{{short description|Japanese actress}} {{Infobox person | name = Haruka Abe | image = haruka abe 2016 2.jpg | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = Abe in 2016 | native_name = 安部 春香 | native_name_lang = ja | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1988|01|08}} | birth_place = Nerima, Tokyo, Japan | occupation = Actress | alma_mater = Rose Bruford College | years_active = 2006–present }} {{nihongo|'''Haruka Abe'''|安部 春香|Abe Haruka}} (born 8 January 1988) is a Japanese actress based in London.
== Life and career == Born in Nerima, Tokyo, Abe grew up in Tokyo, London and New York.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hernon|first=Matthew|date=2017-03-05|title=Actress Haruka Abe balances others' expectations and her own dreams|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2017/03/05/films/actress-haruka-abe-balances-others-expectations-dreams/|access-date=2022-01-16|website=The Japan Times|language=en-US}}</ref> As a child, she trained at Gekidan Himawari, a children’s drama school in Tokyo.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Japan Society - Haruka Abe – Interview with an Actress |url=https://www.japansociety.org.uk/review?review=407 |access-date=2025-09-03 |website=www.japansociety.org.uk}}</ref> She trained at Rose Bruford College in South East London.<ref name="profile">{{cite web|title=Haruka Abe|url=http://www.haruka4be.com/about/4571303248|work=Official website|publisher=haruka4be.com|accessdate=2015-05-24|archive-date=2015-05-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150525034428/http://www.haruka4be.com/about/4571303248|url-status=dead}}</ref>
She appeared in BBC's ''Ideal'' as Miko,<ref name="BCG">{{cite web|url=http://www.comedy.org.uk/guide/tv/ideal/characters/|title=Ideal: character guide|publisher=British Comedy Guide|accessdate= 2014-09-16}}</ref> and as Marti in Sleepydog's science-fiction TV series ''Slingers'' directed by Steve Barron.<ref name="sleepydog">{{cite web|url=http://www.sleepydog.net/tvproduction/slingers/|title=Slingers|publisher=Sleepydog|accessdate=2014-09-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120416155921/http://www.sleepydog.net/tvproduction/slingers/|archive-date=2012-04-16|url-status=dead}}</ref> She also appeared in the video for Clean Bandit's song "Rather Be"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://japantoday.com/category/features/doors-open-for-japanese-actress-haruka-abe-in-london|title=Doors open for Japanese actress Haruka Abe in London|date=June 21, 2014|website=Japan Today}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2017/03/05/films/actress-haruka-abe-balances-others-expectations-dreams/|title=Actress Haruka Abe balances others' expectations and her own dreams|first=Matthew|last=Hernon|date=March 5, 2017|website=The Japan Times}}</ref> which has gained over 800 million views on YouTube as of 2025.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-M1AtrxztU |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/m-M1AtrxztU |archive-date=2021-12-20 |url-status=live|title=Clean Bandit - Rather Be ft. Jess Glynne [Official Video]|last=Clean Bandit|date=5 December 2013|publisher=|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
In 2018, she became the new speaking voice of Noodle from the virtual band Gorillaz.<ref>{{cite web |title=LEFT HAND HARUKA METHOD: The Haruka Kuroda Interview |url=https://monkeyz.podiant.co/e/36d29315cfc81a/ |website=Hallelujah Monkeyz: The Gorillaz Fancast |accessdate=6 December 2018 |archive-date=6 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181206145636/https://monkeyz.podiant.co/e/36d29315cfc81a/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tvovermind.com/haruka-abe/|title=10 Things You Didn't Know about Haruka Abe - TVovermind|first=Camille|last=Moore|date=July 25, 2021}}</ref>
