Shin Yazawa

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Shin Yazawa
矢沢 心
Born (1981-03-16) March 16, 1981 (age 43)
Tokyo, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Other namesShin Kobayashi (real name)
Occupation(s)Actress, entertainer
Years active1997-present
AgentJapan Music Entertainment
Height1.6 m (5 ft 3 in)
Spouse
(m. 2007)
Children3

Shin Kobayashi (小林 心, Kobayashi Shin, née Yazawa (矢沢), born March 16, 1981, in Tokyo, Japan),[1] better known as Shin Yazawa (矢沢 心, Yazawa Shin), is a Japanese actress and entertainer who is represented by the talent agency, Japan Music Entertainment.

Yazawa graduated from Chiba Prefectural Funabashi Code High School. Her husband is K-1 kick-boxer Masato.

Yazawa debuted in the film Bounce ko Gals after passing the audition in 1997.

Her first lead role was in the film Scramble Hearts in 2004.

Biography[edit]

Yazawa was born and raised in Tokyo, and went to elementary school in Fukuoka Prefecture. She returned to Tokyo for going to Hakata High School and modeling for the magazine, Egg. Yazawa later returned to Fukuoka and starting her entertainment debut.

On February 11, 2007, she married K-1 kick-boxer Masato after reporting that they were dating. It happened when Yazawa noticed Masato after she and her friends driven to the back of his house to travel to Mikane and became friends. Their marriage conference anniversary was held on February 13.

She is close friends with Eiko Koike from high school. They appeared in the drama, Naomi, and in the films, Kamikaze Girls and Yama Onna Kabe Onna.

On April 4, 2008, Yazawa became a Friday regular in the Tokyo Broadcasting System information program, Hanamaru Market.

Filmography[edit]

TV series[edit]

Year Title Role Network Notes
1997 Hamidashi Keiji Jōnetsu-kei Riko Yamashita TV Asahi Episode 6
1998 Kamisama, Mōsukoshi Dake Asami Oda Fuji TV
Nat-chan-ka TV Asahi Episode 11
1999 Emergency Room 24hours Natsumi Fuji TV Episode 3
Naomi Miho Sugio Fuji TV
Team Aiko Sugino Fuji TV Episode 5
2000 Ikebukuro West Gate Park Chiaki Hashimoto TBS
Oyajii Sumika TBS
2001 Omae no Yukichi ga Naite Iru Momo Mori (Ke-chan) TV Asahi
Shin O Mizu no Hanamichi Nanako Fuji TV
Kizu-darake no Love Song Miki Tashiro Fuji TV
Number One Koharu TBS
2002 Home & Away Akemi Fuji TV Episode 7
Mama no Idenshi Aya Uejima TBS
2004 Division 1 Emi Sasaki Fuji TV
Gekidan Engisha Miki Fuji TV
Mother & Lover Maiko Kamino Fuji TV
Chushingura Osugi TV Asahi
2005 Ame to Yume no Ato ni Ruriko TV Asahi Episode 7
Mei Bugyō! Ōoka Echizen Osei TV Asahi Episode 6
Rikon Bengoshi II Handsome Woman Erika Uozumi Fuji TV Episode 9
Dragon Zakura Nozomi Yamamoto TBS
2006 Brand Keiji Yobi Kantei Sōsa-in Mami Kirihara Momiji Hanasaka TV Tokyo
Shimon Sōsa-kan Uhei Tsukahara no Kamiwaza Chisato Sakamoto TV Tokyo
Matsuko Kiraware no Isshō Etsuko Kawajiri TBS Episode 3
2007 Kaettekita Jikō Keisatsu Kaede TV Asahi Episode 2
Fukumaru Asakusa Ryokan Hiroko Sayama TBS
Yama Onna Kabe Onna Misato Toyokawa Fuji TV
2009 Ochaberi Miho Yamazaki TBS Episode 1
Tears in Heaven Hitomi Shimizu TBS
2010 Asu no Hikari o Tsukame Yuri Kitayama THK
Hotaru no Hikari 2 Woman talking to video store clerk NTV Episode 1
Tantei Kurabu Michiru Kurosawa Fuji TV
2011 Dr. Ichiro Irabu Eri Matsumoto TV Asahi Episode 6
Last Money: Ai no Nedan Midori Kanbe NHK
2015 Platinum Age Saki Osato NHK
2017 Idol x Warrior Miracle Tunes! Shizuko Kagurazaka TV Tokyo Episode 1

Films[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
1997 Bounce ko Gals Maru
1999 Oyayubihime Misa
2003 Gūzen ni mo Saiakuna Shōnen Nanako Kaneshiro
2004 Kamikaze Girls Miko
Scramble Hearts Yoko Kurata Lead role
Walking with the Dog Woman abandon dog
2005 Tetsujin 28-go Reporter
Hiroshi Tanaka no Subete Delivery Miss
Shissō Eri's mother
2007 The Yakiniku Movie Purukogi
Kayōkyokuda yo, Jinsei wa Yokota
Marriage Ring Yasuyo Ota
2008 Sakigake!! Otokojuku Car beauty
2010 Sankaku

References[edit]

  1. ^ "矢沢心" (in Japanese). Japan Music Entertainment. Retrieved October 19, 2015.

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