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Honoka Matsumoto

Acting · Born February 5, 1997 · Osaka, Japan

One of Vogue Japan's Women of the Year in 2018, Honoka Matsumoto is a rising star who first made a name for herself in the popular NHK morning drama "Hiyokko" two years ago. Interest in the Osaka-native has continued to grow since and she's now very much an actress in demand, particularly after playing the female lead in the 2018 live adaptation series of the popular wartime anime "In This Corner of the World" ("Kono Sekai no Katasumi Ni").

Movies with Honoka Matsumoto

• Ride Your Wave (2019) — Yoko Hinageshi (voice)
• Even If This Love Disappears Tonight (2022) — Sanae Kamiya
• Over the Sky (2020) — Mio Miyamasu (voice)
• Love Like the Falling Petals (2022) — Ariake Misaki
• Angel Flight THE MOVIE (2026) — Rinko Takagi
• You Shine in the Moonlight (2019) — Naruko
• After the Rain (2018) — Yui Nishida
• Chiwawa-chan (2019) — Kuma
• The Lion Standing in the Wind (2015) — Satoko Kojima (young)
• Mio on the Shore (2019) — Mio Miyakawa
• Sunny: Our Hearts Beat Together (2018) — Nami's daughter
• Blue, Painful, Fragile (2020) — Asami Amano

TV shows with Honoka Matsumoto

• Hiyokko (2017) — Sumiko Nabatame
• SICK'S Jo no Shou (2018) — Kotomi Nakamichi
• Kareinaru ichizoku (2021) — Manpyo Tsugiko
• Love That Makes You Cry (2016) — Matsukawa
• Impersonating Miwa (2023) — Kubota Miwa
• In This Corner of the World (2018) — Suzu Hojo
• Usotoki Rhetoric (2024) — Urabe Kanoko
• Liaison (2023) — Tono Shiho