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{{Nihongo|'''Serena Motola'''|モトーラ世理奈|Motola Serena|born October 9, 1998}} is a Japanese fashion model and actress. She signed with Box Corporation at age 16, and made her runway debut at the [[:ja:東京コレクション|Amazon Fashion Week Tokyo]] F/W 2017 show. She is best known for being the face of ''[[Soen (magazine)|Soen]]'' since 2017.
{{Nihongo|'''Serena Motola'''|モトーラ世理奈|Motola Serena|born October 9, 1998}} is a Japanese fashion model, actress and singer. She signed with Box Corporation at age 16, and made her runway debut at the [[:ja:東京コレクション|Amazon Fashion Week Tokyo]] F/W 2017 show. She is best known for being the face of ''[[Soen (magazine)|Soen]]'' since 2017.


Motola landed her first feature film role in the coming-of-age drama ''Girls' Encounter'' (2018). She received critical acclaim in 2020 for her lead role in the drama film ''Voices in the Wind'', for which she won the [[Kinema Junpo Award]] for Best New Actress, and was nominated for several other accolades.
Motola landed her first feature film role in the coming-of-age drama ''Girls' Encounter'' (2018). She received critical acclaim in 2020 for her lead role in the drama film ''Voices in the Wind'', for which she won the [[Kinema Junpo Award]] for Best New Actress, and was nominated for several other accolades.
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== Early life and education ==
== Early life and education ==
Serena Motola was born on October 9, 1998 in [[Tokyo]], Japan.<ref name="box">{{cite web |title=モトーラ世理奈 |url=http://www.box-corporation.com/serena_motola |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220924173517/http://www.box-corporation.com/serena_motola |archive-date=September 24, 2022 |access-date=February 10, 2023 |work=Box Corporation}}</ref> Her father is an American national of Italian descent, and her mother is Japanese.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 10, 2018 |title=話題のモデル・モトーラ世理奈、そばかすがコンプレックスだった過去「話すと雰囲気違う」“素顔”に反響 - モデルプレス |url=https://mdpr.jp/news/detail/1759131 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202231505/https://mdpr.jp/news/detail/1759131 |archive-date=December 2, 2022 |access-date=February 10, 2023 |website=モデルプレス (Model Press) |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ang |first=Engracia |last2=Yap |first2=Faustine |date=March 29, 2018 |title=5 Things to know about rising Japanese model Serena Motola |url=https://asia.be.com/fashion/5-things-to-know/models/5-things-know-japanese-model-serena-motola-172083.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210171307/https://asia.be.com/fashion/5-things-to-know/models/5-things-know-japanese-model-serena-motola-172083.html |archive-date=February 10, 2023 |access-date=February 10, 2023 |website=Be Asia |language=en-US}}</ref> Her parents met in the United States, where her mother was working as a Japanese language teacher at the time before moving to Tokyo together.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 13, 2022 |title=【モトーラ世理奈】そばかすが汚いといわれたモデルの魅力を追求！ |url=https://mitsukidayori.com/serena-motola/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205052107/https://mitsukidayori.com/serena-motola/ |archive-date=December 5, 2022 |access-date=February 10, 2023 |website=mitsukidayori.com |language=ja}}</ref> As a child, Motola trained in [[Hip hop dance|hip-hop dance]], all throughout elementary school and high school.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Ogawa |first=Tomoko |date=April 4, 2018 |title=【東京の女の子】GIRL no.1 モトーラ世理奈 |url=https://fashionpost.jp/journal/tokyo-girl/130052 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928135730/https://fashionpost.jp/journal/tokyo-girl/130052 |archive-date=September 28, 2022 |access-date=February 10, 2023 |website=The Fashion Post |language=ja}}</ref> After graduating from high school, Motola enrolled at [[Bunka Fashion College]] to study fashion marketing and distribution.