Nozomi Ando
Birthday: 1982-08-03 Place of Birth: Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Synopsis
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.
Acting
Kibakichi
A werewolf samurai walks the countryside, finding himself in the middle of a village of monsters who feed on human flesh.
The Suicide Manual
After a group suicide, two journalists investigate the cycle of suicides caused by spirits bound by the Suicide Manual.
Sakuya: The Slayer of Demons
The eruption of Mt. Fuji in 1707 released hordes of demons from deep inside the earth. Sakuya, the young daughter of a samurai killed fighting these demons, accepts a mission to travel to Mt. Fuji and defeat the evil spirits. Accompanying her on her journey are two veteran warriors who served her father, and Tarō, a young kappa, or river spirit, whom she has adopted as her little brother. Along the way, the two warriors have doubts about Tarō’s loyalties, and the young kappa himself must decide if he will stand with his own species or with the humans who have cared for him.
