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Tsugumi (actress)

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Tsugumi
大竹 都々美
つぐみ
Born
Otake Tsuzumi

(1976-02-21) February 21, 1976 (age 48)
Tokyo, Japan
Occupations
Years active1997–present
Notable workNoriko's Dinner Table (2005)

Tsugumi (Japanese: つぐみ, Hepburn: Tsugumi), born Otake Tsuzumi (大竹 都々美, Otake Tsuzumi) on 21 February 1976, is a Japanese award-winning actress, model and adult video performer.

Biography

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Life and career

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Born in Tokyo, after graduating from high school she started working as race queen. Tsugumi made her film debut in Time Leap (1997), a film adaptation of the manga with the same name, then started widely appearing in films, V-Cinema releases, stage plays and TV-dramas. For her role in Moonlight Whispers (1999) she was awarded as Best Newcomer Actress at the 9th Japanese Professional Movie Awards and as Best New Talent at the 21st Yokohama Film Festival.[1]

In 2007, she left her agency and took a break from show business, taking up a job as a company employee.[2]

In 2010 Tsugumi announced her adult video debut with Muteki, a label specialized in casting celebrities in their adult video debut.[1][2]

Filmography

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Selected filmography

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Adult video

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  • Actress (2010, AV, MUTEKI, Dir.Ryota Nakanishi)
  • Clandestine (2011, AV, MUTEKI, Dir.Ryota Nakanishi)

Works

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Photo books

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  • TSUGUMI (1997, III, Tokyo Sensei Inc.) ISBN 481260205X
  • Girl (1997, Bunkasha) ISBN 4821121654
  • Gekisha in Hawaii (1998, Shogakukan) ISBN 4093945853
  • Bone (2001, Asahi Press) ISBN 4255001081
  • Monthly shooting Tsugumi (2004, Shinchosha) ISBN 4107901238

References

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  1. ^ a b Menzusaizō Yori (1 Nov 2010). "Eiga-shō o sōname ni shita ano joyū ga muteki debyū kettei! Dokusen saisoku intabyū! !". Cyzo (in Japanese). Retrieved 6 July 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Jitsuryoku-ha joyū tsugumi, masakano AV debyū! Jishin no ketsudan de 'muteki' shutsuen kettei!". Cinema Today (in Japanese). 4 Nov 2010. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
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