Anne Watanabe


Anne Watanabe is a Japanese fashion model, actress, and singer. She is the daughter of film actor Ken Watanabe and his first wife Yumiko. In her modeling work, she is known by the mononym Anne.

Career

Watanabe's first high-profile modeling season was spring/summer 2006, in which she was featured in runway shows for Anna Sui, Diane von Furstenberg, Tommy Hilfiger, and Vivienne Tam, among others. She also walked for Baby Phat, Imitation of Christ, Karl Lagerfeld, Lacoste, Marc by Marc Jacobs, and Thakoon in subsequent seasons.
Watanabe has been featured in print advertisements for Anna Sui and NARS Cosmetics. She was the main visual model for Sui's Secret Wish Magic Romance fragrancefor both print and video.

Personal life

In Japan, Watanabe is also a well-known reki-jo -- a female history otaku.
She married actor Masahiro Higashide on 1 January 2015.
On 16 May 2016, Watanabe gave birth to twin daughters. On 7 November 2017, she gave birth to a son.
On 31 July 2020, Watanabe and Masahiro Higashide had divorced due to his affair with actress Erika Karata.

Works

TV drama

Mini-albums