Ai Hashimoto is a successful SM actress by night…where is the bashing she used to get? Ai Hashimoto’s “presence” in “Shinjuku Field Hospital

Ai Hashimoto (28) has a unique presence in “Shinjuku Field Hospital,” a Fuji Television drama series starring Eiko Koike (43) and Taiga Nakano (31), set in Shinjuku-Kabukicho, Tokyo, which is said to be the most prosperous district in Asia.

Hashimoto plays the role of Mai Minami, the Shinjuku area representative of a non-profit organization that helps the weak, but that is her “daytime face. As revealed in the second episode, the “face of the night” is a woman who, despite an unbelievable playing fee of 150,000 yen for 120 minutes, is booked up to three years in advance. The “face of the night” was May, a successful SM player who is booked up to three years in advance despite her unbelievable 120-minute play fee of ¥150,000.

The role of May, who probably works at night to raise funds for a non-profit organization, has a tremendous gap between her daytime and nighttime appearances. She grabs the heart of a flirtatious, money-grubbing cosmetic dermatologist played by Nakano, who is unaware of this. From the third episode onward, she is likely to play a major role in the development of the story.

Hashimoto, who originally started her career as a model for the women’s fashion magazine “Seventeen” (Shueisha), gained attention for her roles as Sadako in the films “Confessions” (2010) and “Sadako 3D” (2012). In 2001, Hashimoto came into the limelight with her role as Yui Adachi, the best friend of Aki Amano, played by Reina Noh (now Non, 31), in the NHK television series “Amachan” (Amachan). However, her overselling seemed to have taken a heavy toll on her at the time.

In ’13, despite the fact that the morning drama was still airing, she was first reported in “FRIDAY” in May for her passionate love affair with actor Motoki Ochiai (34). Even though she was underage at the time, she was even suspected of drinking alcohol. Then, when Yui attended a contact lens PR event in July, the same month Yui began to wear the glasses in the play “Amachan,” she made the following comment: “At first, the doctor threatened me that it was just like putting garbage in, so I started from a negative angle,” and she was also very grumpy throughout the event. He also froze the audience with his grumpy attitude throughout. That one incident became a problem and led to bashing.

Then, in August, “Josei Seven” (Shogakukan) reported her love affair with actor Go Ayano (42). She thought that the reason she was photographed so many times in a row was because someone around her had tipped her off, and there was a time when she became suspicious and closed her mind to the people around her. There was a time when he stayed away from television, but he recovered before long and is now working hard. There have been no rumors about her at all recently.

In the 2006 historical drama “Saigo-don,” she played the role of Suga, the first wife of Saigo Takamori, played by Ryohei Suzuki (41). Since then, she has been useful in NHK’s Taiga, and also appeared in “Idaten: Tokyo Olimpic Story” in ’19.’ In 2009, she played the role of Chiyo, the first wife of Shibusawa Eiichi, played by Yoshizawa Ryo (30), in “Seiten wo Sukuke,” and it has been announced that she will play the role of Tei, the wife of Tsutaya Shigesaburo, played by Yokohama Ryusei (27), in “Belabo: Tsutaje Eika no Yume Banashi,” next year.

This is the third time she has played the role of the protagonist’s wife in a Taiga drama, with “Belabo” being her first. Since there have been no scandals, NHK probably trusts her. On the other hand, she has been vigorously tackling socially-conscious films, such as her starring role in the movie “After the Heat,” released in February this year, in which she plays the heroine who marries a man (Taga Nakano) who accepts her after serving several years in prison for attempting to stab to death the host she loved.

When she plays the heroine, she brings a sense of gravitas to the screen, which is quite rare among actresses in their 20s or younger. Before long, she has established a unique position. Furthermore, she is said to clearly decide whether or not to accept offers of her own volition, so she must have no regrets about her choice of works so far.

In her personal life, she is said to live at her own pace without being influenced by others, such as her love of fashion, which she purchases through overseas shopping channels, and her coming out that she used to be a pornographic movie lover. Such a private life is also probably a source of her acting ability.

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