Kaori Takahashi is a Japanese actress. She starred in the 2003 Fuji TV adaptation of Kuni Arisaka's novel Happiness in Bloom , and played supporting roles in the 1986 NHK series Musashibō Benkei and the 1994 TV Asahi series Troublesome Teacher . In 2009 she appeared in the lead role in Christmas Miracle , her third lead role for Fuji TV after Shiawase saita and the 2005 drama Dangerous Liaisons .