Ando Nozomi

Ando Nozomi (2008)

Ando Nozomi (安藤希) is a Japanese actress, gravure idol, singer, and model.

Profile

• Name: Ando Nozomi (安藤希)
• Birthdate: August 3, 1982
• Birthplace: Chiba, Japan
• Blood Type: AB
• Height: 155cm
• Bust: 76cm
• Waist: 57cm
• Hips: 78cm
• Hobbies: Reading, watching movies, tennis, piano
• Favorite food: Tamagoyaki (Japanese Omelette)
• Favorite Drink: Shochu

Information

Ando Nozomi is a former Oha Star girl and also a former Nicomo (model of nicola). She made her acting debut with Gamera 3 Jashin Kakusei. After that film she appeared in a handful of others and won herself Mainichi Film Contest Sponichi Grand Prix Newcomer award for Sakuya Youkaiten in 2000. She was also the recepient of the Third Nihon Digital Video Grand Prix award for best actress.

While she began singing on an independent label in 1999, in 2001 she made her major debut with Crowd Record. However, she has focused more on acting in recent years and has not recorded music since 2003. She also got married five years later, as announced on her blog, and gave birth to her first child a year later.

Trivia

• Graduated from Aoyama Gakuin with a degree in literature. Her thesis was on Yosano Akiko.
• Has two dogs named Aqua and Cocoa.

Discography

Albums

• [2002.03.21] from N
• [2003.02.21] Reason

Singles

• [1999.10.21] Baby Don't Look
• [2001.06.21] PLACE / Revolution-21
• [2001.10.24] VOICE / Takaramono / CANDLE (VOICE / タカラモノ / CANDLE)
• [2002.06.21] Hane / Hana / Sora (羽根 / 花 / 空)
• [2003.01.22] Eien / white snow... / again ~Love Letter~ (永遠 / white snow... / again ~Love Letter~)

Photobooks

• [1998.07] n note
• [1999.10] CHARME
• [2000.08] Sakuya
• [2000.09] Gekkan Ando Nozomi
• [2004.08] un deux trois...

DVDs

• [2004.09.20] un deux trois...

Works

Film

• [1999] Gamera 3 Jashin Kakusei
• [2000] Sakuya Youkaiten
• [2002] Tomie Saishuushou -Kindan no Kajitsu-
• [2003] Jisatsu Manual
• [2004] Sekai no Owari
• [2004] Norio no Heya
• [2004] L'amant
• [2005] Touch
• [2005] Tenshi
• [2006] Shigue 2 ~Kizamareta Juujika~
• [2006] Hanashi Kyou Monogatari THROWS OUT MY HOMETOWN
• [2006] Tokyo Friends The Movie
• [2006] Hanada Shounenshi Yuurei to Himitsu no Tunnel

Television

• [2006] Tensai Terebikun MAX

External Links

• Official Site
• Agency Profile
• Current blog
• Old blog
• Japanese Wikipedia: 安藤希