Riona Hazuki (葉月里緒奈 Hazuki Riona), born Mai Yamada (山田麻衣 Yamada Mai, born on July 11, 1975, in Tokyo, Japan), is a Japanese actress. In 1999, she played the main role in Owls' Castle.
Biography
Hazuki was born as Mai Yamada in Nakano, Tokyo on July 11, 1975. From ages 10 to 17, she lived in Chicago where her family had moved due to her father’s job.
Hazuki made her debut as an actor in the 1993 television drama Oka no Ue no Himawari (The Sunflower on the Hill). Her first role in a movie was in 1995’s Sharaku - the movie in which she met and starred with Hiroyuki Sanada. Her final acting role was in the Television drama Deka fūfū 3 (Detective Husband and Wife 3) in 2017. Sanada then divorced his wife, actress . Hazuki later was labeled a "devil woman" and was heavily criticized by the public for her behavior.
In 2001, she had a surprise marriage to a sushi chef living in Hawaii, USA, but divorced after just two months. In 2018, it was revealed by news outlets that she had married a third time, again to an executive at a major real estate developer.
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|Riona
- Released: December 20, 1995
- Label: Toshiba-EMI
- Formats: CD, cassette
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