Rila Fukushima is a model and actress from Japan who managed to conquer Hollywood. Recognition and international fame brought her the roles of Yukio in the film "Wolverine: Immortal" and Tatsu Yamashiro in the popular American television series "Arrow".
short biography
Future actress and model Rila Fukushima was born January 16, 1989 in Kyushu, one of the largest islands in Japan. However, the childhood and youth of this talented girl passed in the city of Tokyo. Here she graduated from high school, and later university. In addition, Rila Fukushima studied at a music school for two years.
Career and creativity
Rila from childhood dreamed of a career as a model. She kept a close eye on the work of Kate Moss, Cindy Crawford and Helena Christensen. Therefore, having become quite an adult and independent girl, Fukushima went to New York, where she could realize her dream.
New York City View Photo: King of Hearts / Wikimedia Commons
But family circumstances developed so that in 2010 she had to return to Tokyo. Rila could not leave her sick mother, who needed care. However, the girl still began to work in a modeling agency as an assistant. Later, the same agency invited her to act as a model. So began the modeling career of Rila Fukushima.
Her film debut took place in the budget television movie "Karma: A Very Twisted Love Story", where she played a character named Ray. In 2013, the aspiring actress got the role of Yukio in the American superhero action movie Wolverine: Immortal, which became Rila's first commercially successful film. She then played Erica in the drama Towairaito Sasara Saya, based on the novel by Tomoko Kano.
Kaori Yamamoto, Rila Fukushima and Pila Asbek Photo: Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan / Wikimedia Commons
In the period from 2015 to 2016, the actress starred in such films as "The Blind Zone", "Gonin. Saga", "Terraforming" and others. In 2017, several films with her participation were released at once, including the American science fiction action movie Ghost in the Shell and the comedy drama Woman in a Million Yen, which tells the story of the not very successful author of the works of Mitim Sina.
Tokyo City View Photo: Hide1228 / Wikimedia Commons
In April 2019, the premiere of the dramatic film "Enemy Within" took place, where Rila Fukushima played one of the main roles. And in October of the same year, director Kei Ishikawa presented the film “Bees and Peals of Thunder”, in which the actress also played one of the key characters named Jennifer Chang.
