Tao Tsuchiya

Tao Tsuchiya (土屋太鳳) is a Japanese actress. She is best known for her memorable role of Makimachi Misao in the movie series Rurouni Kenshin, as Mai Nakahara in The 8-Year Engagement, Koharu in The Cinderella Addiction and most recently as Yuzuha Usagi in Netflix's Alice in Borderland. Her older sister, Honoka, works as a model, while her younger brother, Shimba Tsuchiya, is also an actor.

Career and stage play
Chosen from among 2,020 women auditioning for the part, Tsuchiya was cast in the starring role of Mare, a morning drama serial aired on Japan's public television which first aired on March 30, 2015.

In 2018, Tsuchiya performed in a theatre production in five cities within four countries around the world. The production was an adaptation from the manga Pluto. She played two main characters: a little cyborg girl named Uran and a cyborg woman named Helena.

She planned to participate in another Stage Play challenge in Tokyo during the summer of 2020, joining a Madam Mari Natsuki production called Neo Vol. 4.

Personal life
On January 1, 2023, Tsuchiya announced on her Instagram that she had married the Generations from Exile Tribe singer and actor Ryota Katayose, who played her non-blood-relation brother-turned-boyfriend in the 2017 Japanese movie, My Brother Loves Me Too Much. At the same time, she also announced her pregnancy with her first child. On August 29, 2023, Tsuchiya and Katayose announced the birth of their first child.

TV anime

 * Erased (2016) – 10-year-old Satoru Fujinuma

Anime film

 * Sing a Bit of Harmony (2021) – Shion Ashimori

Japanese dubbing

 * Live-action
 * Bumblebee (2018) – Charlie Watson (Hailee Steinfeld)
 * Animation
 * Ballerina (2016) – Félicie

Music video

 * Sia – Alive (2016)
 * Greeeen – Dream (2016)
 * Lang Lang – Classical Music Mashup (2019)
 * Taiking ft. Tsuchiya Tao -  Rules (2022)

Others

 * 60th Japan Record Awards (2018), host
 * 61st Japan Record Awards (2019), host

Singles

 * "Fēlicies" (2017)
 * "Anniversary" (2018) released as Taotak (duo with Takumi Kitamura)
 * " Lead Your Partner " (2021)
 * "Umbrella" (2021)
 * "You Got Friends" (2021)
 * "Rules" (2022) (featuring with Taiking of Suchmos )

Magazines

 * Hanachu, Shufunotomo 2003-, as an exclusive model from May 2008 to June 2010

Photobooks

 * Tsubomi 1 (13 October 2011, Magazine House) ISBN 9784838723492
 * Document (3 February 2015, Tokyo News Service) ISBN 9784863364561
 * Marezora (16 September 2015, NHK Publishing) ISBN 9784140553473