I saw that she didn't have a thread, so I thought I'd take initiative to make one.

* Stage Name: Tsuchiya Anna (�y���A���i)
* Full Name: Anna Marie Heider Tsuchiya
* Birthday: March 11, 1984
* Nationality: Japanese / Russian-American
* Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
* Blood Type: A
* Height: 168cm
* Hobbies: Classic ballet, Singling, Ball-Court Sports
* Special Skills: Tree Climbing, Can bark like a puppy
* Favourite Foods: Cheese, Vegetables, Pasta, Wine, Kohada
* Least Favourite Foods: Spicy Foods
* Favourite Alcohol: Tequila
* Favourite Artists: Aerosmith, Bon Jovi, Kurt Cobain, Queen
* Favourite Word: Tekitou (suitable)
* Favourite Colours: Black, Red
* Favourite Season: Summer
* Favourite Place: France
* Catch Phrase: Iiyo, Iiyo (���[��A���[��)
* Current Residence: Shinjuku

Tsuchiya Anna (�y���A���i) is a model, singer and actress who started her career as an exclusive model for seventeen magazine at 14. In 2002, she became the vocalist of the indies band Spin Aqua and later in 2004 started an acting career, playing Shirayuri Ichigo in the award winning comedy Shimotsuma Monogatari. Currently Anna continues on her musical career with a solo project under the MAD PRAY RECORDS sub-label of Avex. Anna is semi-proficient in English, having better command of an English accent than her peers (however is not a fluent speaker of English). Anna writes the lyrics to almost all of her songs herself.

In 2004 she had a child whom she named Sky (���C) with her late ex-husband, JOSHUA, who she met through her modeling agency.

In 2006-2007, her popularity rose when she became the singing voice for Oosaki Nana in the NANA anime adaptation.

Selected Discography

Albums + compilations
* [2005.08.24] Taste My Beat (Mini-Album)
* [2006.03.23] Taste My xxxremixxxxxxx!!!!!!!! Beat Life! (Remix album)
* [2006.08.02] strip me?
* [2007.02.28] ANNA TSUCHIYA inspi' NANA (BLACK STONES) (ANNA TSUCHIYA inspi' NANA (BLACK STONES))
* [2007.03.21] NANA BEST (ANNA TSUCHIYA inspi' NANA (BLACK STONES), OLIVIA inspi' REIRA (TRAPNEST)) (Joint Best Album)
* [2008.10.29] NUDY SHOW!

Photobooks
* [2003.01.20] White Ice Sherbet
* [2004.07.12] ANNA BANANA
* [2005.01.19] FLEUR
* [2005.12.20] Happy Days - Anna, Mama ni Naru! (�A���i�A�}�}�ɂȂ�!; Anna's a Mother Now!)
* [2007.03.02] Tsuchiya Anna Photo Album -ANNA
* [2007.08.03] An-san Hostess Shuugyouchuu (���񂳂�z�X�e�B�X�C�ƒ�) (compilation of her column at Flyman Postman Press)

Filmography

Films
* [2004] Shimotsuma Monogatari (���ȕ���; Kamikaze Girls)(as Shirayuri Ichigo (���S���C�`�S))
* [2004] Cha no Aji (���̖�; A Taste of Tea) (as Suzuishi Aoi (��΃A�I�C))
* [2005] Herbie: Fully Loaded (Japanese dub voice of Maggie Peyton) [voice]
* [2005] Bashment (�o�b�V�������g) (as Omori Juri)
* [2006] Kiwara Matsuko no Isshou (����ꏼ�q�̈ꐶ;Memories of Matsuko) (as Prisoner C)
* [2007] Dororo (�ǂ��) (as Sabame (�I��)'s wife)
* [2007] Sakuran (�������) (as Kiyoha / Higurashi (����t / ����))
* [2008] Paco to Mahou no Ehon (�p�R�Ɩ��@�̊G�{; Paco and the Magical Picture Book) (as Tamako �^�}�q�i���_�J�����; Medaka-chan))
* [2008] ���ꂢ��! �A���p���}�� �d�����������̂Ђ݂� (Sore ike! Anpan-man youei rinrin no himitsu) [voice]
* [2009] �J���C�O�` (Kamui Gaiden)

