Harumi Inoue was a popular Japanese fashion model and pin-up girl of the 1990s. She appeared on the short-lived Japanese TV series Kimi To Deatte Kara (1995) and starred in the 2000 horror film Freeze Me. In reviewing that film, New York Times critic A.O.

Scott called Inoue "fine-boned and excitable" and "an effective horror heroine and clearly a fearless actress, often carrying out her grisly deeds in the nude." She also co-starred in the 2002 film Asakusa Kid.