Kou Shibasaki was born on August 5th, 1981 in Tokyo. She starred in the commercial “Pond’s Double White” and got her attention. After that she appeared in numerous popular productions. Her representative works include “Yozumi Gaeri”, “Chasing Ali” and “Galileo”. She also made her singing debut in 2002 with the single “Trust my feelings”. In 2007, she collaborated with Masaharu Fukuyama, who she co-starred in the Fuji TV drama “Galileo”, and became a hot topic.