Mina Asami
Japanese actress celebrated for her work in pink cinema and her memorable dual role in the beloved Super Sentai series Hikari Sentai Maskman.
Mina Asami - Personal Information
- Name: Mina Asami
- Date of Birth: December 2, 1958
- Place of Birth: Saitama, Japan
- Gender: Female
- Job Title: Actor
Biography
Mina Asami (浅見 美那, Asami Mina) is a Japanese pink film actress who built a distinctive career across both exploitation cinema and mainstream tokusatsu television. Her work in pink films throughout the early 1980s established her as a recognizable presence in that genre, with appearances in productions such as Female Prisoner: Caged!, Story of White Coat: Indecent Acts, and Jun Marumo's Slut Legend.
In the Super Sentai franchise, she achieved broader recognition through her portrayal of the dual characters Princess Ial and Prince Igam in Hikari Sentai Maskman, a role she reprised in the accompanying theatrical film release. Her performance in that series remains among the most fondly remembered in the long-running franchise's history. She also appeared in Choushinsei Flashman, further cementing her place within the tokusatsu genre.
Selected Filmography
A look at Mina Asami's notable screen appearances across film and television.
- Hikari Sentai Maskman: The Movie (1987) as Earth Imperial Prince Igam
- Hikari Sentai Maskman (TV - 1987) as Prince Igam / Princess Ial
- The Shogunate's Harem (1986) as Ayame
- House on Fire (1986)
- Choushinsei Flashman (TV - 1986) as Shibehl
- Joshidai-ryō VS kango gakuen-ryō (1984) as Kazue Miyamoto, Leader of Nurses
- Jun Marumo's Slut Legend (1984) as Yumi Tamura
- Fine, with Occasional Murders (1984) as Akemi
- Story of White Coat: Indecent Acts (1984) as Shinobu
- Female Prisoner: Caged! (1983) as Masayo
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