Portrait of Emi Wakui

Acting

Emi Wakui

Career

Active from 1989 to 2026, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles
29
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score69/100
Highest rated
Poster for My Sons
My Sons
GoodWatch score76/100

Characters

11

The characters Emi Wakui played, best-known titles first.

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 9 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 2.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Emi Wakui Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Violence
    0.9, average 4.1
  • Crime
    0.7, average 3.6
  • Adrenaline
    2.0, average 4.8
  • Mystery
    1.5, average 3.9

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 7
  • Emotional Journey 5
  • Character Study 5
  • Romantic Drama 4
  • Slice of Life 4
  • Japanese Romantic Comedy 3
  • Lighthearted Drama 3
  • Hopeful & Uplifting 3
  • Moral Ambiguity 3
  • Melancholic Tone 3
  • Heartwarming 2
  • Family Conflict 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

73
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

14 titles · average score 69
Themis's Uncertain Court
Themis's Uncertain Court (2026)

TV show · as Kaoruko Yamaji

Midnight Taxi
Midnight Taxi (2026)

TV show · as Araragi Yayoi

Double Edge: The Returned
Double Edge: The Returned (2026)

as 郡司真由希

Checkmate Lawyer
Checkmate Lawyer (2025)

TV show · as Kasumi Tendo

Gold Sunset
Gold Sunset (2025)

TV show · as Mitsuhashi Yoshiko

A Calm Sea and Beautiful Days with You
A Calm Sea and Beautiful Days with You (2025)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show · as Ikuko Shibahara

366 Days
366 Days (2024)

TV show · as Ikezawa Yuri

About Sunday Night...
About Sunday Night... (2023)

TV show · as Kishida Kuniko

Radiation House: The Movie
Radiation House: The Movie (2022)

as Nagisa Omori

Reach Beyond the Blue Sky
Reach Beyond the Blue Sky (2021)

TV show · as Shibusawa Ei [Eiichi's mother]

The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window
The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window (2021)
GoodWatch score 57

as Noriko Mikado

Our Sister's Soulmate
Our Sister's Soulmate (2020)

TV show · as Takako Yoshioka

2010s

22 titles · average score 71
Radiation House
Radiation House (2019)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as 大森渚

Legal Heart
Legal Heart (2019)

TV show

I Want to Eat Your Pancreas
I Want to Eat Your Pancreas (2018)
GoodWatch score 88

as Sakura's Mother (voice)

Hiyokko
Hiyokko (2017)

TV show · as Aiko Nagai

Let Me Call You Father-in-Law
Let Me Call You Father-in-Law (2016)

TV show · as Shizuka Hanazawa

Dating: What's It Like To Be In Love
Dating: What's It Like To Be In Love (2015)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Kiyoko Yabushita

Again
Again (2015)

as Yuko Tachihara

The Last Cop
The Last Cop (2015)

TV show · as Suzuki Kanako

White Lab
White Lab (2014)

TV show · as Keiko Kamiyama

Will You Marry Me…Again?
Will You Marry Me…Again? (2012)

TV show · as Miyamoto Kanako

Robo-G
Robo-G (2012)
GoodWatch score 70

as Saitou Harue

The History of Our Family
The History of Our Family (2010)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as Machiko Hasegawa

2000s

24 titles · average score 67
Wasted Land
Wasted Land (2009)

TV show · as Yoshiko Iki

Mission To Kill
Mission To Kill (2009)

TV show

Chiritotechin
Chiritotechin (2007)

TV show · as Wada Itoko

Hanayome to Papa
Hanayome to Papa (2007)

TV show

Tsubakiyama's Send Back
Tsubakiyama's Send Back (2006)

as Maya

Love and Glory
Love and Glory (2006)

TV show · as Noh

Japan Sinks
Japan Sinks (2006)
GoodWatch score 50

as Kaori Onodera

School Wars: Hero
School Wars: Hero (2004)

as Etsuko Yamagami

The Taste of Tea
The Taste of Tea (2004)
GoodWatch score 83

as Narrator (voice)

動物のお医者さん
動物のお医者さん (2003)

TV show · as Seiko Hishinuma

Musashi
Musashi (2003)

TV show · as Orin

First Love
First Love (2002)

TV show · as Tomoko Ejawa

1990s

8 titles · average score 76
Naguru Onna
Naguru Onna (1998)

TV show · as Yoshimura Kaori

Virgin Road
Virgin Road (1997)

TV show · as Sakurai Kazumi

Pure
Pure (1996)

TV show · as Orihara Yuka

Tokyo Cinderella Story
Tokyo Cinderella Story (1994)

TV show · as Yukiko Matsui

Natsuko no Sake
Natsuko no Sake (1994)

TV show · as 佐伯夏子

Nurses and Doctors
Nurses and Doctors (1992)

as Asako Takagi

My Sons
My Sons (1991)
GoodWatch score 76

as Seiko Kawashima

Wonderful Unrequited Love
Wonderful Unrequited Love (1990)

TV show · as Tomomi Nishina

1980s

5 titles
Beppin Town
Beppin Town (1989)

as Machiko Nakajima

Aishiatteru Kai
Aishiatteru Kai (1989)

TV show · as Kawakami Shinobu

Tears of a Swan
Tears of a Swan (1989)

TV show · as Kanako Fukushima

Aishiatteru Kai
Aishiatteru Kai (1989)

TV show

Hana no Asuka-gumi!
Hana no Asuka-gumi! (1988)

TV show · as Ka