Mizuki Yamashita

Mizuki Yamashita (山下 美月, Yamashita Mizuki, born July 26, 1999) is a Japanese idol singer, model, and actress. She is a member of Nogizaka46 and an exclusive model for CanCam magazine. Her acting roles include the supporting role of Mami Ichinose in the BS TV Tokyo series Cheers to Miki Clinic and the lead role of Mai Kamio in the 2019 TV Tokyo adaptation of Video Girl Ai.

Mizuki Yamashita
山下 美月
Yamashita in 2019
Born (1999-07-26) July 26, 1999
Tokyo, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Occupation
  • Singer
  • actress
  • model
Years active2016-present
Known forNogizaka46
Notable work
  • Cheers to Miki Clinic
  • Video Girl Mai
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
  • Vocals
Labels
Associated acts

Early life

Yamashita was born on July 26, 1999 in Tokyo.[1] Her entertainment career began in 2016 when she successfully auditioned for the third generation of the idol group Nogizaka46.[2] Yamashita and her fellow third generation members performed their first full live concert in May 2017.[3]

Career

Yamashita's first selection for Nogizaka46's main performance group came in March 2018, when she was selected for Nogizaka46's twentieth single "Synchronicity".[4] She has since been selected for the main performance groups for the group's twenty-first single "Jikochu de Ikō!" and twenty-second single "Kaerimichi wa Tōmawari Shitaku Naru".[5][6] She has also been selected to appear in advertising campaigns for Mouse Computer, 7-Eleven, Fanta, and Pokémon Go.[7]

Yamashita became an exclusive model for the fashion magazine CanCam in August 2018.[1] Two months later she made her acting debut with a minor role in the film Every Day a Good Day, an adaptation of Noriko Morishita's essay about finding happiness through the Japanese tea ceremony.[8][9] Two stage roles followed, with Yamashita appearing in a stage adaptation of Sailor Moon alongside fellow Nogizaka46 members,[10] and in the horror play Zambi alongside several members of Nogizaka46 and Keyakizaka46.[11]

In 2019, after reprising her Zambi stage role for the Nippon TV adaptation of the play,[12] Yamashita played the supporting role of nurse Mami Ichinose in the 2019 BS TV Tokyo ensemble drama Cheers to Miki Clinic (神酒クリニックで乾杯を, Miki Kurinikku de Kanpai wo), an adaptation of the novel of the same name by mystery writer Mikito Chinen.[13] Her first lead role came in the TV Tokyo series Video Girl Mai (電影少女 -VIDEO GIRL MAI 2019-, Denei Shōjo: Video Girl Mai 2019). The series continued TV Tokyo's previous live-action adaptation of the manga Video Girl Ai, which starred Nanase Nishino as Ai, but focused on a new main character, Mai Kamio, played by Yamashita.[14] Later that year she joined the cast of the live-action film adaptation of the manga Eizouken ni wa Te o Dasu na! alongside fellow Nogizaka46 members Asuka Saitō and Minami Umezawa.[15]

Yamashita's first photobook, titled Wasurerarenai Hito (lit. Unforgettable Person), was published by Shogakukan in January 2020. The photobook sold over 100,000 copies in the first week after publication, and ranked first in weekly sales in the Oricon photobook and general book categories.[16]

Works

Theater

Year Title Source
2018 Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon [10]
Zambi [11]

Films

Year Title Role Source
2018 Every Day a Good Day Hitomi [8]
2020 Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! Tsubame Mizusaki [15]

Television

Year Title Role Channel Source
2019 Zambi Yui Kanemura Nippon TV [12]
Cheers to Miki Clinic Mami Ichinose BS TV Tokyo [13]
Video Girl Mai Mai Kamio TV Tokyo [14]

Photobooks

  • 須江, 隆治 (2020). 忘れられない人 : 山下美月1st写真集 [Unforgettable Person: Mizuki Yamashita 1st Photobook] (in Japanese). Shogakukan. ISBN 9784096823248.

References

  1. "木坂の山下美月「憧れ」CanCam専属モデルに". Nikkan Sports. August 15, 2018. Archived from the original on August 15, 2018. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  2. "乃木坂46新メンバー12人決定" [12 new members decided for Nogizaka46]. Modelpress (in Japanese). September 4, 2016. Archived from the original on September 4, 2016. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  3. "乃木坂46・3期生、初単独ライブ完遂に涙 試練の6日間8公演". Oricon News (in Japanese). May 14, 2017. Archived from the original on April 2, 2019. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  4. "乃木坂46、新曲センターは?選抜メンバー発表<20thシングル「シンクロニシティ」>". Modelpress (in Japanese). March 12, 2018. Archived from the original on March 12, 2018. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  5. "21st single 'Jikochu de Ikō!': Selected members". Nogizaka46. Archived from the original on March 23, 2019. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  6. "Selected Members". Nogizaka46. Archived from the original on April 2, 2019. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  7. Mouse Computer: 7-Eleven: Fanta: Pokémon Go:
  8. "乃木坂46山下美月がお点前披露「日日是好日」で映画デビュー". Natalie (in Japanese). July 28, 2018. Archived from the original on July 28, 2018. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  9. Tsui, Clarence (October 24, 2018). "'Every Day a Good Day' ('Nichinichikorekojitsu'): Film Review Tokyo 2018". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on April 2, 2019. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  10. "乃木坂46がWキャストでセーラー戦士に、ミュージカル「美少女戦士セーラームーン」詳細". Natalie (in Japanese). April 10, 2018. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  11. "「ザンビ」開幕に"三坂道"メンバーが意気込み、齋藤飛鳥の映像出演も発表". Natalie (in Japanese). November 11, 2018. Archived from the original on November 15, 2018. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  12. "乃木坂46齋藤飛鳥・堀未央奈・与田祐希・山下美月、笑顔封印でも美しい ドラマ「ザンビ」ビジュアル&主題歌解禁". Modelpress (in Japanese). January 17, 2019. Archived from the original on April 1, 2019. Retrieved April 1, 2019..
  13. "乃木坂・山下美月が看護師役 三浦貴大×安藤政信『神酒クリニックで乾杯を』". Cinra.net (in Japanese). November 24, 2018. Archived from the original on April 2, 2019. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  14. "萩原利久、ドラマ「電影少女」第2弾で乃木坂46山下美月とW主演". Natalie (in Japanese). February 28, 2019. Archived from the original on March 31, 2019. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  15. "「映像研には手を出すな!」実写化!乃木坂46齋藤飛鳥、山下美月、梅澤美波が出演". Natalie (in Japanese). October 15, 2019. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
  16. "山下美月1st写真集『忘れられない人』が初登場総合1位 「女性ソロ写真集」初週売上歴代2位". Oricon News (in Japanese). January 31, 2020. Retrieved January 31, 2020.
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