Takako Fuji

Takako Fuji
藤 貴子
Born	(1972-07-27) July 27, 1972 (age 52)[1] Tokyo, Japan
Occupations	Actress voice actress dancer
Years active	1994–present
Height	165 cm (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Spouse	Joe Watanabe ​ ​ (m. 1998; div. 2004)​
Children	1

Takako Fuji (藤 貴子, Fuji Takako, born 27 July 1972) is a Japanese actress, voice actress, and dancer from Tokyo, Japan. She is best known for her performances as Kayako Saeki in the Ju-On and Grudge franchises.[2]

Biography

A native of Tokyo, Fuji studied acting at the Aoyama Gakuin University,[3] and subsequently joined the Ein Theatrical Company.[2] Her work was usually on-stage or in voice-over studios, but occasionally she would also appear in films. Her most famous role to this date is that of Kayako Saeki, the vengeful ghost in the Ju-on series, which she subsequently played in The Grudge series later on as well. She first played Kayako in the 1998 short movie Katasumi, part of the Gakkô no kaidan G collection. She then reprised her role in the direct-to-video film Ju-on and its sequel, Ju-on 2.

When director Takashi Shimizu decided to direct two additional instalments for a broader theatrical release, which he called (Ju-on: The Grudge and Ju-on: The Grudge 2), Fuji played the character of Kayako twice more. When the films were subsequently remade for an American audience as The Grudge and The Grudge 2, she returned as Kayako again. However, she declined the role in The Grudge 3 which subsequently went to Aiko Horiuchi.

Filmography

Films

List of acting performances in feature films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Refs[2]
1997	Princess Mononoke	Woman in Iron Town
1998	Katasumi and 4444444444	Kayako Saeki	short film
2002	Ju-on: The Grudge	Kayako Saeki	Main Antagonist
2003	Ju-on: The Grudge 2	Kayako Saeki
2004	The Grudge	Kayako Saeki
2005	Reincarnation	Hotel Maid
2005	The Samurai I Loved
2006	The Grudge 2	Kayako Saeki	Main Antagonist
2006	The iDol	Rika
2007	Ghost vs. Alien 03
2007	The Cat's Whiskers

List of acting performances in direct-to-video and television films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Refs[2]
2000	Ju-on: The Curse	Kayako Saeki	Direct to-DVD
2000	Ju-on: The Curse 2	Kayako Saeki	Direct to-DVD

Anime

List of voice performances in anime

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Refs
1996	Case Closed	Tomoko Hayasaka / Toshimi Ebihara
1998	Devil Lady	Satomi Yuasa	23 episodes	[4]
1999	Crest of the Stars	Gyumuryua	13 episodes
2000	Turn A Gundam	Little Girl in Canal C	Episode: "Sea Battle of the Lunar Surface"	^[citation needed]
2010	Naruto: Shippuden	Hidden Stone Village Jonin	Episode: "Naruto and the Old Soldier"	^[citation needed]
2015	Ghost in the Shell: Arise Architecture	Jeril / VV	4 Episodes	[4]
2019	The Rising of the Shield Hero	Old Woman	Episode: "Curse Shield"

