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Nozomi Ando
Ando Nozomi is a former Oha Star girl and also a former Nicomo (model of nicola). She made her acting debut with Gamera 3 Jashin Kakusei. After that film she appeared in a handful of others and won herself Mainichi Film Contest Sponichi Grand Prix Newcomer award for Sakuya Youkaiten in 2000. She was also the recepient of the Third Nihon Digital Video Grand Prix award for best actress. While she began singing on an independent label in 1999, in 2001 she made her major debut with Crowd Record. However, she has focused more on acting in recent years and has not recorded music since 2003. She also got married five years later, as announced on her blog, and gave birth to her first child a year later.
Known For

Sakuya: The Slayer of Demons
as Sakuya

Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris
as Miyuki Moribe

Tomie: Forbidden Fruit
as Tomie Kawakami

Touch
as Sayuri Hyuga

The Suicide Manual
as Miki Nagasawa

Kibakichi
as Kikyo

Flic
as Michiko Kusuda / Ai Kusuda

Hanada Shonenshi the Movie: Spirits and the Secret Tunnel
as Seiko Katori

Throws Out My Hometown
as Meri

Fight Girls
as Kei (female boxer)