Reika Hashimoto (橋本麗香, Hashimoto Reika, born December 25, 1980 in Tokyo) is a Japanese model and actress.[1] She is of Japanese-Spanish heritage.[citation needed] Her father is an American citizen of Spanish descent.[citation needed] She has been working as a model since she was 10, and her acting debut was in the 1999 movie Hakuchi (directed by Makoto Tezuka, opposite Tadanobu Asano), and has performed in several movies. On television, she had a participation on TV Asahi's Profile and has performed in Chinese soap operas.