Norika Fujiwara

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Norika Fujiwara Biography

Norika is a Japanese beauty queen, model, and actress. She became Miss Japan in 1992 and was an exclusive model for CanCam magazine. She has appeared in many commercials, TV shows, and films in Japan, China, Hong Kong, and Korea. She has also acted in a couple international films as well. She was the voice for Princess Fiona in the Japanese-dubbed versions of Shrek 1 and Shrek 2.

After several years of model and acting work, she has since worked internationally as a journalist and spokesperson, including acting as an ambassador for the Japanese - Korean friendship during the 2002 FIFA World Cup, reporting from the 2004 Olympics in Greece, and going to Afghanistan and holding a photo exhibition there. She was also appointed as one of Japan's ambassador for the Red Cross and goes on missions around the world to support people in need.

Personal life

She married Osaka-based comedian Tomonori Jinnai on February 17, 2007 at Ikuta Shrine in Kobe city in Hyōgo Prefecture, and their romance became popular with the public and media. Rumors of their impending divorce emerged on March 19, 2009.

Kataoka Ainosuke VI (6th generation Kabuki actor) and Fujiwara were married September 23, 2016, dressed in traditional Japanese wedding clothes. The couple held their wedding banquet at The Imperial Hotel in Tokyo on September 28, 2016, which was also where they held their marriage announcement press conference earlier in the year

Career

After several years of model work, Fujiwara has since worked internationally as a journalist and spokesperson, including acting as an ambassador of Japanese - Korean friendship during the 2002 FIFA World Cup, reporting from the 2004 Olympics in Greece, and going to Afghanistan and holding a photo exhibition there. Fujiwara was formerly a guest announcer and interviewer for K-1 on their major shows until 2006 when she was replaced by Waka Inoue.

Fujiwara has additionally worked in the video game and anime markets; her latest work as the main character Alicia in Project Minerva (PlayStation (2002), a squad-based, real-time semi-RPG versus rogue robots game, released in an updated English form with more

missions as Project Minerva Professional by Midas Interactive of the UK. She voiced Princess Fiona in the Japanese-dubbed version of the Shrek films.

Fujiwara spent one month in a homestay program with a family in the United States and continues to study English. She reportedly hopes to someday act in an English-language film produced in the West such as in the United States or Great Britain. She has already applied her talent to the English language in the film China Strike Force (a.k.a. Spy_N in Japan, with the "N" standing for "Norika") co-starring Aaron Kwok, Mark Dacascos and Coolio.In 2007, she visited India to meet Anand Kumar to make a documentary film on Super 30.

Fujiwara also had a leading role in the live-action film Great Teacher Onizuka where she played a semi-romantic role with Sorimachi Takashi.