Hirose Suzu

Artist Profile

• Full Name: Hirose Suzu
• Native Name: 広瀬 すず
• Nicknames: Zusu
• Birthday: Jun 19, 1998 (27 years old)
• Blood type: AB
• Height/Weight: 159 cm (5’2") / 46 kg (101–102 lbs)
• Gender: Female
• Zodiac Sign: Gemini
• Debut: 2012
• Birthplace: Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
• Nationality: Japanese
• Profession: Actress, Model
• Languages: Japanese
• Current Agency: Foster Management
• Active Years: 2012–present (14 years)

Hirose Suzu (広瀬 すず, real name: Ōishi Suzuka – 大石 鈴華), born June 19, 1998, in Shimizu Ward, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, is an actress and model active since 2012. She is best known for her performances in Our Little Sister, Chihayafuru, and The Third Murder.

Early Life

Hirose Suzu grew up in a family of five, consisting of her father, mother, elder brother, and elder sister Alice Hirose, who is also an actress. She is the youngest child. Her father once ran a small café and real estate business, but after suffering a stroke in 2011, he required long-term medical care, which placed the family under financial strain. Her mother became the primary breadwinner, while her brother gave up his own career to look after their father.

During elementary school, Suzu attended Shimizu-Kōbe Elementary School, where she joined the basketball team from the second grade. In junior high, she studied at Shimizu Dairoku Junior High School and continued playing basketball until her final year. After graduation, she moved to Tokyo and enrolled at Azusa Daiichi High School, a correspondence-based high school, in order to balance her studies with her acting career. Due to her demanding schedule, she rarely took part in school activities, but she successfully completed the program and graduated on time.

Career

In 2012, Hirose Suzu began her career as a model for the Japanese fashion magazine Seventeen, alongside her older sister Alice Hirose.

In 2013, she transitioned into acting with the television series Kasukana Kanojo and made her film debut in The Apology King.

In 2014, Hirose appeared in several projects, including the film Crows Explode and the television series Bitter Blood and Fathers.

In 2015, she achieved a career breakthrough playing Suzu Asano in director Kore-eda Hirokazu’s film Our Little Sister, which was selected to compete for the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. This role earned her the Newcomer of the Year award at the 39th Japan Academy Film Prize, among many other rookie awards. Additionally, she voiced the character Kaede in the animated film The Boy and the Beast.

In 2016, Hirose starred as Chihaya Ayase in the live-action trilogy Chihayafuru Part 1 and Part 2, followed by the films Your Lie in April and Rage. During the same year, she participated in the television series Kaitō Yamaneko and received a Best Actress nomination at the 40th Japan Academy Film Prize for her performance in Chihayafuru.

In 2017, she appeared in director Kore-eda Hirokazu’s The Third Murder, which screened at the Venice Film Festival and won Picture of the Year. Hirose won Best Supporting Actress at the 41st Japan Academy Film Prize for this role. She also starred in Let’s Go, Jets! and My Teacher, and voiced the character Nazuna in the animated film Fireworks.

In 2018, she completed the Chihayafuru trilogy with Part 3 and took part in the films Laplace’s Witch and Sunny: Our Hearts Beat Together. In the same year, Hirose starred in the television series Anone and was invited to be the captain/MC for the Red Team at the 69th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen.

In 2019, she played the lead role of Natsu Okuhara in NHK’s 100th Asadora (morning drama) titled Natsuzora: Natsu’s Sky, which earned her the Rookie Award at the 28th Hashida Awards. That same year, Hirose voiced Laetitia in the animated film Lupin III: The First and served as a judge for the 70th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen.

From 2019 to 2020, she performed in the play Q: A Night at the Kabuki as Juliet of Minamoto at the Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre. This first stage role earned her the Individual Award at the 54th Kinokuniya Theater Awards and Rookie of the Year at the 2019 Wowow Theatrical Awards.

In 2020, Hirose appeared in the films Last Letter and Not Quite Dead Yet, receiving a Best Actress nomination at the 44th Japan Academy Film Prize.

In 2021, she participated in the film A Morning of Farewell and starred as Anna Mikami in the television series Nemesis. Her role in Nemesis won her the Best Actress in Spring Drama award at the 25th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix. During the same year, she also appeared in the television specials Air Girl and An no Ririkku.

In 2022, she continued performing the play Q: A Night at the Kabuki across multiple locations, including Tokyo, Osaka, London (Sadler’s Wells Theatre), and Taipei. In the same year, Hirose starred as Sarasa Kanai in the film Wandering, a role that won her several prestigious awards, including Best Actress at the 14th Tama Film Awards and Elle Cinema Awards 2022.

In 2023, she took part in three film projects: Nemesis: The Mystery of the Golden Spiral, The Water Flows to the Sea, and Kyrie. Her performance in Kyrie earned her the Best Supporting Actress award at the 78th Mainichi Film Awards in 2024. Hirose also starred in the television series Hold My Hand at Twilight and began hosting the radio program Hirose Suzu no Yohaku Jikan on Tokyo FM.

In 2024, she appeared in the anthology film At the Bench and received a Best Supporting Actress nomination at the 66th Blue Ribbon Awards for her role in Kyrie.

In 2025, Hirose completed several film projects, including Unreachable, Hero’s Island, Yasuko, Songs of Days Past, and A Pale View of Hills (a British-Japanese co-production). Her performances in A Pale View of Hills, Yasuko, Songs of Days Past, and Unreachable won her Best Actress at the 38th Nikkan Sports Film Awards and the 17th Tama Film Awards. She also received the Best Actress award at the 47th Yokohama Film Festival, announced for 2026. In the same year, Hirose starred in the television series Who Saw the Peacock Dance in the Jungle?, Asura, and Chihayafuru: Full Circle.

Fun Facts

• For Not Quite Dead Yet, Suzu trained in kickboxing so she could perform her own action scenes.
• Her dramatic eye-roll expression in the film became a viral meme.
• While shooting two projects at the same time, she reportedly switched from playing a gentle character to shouting curse words in another role within just minutes.
• At one point, her phone wallpaper featured a picture of her co-star Ryusei Yokohama.
• To prepare for Your Lie in April, she practiced violin intensively for six months.
• During My Teacher, she ate curry right before a kissing scene, which caused laughter among the film crew.
• From 2012 to 2018, she was an exclusive model for the teen magazine Seventeen.
• She appeared in the music video for “Tetote” by the group Whiteeeen.
• In the music video for “Uta Usagi” by Spitz, she portrayed a quiet and introspective image, quite different from her usual roles.
• She was featured in a promotional campaign for the game Final Fantasy Brave Exvius.
• While promoting the Pokémon Trading Card Game, fans jokingly nicknamed her a “real-life trainer.”
• In 2018, she served as the Red Team host for NHK’s annual music show Kōhaku Uta Gassen.
• In 2019, she returned to the show as a judge.
• Behind the scenes of talk shows, she was often spotted dozing off with a script in her hands.
• At a fashion event, she mistakenly posed in the opposite direction of the cameras, sparking the meme “reverse pose.”
• On a variety show, she tripped while playing basketball but burst out laughing immediately afterward.
• While filming Chihayafuru, she mistimed her rhythm during a poetry-reading scene, which fans later turned into parody clips.
• In a SoftBank commercial, the mascot dog unexpectedly jumped onto her.
• At a press conference for Laplace’s Witch, she accidentally picked up her co-star’s microphone, making the audience laugh.
• While seated in the front row at Paris Fashion Week, she became the subject of fan-edited memes calling her the “fashion boss.”

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