Shigeru Muroi Explained

is a Japanese actress. She won the award for Best Supporting Actress at the 19th Hochi Film Awards for Izakaya Yūrei.^[1] She is known for her role as Reiko Onda on Yappari Neko ga Suki series. she also starred in two television drama series Shinryounaikai Ryoko and Koritsuku Natsu in late 90's.

Filmography

Film

• Something Like It (1981) – Aya
• Burst City (1982)
• (1983) – Miwa
• Koisuru Onnatachi (1986)
• Bu Su (1987) – Ponta
• Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad (1988) – Nanako Sakisaka
• Izakaya Yūrei (1994) – Shizuko
• Whisper of the Heart (1995) – Asako Tsukishima (voice)
• Tsuribaka Nisshi 8 (1996)
• Nodo Jiman (1999) – Reiko Akagi (Suzuko Fujimoto)
• Villon's Wife (2009) – Miyo
• No Longer Human (2010) – Kotobuki
• The Little House (2014) – Sadako
• A Living Promise (2016) – Yoshiko Nishimura
• Day and Night (2019)
• Angry Rice Wives (2021)
• Jigoku no Hanazono: Office Royale (2021)^[2]
• The Sound of Grass (2021)^[3]
• 7 Secretaries: The Movie (2022) – Satsuki Wanibuchi^[4]
• Familia (2023)^[5]

Drama

• Mujaki na Kankei (1984) – Masae Fujita
• Uchi no Ko ni Kagitte... (1984) – Mr. Kosaka's lover
• Uchi no Ko ni Kagitte... 2 (1985) – Sakie
• Kinpachi-sensei Season 3 (1988) – Machi Tahara
• Yappari Neko ga Suki (1988-1990) - Reiko Onda
• Gift (1997) – Naomi Koshigoe
• Shinryounaikai Ryoko (1997) - Ryoko Mochizuki (lead role)
• Koritsuku Natsu (1998) - Natsuki Oikawa (lead role)
• AIBOU Season 2 (2003–2004) – Ryōko Mitsumine (guest star)
• The Great Horror Family (2004) – Yuko Imawano
• 14-sai no Haha (2006) – Shizuka Kirino
• 4 Shimai Tantei Dan (2008) – Miyamoto Kazuyo
• Samurai High School (2009) – Kyoko Kamei
• Bartender (2011) – Sanae Suwa
• Jin (2011) – Otose
• (2012) – Hiromi Amamiya
• (2012) – Kaneko Terayama
• Hanako to Anne (2014) – Fuji Ando
• Shizumanu Taiyō (2016)
• 7 Secretaries (2020) – Satsuki Wanibuchi^[4]

Japanese dub

• Benny the Hunchback (1999) – Boujee
• Finding Nemo (2003) – Dory
• Finding Dory (2016) – Dory^[6]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
1994	19th Hochi Film Award	Best Supporting Actress	Izakaya Yūrei
	37th Blue Ribbon Awards	Best Supporting Actress		[7]
	49th Mainichi Film Awards	Best Supporting Actress		[8]
	68th Kinema Jumpo Awards	Best Supporting Actress
1995	18th Japan Academy Prize	Best Supporting Actress		[9]
1999	23rd Japan Academy Prize	Best Actress	Nodo Jiman	[10]
2009	33rd Japan Academy Prize	Best Supporting Actress	Villon's Wife	[11]
2015	36th Matsuo Performing Arts Award	Excellence Award (Television)		[12]

External links

• • JMDb profile (in Japanese)

Notes and References

1. Web site: http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/h_award/1994/. ja:報知映画賞ヒストリー. 2010-10-17. ja. Cinema Hochi. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090131125734/http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/h_award/1994/. 2009-01-31.
2. Web site: 地獄の花園. April 19, 2021. eiga.com.
3. Web site: 草の響き. August 11, 2021. eiga.com.
4. Web site: 木村文乃主演「七人の秘書」映画化決定 広瀬アリス・菜々緒ら再集結 特報映像＆ティザービジュアル解禁. April 26, 2022. Model Press. 25 April 2022.
5. Web site: 役所広司と吉沢亮が父子に「ファミリア」公開！松重豊、MIYAVI、佐藤浩市ら共演. August 23, 2022. Natalie.
6. Web site: ファインディング・ドリー. February 2, 2022. Fukikaeru.
7. Web site: ブルーリボン賞 １９９４年(第３７回). 2018-06-29. allcinema. ja.
8. Web site: 毎日映画コンクール：コンクールの歴史. 2018-06-29. Mainichi Shimbun. ja.
9. Web site: 第18回日本アカデミー賞. 2018-06-29. Japan Academy Film Prize Association. ja.
10. Web site: 日本アカデミー賞 １９９９年(第２３回). 2018-06-29. allcinema. ja.
11. Web site: 『第33回日本アカデミー賞』 最優秀賞一覧. 2010-03-05. 2018-06-29. Oricon. ja.
12. Web site: 井上芳雄が「第36回松尾芸能賞」優秀賞を受賞 大賞には五木ひろし. 2015-02-13. 2018-06-29. Theater Guide. ja. 2015-02-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20150216005327/http://www.theaterguide.co.jp/theater_news/2015/02/13.php. dead.