橋本環奈Kanna Hashimoto

Profile

Profile

Meet each role with honesty.

She made her first film lead in Sailor Suit and Machine Gun: Graduation (2016) and received the Japan Academy Prize for Newcomer. Since then she has moved across film, television, and theatre — from the morning drama Omusubi to Spirited Away at the Imperial Theatre and the Fuji Monday 9 drama Yandoku!

Facts

Name
Kanna Hashimoto
Japanese
橋本 環奈
Born
3 February 1999
From
Fukuoka, Japan
Height
152 cm
Blood type
AB
Agency
Discovery Next

Awards

  • 2017
    40th Japan Academy Prize — NewcomerSailor Suit and Machine Gun: Graduation
  • 2020
    Élan d’Or Award — NewcomerAs an actress
  • 2022–2024
    NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen — host73rd–75th editions

Timeline

  1. 2007

    Begins performing in Fukuoka.

  2. 2011

    Screen debut in Hirokazu Kore-eda’s I Wish.

  3. 2013

    A photograph from Rev. from DVL draws national attention.

  4. 2016

    First film lead; the following year, a Japan Academy Newcomer Prize.

  5. 2017

    Leaves Rev. from DVL to focus on acting.

  6. 2019

    Kingdom and Kaguya-sama run in parallel on the big screen.

  7. 2022

    Plays Chihiro at the Imperial Theatre and hosts Kohaku.

  8. 2024

    Takes on Yui Yoneda in Omusubi, with London performances the same year.

  9. 2026

    First Monday 9 lead in Yandoku!; Kingdom: The Clash of Souls opens.