==Filmography== ===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 2007–2011 | ''Ideal'' | Miko | |- | 2008 | ''The Things I Haven't Told You'' | Sarah Kells |Television film |- | rowspan="3" | 2009 | ''Casualty'' | Mika | |- | ''Slingers'' (Pilot) | Marti | |- | ''Wire in the Blood'' | Japanese waitress | |- |2011 |''My So Called Life Sentence'' |Danini |Television film |- | 2012 | ''My Phone Genie'' | Naoko | |- | rowspan="2" | 2014 | ''Doctors'' | Jenny | |- | ''Edge of Heaven'' | Tammy | |- | rowspan="3" | 2015 | ''Cuffs'' | Mikki | |- | ''Cucumber'' | Anna | |- | ''Cyberbully'' | Jennifer Li | |- | rowspan="2" | 2017 | ''Emerald City'' | Po | |- | ''Zapped'' | Henchwoman | |- | rowspan="2" | 2018 | ''Kiss Me First'' | Tippi | |- | ''Stath Lets Flats'' | Tomoko | |- |2019 |''Silent Witness'' |Akito Emon |Two episodes ("To Brighton, To Brighton") |- |2019 |''Giri/Haji'' |Suzume | |- |2020 |''Avenue 5'' |Aimi Ito | |}
===Web series=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |2020 |''Song Machine'' | Noodle | Web series by Gorillaz<br>8 episodes |}
===Film=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |2006 |''Mo Yin'' |Sarah | |- |2007 |''Encore'' |Echo | |- | rowspan="6" |2009 |''Shell Shock'' |Lady One | |- |''Only Time'' |Li Jing |Short film |- |''Stray Balloon'' |Naomi | |- |''Slingers'' |Marti |Short film |- |''Aneurysm'' |Model |Short film |- |''We Have Already Begun to Die'' |She | |- | rowspan="3" | 2010 | ''Stanley Pickle'' | Bluebell | |- |''8 Seconds'' |Yumiko | |- |''Bleach'' |Li |Short film |- | rowspan="5" |2011 |''Yuki'' |Yuki |Short film |- |''Secrecy'' |Chie Okumura | |- |''Fish'' |Sakura | |- |''Great News'' | | |- |''Magnesium'' |Eve30 | |- | rowspan="3" |2012 |''Choose'' |4624 |Short film |- |''The Outsider: A Looper's Story'' |Anna |Short film |- | ''47 Ronin'' | Mika's handmaiden | |- | rowspan="2" | 2013 | ''About Time'' | Japanese girl | |- |''Pulling Away'' |Alyx Castillo |Short film |- | rowspan="3" |2014 |''Traces'' |The Searcher |Short film |- | ''The Knife That Killed Me'' | Serena | |- |''The Scopia Effect'' |Keiko | |- | rowspan="5" |2015 |''After the World Ended'' |Sarama/ Sarameya | |- |''The Substitute'' |Seven |Short film |- | ''Random 11'' | Mitsuko Unagi | |- |''Tokyo 70'' |Haruka | |- |''Kubrick's Coat'' |Ayame |Short film |- |2017 |''The Distant Sea'' |Girl in the house |Short film |- | rowspan="3" |2019 |''Hafu'' |Misaki |Short film |- |''Dead Unicorns'' |Haruka Satou | |- | ''She's Just A Shadow'' | Tanya | |- | rowspan="3" | 2021 | ''Cruella'' | Liberty woman | |- |''Stagger'' |Eva |Short film |- | ''Snake Eyes'' | Akiko | Also does own dub-over voice in Japanese version |}
===Music videos=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Song ! Singer/Band ! Notes |- | 2010 | "Chaos Lives In Everything" | Dead & Control | Mimed to Office |- | 2014 | "Rather Be" | Clean Bandit | Mimed to Jess Glynne's vocals |}
===Video games=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Voice role ! Notes |- | 2016 | ''Late Shift'' | May-Ling | Full motion video |- |}
==See also== * Japanese community in London
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|http://haruka4be.com}} * {{IMDb name|2835835}} * {{Instagram|ruka.haruka|Haruka Abe}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Abe, Haruka}} Category:1988 births Category:Living people Category:Actresses from Tokyo Category:Alumni of Rose Bruford College Category:Japanese expatriates in England Category:Japanese film actresses Category:Japanese television actresses Category:People from Nerima Category:Gorillaz members