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Rosa Kato (born June 22, 1985, in Naples, Italy) is a half-Italian (father) and half-Japanese (mother) actress and full-time commercial model. Kato has been appearing in a large string of TV commercials even before venturing to the field of acting. She became popular after having done the TV commercial for Zexy because of her unique brown eyes.Kato was born in Naples, Italy, where she lived until the age of 6. She spoke fluent Italian when she was still little, but she completely lost the capability of speaking it when she was 6. At the age of 6, Kato and her parents moved to Kagoshima, Japan.

Most of the TV advertisements and commercials of Kato are usually colorful and lively. She had done an ice cream commercial for Glico and a lipstick commercial for Maxfactor. However, the TV advertisement that brought her to fame was her commercial for the bridal magazine, Zekushi (Zexy).

Later in 2005, she started to appear in Japanese television dramas in supporting roles. A year later, she bagged the Best Newcomer Award for her performance in the Japanese television drama, Dance Drill from the most prominent entertainment magazine in Japan, Television.

She was finally able to star in her own drama two years after her television breakthrough on 2005. Her drama, Jotei, where she starred alongside Hana Yori Dango star, Matsuda Shota was unfortunately a minor success in Tokyo yet a satisfactory hit in the Kansai region.

She is also a regular on NHK’s Italian language study program.

source: wikipedia.