Nozomi Ando
Biography
Ando Nozomi is a former Oha Star girl and also a former Nicomo (model of nicola). She made her acting debut with Gamera 3 Jashin Kakusei. After that film she appeared in a handful of others and won herself Mainichi Film Contest Sponichi Grand Prix Newcomer award for Sakuya Youkaiten in 2000. She was also the recepient of the Third Nihon Digital Video Grand Prix award for best actress.
While she began singing on an independent label in 1999, in 2001 she made her major debut with Crowd Record. However, she has focused more on acting in recent years and has not recorded music since 2003. She also got married five years later, as announced on her blog, and gave birth to her first child a year later.
Filmography
Young Thugs: Chinatown Romeo and Juliet
2007
Hanada Shonenshi the Movie: Spirits and the Secret Tunnel
2006
as Seiko Katori
IKUSA: The 2nd War
2006
Throws Out My Hometown
2006
as Meri
Death 2: Engraved Cross
2006
Gurozuka
2005
as Takako
World's End / Girl Friend
2005
as Erika
Touch
2005
as Sayuri Hyuga
Inagawa Junji no Anata no tonari no kowai hanashi: Natsu no Kai
2005
Flic
2005
as Michiko Kusuda / Ai Kusuda
Sarutobi Sasuke and the Army of Darkness 4 - The Fire Chapter
2005
Damned Files 6
2004
Princess HIME 2: The Woman of Delusion
2004
Princess HIME 3: The Woman Within the Woman
2004
Princess HIME 1: The Woman Who Loved Too Much
2004
Kibakichi
2004
as Kikyo
Norio's Room
2004
L'amant
2004
as Chikako
Sarutobi Sasuke and the Army of Darkness 3 - The Wind Chapter
2004
Sarutobi Sasuke and the Army of Darkness 2 - The Earth Chapter
2004
Sarutobi Sasuke and the Army of Darkness 1 - The Heaven Chapter
2004
The Suicide Manual 2: Intermediate Stage
2003
Fight Girls
2003
as Kei (female boxer)
The Suicide Manual
2003
as Miki Nagasawa