Hinako Saeki (佐伯 日菜子, Saeki Hinako) is a Japanese actress who was born on February 16, 1977, in Nara, Japan. Probably her best-known role was as Sadako Yamamura in Spiral, the 1998 sequel to the horror film Ring.
She has also appeared in a handful of other popular Japanese horror films including Uzumaki (2000) which was based on a Junji Ito manga of the same name, and Eko Eko Azaraku: Misa the Dark Angel (1998). In addition, she played a featured role as the character Colonel in Mamoru Oshii's Assault Girls (2009). She also portrayed in Ultraman X as the Underground Woman/Ryoko Mabuse.
She is also familiar in China for her role as Sadako in the sequel to the Hong Kong TV drama series, My Date with a Vampire II.
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Personal life
She was previously married to football player Daisuke Oku, though that marriage ended in divorce. He died in a traffic collision on October 17, 2014.
Filmography
Films
It's a Summer Vacation Everyday (1994)
A Quiet Life (1995)
Eko Eko Azaraku: Misa the Dark Angel (1998)
Spiral (1998) as Sadako Yamamura
Uzumaki (2000)
Assault Girls(2009)
Aesop's Game (2019)
Kamaishi Ramen Monogatari (2023)
Nightmare Resort (2023)
Confetti (2024)
Stigmatized Properties: Possession (2025)
Television
Eko Eko Azarak (1997)
My Date with a Vampire II (2000) as Sadako
Sand Whale and Me (2017) as KFC
