# Nana Komatsu (小松菜奈)
**Nana Komatsu** (小松菜奈, born 1996) is a Japanese actress and model who debuted as a magazine model in 2008 and became a film actress with Tetsuya Nakashima's *[The World of Kanako](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-world-of-kanako)* (*渇き。*, 2014), a role that won her the Newcomer of the Year award at the 38th Japan Academy Prizes. She is represented by Stardust Promotion and has served as a Chanel brand ambassador since 2016.[1](https://www.stardust.co.jp/talent/section3/komatsunana/) • [2](https://thetv.jp/person/2000001055/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1996, Tokyo; blood type O; agency Stardust Promotion[1](https://www.stardust.co.jp/talent/section3/komatsunana/) |
| Modeling start | Debuted as a model in 2008 with the magazine *Nico☆puchi*[2](https://thetv.jp/person/2000001055/) |
| Film debut | *The World of Kanako* (2014), directed by Tetsuya Nakashima; Newcomer of the Year, 38th Japan Academy Prizes[1](https://www.stardust.co.jp/talent/section3/komatsunana/) • [3](https://cinema.eiga.com/person/275455/award/) |
| Hollywood debut | Martin Scorsese's *Silence* (2016), as Monica/Haru[4](https://www.sumitomolife.co.jp/about/newsrelease/pdf/2017/170822.pdf) |
| Major awards | Excellent Supporting Actress, 43rd Japan Academy Prizes (*Closed Ward*, 2020); Excellent Lead Actress, 44th (*Threads*, 2021)[3](https://cinema.eiga.com/person/275455/award/) |
| Fashion work | Chanel brand ambassador since 2016[1](https://www.stardust.co.jp/talent/section3/komatsunana/) |
| Marriage | Announced her marriage to actor Masaki Suda on November 15, 2021[5](https://piaofang.maoyan.com/celebrity?id=127212) |
## Early life and modeling
Komatsu was born in Tokyo in 1996.[1](https://www.stardust.co.jp/talent/section3/komatsunana/) According to her agency profile, she began modeling in 2008 and subsequently appeared in a range of magazines; her first exclusive modeling work was for the fashion magazine *Nico☆puchi* in 2008 and 2009.[1](https://www.stardust.co.jp/talent/section3/komatsunana/) IMDb reports that she was scouted while still in elementary school in Tokyo's Harajuku district, and that before her film career she was a popular account holder on Instagram and later published a photo collection of her own photography, shot at Turkey's Trabzon port, in 2016.[6](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5862455/)
## Film debut and breakthrough
Her first appearance in a theatrically released feature film came in *The World of Kanako* (*渇き。*, 2014), directed by Tetsuya Nakashima, the filmmaker behind *[Memories of Matsuko](https://www.edgepedia.org/memories-of-matsuko)* (2006) and *[Confessions](https://www.edgepedia.org/confessions-2010-film)* (2010).[7](https://www.moviecollection.jp/interview/25965/) She played Kanako, a missing high school girl with a beautiful surface and a cruel hidden side, opposite Koji Yakusho as her father.[1](https://www.stardust.co.jp/talent/section3/komatsunana/) • [8](https://contents.oricon.co.jp/special/48537/) The performance made a strong impression and brought her a run of newcomer honors: the Newcomer of the Year award at the 38th Japan Academy Prizes, the Sponichi Grand Prix Newcomer Award at the 69th Mainichi Film Awards, and a Newcomer Award at the 39th Hochi Film Awards.[3](https://cinema.eiga.com/person/275455/award/) • [9](https://www.gaga.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/history-j20260201.pdf) She also received the New Actress award in Kinema Junpo's 90th Best Ten for 2016 and the Best New Actress award at the 38th Yokohama Film Festival.[1](https://www.stardust.co.jp/talent/section3/komatsunana/)
In interviews she has described the role as a lasting burden as well as a foundation. Because her first role was a two-faced character, she said, people kept suspecting hidden depths in whatever she played afterward, and she worried about how to escape that image.[10](https://tvfan.kyodo.co.jp/feature-interview/interview/1094656) Oricon News placed her in the lineage of young "eccentric" actresses alongside Ai Hashimoto and Fumi Nikaido, noting that directors including Nakashima and [Sion Sono](https://www.edgepedia.org/sion-sono) rated her highly and that offers piled up.[8](https://contents.oricon.co.jp/special/48537/)
## Range and leading roles
From 2015 onward she moved quickly between registers. She played the heroine Miho Azuki in the live-action *Bakuman.* (2015), the comedy heroine Yu Akabane in *The Black Devil and the White Prince* (2016), and Natsume Mochizuki in *Drowning Love* (2016), her first lead role in a feature film.[1](https://www.stardust.co.jp/talent/section3/komatsunana/) • [4](https://www.sumitomolife.co.jp/about/newsrelease/pdf/2017/170822.pdf) In 2016 she also made her Hollywood debut in Martin Scorsese's *[Silence](https://www.edgepedia.org/silence-2016-film)*, playing Monica (Haru), a villager in a hidden-Christian community in early Edo-period Nagasaki, a role that included acting in English.[4](https://www.sumitomolife.co.jp/about/newsrelease/pdf/2017/170822.pdf) • [11](https://talent-dictionary.com/%E5%B0%8F%E6%9D%BE%E8%8F%9C%E5%A5%88/a/51849) On Metacritic, *Silence* stands as the highest-scoring film of her career at 79, against 55 for *The World of Kanako*.[12](https://www.metacritic.com/person/nana-komatsu/)
