Tsuchiya Tao is a Japanese actress, model, and dancer. She is most likely to be notable to international fans for her role as the female ninja Makimachi Misao in the film series Rurouni Kenshin that gained recognition from many different countries beyond Japan. She was also featured as the dancer for the Japanese version of the singer Sia's music video for the song "Alive".
Tao-chan as Misao Tao-chan in Sia's Alive
EARLY LIFE &EDUCATION:
Born on February 3, 1995, Tao is the middle child of the family. Her eldest sister, Honoka Tsuchiya is a cheerleader and Japanese traditional dancer. Her younger brother is Shimba Tsuchiya.
She has been training in classical ballet and Japanese traditional dance buyŠfrom the age of 3. She is currently a fourth year college student and is majoring in dance on Japan Women’s College of Physical Education.
TAO-CHAN'S CAREER:
Tao started her career by winning the Jury’s award in the SuperHeroine Audition Miss Phoenix in 2005, besting about 37,000 other people who joined the said audition. In 2008, she became an exclusive model of Hanachu magazine until 2010. She made her film debut as a minor character named Mika Kurosu in “Tokyo’s Sonataâ€.
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" , Takita Yojiro. It was him who discovered her and he has a very high opinion of her. That movie in 2009 was her 2nd ever work as an actress. She's been born and raised in Tokyo, but she was able to perform the role of Yuri and her Akita-typical spontaneity, blowing the director away with her performance during the audition.
In 2011, she got her first recurring role on TV Tokyo’s Suzuki Sensei as Somi Ogawa, garnering her a lot of attention. In 2014, she got the role of Makimachi Misao in Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Infernoand went on to reprise the role in the third installment of the movie, Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends.
In 2015, she got more recognized after being selected to star in NHK’s morning drama ("asadora") Mare where she took on the protagonist role of Tsumura Mare. In the same year, Tao reunited with her Mare costar Yamazaki Kento in the live-action film Orange where she played the role of Naho Takamiya. Her role in the film earned her the Newcomer of the Year Award in the 39th Japan Academy Awards in 2016.
Tao continued to make waves as she delivered a powerful dance performance in the special version Sia’s ‘Alive’ music video for the Japanese market. Despite her busy schedule, Tao trained hard for three weeks in order to film the video. and it wasn’t all for naught as Tomohiko Tsujimoto, famous dancer and choreographer, who is the author of the dance routine Tao performed in the video, said that he had goosebumps when he saw this new and wild side of Tao.
Despite the public’s initial skeptical doubts about whether she deserves to get that opportunity, Tao delivered a very fierce and powerful dance and acting performance in the music video. The video got a huge response from the netizens: from bashing Tsuchiya for being “everywhere†and not skilled enough in dance to represent Japan in a music video of an international star to amazement and praise for her hard work and talent as well as showing a completely new side and breaking with her ‘asadora heroine’ image.
TAO-CHAN'S FILMOGRAPHY:
film:
· Tokyo Sonata (2008) – Mika Kurosu
· Tsurikichi Sanpei (2009) – Yuri Takayama
· Ultraman Zero: The Revenge of Belial (2010) – Princess Emerana Luludo Esmeralda
· The Legacy of the Sun (2011) – Sū-chan
· Hatenu Mura no Mina (2012) – Kanna Matsushita
Tao-chan used to be unable to pronounce her name properly because of ankyloglossia (tongue-tie) so she had to undergo a surgery where the web of her tongue is cut a little to enable her to enunciate words better. (source: 151221 Shabekuri 007)
Tao-chan once went out with the rest of the Orange casts to a cafe during a rainy day and ended up voluntarily and neatly folding all five umbrellas before going inside. XD (source: '[ENG SUB] Oshareism | Yamazaki Kento's VCR for Tsuchiya Tao')
Tao-chan is known for posting looooooooong blog posts (and even her instagram captions are sometimes very long too! <3)
Takeuchi Ryoma once said that he got lost while running around Hamamatsu (Aozora Yell's filming location) and he had to follow Tao-chan's instructions to go back to the hotel. XD
(We'd update this post with more facts later. Feel free to share more interesting facts that you know about her below!)
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WHY DO YOU LOVE TAO-CHAN? (You can be as cheesy as you want. We won't judge. *winks*)
YOUR DREAM PROJECT FOR TAO-CHAN IS...?
