bio / resume
Akiko Fujiwara
AKIKO FUJIWARA was born in New York and grew up in Tokyo, where she studied acting at the United Performer’s Studio Academy and received a degree in engineering at Keio University. She then returned to New York to pursue her MFA in Acting at the Actors Studio Drama School. Akiko is also extensively trained in street dance and is fluent in English and Japanese, which has allowed her to perform in both languages.
RESUME
akiko.fujiwara @ hotmail.com
Height: 5’2”
Weight: 120lb
Weight: 120lb
THEATER
TOP GIRLS
Lady Nijo / Kit
Dance New Amsterdam
Kaitlyn Samuel
A MIDSUMMERS NIGHTS DREAM
Moth
Shinjuku Space 107
Yoko Narahashi
EDUCATIONAL THEATRE
WELCOME TO THE MOON
Shirley
Actors Studio Drama School
James Fagan
PROOF
Catherine
Actors Studio Drama School
Elizabeth Kemp
THE EFFECT OF GAMMA RAYS ON MAN-IN-THE-MOON-MARIGOLDS
Ruth
Actors Studio Drama School
Susan Aston
Up, Down, Strange, Charmed, Beauty, and Truth
Marley
Actors Studio Drama School
Susan Aston
GENTLE 12
Juror #6
UPS Academy
Daigo Tanji
FILM/TELEVISION
No Gun
Lead
Columbia Student Film
Eldad Eitan
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
MFA, Acting
Actors Studio Drama School, Pace University; NYC
Acting: Elizabeth Kemp, Susan Aston, Louis Colaianni
Voice: Susan Schuld, Craig Bacon, Corinna May
Movement: Michael Billingsley, David Frank
Dance: Vado Diomande(West African), Elizabeth Roxas (Horton Technique), Danielle Quisenberry (Ballroom)
Acting: Elizabeth Kemp, Susan Aston, Louis Colaianni
Voice: Susan Schuld, Craig Bacon, Corinna May
Movement: Michael Billingsley, David Frank
Dance: Vado Diomande(West African), Elizabeth Roxas (Horton Technique), Danielle Quisenberry (Ballroom)
Other
United Performers Studio – UPS Academy Total Theater Training; Tokyo
Acting: Yoko Narahashi, Lyena Yonekura, Masayasu Nakanishi
Acting: Yoko Narahashi, Lyena Yonekura, Masayasu Nakanishi
SPECIAL SKILLS
Dance (Jazz, House, Hip-Hop – 9 years), Read Music, Piano – 8 years, Japanese CalligraphyLanguage: Fluent Japanese, English
contact
- Email:akikofujiwara.web@gmail.com