Beautiful Japanese actress and model Miho Shiraishi was born on August 8, 1978, and is from Ibaraki, Japan.

She has been in several TV dramas and films such as “Swing Girls”as Yayoi Itami ,”Orange Days”as Akane Ozawa, “Memo″ and in “Densha Otoko” as Misuzu Jinkama.

Miho has the distinction of being in one of the weirdest movies of all time, "Ika resuraa" or The Calamari Wrestler. Yes, it's a movie about a giant squid that wrestles.

American audiences will get to see her in 2009 in the movie The Harimaya Bridge, with Danny Glover and Bennet Guillory. Miho will play Kayo Takeuchi. According to the IMDb, the film is currently in post production.

Miho also appeared as the much desired “Mama-san” in the SMAP Cyril Takayama parody. She is rumored to be dating actor Hiroki Hasegawa.

Miho is working on another movie, "Bakamono" set for release in 2010.