Hinako Saeki

Biography

Hinako Saeki (佐伯 日菜子, Saeki Hinako) is a Japanese actress who was born on February 16, 1977, in Nara, Japan. Probably her best-known role was as Sadako Yamamura in Spiral, the 1998 sequel to the horror film Ring. She has also appeared in a handful of other popular Japanese horror films including Uzumaki (2000) which was based on a Junji Ito manga of the same name, and Eko Eko Azaraku: Misa the Dark Angel (1998). In addition, she played a featured role as the character Colonel in Mamoru Oshii's Assault Girls (2009). She also portrayed in Ultraman X as the Underground Woman/Ryoko Mabuse. She is also familiar in China for her role as Sadako in the sequel to the Hong Kong TV drama series, My Date with a Vampire II.

== Personal life == She was previously married to football player Daisuke Oku, though that marriage ended in divorce. He died in a traffic collision on October 17, 2014.

== Filmography ==

=== Films === It's a Summer Vacation Everyday (1994) A Quiet Life (1995) Eko Eko Azaraku: Misa the Dark Angel (1998) Spiral (1998) as Sadako Yamamura Uzumaki (2000) Assault Girls(2009) Aesop's Game (2019) Kamaishi Ramen Monogatari (2023) Nightmare Resort (2023) Confetti (2024) Stigmatized Properties: Possession (2025)

=== Television === Eko Eko Azarak (1997) My Date with a Vampire II (2000) as Sadako Sand Whale and Me (2017) as KFC

== References ==

== External links == Hinako Saeki's page on Ringworld Hinako Saeki's page on Snowblood Apple reviews Hinako Saeki's Official Site (Japanese Only) Archived 2013-04-19 at the Wayback Machine Hinako Saeki on X Hinako Saeki on Facebook Hinako Saeki on Instagram