Tomoyo Harada

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Expand Japanese Template:Infobox person Template:Nihongo is a Japanese actress, singer, and lyricist, and was a popular idol in the 1980s.

Career

In 1982, Harada participated in a movie audition with the reason of wanting to meet Hiroyuki Sanada, and received a special award.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In July of the same year, she made her acting debut in the Fuji TV drama Sailor Suit and Machine Gun. Her first role in a film was in 1983's Toki o Kakeru Shōjo for which she won the award for best newcomer at the 8th Hochi Film Award.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She won the award for best actress at the 7th Yokohama Film Festival for Early Spring Story.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Numerous other singles and albums have followed.

In the summer of 2007, Harada joined the pop electronica band "pupa" as a vocalist, at the invitation of Yukihiro Takahashi.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Other members are Hiroshi Takano, Ren Takada, Hirohisa Horie, Tomohiko Gondo.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1983	The Girl Who Leapt Through Time	Kazuko Yoshiyama	Film distributor: Toei. The leading actress.
1984	Template:Ill	Miho Nakamichi	Film distributor: Toei. The leading actress.
	Tengoku ni ichiban chikai shima (Island closest to Heaven)	Mari Katsuragi	Film distributor: Toei. The leading actress.
1985	Sōshun Monogatari	Hitomi Okino	Film distributor: Toho. The leading actress.
1986	Cabaret	Chieko	Film distributor: Toho.
	Kuroi Dress no Onna	Reiko Asabuki	Film distributor: Toho. The leading actress.
1987	Take Me Out to the Snowland	Yu Ikegami	Film distributor: Toho. The leading actress.
1989	Urban Marine Resort Story	Mariko Tanaka	Film distributor: Toho. The leading actress.
1991	Mangetsu	Mari Nohira	Film distributor: Shochiku. The leading actress.
1993	Kekkon	Mai Iwashita	Film distributor: Shochiku. The leading actress.
	Samurai Kids	Yuki Murata	Film distributor: Toho.
	Spain kara no Tegami	Natsuko Tamiya	Film distributor: Toho.
1995	Ashita	(nameless)	Film distributor: Toho.
1997	Kizudarake no Tenshi	Eiko Tachibana	Film distributor: Shochiku.
	Toki o Kakeru Shōjo	(narration)
1998	Rakkasuru Yūgata	Rika Tsubota	Film distributor: Shochiku. The leading actress.
2000	Nagasaki Burabura-bushi	Umeji	Film distributor: Toei.
2004	Village Photobook	Noriko Takahashi	Film distributor: Video Planning, Wako.
2005	Ubume no Natsu	Ryoko Kuonji and Kyoko Kuonji (double role)	Film distributor: Nippon Herald Films.
	Sayonara Color	Michiko Oikawa	Film distributor: Zazie Films.
	Daiteiden no Yoru ni	Shizue Saeki	Film distributor: Asmik-Ace.
2006	The Blossoming of Kamiya Etsuko	Etsuko Kamiya	Film distributor: Pal-ep. The leading actress.
	Nihon no Jitensha Dorobō	(cameo appearance)	Film distributor: Cinema Angelica.
	Moonriders The Movie "Passion Maniacs: Mania no Junan"		Film distributor: Media Craft, White Noise Production. A documentary film.
2007	Tonarimachi Sensō	Mizuki Kasai	Film distributor: Kadokawa Pictures.
2010	You are Umasou (film)	Mother	Voice
2011	Tokyo Oasis	Kikuchi	Film distributor: Suurkiitos.
2012	Bread of Happiness	Rie Mizushima	Film distributor: Asmik-Ace. The leading actress.
2013	Pecoross' Mother and Her Days
2018	Under One Umbrella		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2020	Under the Stars	Chihiro's mother
2021	My Blood & Bones in a Flowing Galaxy
	Your Turn to Kill: The Movie	Nana Tezuka	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2025	The 35-Year Promise	Kyoko Nishihata	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Template:Ill	Aki	Taiga drama
2003	The Eldest Boy and His Three Elder Sisters	Kazuko Kashiwakura
2011	Ohisama	Hiroko Sudō	Asadora
2018	Half Blue Sky	Wako Hagio	Asadora
2019	Your Turn to Kill	Nana Tezuka	The leading actress