TV Dramas
* [2005] Arbeit Eye ~Hyaku Man-nin no Hyouteki~ (�A���o�C�g�T��(�A�C) ~100���l�̕W�I~)
* [2005] Dublin no Kane Tsuki Kabi Ningen (�_�u�����̏��‚��J�r�l��)

From wiki.theppn.org: http://wiki.theppn.org/Tsuchiya_Anna (currently down)

And now, picspam!
From The Taste of Tea:

Older modeling pic:

2006 runway jeans show with Narimiya Hiroki:

2007 summer:

2008 summer:

More to come...

Defending her honor, because whoever styled her for the Shiseido press conference needs to be kicked!

Zipper 2009/02
Credits: as watermarked

roon wrote:

Defending her honor, because whoever styled her for the Shiseido press conference needs to be kicked!

I'll say... She looks terrible in the press conference.

bmwracer wrote:

I'll say... She looks terrible in the press conference.

Yeah. Trust me, I've met her in person so I know it's not just make-up or post-processing/Photoshop.. she's gorgeous, and (usually) on a bad day she still looks really good. I don't know what happened with the Shiseido press conferences.

Here she is being a dork in 80s gear:

Shiseido Maquillage

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roon wrote:

Defending her honor, because whoever styled her for the Shiseido press conference needs to be kicked!

You're absolutely rite...
Even my sis didn't realize that it's the same person as in the commercial...

roon wrote:

Yeah. Trust me, I've met her in person so I know it's not just make-up or post-processing/Photoshop.. she's gorgeous, and (usually) on a bad day she still looks really good. I don't know what happened with the Shiseido press conferences.

It doesn't help with her hair being blond... It just looks weird for an Asian.

bmwracer wrote:

It doesn't help with her hair being blond... It just looks weird for an Asian.

Well, half-Asian. She has unusual looks.

Anime Dad wrote:

Well, half-Asian. She has unusual looks.

She doesn't look that unusual here:

In fact she looks pretty good.

Boy, did she make a misstep.

Yeah, the blonde was a bad idea. She doesn't look particularly Asian, though.

Anime Dad wrote:

Yeah, the blonde was a bad idea. She doesn't look particularly Asian, though.

True... There's only a slight inkling.

Anna finally had a break, so she got to relax and go shopping + out for fun. At the beach (Oiso, Kanagawa) with her manager.

Without makeup and with manager, from a couple days ago.

This picture is adorable. With her son, Sky! Also from a couple days ago.

^ Hard to tell from those small pics if she looks good or bad.

bmwracer wrote:

^ Hard to tell from those small pics if she looks good or bad.

They are links to larger ones.

I still think blonde is a bad look for her.

Anime Dad wrote:

They are links to larger ones.

Ah so ka.

Quote:

I still think blonde is a bad look for her.

Though, compared to her manager, she looks terrific.

bmwracer wrote:

Though, compared to her manager, she looks terrific.

He has a good face for radio

Anime Dad wrote:

He has a good face for radio

LOL, but behind it.

Anime Dad wrote:

I still think blonde is a bad look for her.

Yeah, even though I think she looks alright with blonde, she's much better as a natural brunette. I also want her to stop bleaching it so her hair doesn't fall out at an early age :p

LOL her manager... he seems like a cool guy at least.

Seeing from her pictures she is really beautiful and stunning. I guess she really performs well on stage with her talent.







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Japanese eyes

I just watched Pako to Mahou no Ehon (Paco and the Magical Picture Book), Nakashima Tetsuya's (Shimotsuma Monogatari, Kiraware Matsuko no issho) latest movie, and it was absolutely beautiful. Anna's last movie was Sakuran, but I felt that was lackluster as a whole movie itself.. it seems that she's very much in her prime under Nakashima's direction. She was wonderful!

It seems that Shiseido is using her as a model for another line of their products as well, called Anessa. CM debuts March 19~