<figure id="attachment_323815" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-323815" style="width: 1801px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="559180a2"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2023/07/a330ab4f8c965c63f0d7363b32326b34.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-323815" class="wp-caption-text">Kei Okuna and IT president&#8217;s passionate love scoop (Nov. 22, &#8217;02 issue)</figcaption></figure>
<p> Actress Megumi Okuna (43) will appear in a film directed by Shunji Iwai for the first time in 28 years.</p>
<p> Okuna, who plays the mother of Suzu Hirose (25) in Iwai&#8217;s original film &#8220;Kirie&#8217;s Song,&#8221; attended a completion report event held in Tokyo on July 13,</p>
<p><strong> I am very happy to have been able to work with Director Iwai after a long time and to be a part of this film,&#8221; Okuna said.</strong></p>
<p> I am very happy to be a part of this film,&#8221; she said. Director Iwai told her about the casting, &#8220;Okuna and Hirose look so much alike that I feel they have a DNA connection,</p>
<p><strong> I am happy! But I&#8217;ve only been told once that I look like Suzu Hirose!</strong></p>
<p> She was very excited.</p>
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<p> Okuna&#8217;s debut was in 1992. She first appeared in the TV drama &#8220;Pate*o&#8221; (Fuji Television) under the name &#8220;Okuna Megumi,&#8221; which became her stage name because it was so unusual. In 1993, she appeared in one episode of &#8220;If If&#8221; (Fuji TV), a drama that became Iwai&#8217;s breakout role, in &#8220;Hachibanashi, shita kara mieruka? Do you want to see it from the side? (Fuji TV), and also appeared in the same role in the film version in 1995, attracting a great deal of attention.</p>
<p><strong> In the 1990s, when idol singers were considered unfavorable, Okuna&#8217;s appearance as a &#8220;beautiful girl&#8221; led to the creation of the term &#8220;idol actress. She played the heroine in the popular drama &#8220;Wakaba no Koro&#8221; (TBS), starring two members of the popular Japanese idol group &#8220;KinKi Kids,&#8221; and her acting ability was highly acclaimed.</strong><strong> She was also highly praised for her acting ability.</strong></p>
<p> FRIDAY&#8221; has been paying attention to Okuna since immediately after her debut. Her date with President Susumu Fujita, her smiling face as a commercial beauty, her cohabitation with Ryo Kimura&#8230;. We would like to introduce her beautiful true face, which has not changed since her &#8220;beautiful girl&#8221; days, through treasured photos.</p>
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<h3> Handmade &#8220;Beef Sueji Stew&#8221; for a man with annual sales of 6 billion yen</h3>
<p> It was a night in October 2002 when I found Okuna at a supermarket in Azabu Juban (Minato-ku, Tokyo). President Fujita, dressed in a rough formal jacket, was by Okuna&#8217;s side. Two years earlier, President Fujita had been listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers and was considered a darling of the IT world, boasting annual sales of 6 billion yen. Okuna, with a large memo in her hand,</p>
<p><strong> &#8220;Um, do you have any beef tendon?</strong></p>
<p> but it seemed that they were out of stock. She then went to two more supermarkets and entered the huge apartment building where President Fujita lives. Ten days later, Okuna appeared on a talk show at Aoyama Gakuin University&#8217;s &#8220;Aoyama Festival. The moderator asked her what she was good at cooking,</p>
<p><strong> She replied, &#8220;It&#8217;s beef stew&#8230;. I don&#8217;t cook it when I&#8217;m alone.</strong></p>
<p> She made such a suggestive statement. A year and three months later, the couple married, and Okuna was said to be &#8220;the biggest ball-buster in the history of show business,&#8221; but the couple divorced after only a year and a half. In 2009, she remarried and had two children with an ordinary man, but they divorced in 2003. In 2004, she married for the third time to actor Ryo Kimura (34).</p>
<p> She and Kimura, who is nine years younger than her, have a good marriage, and they even co-star on Okuna&#8217;s YouTube channel. Recently, she has been appearing on variety shows, showing a new side to her, and expectations are high for the &#8220;old and new beauties&#8221; to appear together in Iwai&#8217;s first film in 28 years.</p>
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<figure id="attachment_323819" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-323819" style="width: 1734px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="078f5e1f"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2023/07/2e07d290fa1d654552bddd3ff4061af7.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-323819" class="wp-caption-text">Okuna, a first-year high school student, is the talk of the town as a &#8220;CM beauty&#8221; (October 6, 1995 issue).</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_323845" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-323845" style="width: 2713px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="02f15b79"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2023/07/fb114c685d449be64ba7456ab1713b0b.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-323845" class="wp-caption-text"> At an event to celebrate the release of her ninth photo book &#8220;Atashi&#8221; (April 28, &#8217;00 issue)</figcaption></figure>
