If you want to read my review of Hirugao, read this post. In 昼顔, three years after the events of the series, Sawa is divorced and living in Mihama on the coast of Japan where, coincidentally, Kitano Yuichiro went to give a lecture.
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Aya Ueto was born on September 14, 1985 in Tokyo. Blood type: O. She is affiliated with Oscar Promotion. In 1997, she won the Special Jury Award at the 7th All-Japan National Beauty Contest and entered the entertainment industry. In 2000, she made her acting debut in the drama “Wipe Away Your Tears”. In 2003, she won the Newcomer of the Year Award at the 27th Japan Academy Awards for her role in the film “Azumi”. She has also appeared in the drama “Absolute Zero” series, the film “Thermae Romae” series, the drama “3-nen B-gumi Kinpachi Sensei” (2001), the NHK Taiga drama “Yoshitsune” (2004), the drama “Aim for the Ace!” (2004), and the drama “Konkatsu! (2009), the drama “Shooting Star” (2010), the drama “Naoki Hanzawa” (2013), the movie “Samurai Menu” (2013), the drama “Hirugao ~ Lovers at 3pm on Weekdays ~” (2014), the drama “The Power of the Neighbors” (2022), the movie “Silent Service” (2013), and others. In 2002, she made her debut as a singer with the single “Pureness”. She has appeared in many commercials, including Softbank Mobile’s “White Family 24”, and is also known as the “Commercial Queen”. In September 2012, she married EXILE’s HIRO. She gave birth to her first child, a girl, in August 2015, her second child, a boy, in July 2019, and her third child, a boy, in June 2023.