
Acting
Mar 2, 1994
Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Umika Kawashima
Acting
Biography
Umika Kawashima is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer. She is a former member of the Japanese girl group 9nine. Her solo single "Maji de Koi Suru 5 Byō Mae/Ichigo Iro no Kimochi", on the Watashi no Yasashikunai Senpai soundtrack, reached #46 on the Oricon chart.
Feature Films (18)

An abandoned car is discovered near a camping ground and inside it is the body of an identified middle-aged man and a dog who seems to have died months later. This is the story of the life of the loving and faithful dog and his owner told from the dog's point of view. City hall employee Kyousuke Okutsu is assigned to uncover the man's identity for a proper funeral. As he investigates the situation, he remembers his late family and his own dog's unfailing loyalty.
Star Watching Dog

One day, Kurapika spots a child who looks very similar to his childhood friend, Pyro. However, when he catches up to him, the boy steals Kurapika's eyes with some kind of magical power. Gon, Leorio, and Killua promise to help find who took his eyes and get them back, but Killua is having his own problems when he is forced to face his past and whether he really is worthy to have Gon as a friend.
Hunter x Hunter: Phantom Rouge

Five short horror films, omnibus style of about 10 minutes each, created by Shinju Funabiki, the director of "Cellular Boyfriend", starring Umika Kawashima.
Tachiiri kinshi Haittara shinu? Norowareta 5 hen

Centers around a disturbing murder case that occurs during a company trip. In the wake of the incident in which the company’s general manager is killed by someone, unexpected internal problems are revealed that had previously been thoroughly concealed to this point. Matoba Ikuko is a plain, gloomy and unfriendly general worker, but her work is fast and accurate. She becomes interested in the case and decides to lead her own investigation. Mikami Tazuko is a hardworking sales manager who witnesses her manager’s affair while on the trip and begins to develop her own theories through her private social media diary.
Glass Castle

High school student Ayumi falls to her death shortly after telling her friends, Satomi and Yuka, that her 'boyfriend' wants to kill her. The girls investigate her suicide and quickly link her death to a popular cellphone dating simulation game called Keitai Kareshi. The main features of the game include a 'love gauge' that determines how well the player is faring and the ability to trade boyfriends with other players. There is a rumour spreading that if the gauge hits either 100 or 0, you will die. Satomi insists on downloading Ayumi's boyfriend so they can interrogate him about her death...
Cellular Boyfriend

High school student Yamako moves to a small island in Kyushu, Japan. There she meets and falls for senior student Minami, but she can't reveal her feelings for him. Whenever she passes by him at school her heart starts to flutter and her emotions for him gets stronger. One day, while writing a love letter to Minami that she will keep for herself, high school student Fuwa catches Yamako writing her letter. Afterwards, Fuwa helps Yamako to gain Minami's attention, but Yamako has a secret nobody knows about...
Watashi no Yasashikunai Senpai

Fukaya Sakurako is married to the owner of ‘Fukaya’, a long-established miso shop in Nagoya City. She lives comfortably with her husband Kazuhisa and their daughter Yuko, a university student. Sakurako is content with Kazuhisa, a family man whose redeeming feature is his kindness. Her worry is Yuko who pays no attention to school work because she has been chasing after Shugo, a popular singer-songwriter in Nagoya. One day, Sakurako sees Shugo’s post on social media and an exchange with a young man who is not even her own child begins over smartphone. This is in contrast to her ordinary daily routine and all very exciting for Sakurako. She naturally does not tell her daughter about it. Having aspired to become a songwriter when she was young, Sakurako starts to give Shugo advice on the lyrics for his new song. Then one day, Shugo proposes that they work together in Tokyo but ... is this love? Will Sakurako choose her family or him?
ハートロス~虹にふれたい女たち~

