Ayako Fujitani
| Ayako Fujitani | |
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Fujitani (center) with Pepe Serna and Dave Boyle
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| Born |
Ayako Faith Fujitani December 7, 1979 Osaka, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Other names | Ayako Seagal |
| Occupation | Actress, Writer |
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) |
| Parent(s) |
Steven Seagal (father) Miyako Fujitani (mother) |
| Relatives | (Kentaro Seagal, (elder brother) Nephew and niece (from Kentaro) Javier Gullón (husband) |
Ayako Fujitani (藤谷 文子 Fujitani Ayako?, born December 7, 1979) is a writer and actress. She is fluent in English and Japanese. Fujitani is currently a guest star as Kyoko, the wife of Takehaya (Hiroyuki Sanada) in the apocalyptic drama The Last Ship.
Ayako Fujitani was born in Osaka, Japan. She is the daughter of Steven Seagal from his first wife, aikido master Miyako Fujitani. As a teenager, she also resided in Los Angeles, California, United States. Through her father, Fujitani is of Russian-Jewish, Mongolian and Irish ancestry.
An avid fan of film, she made her screen debut and appeared in the sequels of the Heisei era daikaiju eiga Gamera (1995–1999) series, after a chance meeting at a film festival with director Shusuke Kaneko. She worked again with him on an episode he directed of Ultraman Max.
Other film roles include parts in the French film Sansa (2003) and in Michel Gondry's "Interior Design" segment of Tokyo! (2008).
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