Tsugumi
Actor
Biography
Tsugumi, born Otake Tsuzumi on 21 February 1976, is a Japanese award-winning actress, model and adult video performer.
Born in Tokyo, after graduating from high school she started working as race queen. Tsugumi made her film debut in Time Leap (1997), a film adaptation of the manga with the same name, then started widely appearing in films, V-Cinema releases, stage plays and TV-dramas. For her role in Moonlight Whispers (1999) she was awarded as Best Newcomer Actress at the 9th Japanese Professional Movie Awards and as Best New Talent at the 21st Yokohama Film Festival.
In 2007, she left her agency and took a break from show business, taking up a job as a company employee.
In 2010 Tsugumi announced her adult video debut with Muteki, a label specialized in casting celebrities in their adult video debut.
Filmography
Noriko's Dinner Table
as Kumiko / Ueno Station 54 2005
April Story
as Uzuki's Junior 1998
Exte: Hair Extensions
as Kiyomi Mizushima 2007
Moonlight Whispers
as Satsuki Kitahara 1999
Long Dream
as Takeshima Mami 2000
Hush!
as Emi Nagata 2001
Canary
as Kozue 2005
Screwed
as Chiyoji Kobayashi 1998
Luxurious Bone
as Sakiko 2001
Freesia: Bullet Over Tears
as Mariko Higuchi 2007
The Code
2009
The Insects Unlisted in the Encyclopedia
2007
Ginji the Slasher
as Miyoko Kisugi 2003
Another XX: Black Stalker
1997
Rock'n'Roll Mishin
2002
Cop Festival: New Beginning
2003