Portrait of Naomi Zaizen

Acting

Naomi Zaizen

Career

Active from 1985 to 2026, busiest in 2015 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles
28
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score67/100
Highest rated
Poster for Heaven and Earth
Heaven and Earth
GoodWatch score67/100

Characters

9

The characters Naomi Zaizen played, best-known titles first.

Character images: TheTVDB

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 3
  • Slice of Life 3
  • Japanese Drama 2
  • Political Intrigue 2
  • Everyday Life 2
  • Human Connection 2
  • Subtle Humor 2
  • Family Secrets 2
  • Character Study 2
  • Psychological Exploration 2
  • Character-Driven Mystery 2
  • Strong Female Lead 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

66
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

10 titles · average score 69
Love Not Comedy
Love Not Comedy (2026)

as Kinako Hashitani

Blue Flower, Forest of Vessels
Blue Flower, Forest of Vessels (2026)

TV show · as Midori Baba

Dear Radiance
Dear Radiance (2024)

TV show · as Fujiwara no Yasuko

Kanzen Muzai
Kanzen Muzai (2024)

TV show · as Ikemura Toshie

Turn to Me Mukai-kun
Turn to Me Mukai-kun (2023)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as Mukai Kimiko

Sensei no Otoriyose
Sensei no Otoriyose (2022)

TV show

Black Swan Lake
Black Swan Lake (2021)

TV show

Dream Team
Dream Team (2021)

TV show · as Yuko Tsuruga

Gourmet Detective Goro Akechi
Gourmet Detective Goro Akechi (2020)

TV show · as Suzue Akechi / 明智 寿々栄

Silent Tokyo
Silent Tokyo (2020)

as Naoe Sunaga

2010s

23 titles
Detective Zero
Detective Zero (2019)

TV show · as Noriko Okuhata

Scarlet
Scarlet (2019)

TV show · as Ono Yoko

A Family Story
A Family Story (2018)

as Aiko Kobayashi

The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (2018)

as Sagiri Asakaze

Naotora: The Lady Warlord
Naotora: The Lady Warlord (2017)

TV show · as 千賀

Kamogawa Shokudo
Kamogawa Shokudo (2016)

TV show

The Housekeeper Saw!
The Housekeeper Saw! (2015)

as Iwakura Tsuneko

Hanasaki Mai Speaks Out
Hanasaki Mai Speaks Out (2014)

TV show · as Yumi Ishihara

Gochisousan
Gochisousan (2013)

TV show · as Iku Uno

Perfect Blue
Perfect Blue (2012)

TV show · as Kyoko Hasumi

CSI: Crime Scene Talks
CSI: Crime Scene Talks (2011)

TV show

Misaki Number One!!
Misaki Number One!! (2011)

TV show · as Mama

2000s

11 titles
Yoshitsune
Yoshitsune (2005)

TV show · as Houjou Masako (Yoritomo's wife)

Akechi Kogoro vs. Kindaichi Kosuke
Akechi Kogoro vs. Kindaichi Kosuke (2005)

as Shimamura Namiko

Till the Battery Runs Out
Till the Battery Runs Out (2004)

TV show

Tokyo Love Cinema
Tokyo Love Cinema (2003)

TV show · as Haruko Uzuki

東京ラブシネマ
東京ラブシネマ (2003)

TV show · as 우즈키 하루코

An Autumn Afternoon
An Autumn Afternoon (2003)

as Michiko Hirayama

Love Quotient
Love Quotient (2002)

TV show

Nurseman
Nurseman (2002)

TV show

Thinking Of Your True Love
Thinking Of Your True Love (2002)

TV show

Gekai Reiko
Gekai Reiko (2001)

TV show

Quiz
Quiz (2000)

TV show

1990s

19 titles · average score 67
Omizu no Hanamichi
Omizu no Hanamichi (1999)

TV show · as Akina

Kagayakeru Shunkan
Kagayakeru Shunkan (1999)

TV show

Good Person
Good Person (1997)

TV show · as Nikaido Chie

SMAP×SMAP
SMAP×SMAP (1996)

TV show · as Bistro Guest

Station
Station (1995)

TV show

Okane ga Nai!
Okane ga Nai! (1994)

TV show

Noh Mask Murders
Noh Mask Murders (1991)

as Hidemi Mizukami

A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era
A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era (1991)

as Miyuki

Heaven and Earth
Heaven and Earth (1990)
GoodWatch score 67

as Yae

Best Guy
Best Guy (1990)

as Miyuki Mizuno

Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen (1990)

TV show

Sekai de Ichiban Kimi ga Suki
Sekai de Ichiban Kimi ga Suki (1990)

TV show

1980s

3 titles
24 Hour Playboy
24 Hour Playboy (1989)

as Yuka Fujiki

Yakuza Ladies 3
Yakuza Ladies 3 (1989)

as Misato Hanai

What if the school...?
What if the school...? (1985)

TV show