Portrait of Manami Higa

Acting

Manami Higa

Career

Active from 2005 to 2026, with up to 4 main titles a year.

Leading roles
42
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score72/100
Highest rated
Poster for She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat
She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat
GoodWatch score84/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 8 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Manami Higa Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Historical
    0.1, average 2.6
  • Crime
    1.2, average 3.6
  • Mystery
    1.7, average 4.0
  • Uncanny
    0.5, average 2.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 8
  • Japanese Drama 7
  • Medical Drama 4
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Contemporary Setting 3
  • Police Procedural 3
  • High Stakes 3
  • Lighthearted 3
  • Melancholic Tone 3
  • Character-Driven Narrative 3
  • Slice-of-Life Drama 3
  • Psychological Suspense 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

59
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

21 titles · average score 78
Tatsuki: Too Kind for School
Tatsuki: Too Kind for School (2026)

TV show · as Yu Fujinaga

Hoso Kyoku Senkyo
Hoso Kyoku Senkyo (2025)

TV show · as Yuko Musashi

Forest
Forest (2025)

TV show · as Kaede Ikushima

Sky Castle
Sky Castle (2024)

TV show

Occupation of the New Airport
Occupation of the New Airport (2024)

TV show · as Musashi Yuko

Captured Hospital
Captured Hospital (2023)

TV show · as Yuko Musashi

Police and Prosecutor, Sometimes Judge
Police and Prosecutor, Sometimes Judge (2023)

TV show · as 仲井戸みなみ(比嘉愛未)

She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat
She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat (2022)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show · as Yuki Nomoto

Love Dissonance
Love Dissonance (2022)

TV show · as Manami Usui

My Fair Prince
My Fair Prince (2021)

TV show · as Hidaka Izumi

Police and Prosecutor
Police and Prosecutor (2020)

TV show · as Minami Nakaido

Rent a Person Who Does Nothing
Rent a Person Who Does Nothing (2020)

TV show · as Moriyama Saki

2010s

29 titles · average score 70
Two Weeks
Two Weeks (2019)

TV show · as Sumire Aoyagi

Code Blue: The Movie
Code Blue: The Movie (2018)
GoodWatch score 63

as Haruka Saejima

My Teacher
My Teacher (2017)
GoodWatch score 67

as Sachiko Nakajima

Samurai Sensei
Samurai Sensei (2015)

TV show · as 佐伯晴香

GTO
GTO (2012)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Honami Fujikawa

Flat Out Tokyo Girl
Flat Out Tokyo Girl (2012)

TV show · as Hanako Serizawa

We Were There: True Love
We Were There: True Love (2012)
GoodWatch score 75

as Akiko Sengenji

DOCTORS: The Ultimate Surgeon
DOCTORS: The Ultimate Surgeon (2011)

TV show · as Sachi Miyabe

The Best Skilled Surgeon
The Best Skilled Surgeon (2011)

TV show · as Maria Sena

Marumo's Story
Marumo's Story (2011)

TV show · as Aya Hatanaka

Hammer Session!
Hammer Session! (2010)

TV show · as Kaede Tachibana

Saru Lock: The Movie
Saru Lock: The Movie (2010)

as Mayumi Shinozaki

2000s

9 titles · average score 75
Heart of a Samurai
Heart of a Samurai (2009)

TV show

The Witch Trial
The Witch Trial (2009)

TV show · as Kaori Motomiya

Hancho
Hancho (2009)

TV show · as Saori Yuki

Love Call Center
Love Call Center (2009)

TV show

Code Blue
Code Blue (2008)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Saejima Haruka

Dondo Hare
Dondo Hare (2007)

TV show · as Asakura Natsumi

Prisoner/Terrorist
Prisoner/Terrorist (2007)

as Girl

New Year's Card from the Sparkling Sea
New Year's Card from the Sparkling Sea (2007)

TV show

Letters from Nirai Kanai
Letters from Nirai Kanai (2005)

as Misaki Taira