Chiyo, a 59 year old mother of 4, had lost her husband seven years ago. She will soon lose her home so she is offered by her eldest son, Ryoichi to live with him and his family. But her children are disappointed to hear that Chiyo has decided to become a live-in housekeeper. Then her eldest daughter Setsuko announced that Chiyo has had an offer of marriage. It is from the widower Kurosaki who had been a friend to Chiyo's deceased husband. Kurosaki runs a small company and has no children but has enough life savings. However, second daughter Tomoe, and youngest child, Yoko, are opposed to it. The siblings begin to argue. Meanwhile, Kurosaki tells his sister Namiko that he has decided to remarry. She is furious because he refuses to tell her anything about Chiyo. Thus, she takes it upon herself to find out about Chiyo and soon has a confrontation with her. Around that time, Kurosaki’s company is about to go bankrupt...
Hanayome

Yoneda Katsumi (Nishida Toshiyuki) is a police sergeant who exudes little presence.One day, Yoneda happens to come across an article on a cafe called Kohaku in a booklet at his regular cafe. Then he abruptly takes leave and heads to Kohaku which is located in Uozu, Toyama Prefecture by bullet train. For some reason, he has documents on an unsolved arson cum murder case which took place in Kichijoji 25 years ago.The owner of Kohaku is Arai Toshio (Terao Akira) who has seemingly sad eyes. They spend time together with his only regular customer, Hirai Sachiko (Suzuki Kyoka), a married woman who works at the port’s fisheries cooperative. Their interactions gradually start to deepen even as they sense the darkness in each other. What is the fate that awaits them?
Kohaku

Kashiopea no Endo Roru A murder takes place on a luxury overnight train which runs from Sapporo to Ueno, Tokyo. The victim is a film director. The suspects are 4 women. Nokosareta Senritsu After a pianist concludes her best performance to date, she dies mysteriously in the waiting room. The cause of her death is potassium cyanide that was laced in her coffee. Kuroi Pan Teru A man works as a supervisor for a construction company. 30 years ago, he was a popular actor who played a hero character on TV. Now, he has a wife and a 20-year-old daughter. One day, the man learns that his daughter is kidnapped. Daiyamondo Dasuto A cold wave hits Tokyo. Two men, working for the same company, are unable to avoid overtime work that night. The snow storm then causes electrical outages. The two men must face difficult life or death decisions.
This Mystery is Excellent! ~ Challenge from Bestseller Writer

"Northern Wind and the Sun "as a set of divorce trials of a lawyer of exactly opposite style.
Kitakaze to Taiyo no Hotei
Television & Series (33)

In this program, the program director asks people who miss the last train, "Can I follow you home if I pay for a cab? The program director asks people who have missed the last train, "Can I follow you home? This is a dramatization of an episode that was actually aired on the popular variety show "Ie, Tsuite Itte Ii Desu ka?"
Ie, Tsuite Itte Ii desu ka?

A dad who is popular with the ladies and a mom that continues to love the dad without any doubt like a young girl. The four sisters that the unbelievably ironclad husband and wife raised includes, an unmarried and divorced, a marriage hunter, a boyfriend-less, and one that has no luck with men. Out of them all, the second daughter Takemi, was the problem child, having divorced multiple times and has 3 kids. Because Takemi lives true to herself, she often ends up standing out from everyone, and gets called "the femme fatale with many lovers," problem child," and "devil." Will she end up causing many humorous troubles!? -- TBS -- DramaWiki
The Hanawa Sisters

Tenchijin is the 48th NHK Taiga drama. It airs on NHK from January 4, 2009 every Sunday from 20:00 to 20:44 JST to November 22, 2009 spanning 47 episodes. The story centers on the life of the 16th century samurai Naoe Kanetsugu. Production began on April 27, 2007. The story is based on the novel Tenchijin by Masashi Hisaka and was adapted for screen by scriptwriter Eriko Komatsu. The series' music composer was Michiru Oshima. The protagonist of the drama, Naoe Kanetsugu, was taught by Uesugi Kenshin in his youth that to conquer the world is a trifling matter, but what matters is to live one's life with righteousness. After Uesugi's death, Naoe supports Uesugi Kagekatsu, who holds the destiny of Echigo province.










