Manami Wakayama
Manami Wakayama |
Manami Wakayama (若山愛美), born December 11, 1986, in Tokyo, Japan, was the sixth actress to play Ami Mizuno/Sailor Mercury in the Sailor Moon musicals. Her first musical was the 2002 Winter Show Tanjou! Ankoku no Princess Black Lady (Kaiteiban), but she did not play Sailor Mercury until 2002's Mugen Gakuen - Mistress Labyrinth. Manami graduated from the role after Shin Kaguya Shima Densetsu (Kaiteiban) - Marinamoon Final in 2005. She was the second longest running actress to play Sailor Mercury, and the eighteenth longest running performer in Sera Myu history.
Since graduating from the musicals, Manami has continued to perform in smaller stage productions. She has also released a few idol DVDs.
In 2015 she took part in the ANZA ∞ Akiko Kosaka ~Legend Forever~ concert, in which Anza Ohyama and Akiko Kosaka performed both their own songs and many Sera Myu numbers, joined by several actors from the Bandai musicals.
Musicals[edit]
Manami first performed as Berthier in the following musical:
Manami performed as Ami Mizuno/Sailor Mercury in the following musicals:
- Mugen Gakuen - Mistress Labyrinth
- Mugen Gakuen - Mistress Labyrinth (Kaiteiban)
- Starlights - Ryuusei Densetsu
- Kakyuu-Ouhi Kourin - The Second Stage Final
- Shin Kaguya Shima Densetsu
- Shin Kaguya Shima Densetsu (Kaiteiban) - Marinamoon Final