Tao Tsuchiya is a Japanese actress, model, and dancer. Her older sister, Honoka, works as a model, while her younger brother, Shimba Tsuchiya, is also an actor.
Set in a dystopian 2019, Akira tells the story of Shōtarō Kaneda, a leader of a biker gang whose childhood friend, Tetsuo Shima, acquires incredible telekinetic abilities after a motorcycle accident, eventually threatening an entire military complex amidst chaos and rebellion in the sprawling futuristic metropolis of Neo-Tokyo.
