The story of Chisato Morishita as Zero Suit Samus

Chisato Morishita (森下千里 Morishita Chisato) (born September 1, 1981) is a Japanese actress and model. She portrayed Zero Suit Samus in the Japanese Metroid: Zero Mission commercial (2004), where she can be seen crawling through a tunnel holding her Paralyzer. There are several shots fired at her back as she lets out a scream. Morishita wore her natural black hair in the commercial, when Samus is blond.

In late May 2013, the Metroid Database translated an interview Morishita gave to Famitsu Weekly about the commercial. The interview, titled "Sneaking Onto the Set" revealed that she was hand-picked by Yoshio Sakamoto to play Samus, finding her to have the character's ferocity. He had her play Metroid Fusion to prepare, and she did, having trouble with the Zazabi boss. Morishita contributed a "Play Diary" to the Metroid Zero Mission Official Site, which was a strategy guide for the first part of Zero Mission (untranslated by the MDb), and also contributed flyers and standees, both signed by her as prizes for their speedrun contest.

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Morishita retired from entertainment in 2019, and entered politics. In April 2021, she was elected Chief of the 5th Election District Branch in the Miyagi Prefecture, as a member of the Japanese Liberal Democratic Party.