Yoshizawa Rie

Yoshizawa Rie (2011)

Yoshizawa Rie (吉沢梨絵) is a Japanese pop, talento, actress, and former member of the vocal project VOCALAND. She is under the agency Flip Up. Yoshizawa got her start in show business in 1981 when she joined the theatre company Gekidan Himawari and thus began to get involved with various doramas and films. In 1997, Yoshizawa got involved with the vocal project VOCALAND and released her first single "Give it up" on the label avex ideak. She continued to release singles and albums after the project disbanded until 2001.

In 2003, Yoshikawa began to appear in various musicals with the theatre company Gekidan Shiki over a span of six years. She decided to leave the troupe in 2008 and went overseas to England for a year. When she came back, she resume her musical career and signed with the agency Flip Up.

Profile

• Birthday: September 25, 1976 (1976-09-25)
• Birthplace: Chiba Prefecture
• Blood Type: A
• Height: 156 cm
• Foot Size: 23.5 cm
• Sizes: 78-59-83 cm
• Hobbies: Movies, Mac, Theatre Appreciation
• Special Skill: Ballet, Jazz Dance, Yoga, Basketball

Discography

Albums

• [1999.02.24] SWEET REVENGE
• [2000.03.29] JUICY

Singles

• [1997.07.24] Give it up (Yoshizawa Rie from VOCALAND)
• [1997.11.06] Never Gonna Miss You (Yoshizawa Rie Duet with KADOMATSU.T)
• [1998.02.25] ALL OF YOU
• [1998.07.16] Sayonara wa Kuchiguse (サヨナラはくちぐせ)
• [1999.01.27] FOR REAL
• [1999.06.09] Shimawarenai Riyuu (終われない理由)
• [1999.11.10] Nee Nande... (ねぇ何で・・・)
• [2000.02.23] nobody knows
• [2001.06.20] Namae no Nai Iro (名前のない色)

Compilations / Others

• [1997.09.26] VOCALAND2 ~Male, Female & Mellow~

Filmography

Doramas

• [1984] Nagareboshi Sakichi
• [1985] Half Potato na Ore-tachi
• [1986] Jyuugo Shounen Hyouryouki Wasureranai Natsuyasumi
• [1987] Shitsugo
• [1988] Sasowarete
• [1989] Shuntou
• [1990] Asu ni Mukatte Hashire!
• [1991] Yo ni mo Myou na Monogatari
• [1991] Tokyo e Ikou!
• [1991] Onihei Hankachou
• [1992] Oregon Kara Ai '92 -Soyokaze wo Truck ni Nose-
• [1992] Koi no Shukudai
• [1993] Sono Kido wo Totte
• [1993] Shinjitsu Ichiro
• [1993] Eenyobo - Imai Kaoruko
• [1995] Gokeninzan Kurou - Matsudaira Sumi
• [1995] Kaze no Keiji Tokyo Hatsu!

Movies

• [1987] Ai wa Crossover - Okazaki Yuri
• [1995] Himeyuri no Tou - Chinen Masako

Plays / Musicals

• [2002-2008] Mamma Mia! - Sofie
• [2004-2006] A Chorus Line - Diana
• [2005-2009] Yume Kara Sameta Yume - Piko
• [2007] Futari no Lottie - Lottie
• [2008-2009] Akage no Anne - Anne Shirley
• [2011] 12 ~ twelve

External Links

• Official Site
• Agency Profile
• Official Blog
• Former Blog
• Official Twitter
• Official Youtube Channel
• Japanese Wikipedia: 吉沢梨絵