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Mika Hijii (肘井 ミカ, Hijii Mika, born 肘井 美佳, October 13, 1982 in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese actress and gravure idol best known for her role as Kaoru Mitsuki in the Garo series.
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Mika Hijii was born on 13 October 1983 in Iizuka, Fukuoka, Japan. She is an actress, known for Ninja (2009), Ninja: Shadow of a Tear (2013) and Alien vs. Ninja (2010).
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Mika Hijii is a Japanese actress and gravure idol best known for her role as Kaoru Mitsuki in the Garo series. She is also known in the western world for her role as Namiko Takeda in the 2009 martial arts film Ninja and its 2013 sequel Ninja: Shadow of a Tear.
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Mika Hijii (肘井 美佳, Hijii Mika) is a Japanese actress and gravure idol best known for her role as Kaoru Mitsuki in the GARO series. She is also known in the western world for her role as Namiko Takeda in the 2009 martial arts film Ninja and its 2013 sequel Ninja: Shadow of a Tear. Mika Hijii is affiliated with Stardust Promotion. She holds a bachelo...
Hijii is an avid practitioner of Kung fu. In 2011, she participated in the team division of the 28th All Japan Wushu Tai Chi Championship. She and Yayoi Kumada, a stunt actress whose work includes Garo, placed fourth.
Hijii speaks fluent English. She studied abroad in New York City from July 2013 to January 2014 and has appeared in English-language education programs on NHK. She has also worked as a reporter for English-language outlets.
In 2019, she married a man who is not in the entertainment industry. The marriage was timed to coincide with the start of Japan's Reiwa era. She wrote on social media that she and her husband wanted to “cherish the joy of being able to build a relationship in a new way in the beginning of the new generation.”
In June 2020, she changed her stage name, spelling her given name in phonetic katakana rather than kanji Mika Hijii (肘井 ミカ, Hijii Mika).
Television
•GARO (2005) - Kaoru Mitsuki •GARO Side Story: Smile (2006) - Kaoru Mitsuki •GARO Special: Beast of the Demon Night (2006) - Kaoru Mitsuki •KIBA: Dark Knight Side Story (2011) - Kaoru Mitsuki/Messiah (Voice) •GARO: Makai Flash Knight (2011) - Kaoru Mitsuki/Nisou
Films
•GARO: Red Requiem (2010) - Karma (Voice) •GARO: Lament of the Dark Dragon (2013) - Kaoru Mitsuki
Ryosei Konishi and Mika Hijii, Koga and Kaoru from the original GARO series, give us their thoughts looking back at the series after 10 years and the new HD ...
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Dec 31, 2013 · Mika Hijii is a Japanese actress and gravure idol best known for her role as Kaoru Mitsuki in the Garo series. She is also known in the western world for her role as Namiko Takeda in the 2009...