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The Official Tsuchiya Tao (土屋 太鳳) Thread
in Actors & Actresses
Posted · Edited by irresistablytao
PROFILE:
Name: Tsuchiya Tao
Japanese Name: 土屋太鳳 (ã¤ã¡ã‚„ãŸãŠ)
Birthday: February 3, 1995
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius
Height: 155 cm
Blood Type: O
INTRODUCTION:
Tsuchiya Tao is a Japanese actress, model, and dancer. She is most likely to be notable to international fans for her role as the female ninja Makimachi Misao in the film series Rurouni Kenshin that gained recognition from many different countries beyond Japan. She was also featured as the dancer for the Japanese version of the singer Sia's music video for the song "Alive".
Tao-chan as Misao Tao-chan in Sia's Alive
EARLY LIFE & EDUCATION:
Born on February 3, 1995, Tao is the middle child of the family. Her eldest sister, Honoka Tsuchiya is a cheerleader and Japanese traditional dancer. Her younger brother is Shimba Tsuchiya.
She has been training in classical ballet and Japanese traditional dance buyŠfrom the age of 3. She is currently a fourth year college student and is majoring in dance on Japan Women’s College of Physical Education.
TAO-CHAN'S CAREER:
Tao started her career by winning the Jury’s award in the SuperHeroine Audition Miss Phoenix in 2005, besting about 37,000 other people who joined the said audition. In 2008, she became an exclusive model of Hanachu magazine until 2010. She made her film debut as a minor character named Mika Kurosu in “Tokyo’s Sonataâ€.
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" , Takita Yojiro. It was him who discovered her and he has a very high opinion of her. That movie in 2009 was her 2nd ever work as an actress. She's been born and raised in Tokyo, but she was able to perform the role of Yuri and her Akita-typical spontaneity, blowing the director away with her performance during the audition.
In 2011, she got her first recurring role on TV Tokyo’s Suzuki Sensei as Somi Ogawa, garnering her a lot of attention. In 2014, she got the role of Makimachi Misao in Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno and went on to reprise the role in the third installment of the movie, Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends.
In 2015, she got more recognized after being selected to star in NHK’s morning drama ("asadora") Mare where she took on the protagonist role of Tsumura Mare. In the same year, Tao reunited with her Mare costar Yamazaki Kento in the live-action film Orange where she played the role of Naho Takamiya. Her role in the film earned her the Newcomer of the Year Award in the 39th Japan Academy Awards in 2016.
Tao continued to make waves as she delivered a powerful dance performance in the special version Sia’s ‘Alive’ music video for the Japanese market. Despite her busy schedule, Tao trained hard for three weeks in order to film the video. and it wasn’t all for naught as Tomohiko Tsujimoto, famous dancer and choreographer, who is the author of the dance routine Tao performed in the video, said that he had goosebumps when he saw this new and wild side of Tao.
Despite the public’s initial skeptical doubts about whether she deserves to get that opportunity, Tao delivered a very fierce and powerful dance and acting performance in the music video. The video got a huge response from the netizens: from bashing Tsuchiya for being “everywhere†and not skilled enough in dance to represent Japan in a music video of an international star to amazement and praise for her hard work and talent as well as showing a completely new side and breaking with her ‘asadora heroine’ image.
