biography of Ai Hashimoto

Ai Hashimoto

 (橋本 愛, Hashimoto Ai, born 12 January 1996) is a Japanese actress.

Hashimoto was born in Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, the second of three daughters. In 2008, Hashimoto won the HUAHUA audition held by Newcome; her mother had chosen Hashimoto for the audition because she had the strongest facial complexion out of the three sisters. 

In 2009, Hashimoto was selected as the youngest "Miss Seventeen" by fashion magazine Seventeen, alongside Emi Kudo, Arisa Takada and Alice Hirose, out of 5,267 applicants. The same year, she debuted as an actress in the movie Give and Go, portraying a deaf girl who is absorbed in basketball. 

Hashimoto appeared in Confessions in 2010 and starred in The Kirishima Thing in 2012, or which she won new face awards from the Japan Academy and Kinema Junpo.  She also appeared as Sadako in Sadako 3D. 

In 2024, Hashimoto was appointed Jury member at the 2024 Tokyo International Film Festival for its section 'International competition'. On December 31, she left Sony Music Artists and transferred to the new agency Eden

mini bio : 

Kumamoto-native Hashimoto Ai debuted in 2008 via an audition at Sony's Newcome that her mother pushed her to attend. Her mother loves celebrities. She has two sisters with her being the middle one. Her mother believed she is the one daughter who could make it in the audition. Immediately after the audition Ai disbelieved she would win. She began modelling in Seventeen magazine in 2010 and also made her acting debut in that year in Give And Go where she was the main character. She continued with roles in Confessions and Sadako 3D. Ai was awarded the prize as Rookie of The Year at the 36th Japan Academy Program in 2013. She ceased modelling in 2014. Hashimoto likes manga, karaoke and bicycling. She states that while she memorizes her scripts she avoids trying to understand the character from the lines and instead understand the spirit and motivation. Hashimoto is obsessed with eating tomatoes and cites the number three as her favourite.

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