Nozomi Ando
Acting
Born August 3, 1982, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Ando Nozomi is a former Oha Star girl and also a former Nicomo (model of nicola). She made her acting debut with Gamera 3 Jashin Kakusei. After that film she appeared in a handful of others and won herself Mainichi Film Contest Sponichi Grand Prix Newcomer award for Sakuya Youkaiten in 2000. She was also the recepient of the Third Nihon Digital Video Grand Prix award for best actress. While she began singing on an independent label in 1999, in 2001 she made her major debut with Crowd Record. However, she has focused more on acting in recent years and has not recorded music since 2003. She also got married five years later, as announced on her blog, and gave birth to her first child a year later.
Filmography
- 2007Young Thugs: Chinatown Romeo and Juliet
- 2006Death 2: Engraved Cross
- 2006Hanada Shonenshi the Movie: Spirits and the Secret Tunnel — Seiko Katori
- 2006IKUSA: The 2nd War
- 2006Throws Out My Hometown — Meri
- 2005Flic — Michiko Kusuda / Ai Kusuda
- 2005Gurozuka — Takako
- 2005Inagawa Junji no Anata no tonari no kowai hanashi: Natsu no Kai
- 2005Sarutobi Sasuke and the Army of Darkness 4 - The Fire Chapter
- 2005Touch — Sayuri Hyuga
- 2005World's End / Girl Friend — Erika
- 2004Damned Files 6
- 2004Kibakichi — Kikyo
- 2004L'amant — Chikako
- 2004Norio's Room
- 2004Princess HIME 1: The Woman Who Loved Too Much
- 2004Princess HIME 2: The Woman of Delusion
- 2004Princess HIME 3: The Woman Within the Woman
- 2004Sarutobi Sasuke and the Army of Darkness 1 - The Heaven Chapter
- 2004Sarutobi Sasuke and the Army of Darkness 2 - The Earth Chapter
- 2004Sarutobi Sasuke and the Army of Darkness 3 - The Wind Chapter
- 2003Demon Hunting — Michiru
- 2003Fight Girls — Kei (female boxer)
- 2003Making-of Demon Hunting
- 2003The Suicide Manual — Miki Nagasawa
- 2003The Suicide Manual 2: Intermediate Stage
- 2002Anata no tonari no kamigakushi
- 2002Tomie: Forbidden Fruit — Tomie Kawakami
- 2001Onmyōji Abenoseimei
- 2000Sakuya: The Slayer of Demons — Sakuya
- 2000The Face Burglar — Sayaka Hamaoka
- 1999Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris — Miyuki Moribe
- 199815 Second Cinderellas