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
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Template:Nihongo	Released: November 28, 1983 Label: EMI Music Japan	2
Template:Nihongo	Released: November 28, 1984 Label: CBS/Sony Records	2
Pavane	Released: November 28, 1985 Label: CBS/Sony Records	7
Next Door	Released: June 28, 1986 Label: CBS/Sony Records	4
Soshite	Released: November 28, 1986 Label: CBS/Sony Records	10
Schmatz	Released: July 29, 1987 Label: CBS/Sony Records	14
Tears of Joy	Released: May 21, 1990 Label: For Life Music	30
Blue in Blue	Released: November 28, 1990 Label: For Life Music	70
Template:Nihongo	Released: May 21, 1991 Label: For Life Music	67
Garden	Released: August 21, 1992 Label: For Life Music	66
Egg Shell	Released: January 20, 1995 Label: For Life Music	—
Template:Nihongo	Released: May 17, 1996 Label: For Life Music	80
I Could Be Free	Released: February 21, 1997 Label: For Life Music	10
Blue Orange	Released: August 21, 1998 Label: For Life Music	20
A Day of My Life	Released: September 22, 1999 Label: For Life Music	34
My Pieces	Released: November 20, 2002 Label: For Life Music	80
Music & Me	Released: November 28, 2007 Label: Hip Land Music Corp.	27
Eyja	Released: October 21, 2009 Label: EMI Music Japan	37
Noon Moon	Released: May 7, 2014 Label: Commmons	20
L'Heure Bleue	Released: November 28, 2018 Label: Universal Music Japan	20
Fruitful Days	Released: March 23, 2022 Label: Universal Music Japan	31

Compilation albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
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Pochette	Released: November 1, 1986 Label: EMI Music Japan	25
From T	Released: November 28, 1987 Label: CBS/Sony Records	23
My Favorites	Released: July 21, 1988 Label: CBS/Sony Records	—
Singles Collection '82–'88	Released: September 1, 1988 Label: CBS/Sony Records	30
Flowers	Released: September 18, 1997 Label: For Life Music	5
Golden J-Pop The Best Tomoyo Harada	Released: August 21, 1998 Label: Sony Music Entertainment	—
2000 Best Tomoyo Harada	Released: July 19, 2000 Label: Sony Music Entertainment	—
Best Harvest	Released: November 21, 2001 Label: For Life Music	65
Template:Nihongo	Released: May 25, 2011 Label: For Life Music	80
Template:Nihongo	Released: August 23, 2017 Label: Universal Music Japan	56
Candle Lights	Released: October 16, 2019 Label: Universal Music Japan	38
Template:Nihongo	Released: October 5, 2022 Label: Universal Music Japan	8

Cover albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		JPN <ref name="OriconAlbums"/>
Kako	Released: February 18, 1994 Label: For Life Music	83
Summer Breeze	Released: June 20, 2001 Label: For Life Music	40
Template:Nihongo	Released: March 18, 2015 Label: Universal Music Japan	30
Template:Nihongo	Released: May 11, 2016 Label: Universal Music Japan	4
Template:Nihongo	Released: October 14, 2020 Label: Universal Music Japan	16
Template:Nihongo	Released: October 25, 2023 Label: Universal Music Japan	24

Mini-albums

Title	EP details	Peak chart positions
		JPN <ref name="OriconAlbums"/>
Template:Nihongo	Released: November 27, 2024 Label: Universal Music Japan	30
Template:Nihongo	Released: July 23, 2025 Label: Universal Music Japan	28

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Album
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Template:Nihongo	1982	41	rowspan="2" Template:Non-album singles
Template:Nihongo		67
Template:Nihongo	1983	2	Birthday Album
Template:Nihongo		—
Template:Nihongo	1984	3	Love Story Original Soundtrack
Template:Nihongo		1	Nadeshiko Junjō
Template:Nihongo	1985	4	Pavane
Template:Nihongo	1986	7	From T
Template:Nihongo		12	Next Door
Template:Nihongo		11	Soshite
Template:Nihongo	1987	24	Schmatz
Template:Nihongo		19
Template:Nihongo	1988	17	Singles Collection '82–'88
"Silvy"	1990	54	Tears of Joy
Template:Nihongo	1991	—	Sai
"T'en va pas"	1994	—	Template:Non-album single
"Attends ou va-t'en"		—	Egg Shell
Template:Nihongo	1995	95	Ashita Original Soundtrack
"100 Love-Letters"	1996	—	Clover
Template:Nihongo	1997	39	I could be free
Template:Nihongo		25	Flowers
Template:Nihongo	1998	70	Blue Orange
Template:Nihongo		—
"You can jump into the fire"	1999	—	a day of my life
"Tears of Joy" (New version)	2001	—	Template:Non-album single
Template:Nihongo	2002	43	My Pieces
Template:Nihongo (feat. Deen)		44	Waon -Songs for children-
Template:Nihongo (Remake version)	2017	50	rowspan="2" Template:Non-album singles
Template:Nihongo	2019	—
Template:Nihongo	2021	—	fruitful days

pupa

Studio albums

Album #	Album information
1st	floating pupa Released: July 2, 2008
2nd	dreaming pupa Released: July 28, 2010

External links

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• JMDb Profile (in Japanese)
• Official Site (in Japanese)
• pupa Official Web Site