Later work broadened the range further: Princess Yuki in Bernard Rose's *Samurai Marathon* (2019), the guitarist Leo in *Farewell Song* (2019), Yuki in *Closed Ward* (*閉鎖病棟－それぞれの朝－*, 2019), a girl visiting a psychiatric hospital after domestic abuse, and lead or co-lead parts in *Threads* (*糸*, 2020), *Moonlight Shadow* (2021), and *The Last 10 Years* (*余命10年*, 2022), in which she played a woman told at twenty that she has ten years to live.[1](https://www.stardust.co.jp/talent/section3/komatsunana/) • [13](https://www.cinematoday.jp/interview/A0006940) • [14](https://bisweb.jp/interview/124941) For *The Last 10 Years* she prepared by losing weight, an episode she discussed in a 2022 bis interview.[14](https://bisweb.jp/interview/124941)
Her most recent headline project is *[Exit 8](https://www.edgepedia.org/exit-8-film)* (*８番出口*), directed by Genki Kawamura and distributed by Toho, released August 29, 2025; the film was selected in the Midnight Screenings section of the 78th Cannes Film Festival.[1](https://www.stardust.co.jp/talent/section3/komatsunana/)
## Awards recognition
Komatsu's awards trace the shift from newcomer to lead actress. After the 2014–2015 newcomer prizes, she won Best Actress at the 41st Yokohama Film Festival for *Farewell Song*, an award she shared with co-star Mai Kadowaki; the two had debuted as the guitar duo HaruReo for the film, releasing a CD in 2019.[2](https://thetv.jp/person/2000001055/) • [1](https://www.stardust.co.jp/talent/section3/komatsunana/) The Japan Academy Prizes followed: Excellent Supporting Actress at the 43rd ceremony (2020) for *Closed Ward*, and Excellent Lead Actress at the 44th (2021) for *Threads*.[3](https://cinema.eiga.com/person/275455/award/) She also received the Rising Star Asia Award at the 18th New York Asian Film Festival in 2019, the Best Supporting Actress award at the 44th Hochi Film Awards for *It Comes*, and the Leading Actress award at the 30th Japan Film Professional Awards in 2021.[1](https://www.stardust.co.jp/talent/section3/komatsunana/)
## Fashion, music videos, and other work
Fashion has run alongside acting throughout her career. She has been a Chanel brand ambassador since 2016, has fronted campaigns for brands including niko and... and United Arrows, and appeared on the cover of *Vogue Japan*'s January 2025 issue, photographed in Paris in Chanel.[1](https://www.stardust.co.jp/talent/section3/komatsunana/) • [15](https://www.vogue.co.jp/article/2025-january-cover-story-nana-komatsu) She is also a frequent presence in music videos, from early appearances in Shiina Ringo's *Jiyū e Dōren* (2012) and RADWIMPS videos to Gen Hoshino's *Ain't Nobody Know* (2020), Vaundy's *Odoriko* (2021), and Yonezu Kenshi-related projects such as the *Who Were We?* video (2024).[1](https://www.stardust.co.jp/talent/section3/komatsunana/) Her agency lists photography as her hobby.[1](https://www.stardust.co.jp/talent/section3/komatsunana/)
## Personal life
On November 15, 2021, her agency announced that she had married the actor Masaki Suda.[5](https://piaofang.maoyan.com/celebrity?id=127212) IMDb notes that she should not be confused with the character Nana Komatsu from the manga and film series *Nana*, a namesake rather than the same person.[6](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5862455/)
## References
1. [小松菜奈 | スターダストプロモーション (Stardust Promotion official profile)](https://www.stardust.co.jp/talent/section3/komatsunana/)
2. [小松菜奈のプロフィール | WEBザテレビジョン](https://thetv.jp/person/2000001055/)
3. [小松菜奈 : 受賞歴 - 映画.com](https://cinema.eiga.com/person/275455/award/)
4. [小松菜奈さんプロフィール, 住友生命 (Sumitomo Life news release PDF, 2017)](https://www.sumitomolife.co.jp/about/newsrelease/pdf/2017/170822.pdf)
5. [小松菜奈 - 1905电影网/猫眼专业版](https://piaofang.maoyan.com/celebrity?id=127212)
6. [Nana Komatsu - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5862455/)
7. [『渇き。』小松菜奈インタビュー | 映画・エンタメ情報サイト MOVIE COLLECTION](https://www.moviecollection.jp/interview/25965/)
8. [“ポスト二階堂ふみ”小松菜奈、オファーが殺到する若手エキセントリック女優 | オリコンニュース](https://contents.oricon.co.jp/special/48537/)
9. [第38回日本アカデミー賞 新人俳優賞（小松菜奈）受賞, Gaga history PDF](https://www.gaga.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/history-j20260201.pdf)
10. [〖インタビュー〗「スリル！～赤の章～」小松菜奈 | エンタメOVO](https://tvfan.kyodo.co.jp/feature-interview/interview/1094656)
11. [〖評価順〗小松菜奈の出演映画まとめ | タレント辞書](https://talent-dictionary.com/%E5%B0%8F%E6%9D%BE%E8%8F%9C%E5%A5%88/a/51849)
12. [Nana Komatsu - Metacritic](https://www.metacritic.com/person/nana-komatsu/)
13. [『閉鎖病棟－それぞれの朝－』小松菜奈 単独インタビュー｜シネマトゥデイ](https://www.cinematoday.jp/interview/A0006940)
14. [女優 小松菜奈が明かす。減量して臨んだ、役作りのエピソード | bis](https://bisweb.jp/interview/124941)
15. [表紙に初登場した小松菜奈 | Vogue Japan](https://www.vogue.co.jp/article/2025-january-cover-story-nana-komatsu)
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