Satomi Ishihara

Ishihara was born Kuniko Ishigami, on December 24, 1986 in Tokyo, Japan. The origin of her stage name comes from the reverse of her surname "Ishihara" ("raw stone"), which she gave herself as a reflection of her identity as a diamond in the rough, and her given name "Satomi" ("Satomi"), which she gave as a reflection of her desire to be intelligent and beautiful, written in hiragana.

She attended Tokyo Soka Elementary School, Soka Junior High School, and graduated from Soka High School.

In 2003, at the age of 16, Satomi began her acting career when she starred in the drama kimi wa Petto, starring Jun Matsumoto and Koyuki. She has devoted equal time to films and television serials. Satomi was nominated for several such awards, such as Best Actress at the 46th Blue Ribbon Awards for role in the film My Grandpa and Best Supporting Actress in the 45th Japan Academy Film Prize for her role in the film And so the baton is passed. She appeared as Yazawa Shiori in Fuji TV drama Water Boys 2 (2004), as Shizuka Gozen in the NHK Taiga drama series Yoshitsune (2005).

In 2006, Ishihara made her first starring role in a Fuji TV commercial drama series, Ns' Aoi. In the fall of the same year, she made her stage debut as the role of Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker.

In August 2008, Ishihara made her second stage appearance as Okita Souji in Bakumatsu Junjoden, written and directed by Tsutomu Kohei. By one month later, in September of the same year, she also portrayed as a Japanese leading JAL flight attendant character Yukari Hayase in Flying Rabbits, directed by Takahisa Zeze.

In 2009, Ishihara made her debut as Kanako Kuboaki in Fuji TV drama series Voice: The Voice of the Innocent, which held every Monday at 9 p.m. In the fall of the same year, she appeared as Takiko Taguchi in Suite: Massacre, directed by Hisashi Inoue.

In 2010, Ishihara appeared as Akiyama Tokiko (wife of Akiyama Saneyuki) in the NHK special war drama television series Clouds Above the Hill.

In 2014, Ishihara is known to Japanese television drama audiences for her portrayal as Saeko Takahashi in Shitsuren Chocolatier and gained popularity by appearing in it.

In the beginning of Reiwa period in early 2019, Ishihara was appointed for one of the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics torch relay ambassadors, which the country had an upcoming game event a year later. However, 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics and Paralympics was delayed to 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic. Also, on February 4, 2021, Satomi has been revealed that she caught COVID-19 infection. According to the Yomiuri Shimbun, The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, and her agency, Satomi has "is a healthy young Japanese lady and she has experiencing no symptoms", though she has recovered at home.