Fumika Baba

Fumika Baba (馬場 ふみか, Baba Fumika, born June 21, 1995)[1] is a Japanese actress and model. She was scouted on a local street when she was in high school, and started working as a model for the local free newspaper, Niigata Bishōjo Zukan.[1] Baba was also part of a young performers troupe called Apricot.[2]

Baba made her acting debut in the 2014 film Puzzle, and won the Yokohama Film Festival's Best Newcomer Award in 2023 for her performance in Love is Light.[3] She has expressed her admiration for the actress Fumi Nikaidō.[1]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2014 Puzzle Sayaka Debut
2015 Kamen Rider Drive: Surprise Future Medic
Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Ghost & Drive: Super Movie War Genesis Medic / Medic Roidmude
2016 Ganguro Gals Riot Miu Lead role
2017 Revenge Girl Mariko
2018 Kuso-yarō to Utsukushiki Sekai Fujiko
2019 Life on the Longboard: 2nd Wave Mika Kudō
2020 Threads: Our Tapestry of Love Yumi Gotō
Awake Shiori Isono [4]
2022 Love Is Light Yadorigi [5]
Violence Action [6]
Tyida Madoka Takahashi Lead role [7]
2023 In Her Room Miyako [8]
Corpo a Corpo Yuri Lead role [9]
2024 Rude to Love Nao [10]
2025 Love Doesn't Matter to Me Miyabi Enaga [11]

Television series

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2014 Kamen Rider Drive Medic / Medic Roidmude / Misuzu Hatori
2017 You Don't Know Gunma Yet Kyo Shinooka
Final Fantasy XIV: Dad of Light Yoko Shoda
Kaiju Club Yuriko
Code Blue Season 3 Futaba Yukimura
Shimokitazawa Die Hard Miwa Episode 8
Love and Hong Kong Aya Hirakawa
2018 The Confidence Man JP Yuki Sudo Episode 3
Code Blue: Another Everyday Futaba Yukimura
The Guide to Late Night Bad Love Madoka Koga Lead role
2019 Queen Anri Shiraishi
Secret Unrequited Love Teru Uehara
Is It A Lily? Yuri Shinohari Lead role
Nameless Revenge Zegen Li Xue Lan
Please Do Not Attempt, Never Iijima
Hey Sensei, Don't You Know? Hana Aoi Lead role [12]
2020 Love Distance Anna
The Way of the Househusband Lisa Episode 8
2021 The 3Bs You Shouldn't Date Haru Kobayashi Lead role [13]
2022 Short Program Michiko Episode 7 [14]
Involvement in Family Affairs Arisa Miyama (Kagawa) [15]
Dangerous Lover Yuri [16]
2025 Beside the Hearth at Alice-san's House Alice Minase Lead role [17]

Awards

Year Award Category Work(s) Result Ref.
2023 44th Yokohama Film Festival Best Newcomer Love Is Light Won [3]

References

  1. ^ a b c "【2014新春HOPE美女】『新潟美少女図鑑』出身の現役女子高生・馬場ふみか". 22 January 2014. Retrieved 2015-08-08. Weekly Playboy, January 22, 2014
  2. ^ 高倉文紀 "馬場ふみか（ばば・ふみか）". Archived from the original on 2015-05-05. Retrieved 2015-08-08. タレントパワーランキング. アーキテクト
  3. ^ a b "第44回ヨコハマ映画祭 2022年日本映画個人賞". Yokohama Film Festival. Retrieved February 5, 2023.
  4. ^ "吉沢亮主演、将棋を題材にした映画『AWAKE』公開". Cinema Cafe. 12 August 2020. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
  5. ^ "神尾楓珠×西野七瀬で人気コミック「恋は光」実写映画化、コメントも到着". Cinema Cafe. 14 December 2021. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
  6. ^ "橋本環奈主演『バイオレンスアクション』、杉野遥亮、鈴鹿央士ら個性あふれる追加キャストが明らかに". Crank-in!. 2 March 2022. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
  7. ^ "てぃだ いつか太陽の下を歩きたい". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved April 25, 2022.
  8. ^ "ひとりぼっちじゃない". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved September 13, 2022.
  9. ^ "コーポ・ア・コーポ". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved July 14, 2023.
  10. ^ "愛に乱暴". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved February 21, 2024.
  11. ^ "愛されなくても別に". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  12. ^ "馬場ふみか×赤楚衛二がドラマW主演、人気マンガ家とカリスマ美容師のカップルに" [Fumika Baba and Eiji Akaso co-star in drama as a couple involving a popular manga artist and a charismatic beautician]. Natalie (in Japanese). 2019-11-03. Archived from the original on August 10, 2020. Retrieved 2024-07-10.
  13. ^ "注目ドラマ紹介:「3Bの恋人」馬場ふみかが危険な恋愛 付き合ってはいけない男たちと出会う". Mantan-web. 9 January 2021. Retrieved August 23, 2021.
  14. ^ "板尾創路が川西拓実の父親に、JO1主演ドラマ「ショート・プログラム」全キャスト発表". Natalie (in Japanese). 22 February 2022. Archived from the original on February 22, 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  15. ^ "やんごとなき一族の出演者・キャスト一覧". The Television (in Japanese). Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  16. ^ "古川雄大&馬場ふみか『恋と弾丸』主要キャスト発表 黒羽麻璃央&中村静香&木村慧人ら原作人気キャラに". Oricon (in Japanese). 16 September 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  17. ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (November 22, 2024). "Bunta Kinami's Alice-san Chi no Iroribata Manga Gets Live-Action Series". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on November 22, 2024. Retrieved November 22, 2024.