Masami Nagasawa

Masami Nagasawa (長澤 まさみ; also credited as Nagasawa Masami) is a Japanese screen actress born on June 3, 1987, in Iwata, Shizuoka, and represented by Toho Entertainment. Known for her natural warmth and emotional range, she has become a familiar face across contemporary Japanese cinema and television.

After graduating from Horikoshi High School in 2006, Nagasawa built a career that spans major films and hit dramas. She gained wide recognition through popular titles such as Crying out Love in the Center of the World, Nada Sousou, Dragon Zakura, and Proposal Daisakusen, steadily expanding from youthful leads to more layered, mature roles.

Her recent and notable credits include Shin Kamen Rider (as Sasori Augment-01), A Hundred Flowers (as Kaori), The Confidence Man JP - Episode of the Hero - (as Dako), and Galileo Zero (as Akari Shionoya), alongside TV specials like Honto Ni Atta Kowai Hanashi: 2020 Tokubetsu-hen.

Off-screen, she’s affectionately known by nicknames such as “Ma-chan,” while fans coined “Gasawa,” which she has used in radio introductions. She is the daughter of Kazuaki Nagasawa, a former manager of the J.League club Júbilo Iwata.