A Crush By Any Other Name

Though I’ve mentioned it before, it’s still a surprise when I remember that recent Crush Of The day Alice Hirose isn’t her real name, nor is her younger sister Suzu's! And stepping back, there are actually quite a few actresses I love going by stage names, and here are just a few of them!

Mayuko Oishii

Alice Hirose

Suzuka Oishii

Suzu Hirose

Aya Tademaru

Haruka Ayase

Kuniko Ishigami

Satomi Ishihara

Sayasa Matsuoka

Mirei Kiritani

Satsuki Shimabukuro

Meisa Kuroki

Tomoko Anzai

Misaki Ito

Keiko Mizukawa

Asami Mizukawa

Yu Natsui

Yu Aoi

Yuko Ishii

Yuko Araki

Riko Tsukamoto

Riko Narumi

And then of course, you have your actresses who go mononymously by their singular first names…

Haru Minami

Haru

Nanao Arai

Nanao

Karina Nose

Karina

Anne Watanabe

Anne (though recently she's been using her full name)

Well, these are just a few that I know off the top of my head, though I’m sure there are dozens more!

Kanako Munehiro/Sarina Suzuki