It's him who discovered her and he has a very high opinion of her.

That movie was her 2nd ever work as an actress. She's been born and raised in Tokyo, but it's incredible how well she performed the role of Yuri and her Akita-typical spontaneity. "I experienced the nature of the people in Akita at the set and was surrounded by people speaking in a dialect. That all raised my spirit and I was able to act as the really vigorous Yuri." She explained with her sparkling eyes that already blew away director Takita during the audition.

Tsuchiya entered the world of show business with the "Miss Phoenix - Super Heroine Auditions" in 2005. Over 37,000 people applied for that audition, but she was one of the few that came out successfully with her special jury award. Right now she's still a very young girl, "I still love to fight with my younger brother (who's in 2nd grade of junior high)" and it will be very interesting to see how she's going to change into a beautiful actress.

Written by: jyoyu.blogspot.com / Source: Sanspo
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