COVER GIRL - MEISA KUROKI

MEISA KUROKI

JAPANESE ACTRESS & TOP MODEL

Satsuki Shimabukuro (Shimabukuro Satsuki^?) (born May 28, 1988), better known 

 by herstage name Meisa Kuroki ( Kuroki Meisa^?), is a Japanese actress, model 

and singer born in Nago, Okinawa, Japan. She is represented by the agency S  

weet Powerand is signed to Sony Music Japan. Among others, she has  

modeled for the popular Japanese fashion magazine JJ and is the  

current Japanese  representative for Giorgio Armani. 

She hasappeared in numerous television dramas, 

commercials, films, and stage productions.

Early life

Born to a Luuchuuan mother and a father of half-Luuchuuan and half-Brazilian descent, as the youngest of four sisters, she was discovered by a fashion scout while at the second year of junior high in Okinawa.^[1] She subsequently began modeling, initially modeling exclusively for the popular fashion magazine JJ. While studying at the Okinawa Actors School, she was a member of the school's B.B. Waves group, graduating in 2007. 

Her cousin, Hana Kuroki, is a teen model in the USA.

Career

On February 2004, Kuroki made her acting debut and first starring role in the plays Kita-ku Tsuka Kōhei Gekidan Butai and Atami Satsujin Jiken Pyonyang Kara Kita Onna Keiji respectively. Since her debut, she has continued to perform in theater, films and television dramas. In 2006, she starred in Chakushin Ari: Final, the final movie in the Chakushin Ari series. In 2007, she received the Newcomer of the Year award at the prestigious 44th Annual Golden Arrow Awards. During the same year she appeared in Fumihiko Sori's CGI anime film Vexille. Kuroki has also appeared with her close friend Maki Horikita on the photobooks missmatch: Maki Horikita x Meisa Kuroki x Kishin Shinoyama(photographed by Kishin Shinoyama) and short film: Kimi no Yubisaki. In 2009, Kuroki was chosen as the Japanese face of international fashion brand Emporio Armani, also appearing in numerous events for the brand worldwide. She also starred in Dance, Subaru!, the live action film adaptation of Masahito Soda's manga Subaru, which was produced by the noted film producer Bill Kong, and Assault Girls, directed by Mamoru Oshii. In 2010, Kuroki was chosen as the international face of French cosmetic brand L'Oréal

Music

Kuroki performed on the soundtrack of her 2007 movie Crows Zero, which she had also appeared in. On June 21, 2008, her debut single, "Like This," was released on Sony Music Records. It was soon announced on February 17, 2009 that Kuroki's first mini-album, Hellcat, would be released on April 8, 2009.^[5] Her second album and first EP, Attitude, was released in January 2010.