Dubbing

List of voice performances in overseas dubbing

Title	Role	Notes	Refs[2]
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier	Valentina Allegra de Fontaine	Voice dub for Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Black Widow			[5]
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever			[6]
2012	Laura Wilson	Voice dub for Thandie Newton	[7]
Adventures of Jules Verne
Æon Flux	Sithandra	Voice dub for Sophie Okonedo	[8]
After Earth	Faia Raige	Voice dub for Sophie Okonedo	[9]
Almost Human	Captain Sandra Maldonado	Voice dub for Lili Taylor	[10]
Armageddon	Grace Stamper	Voice dub for Liv Tyler	[11]
Black Lightning	Lynn Stewart	Voice dub for Christine Adams
Brandy & Mr. Whiskers	Lola Boa	Voice dub for Alanna Ubach
The Child in Time	Julie	Voice dub for Kelly Macdonald	[12]
The Conjuring	Carolyn Perron	Voice dub for Lili Taylor	[13]
Creep	Kate	Voice dub for Franka Potente	[14]
CSI: Miami	Natalia Boa Vista	Voice dub for Eva LaRue
Curse of Chucky	Barb Pierce	Voice dub for Danielle Bisutti	[15]
Deliver Us from Evil	Jen Sarchie	Voice dub for Olivia Munn	[16]
Due Date	Heidi	Voice dub for Juliette Lewis	[17]
Enough	Slim Hiller	Voice dub for Jennifer Lopez	[18]
Good Bye, Lenin!	Ariane Kerner	Voice dub for Maria Simon	[19]
The Grudge	Faith Matheson	Voice dub for Lin Shaye	[20]
	Fiona Landers	Voice dub for Tara Westwood	[21]
Hearts in Atlantis	Liz Garfield	Voice dub for Hope Davis	[22]
Hereditary	Annie Graham	Voice dub for Toni Collette	[23]
Hide and Seek	Elizabeth Young	Voice dub for Elisabeth Shue	[24]
High Incident	Jesse Erugado	Voice dub for Lisa Vidal
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2	Lieutenant Jackson	Voice dub for Michelle Forbes	[25]
Johnny English	Lorna Campbell	Voice dub for Natalie Imbruglia
The Kitchen	Ruby O'Carroll	Voice dub for Tiffany Haddish	[26]
The Last Scandal of My Life	Lee Na-yoon	Voice dub for Byun Jung-soo
Liar	DI Vanessa Harmon	Voice dub for Shelley Conn	[27]
Life Is Beautiful	Amico Rodolfo	Voice dub for Claudio Alfonsi
Limitless	Melissa Gant	Voice dub for Anna Friel	[28]
A Little Bit of Heaven	Marley Corbett	Voice dub for Kate Hudson	[29]
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power	Marigold Brandyfoot	Voice dub for Sara Zwangobani	[30]
The Loudest Voice	Gretchen Carlson	Voice dub for Naomi Watts	[31]
Marnie	Susan Clabon	Voice dub for Mariette Hartley	[32]
The Mandalorian	The Armorer	Voice dub for Emily Swallow
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials	Mary Cooper	Voice dub for Lili Taylor	[33]
Missing	Grace Allen	Voice dub for Nia Long	[34]
Mission: Impossible III	Lindsey Farris	Voice dub for Keri Russell	[35]
Monk	Natalie Teeger	Voice dub for Traylor Howard
New Year's Eve	Laura	Voice dub for Katherine Heigl	[36]
Nightmare Alley	Zeena Krumbein	Voice dub for Toni Collette	[37]
Out of Time	Anne-Merai Harrison	Voice dub for Sanaa Lathan	[38]
The Pacifier	Claire Fletcher	Voice dub for Lauren Graham	[39]
Saw series	Amanda Young	Voice dub for Shawnee Smith	[4][40]
Shades of Blue	Detective Tess Nazario	Voice dub for Drea de Matteo	[41]
Strike Back	Maj. Rachel Dalton	Voice dub for Rhona Mitra	[42]
Third Watch
Titanic	Rose	Voice dub for Kate Winslet
Tomorrowland	Ursula	Voice dub for Kathryn Hahn	[43]
Treadstone	Ellen Becker	Voice dub for Michelle Forbes	[44]
U.S. Marshals	Marie Bineaux	Voice dub for Irène Jacob	[45]
Vincenzo	Choi Myung-hee	Voice dub for Kim Yeo-jin	[46]
Westworld	Maeve Millay	Voice dub for Thandie Newton	[47]
What to Expect When You're Expecting	Holly Castillo	Voice dub for Jennifer Lopez	[48]
The World Is Not Enough	Dr. Christmas Jones	Voice dub for Denise Richards	[49]
Yo soy Betty, la fea	Betty	Voice dub for Ana Maria Orozco
Zombieland: Double Tap	Nevada	Voice dub for Rosario Dawson	[50]

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External links

• Official agency profile (in Japanese)
• Takako Fuji at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Takako Fuji at IMDb
• Takako Fuji at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)