Higuchi Asuka

Biography

Higuchi Asuka, born on September 16, 1976 in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, whose original name is Higuchi Asuka. In the summer of 1996, she won first place in the 1st ASAYAN Advertising Queen contest on TV Tokyo's program "ASAYAN" out of 4,000 participants. In August 1996, she appeared in the "Big Echo" karaoke advertisement. In February 1997, she released her solo album "夢の扉". In March 1998, she moved to Hong Kong and began learning Cantonese. Because the name "明日香" in Cantonese has an unfortunate connotation (it can be interpreted as "will die tomorrow"), the film company changed her stage name to "明日嘉" (both are pronounced the same in Japanese). She then began participating in filming movies, advertisements, and TV dramas. On June 27, 2004, she placed third in the Jackie Chan Cup Celebrity Charity Car Race in Shanghai, and on September 6, 2005 she placed second in the same race (with林志颖 as co-driver). She continued acting until 2007, then lived in Beijing for 5 years, and returned to Japan in 2012.