Sahel Rosa
Iran-born Japanese actress
Sahel Rosa (Japanese: サヘル・ローズ; Persian: ساحل رز, born 21 October 1985 in Iran), also sometimes known as Sahel Rose, is a Japanese actress of Kurdish origin, working in Japan. She was orphaned in the Iran-Iraq War at age four, and then was adopted, and later moved to Japan with her adopted mother.
Biography
Sahel Rosa was originally from Iran. Her birth date and birth place are not clear but listed as either 21 October or 23 October 1985. Since it was during Iran-Iraq war, at age four she became an only survivor of an air-raid attack on her house, in which her parents and ten siblings were killed. Her village was attacked by the Iraqi army even though there was supposed to be a cease-fire in place, and the Iran-Iraq War had officially ended more than a year earlier. She survived under rubble for four days until being discovered by a volunteer nurse named Flora.
After some time in an orphanage, Sahel appeared in a televised commercial at age six, describing her experiences and those of other war orphans. This commercial was seen by Flora, the same nurse who had rescued her about two years earlier. Flora adopted Sahel when Sahel turned eight years old, but later fell on hard times when her own family disowned her due to her non-traditional views.
“Sahel Rosa” enters the record as iran-born Japanese actress. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Sahel, Rosa and Iran-born can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 10, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q11305047. VIAF identifies the subject as 254577631. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1985.
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