Hinako Saeki

Hinako Saeki (佐伯 日菜子) is a Japanese actress who was born on February 16, 1977, in Nara, Japan. Probably her best-known role was as Sadako Yamamura in Rasen, the 1998 sequel to the horror film Ring.

She has also appeared in a handful of other popular Japanese horror films including Uzumaki (2000) which was based on a Junji Ito manga of the same name, and Eko Eko Azaraku: Misa the Dark Angel (1998). In addition, she played a featured role as the character Colonel in Mamoru Oshii's Assault Girls (2009). She also portrayed in Ultraman X as the Underground Woman/Ryoko Mabuse.

She is also familiar in China for her role as Sadako in the sequel to the Hong Kong TV drama series, My Date with a Vampire II.

Personal life
She was previously married to football player Daisuke Oku, though that marriage ended in divorce. He died in a traffic collision on October 17, 2014.

Films

 * It's a Summer Vacation Everyday (1994)
 * A Quiet Life (1995)
 * Eko Eko Azaraku: Misa the Dark Angel (1998)
 * Rasen (1998) as Sadako Yamamura
 * Uzumaki (2000)
 * Aesop's Game (2019)
 * Kamaishi Ramen Monogatari (2023)
 * Nightmare Resort (2023)

Television

 * Eko Eko Azarak (1997)
 * My Date with a Vampire II (2000) as Sadako
 * Sand Whale and Me (2017) as KFC