Portrait of Mayuko Iwasa

Mayuko Iwasa

Acting

Biography

Iwasa Mayuko is a former Japanese actress and entertainer born in Tokyo. She formerly belonged to Platinum Productions. As an actress, she is best known for her roles in "Galcir" and "Deep Love". She was scouted in Shibuya in 2003. At the age of 16, she was selected as "Miss Magazine 2003" and made her debut in the entertainment world. She was an active and popular gravure model for a time. As an actress, she starred in the 2004 TV series "Deep Love". That same year, she won the 42nd Golden Arrow Graph Award for her success as a gravure model. In 2014, she won the 23rd Japanese Professional Movie Awards for Emerging Actress for her performance in "Passion (Junan)". On October 1, 2020, she reported on her own Instagram her retirement from the entertainment world. At the end of September of the same year, she revealed that after retiring, she would work towards being a long-term care worker.

Born: February 24, 1987

Place of Birth: Nerima, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Filmography

2015
Her Granddaughter

as Harumi Tomioka

2014
2013
009-1: The End of the Beginning

as Cyborg 009-1 / Mylene Hoffman

2013
Cult

as Herself

2012
2012
2011
2010
Trouble Man

as Makiko Ogi

2009
Welkame

as 中川果歩

2009
Mei's Butler

as Izumi Ryuonji

2008
The Scissors Massacre

as Yukie Sawada

2007
HANA-KIMI

as Hanayashiki Hibari

2006
Nodame Cantabile

as Ishikawa Reina

2006
2006
Gal Circle

as Rika

2004