Shioli Kutsuna: From Kaseifu no Mita to Hollywood Stardom

Now she has the dignity of a Hollywood actress!

Actress Shioli Kutsuna (32) has been making waves with a post on her Instagram.

On February 5, Kutsuna updated her Instagram, revealing her long hair, which extends down to her waist, dyed a platinum blonde close to white. Her eyebrows are also lightly tinted gold. The image, where she gazes vacantly into the camera, has received praise in the comments section, with messages such as, “Too cool, I’m mesmerized,” and, “Wow, so beautiful.”

In fact, this is the advertising visual for the campaign “IT’S NEW WEEK 2025 SS” by Lumine and Newoman. The visual is inspired by an elf from fantasy films and anime. Now based in the U.S., Kutsuna’s image may also be influenced by the concept of a “Hollywood actress.”

“In 2006, she won the Special Jury Prize at the 11th All-Japan National Beautiful Girl Contest, organized by Oscar Promotion, marking her debut in the entertainment industry. She was promoted alongside Ayame Goriki (32) and Emi Takei (31) as part of the ‘Oscar Three Daughters.’ She gained widespread recognition in 2008 with the ‘Pocky Dance’ in Ezaki Glico’s Pocky commercial. She later became a popular actress with roles such as Senhime in NHK’s Taiga drama Go: Hime-tachi no Sengoku and the drama Kaseifu no Mita (NTV).

Her Hollywood debut was prompted by director Wayne Wang, who recommended her after she appeared in the 2016 film While the Women Are Sleeping. In 2018, she gave a compelling performance as a Yakuza’s sister in the Netflix Hollywood Yakuza film The Outsider. That same year, she made a strong impression as a key member in the American comic book movie Deadpool 2,” said a source from the entertainment industry.

FRIDAY has been following Kutsuna since she won the special prize at the National Beautiful Girl Contest. They have covered various moments, including a commemorative photo shoot with Aya Ueto (39) at a commercial event, her romance with actor Shota Matsuda (39), and a shabu-shabu dinner with Taiga Nakano (32). Among these, the most memorable is the intense expression she displayed during the filming of Kaseifu no Mita. Let’s revisit the article published on December 13, 2011.