Anna Sawai's net worth

According to Celebrity Net Worth, the Japanese actress Anna Sawai’s net worth stands at $4 million as of November 2024.

Anna Sawai initially gained success in Japan as one of the lead vocalists of the girl group Faky. She later became well-known throughout the world after landing the roles of Elle in "F9," the ninth movie in the "Fast & Furious" franchise, Naomi in the drama series "Pachinko" on Apple TV+, and Toda Mariko in the FX series "Shōgun."

Anna Sawai’s Early Life & Career

Anna Sawai was born to Japanese parents in Wellington, New Zealand, on June 11, 1992. While her father worked for an electronics company, her mother taught piano. She began learning to sing and play the piano at the age of three from her mother.

Growing up, her family lived in Hong Kong and the Philippines due to her father's work, before relocating to Yokohama, Japan, when Anna was ten years old. Sawai can speak Japanese and English with ease. She currently resides in Tokyo, Japan.

Sawai debuted as an actress in 2004 at the age of eleven, playing the title role in a stage adaptation of Annie in Tokyo that was televised on Nippon TV. She was given a management contract and training at the company's in-house music and dance boot camp after she made it through a successful audition for the entertainment conglomerate Avex Inc. in 2006.

After that, Sawai resumed her acting career with a small part in the television drama Our Love Song (2007). She then made her Hollywood feature film debut in a supporting role as a young ninja named Kiriko in James McTeigue's martial arts movie Ninja Assassin (2009).

Throughout high school, Sawai kept taking singing and dance classes. She then enrolled at Sophia University. In March 2012, Sawai sang the U.S. national anthem at the Tokyo Dome to kick off the 2012 Major League Baseball season after being signed by the Avex Trax record label when she was a student.

Sawai was revealed as a member of the girl group ARA, which stands for Avex Rising Angels, a month later. In November of the same year, the music video for their debut single, "Make My Dreams Come True," was released. After less than a year of marketing, the group split up in early 2013, although in July of the same year, Avex revealed that Sawai would make a comeback as one of the lead vocalists for the girl group Faky, which was signed to the Rhythm Zone record label. "Better Without You" was their first single, released on July 29, 2013.

Sawai performed on several solo projects in addition to playing with Faky. She had the lead role in Elliott Yamin's music video for the song "Katy" in October 2015. The debut song "Shining" by Yamato, which was released on April 26, 2017, starred Sawai and a fellow bandmate Akina.

Later in the year, Sawai worked on the main theme song for the game "Girls Be Ambitious" and voiced Angélique Noir in the 2017 fashion simulation video game Style Savvy: Styling Star. She returned to acting in 2018 when she appeared in two episodes of the coming-of-age mystery series Colors in a supporting role. She participated as a dancer in the Think Tank Bang dance art collective's limited-run stage production of The Book in May 2018, which was directed by Fuko Takenaka.

Sawai left the group on November 16, 2018, according to Faky, who stated that she wanted to concentrate on her acting career. As part of their Four headlining tour, she gave her final performance with the group on December 20.