# Haruka Abe

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{{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](/source/Nerima%2C_Tokyo), Japan
| occupation         = Actress
| alma_mater  = [Rose Bruford College](/source/Rose_Bruford_College)
| years_active       = 2006–present
}}
{{nihongo|'''Haruka Abe'''|安部 春香|Abe Haruka}} (born 8 January 1988) is a [Japanese actress](/source/Japanese_actress) based in [London](/source/London).

== Life and career ==
Born in [Nerima, Tokyo](/source/Nerima%2C_Tokyo), Abe grew up in Tokyo, [London](/source/London) and [New York](/source/New_York_City).<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](/source/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](/source/BBC)'s ''[Ideal](/source/Ideal_(TV_series))'' 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](/source/British_Comedy_Guide)|accessdate= 2014-09-16}}</ref> and as Marti in [Sleepydog](/source/Sleepydog)'s science-fiction TV series ''Slingers'' directed by [Steve Barron](/source/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](/source/Clean_Bandit)'s song "[Rather Be](/source/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](/source/Noodle_(character)) from the virtual band [Gorillaz](/source/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](/source/Ideal_(TV_series))''
| Miko
|
|-
| 2008
| ''[The Things I Haven't Told You](/source/The_Things_I_Haven't_Told_You)''
| Sarah Kells
|Television film
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2009
| ''[Casualty](/source/Casualty_(TV_series))''
| Mika
|
|-
| ''Slingers'' (Pilot)
| Marti
|
|-
| ''[Wire in the Blood](/source/Wire_in_the_Blood)''
| Japanese waitress
|
|-
|2011
|''My So Called Life Sentence''
|Danini
|Television film
|-
| 2012
| ''[My Phone Genie](/source/My_Phone_Genie)''
| Naoko
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2014
| ''[Doctors](/source/Doctors_(2000_TV_series))''
| Jenny
|
|-
| ''[Edge of Heaven](/source/Edge_of_Heaven_(TV_series))''
| Tammy
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2015
| ''[Cuffs](/source/Cuffs_(TV_series))''
| Mikki
|
|-
| ''[Cucumber](/source/Cucumber_(British_TV_series))''
| Anna
|
|-
| ''[Cyberbully](/source/Cyberbully_(2015_film))''
| Jennifer Li
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2017
| ''[Emerald City](/source/Emerald_City_(TV_series))''
| Po
|
|-
| ''[Zapped](/source/Zapped_(TV_series))''
| Henchwoman
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2018
| ''[Kiss Me First](/source/Kiss_Me_First_(TV_series))''
| Tippi
|
|-
| ''[Stath Lets Flats](/source/Stath_Lets_Flats)''
| Tomoko
|
|-
|2019
|''[Silent Witness](/source/Silent_Witness)''
|Akito Emon 
|Two episodes ("To Brighton, To Brighton")
|-
|2019
|''[Giri/Haji](/source/Giri%2FHaji)''
|Suzume
|
|-
|2020
|''[Avenue 5](/source/Avenue_5)''
|Aimi Ito
|
|}

===Web series===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
|2020
|''[Song Machine](/source/Song_Machine)''
| [Noodle](/source/Noodle_(character))
| Web series by [Gorillaz](/source/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](/source/Stanley_Pickle_(2010_film))''
| 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](/source/47_Ronin_(2013_film))''
| Mika's handmaiden
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2013
| ''[About Time](/source/About_Time_(2013_film))''
| Japanese girl
|
|-
|''Pulling Away''
|Alyx Castillo
|Short film
|-
| rowspan="3" |2014
|''Traces''
|The Searcher
|Short film
|-
| ''[The Knife That Killed Me](/source/The_Knife_That_Killed_Me_(film))''
| Serena
|
|-
|''The Scopia Effect''
|Keiko
|
|-
| rowspan="5" |2015
|''After the World Ended''
|Sarama/
Sarameya
|
|-
|''The Substitute''
|Seven
|Short film
|-
| ''[Random 11](/source/Random_11_(film))''
| 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](/source/She's_Just_A_Shadow_(film))''
| Tanya
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2021
| ''[Cruella](/source/Cruella_(film))''
| Liberty woman
|
|-
|''Stagger''
|Eva
|Short film
|-
| ''[Snake Eyes](/source/Snake_Eyes_(2021_film))''
| 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](/source/Dead_%26_Control)
| Mimed to Office
|-
| 2014
| "[Rather Be](/source/Rather_Be)"
| [Clean Bandit](/source/Clean_Bandit)
| Mimed to Jess Glynne's vocals
|}

===Video games===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- 
! Year
! Title
! Voice role
! Notes
|-
| 2016
| ''[Late Shift](/source/Late_Shift_(video_game))''
| May-Ling
| [Full motion video](/source/Full_motion_video)
|-
|}

==See also==
* [Japanese community in London](/source/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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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

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