Haru, born Haru Minami, is an award-winning Japanese actress, singer, and model. She was born in Tokyo, Japan on June 17, 1991, and made her acting debut in 2006. Since then, she has appeared in countless films and television dramas, including “Again” (2015).

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As one of the top sales employees for a major consumer electronics company, Honoka Hayami (Haru) is well respected by her colleagues. Always organized and well put together, Honoka has earned a reputation among her co-workers for being practically perfect in every way. Little do they know that Honoka’s private life is anything but perfect.

While Honoka puts up a front as a perfectionist and clean freak at work, at home she’s exactly the opposite. Dirty and unorganized, her house is always a mess and with all of her energy going into appearing perfect at work, it seems as if things at home will stay that way indefinitely. But when Chihiro Yamamoto (Takasugi Mahiro), Honoka’s clean-freak co-worker stumbles upon her dirty little secret, Honoka’s life is turned upside down in an instant.

An absolute wiz when it comes to cleaning, Chihiro decides the only way to get Honoka to clean up her act is to do the housework himself. Happy to let Chihiro take over the household chores, Honoka invites him over almost daily but quickly realizes she needs him full-time. Inviting Chihiro to move in with her, Honoka is certain this is the best way to keep her house clean. But what happens when the man cleaning her house slowly begins to sweep her off her feet?

Adapted from the manga series “My Bride” by Shiba Natsumi, “Mr. Bride” is a 2023 Japanese romantic comedy drama directed by Joho Hidenori.

Mr. Bride

🍛mysexyhousekeeper team💞

When Masayo Tanaka (Haru) failed to pass her art school entrance exam, she had no choice but to find something else to do with her life. As the daughter of the owner of a Hokkaido love hotel, Masayo feels she has no choice but to follow in her father Daikichi’s (Ken Yasuda) footsteps. Resigning herself to her fate, Masayo takes a position at her family’s business, the Hotel Royal.

As she welcomes a variety of patrons to the Hotel Royal, Masayo resigns herself to the fact that one day, she will take over the family business. Not exactly pleased with the prospects of her future, Masayo does a good job of hiding her emotions. But when a double suicide takes place in one of the hotel rooms and her father suddenly falls ill, Masayo’s tough outer shell begins to crack.

Faced with the very real possibility of the hotel’s closure, Masayo has no choice but to step in and take charge. Seeing the hotel in an entirely different light, Masayo begins to understand what it really means to her family, its staff, and its patrons. Armed with this new perspective, can Masayo find a way to save the Hotel Royal?

Based on the award-winning novel of the same name by Shino Sakuragi, “Hotel Royal” is a 2020 Japanese film directed by Masaharu Take.

Hotel Royal

Decades ago, high schoolers Yayoi Yuki (Haru) and Taro Yamada (Ryo Narita) began to develop feelings for each other. However, when their close friend Sakura (Hana Sugisaki) fell ill and died, they hid their true emotions and went their separate ways. Both married different partners, but one marriage ended in disappointment while the other ended in tragedy. As they navigate the sadness that crept into their lives, everything changes when they receive a posthumous message from Sakura. Could their romance rekindle, 30 years on? Or has their chance at love faded away forever? This 2020 Japanese movie was directed by Kazuhiko Yukawa.

I Have Loved You for 30 Years, Yayoi

♡ A Whole Life For You ♡

Yayoi Yuki

Yaeko Kogure (Haru) is a 27-year-old white-collar worker who is tired of her office life and looks forward to getting married and putting it all behind her. It is with great joy that she gets engaged with her boyfriend and hands in her notice. But before she really has a chance to celebrate, she gets a shock when her fiancé tells her he wants to break up with her because he has started a relationship with another woman.

Dejected, she sits in a shopping mall where she hears the Bach violin piece “Air on the G String” (from the composer’s “3rd Suite in D major”). On a whim, she decides to take a violin class, where she meets and befriends a younger university student named Rihito Kase (Taishi Nakagawa) and a married woman named Yukie Kitagawa (Matsushita Yuki). The former is in love with the violin class teacher, but Yaeko Kogure starts to develop romantic feelings for him...

This drama was based on a manga series that was serialized between 2013 and 2018.

“You, Me, and Bach” is a 2019 Japanese drama series that was directed by Fuminori Kaneko, Kentaro Takemura, and Ryosuke Fukuda.

You, Me and Bach

The Sweet Symphony Team

In the devastating aftermath of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, Mie Tozawa (Haru) lost everything she held dear, including her father. Trying to pick up the pieces of her life, Mie has tried her best to move on, but with so many lingering memories, some days moving on feels nothing short of impossible. Sifting through her father’s belongings, Mie finds a bundle of unsent New Years cards, dated some 28 years prior. Her curiosity piqued, she sets out to discover the reason why the cards were never sent.

With the stack of cards in-hand, Mie begins reaching out to the people whose names are on the cards. Though the task isn’t easy, she eventually tracks down Haruhiko Sakacho (Kiichi Nakai), one of her father’s high school baseball teammates. Agreeing to meet with Mie, Haruhiko tells her of his past, of his relationship with her father, and of the glory days of their high school baseball team. Inspired by these stories, Mie decides it’s time to bring the old team back together.&nbsp;

Tracking down as many members of her father’s old baseball team as she can, Mie hopes to persuade them to play in the Masters Koshein, a senior league baseball tournament; but the task isn’t easy, especially not after she uncovers a long-hidden secret of her father’s. Will the truth keep her from her current task or will it inspire her to turn one of her father’s long-forgotten dreams into reality?

Based on the novel, “Kiroi Jou”, by Kiyoshi Shigematsu, “Again” is a 2015 sports drama film directed by Sumio Omori.

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