Norika Fujiwara

Norika Fujiwara
Born	June 28, 1971 (1971-06-28) (age 40) Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Spouse	Jinnai Tomonori (2007-2009)(Divorce)

Norika Fujiwara (藤原 紀香, Fujiwara Norika^?, born on June 28, 1971, in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture) 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 various commercials and TV series and a number of films in Japan.

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 2) (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 (aka Spy_N in Japan, with the "N" standing for "Norika") co-starring Aaron Kwok, Mark Dacascos and Coolio. In 2007, she visited India to make a documentary film on Super 30.^[1]

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

Personal life

Fujiwara was rumored to have been romantically involved with late K-1 fighter Andy Hug for a time. 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.^[2] As of March 23, 2009, she is divorced.

Masashi Tashiro

Fujiwara once hosted a sport program, called "SRS", by Fuji Television with television star Masashi Tashiro. It was rumored that Masashi Tashiro may have secretly installed a hidden camera in the women's restroom to covertly record Fujiwara and other women changing clothes or using the restroom facilities. However, no video or images from this supposed electronic surveillance has appeared.^[3]

References

1. ^ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS/Cities/Patna/With_love_from_Tokyo_to_Patna/articleshow/1670396.cms
2. ^ Japan Today February 18, 2007.
3. ^ 藤原紀香：カルト事件簿検索結果 [1]

External links

• Official site NORIKANESQUE (Japanese)
• Norika Fujiwara at the Internet Movie Database
• at JMDb (Japanese)
• Norika.net (Japanese)
• Afghanistan Smiles Photo exhibition in Afghanistan
• Cosmetic that Fujiwara patronizes (Japanese)

Preceded by Emi Okamoto

Miss Japan 1992

Succeeded by Yoko Koiwai

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Name	Fujiwara, Norika
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Date of birth	June 28, 1971
Place of birth	Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
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