Mew Azama

Mew Azama
Mew Azama
安座間美優
Born	December 26, 1986 (age 37); Hiroshima, Japan
Other names	Mew
Occupation(s)	Model and actress
Years active	2002-present
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Spouse	unknown (m. 2023)
Website	http://ameblo.jp/mewazama/

Mew Azama (安座間美優, Azama Myū) (born December 26, 1986) is a Japanese model and actress. Azama signs her name "Mew" using romaji characters. She explains it in her profile:^[1] "美優 is read Mew. I was named from Kyōko Koizumi's famous song 'MEW of dawn'. So, the inscription is MEW."^[2]

Biography[edit]

History[edit]

Azama was born December 26, 1986, in Hiroshima Prefecture and raised in Okinawa Prefecture. Azama is a graduate of the Okinawa Actor's School and was a member of B. B. Waves (or Baby Waves) while she was there before graduating from the group in 2000. She became "Miss SEVENTEEN" in October 2002 and was an exclusive model for Seventeen magazine until graduating from that magazine in 2006.

Her first internationally noticed role was as Makoto Kino / Sailor Jupiter in the live-action series Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon. Her co-stars thought of her as highly girlish and demure, the opposite of her forthright and tomboyish character. Before PGSM, she played a lead role in a video for Echiura's song "Taisetsu na omoide".

In October 2006, she won the 38th "non-no model grand prix" from a pool of 5000 applicants. From December 2006 to December 2007, she was an exclusive model for the magazine, and then moved to another mainstream fashion magazine, CanCam.

On March 3, 2007, she performed at the 4th "Tokyo girls collection 2007 Spring/Summer" as one of the top 70 models in Japan.

On April 24, 2007, she became "JTA (Japan Trans Ocean Air) image girl in 2007."

Since April 2007, she has been performing on the information television program for women Omo-San. As of 2012 she is a model for Can-Cam.

On September 18, 2023, she announced her marriage through Instagram.^[3]

Works[edit]

Magazines[edit]

2014-2016: AneCan
2007-2014: CanCam
2006-2007: Non-no
2002-2006: Seventeen

Television[edit]

2007: Omo☆san - TV Asahi
2008-2011: Zūmuin!! Satadē - Otenki to `Ani ★ suta' no kōnā tantō “Burosā”- NTV
2012: Burosā - TV Asahi
2012-today: News Clear - TBS News Bird

Dramas[edit]

2003-2004: Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: Makoto Kino / Sailor Jupiter- TBS
2006: Gachibaka!: Ushijima Rie - TBS
2006: Children: O o-tachi ka - WOWOW
2006: Damenzuu o 〜ka〜: guest appearance - TV Asahi
2008: Salaryman Kintarō: Iwashita Megumi - TV Asahi
2013: Doubles〜 futari no keiji: Masumoto - TV Asahi
2013: Keishichō sōsaikka 9 kakari Season 8: Hyakutake Towako - TV Asahi
2017: Hito wa Mitame ga 100 percent: Kawai Keiko - Fuji TV
2020: Kiso 235: Sano Arisa - TV Tokyo

Film[edit]

2021: The Pledge to Megumi, Yaeko Taguchi

Music Videos[edit]

2005: Taisetsu na omoide - Echiura
2006: Aozora Pedal - Arashi
2010: moonlight/Sky High/YAY - moumoon (with CanCam model Maikawa Aiku,Yamamoto Mizuki and Tsuchiya Hazuki)

Anime[edit]

2011: Heugemono Children's role - NHK BS Premium
2012: Tokyo jōkyū date #15 Shonan - TVAsahi

Manga[edit]

Hajikete B. B. (Imai yasue)

References[edit]

^ "安座間美優オフィシャルブログ「Mew～みゅう～」powered by Ameba".
^ "安座間美優オフィシャルブログ「Mew～みゅう～」powered by Ameba". Ameblo.jp. 1999-02-22. Retrieved 2013-02-07.
^ "モデル・安座間美優、結婚を発表「思いやりとユーモアのある最高のパートナー」…お相手は一般男性". スポーツ報知 (in Japanese). 2023-09-18. Retrieved 2024-01-29.

External links[edit]

Official website (in Japanese)
VERTEX Mew Azama's agency.
Myu Azama at IMDb

[1] "安座間美優オフィシャルブログ「Mew～みゅう～」powered by Ameba".

[2] "安座間美優オフィシャルブログ「Mew～みゅう～」powered by Ameba". Ameblo.jp. 1999-02-22. Retrieved 2013-02-07.

[3] "モデル・安座間美優、結婚を発表「思いやりとユーモアのある最高のパートナー」…お相手は一般男性". スポーツ報知 (in Japanese). 2023-09-18. Retrieved 2024-01-29.

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