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 8, 2018 |title=Droptokyo×文化服装学院 {{!}} カレッジニュース |url=http://www.bunka-fc.ac.jp/n/news/2017/08/droptokyo_1.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220529024747/http://www.bunka-fc.ac.jp/n/news/2017/08/droptokyo_1.html |archive-date=May 29, 2022 |access-date=February 10, 2023 |website=Bunka Fashion College |language=ja}}</ref> She dropped out after her second year to focus on her modelling career.<ref name=":0" />
Serena Motola was born on October 9, 1998 in [[Tokyo]], Japan.<ref name="box">{{cite web |title=モトーラ世理奈 |url=http://www.box-corporation.com/serena_motola |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220924173517/http://www.box-corporation.com/serena_motola |archive-date=September 24, 2022 |access-date=February 10, 2023 |work=Box Corporation}}</ref> Her father is an American national of Italian descent, and her mother is Japanese.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 10, 2018 |title=話題のモデル・モトーラ世理奈、そばかすがコンプレックスだった過去「話すと雰囲気違う」“素顔”に反響 - モデルプレス |url=https://mdpr.jp/news/detail/1759131 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202231505/https://mdpr.jp/news/detail/1759131 |archive-date=December 2, 2022 |access-date=February 10, 2023 |website=モデルプレス (Model Press) |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ang |first=Engracia |last2=Yap |first2=Faustine |date=March 29, 2018 |title=5 Things to know about rising Japanese model Serena Motola |url=https://asia.be.com/fashion/5-things-to-know/models/5-things-know-japanese-model-serena-motola-172083.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210171307/https://asia.be.com/fashion/5-things-to-know/models/5-things-know-japanese-model-serena-motola-172083.html |archive-date=February 10, 2023 |access-date=February 10, 2023 |website=Be Asia |language=en-US}}</ref> Her parents met in the United States, where her mother was working as a Japanese language teacher at the time before moving to Tokyo together.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 13, 2022 |title=【モトーラ世理奈】そばかすが汚いといわれたモデルの魅力を追求！ |url=https://mitsukidayori.com/serena-motola/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205052107/https://mitsukidayori.com/serena-motola/ |archive-date=December 5, 2022 |access-date=February 10, 2023 |website=mitsukidayori.com |language=ja}}</ref> As a child, Motola trained in [[Hip hop dance|hip-hop dance]], all throughout elementary school and high school.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Ogawa |first=Tomoko |date=April 4, 2018 |title=【東京の女の子】GIRL no.1 モトーラ世理奈 |url=https://fashionpost.jp/journal/tokyo-girl/130052 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928135730/https://fashionpost.jp/journal/tokyo-girl/130052 |archive-date=September 28, 2022 |access-date=February 10, 2023 |website=The Fashion Post |language=ja}}</ref> After graduating from high school, Motola enrolled at [[Bunka Fashion College]] to study fashion marketing and distribution.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 8, 2018 |title=Droptokyo×文化服装学院 {{!}} カレッジニュース |url=http://www.bunka-fc.ac.jp/n/news/2017/08/droptokyo_1.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220529024747/http://www.bunka-fc.ac.jp/n/news/2017/08/droptokyo_1.html |archive-date=May 29, 2022 |access-date=February 10, 2023 |website=Bunka Fashion College |language=ja}}</ref> She dropped out after her second year to focus on her modelling career.<ref name=":0" />

== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0;"
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
! scope="row"| 2017
| ''Girls' Encounter''
| Tsumugi
|
| style="text-align: center;"| <ref name="girlsencounter">{{cite web |url=https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/girls-encounter-hong-kong-review/5128122.article |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230817171228/https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/girls-encounter-hong-kong-review/5128122.article |title='Girl's Encounter': Hong Kong Review |date=April 11, 2018 |access-date=August 17, 2023 |archive-date=August 17, 2023 |first=Sarah |last=Ward |website=[[Screen Daily]]}}</ref>
|}


== Awards and nominations ==
== Awards and nominations ==
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| ''My Father, the Bride'' and ''Black School Rules''
| ''My Father, the Bride'' and ''Black School Rules''
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[Nikkan Sports Film Award|Nikkan Sports Film Awards]]
! scope="row" | [[Nikkan Sports Film Award|Nikkan Sports Film Awards]]
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| rowspan="3" | ''Voices in the Wind''
| rowspan="3" | ''Voices in the Wind''
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[Mainichi Film Awards]]
! scope="row" | [[Mainichi Film Awards]]
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| Sponichi Grand Prix Rookie of the Year
| Sponichi Grand Prix Rookie of the Year
| {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;" |
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|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[Kinema Junpo Awards]]
! scope="row" | [[Kinema Junpo Awards]]
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| Best New Actress
| Best New Actress
| {{won}}
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web |url=https://mubi.com/en/films/the-phone-of-the-wind/awards |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230814154544/https://mubi.com/en/films/the-phone-of-the-wind/awards |title=Voices in the Wind: Awards & Festivals |archive-date=August 14, 2023 |access-date=August 14, 2023 |website=[[Mubi (streaming service)|MUBI]]}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;" |
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Revision as of 18:46, 7 September 2023

Serena Motola
Born (1998-10-09) October 9, 1998 (age 25)
Tokyo, Japan
EducationBunka Fashion College
Occupations
  • Model
  • actress
  • singer
Years active2014–present
Modeling information
Height167 cm (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)[1]
Hair colorDark brown
Eye colorBrown
AgencyBox Corporation[1]

Serena Motola (モトーラ世理奈, Motola Serena, born October 9, 1998) is a Japanese fashion model, actress and singer. She signed with Box Corporation at age 16, and made her runway debut at the Amazon Fashion Week Tokyo F/W 2017 show. She is best known for being the face of Soen since 2017.

Motola landed her first feature film role in the coming-of-age drama Girls' Encounter (2018). She received critical acclaim in 2020 for her lead role in the drama film Voices in the Wind, for which she won the Kinema Junpo Award for Best New Actress, and was nominated for several other accolades.

Early life and education

Serena Motola was born on October 9, 1998 in Tokyo, Japan.[1] Her father is an American national of Italian descent, and her mother is Japanese.[2][3] Her parents met in the United States, where her mother was working as a Japanese language teacher at the time before moving to Tokyo together.[4] As a child, Motola trained in hip-hop dance, all throughout elementary school and high school.[5] After graduating from high school, Motola enrolled at Bunka Fashion College to study fashion marketing and distribution.[6] She dropped out after her second year to focus on her modelling career.[5]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2017 Girls' Encounter Tsumugi [7]

Awards and nominations

Award Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
Japan Film Critics Awards 2020 Best New Actress My Father, the Bride and Black School Rules Won
Nikkan Sports Film Awards 2020 Rookie of the Year Voices in the Wind Nominated
Mainichi Film Awards 2021 Sponichi Grand Prix Rookie of the Year Nominated
Kinema Junpo Awards 2021 Best New Actress Won [8]

References

  1. ^ a b c "モトーラ世理奈". Box Corporation. Archived from the original on September 24, 2022. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
  2. ^ "話題のモデル・モトーラ世理奈、そばかすがコンプレックスだった過去「話すと雰囲気違う」"素顔"に反響 - モデルプレス". モデルプレス (Model Press) (in Japanese). April 10, 2018. Archived from the original on December 2, 2022. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
  3. ^ Ang, Engracia; Yap, Faustine (March 29, 2018). "5 Things to know about rising Japanese model Serena Motola". Be Asia. Archived from the original on February 10, 2023. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
  4. ^ "【モトーラ世理奈】そばかすが汚いといわれたモデルの魅力を追求！". mitsukidayori.com (in Japanese). May 13, 2022. Archived from the original on December 5, 2022. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
  5. ^ a b Ogawa, Tomoko (April 4, 2018). "【東京の女の子】GIRL no.1 モトーラ世理奈". The Fashion Post (in Japanese). Archived from the original on September 28, 2022. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
  6. ^ "Droptokyo×文化服装学院 | カレッジニュース". Bunka Fashion College (in Japanese). August 8, 2018. Archived from the original on May 29, 2022. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
  7. ^ Ward, Sarah (April 11, 2018). "'Girl's Encounter': Hong Kong Review". Screen Daily. Archived from the original on August 17, 2023. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
  8. ^ "Voices in the Wind: Awards & Festivals". MUBI. Archived from the original on August 14, 2023. Retrieved August 14, 2023.
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