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<figure id="attachment_323846" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-323846" style="width: 3895px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="32c311b7"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2023/07/8092bf0ecf8a26a9a4f630ee8e02a82d.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-323846" class="wp-caption-text"> Okuna in love with a guitarist 12 years older than her (May 10 and 17, 2002 issues)</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_323862" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-323862" style="width: 3895px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="52af5387"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2023/07/f4a90510cca254ae24d9eed04b0b8a50.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-323862" class="wp-caption-text"> Okuna in love with a guitarist 12 years older than her (May 10 and 17, 2002)</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_323820" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-323820" style="width: 2762px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="5bbadcde"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2023/07/931d44ab622ac995c62dd0c73122812e.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-323820" class="wp-caption-text"> A shot at a press conference announcing the production of a TV drama. She is full of adult charm (July 19, 2002 issue).</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_323830" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-323830" style="width: 800px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="836dff1a"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2023/07/3670c941b975c5e2c7a62c37522ea07e.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-323830" class="wp-caption-text"> A scene from the drama &#8220;Beginner&#8221; (Fuji Television Network). Odagiri Joe is also young! (Left) Okuna was in high spirits even though they were on location under the scorching sun for four hours (October 10, 2003 issue).</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_323834" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-323834" style="width: 3036px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="724880d3"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2023/07/a0724ba42fafe3d6557cfc305d733a76.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-323834" class="wp-caption-text"> Luxurious wedding ceremony with President Susumu Fujita (Feb. 20, 2004 issue)</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_323878" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-323878" style="width: 844px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="9f7395dd"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2023/07/8fd287b686da5f90d6ddf5c8d27e4710.png" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-323878" class="wp-caption-text"> Luxurious wedding ceremony with President Susumu Fujita (Feb. 20, 2004 issue)</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_323841" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-323841" style="width: 2032px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="44ab2a4f"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2023/07/a053bab9863e8916a73fbd5bf82b7ef9.png" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-323841" class="wp-caption-text"> President Fujita and Okuna on the balcony at the end of the third party (Feb. 20, &#8217;04 issue)</figcaption></figure>
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<figure id="attachment_323835" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-323835" style="width: 2603px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="d228a31b"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2023/07/ff4cb6eb85abaebb353bde03fca981d0.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-323835" class="wp-caption-text"> Okuna as an event presenter at the Aichi Expo &#8217;05 (July 8, &#8217;05 issue)</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_323836" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-323836" style="width: 2066px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="4555eff4"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2023/07/7435c50d8509d32c16cfb77e131b6f36.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-323836" class="wp-caption-text"> At a stage greeting for the movie &#8220;Inugamike no Ichizoku&#8221; (January 5, &#8217;07 issue)</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_323838" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-323838" style="width: 800px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="eb9dadef"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2023/07/2b90ddf3b89d03620fed99e129f392a3.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-323838" class="wp-caption-text"> Scooped living together with Ryo Kimura (January 2, &#8217;15 issue)</figcaption></figure>


 Junsei Todoroki, Fumimi Koyano, Naoki Shimizu (4th, 5th), Toshihiro Nakagawa (8th, 9th, 10th), Kazuhiko Nakamura (11th, 12th), Shu Nishihara (13th, right), Fumi Yoshida (13th, left)

 Megumi Okuna (43) will appear in Iwai Shunji's film "Kirie's Song" for the first time in 28 years, playing the role of mother to Hirose Suzu. She debuted at the age of 13 and was one of the most popular "idol actresses" of the 90's. See her ever-luminous charm in this collection of images.

A date at the home of an IT CEO and a smile from her days as a beautiful CM girl… Megumi Okuna “plays mother of Suzu Hirose

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