TAO-CHAN'S FILMOGRAPHY:
film:
· Tokyo Sonata (2008) – Mika Kurosu
· Tsurikichi Sanpei (2009) – Yuri Takayama
· Ultraman Zero: The Revenge of Belial (2010) – Princess Emerana Luludo Esmeralda
· The Legacy of the Sun (2011) – Sū-chan
· Hatenu Mura no Mina (2012) – Kanna Matsushita
· Arcana (2013) – Maki / Satsuki
· Suzuki Sensei: The Movie (2013) – Somi Ogawa
· Sekiseki Renren (2013) – Juri
· Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno (2014) – Makimachi Misao
· Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends (2014) – Makimachi Misao
· The Werewolf Game: The Beast Side (2014) – Yuka Kabayama
· Orange (2015) – Naho Takamiya
· Library Wars: The Last Mission (2015) – Marie Nakazawa
· Aozora Yell (2016) – Tsubasa Ono
· Gold Medal Man (2016)
· Policeman and Me (2017) – Kako Motoya
· Tori Girl (2017) – Yukina Toriyama
· Ani ni Aisaresugite Komattemasu (2017) – Setoka Tachibana
· The 8-Year Engagement (2017) – Mai
television:
· RyÅmaden Episode 1 (NHK, 2010) – Otome Sakamoto(a girlhood)
· Ohisama (NHK, 2011) – Hana Kimura
· Ouran High School Host Club (TBS, 2011) – Renge Houshakuji
· Suzuki Sensei (TV Tokyo, 2011) – Somi Ogawa
· Ultraman Retsuden (TV Tokyo, 2012) – Princess Emerana Luludo Esmeralda
· Chūshingura: Sono Gi Sono Ai (TV Tokyo, 2012)
· Kuro no Onna KyÅshi (TBS, 2012) – Shiori Matsumoto
· Limit (TV Tokyo, 2013) – Chieko Kamiya
· Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches (Fuji TV, 2013) – GALAXY S4 drama in drama Miyamura-kun and Two Secretaries
· Mayonaka no Panya-san (NHK BS Premium, 2013) – Nozomi Shinozaki
· Konya wa Kokoro Dake Daite (NHK BS Premium, 2014) – Miu Masaoka
· Hanako to Anne (NHK, 2014) – Momo Ando
· Mare (NHK, 2015) – Mare Tsumura
· Shitamachi Rocket (TBS, 2015) – Rina Tsukuda
· Library Wars: Book of Memories (2015) – Marie Nakazawa
· Kakkou no Tamago wa Dare no Mono (WOWOW, 2016)
· Boku Dake ga Inai Machi (anime) (Fuji TV, 2016) – 10-year-old Satoru Fujinuma
· Omukae desu (NTV, 2016) – Sachi Aguma
· IQ246 (TBS, 2016) – SÅko WatÅ
music video:
Sia 『アライヴ feat. 土屋太鳳 / Alive feat. Tao Tsuchiyaã€
INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT TAO-CHAN:
Tao-chan used to be unable to pronounce her name properly because of ankyloglossia (tongue-tie) so she had to undergo a surgery where the web of her tongue is cut a little to enable her to enunciate words better. (source: 151221 Shabekuri 007)
Tao-chan once went out with the rest of the Orange casts to a cafe during a rainy day and ended up voluntarily and neatly folding all five umbrellas before going inside. XD (source: '[ENG SUB] Oshareism | Yamazaki Kento's VCR for Tsuchiya Tao')
Tao-chan is known for posting looooooooong blog posts (and even her instagram captions are sometimes very long too! <3)
Takeuchi Ryoma once said that he got lost while running around Hamamatsu (Aozora Yell's filming location) and he had to follow Tao-chan's instructions to go back to the hotel. XD
(We'd update this post with more facts later. Feel free to share more interesting facts that you know about her below!)
~âšâšœâ™›âšœâš~
ARE YOU A NEW FAN WHO WANTS TO SEE MORE OF TAO-CHAN?
DON'T WORRY. WE GOT YOU.
VIDEOS | PHOTOS
CLICK THE LINKS ABOVE TO BROWSE THROUGH A COMPILATION OF TAO-CHAN'S RECENT VIDEOS AND PHOTOS
~âšâšœâ™›âšœâš~
READY TO EMBRACE YOUR LOVE FOR TAO-CHAN?
JOIN US IN A CONVERSATION!
~âšâšœâ™›âšœâš~
Too shy or lost on what you can possibly talk about? Again, we got you! You can start by telling us about the following:
HOW/WHERE DID YOU FIRST KNOW/SEE TAO-CHAN?
WHY DO YOU LOVE TAO-CHAN?
(You can be as cheesy as you want. We won't judge. *winks*)
YOUR DREAM PROJECT FOR TAO-CHAN IS...?
Don't limit yourself to those questions. ;-) We'd love to hear about anything involving your spazz feels about Tao. We do not, however, encourage pessimism. No insulting her projects, co-stars or any other people connected to her. Draw the line between honest criticism and pessimism.
We want to keep this thread a no-stress environment for Tao-chan's fans. If criticisms have to be discussed, do so in a mindful manner.