Kie Kitano
Kie Kitano (北乃きい, Kitano Kii, born March 15, 1991) is a Japanese Actress, singer, TV host, and former gravure idol. She entered the entertainment industry in 2005 at the age of 14 by winning the Miss Magazine Grand Prix Award, marking her as the youngest winner in the event's history. She made her acting debut in 2006 with "Yubisaki", directed by Isao Yukisada, "Mother at Fourteen" and NHK drama "Junjo Kirari". She did her first lead role in 2007 with "Happy Dining Table" (also known as Kōfuku na Shokutaku) directed by Takashi Komatsu, in the same year, she starred in the Fuji TV drama "Life", an very successful drama, which helped elevate her reputation as a talented and highly capable young actress, Kitano won the 4th Annual TV Navi Drama Award for Best New Actress and the 54th Television Drama Academy Award for Best Newcomer, since then, she starred in various dramas and movies.
Known For
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- 2026 · A Moonlight Nights Passing as
- 2025 · Happiness Comes from Eating, Sleeping and Waiting as Sorihashi Riku
- 2025 · Samurai Detective Onihei: One Last Wish as
- 2025 · The Winds of Fukushima as
- 2024 · Usotoki Rhetoric as
- 2024 · Extreme Married Couple as Aki Hokuto
- 2023 · Oshorin as
- 2023 · Burn the House Down as Claire
- 2023 · Maternity Leave Detective as Akizuki Saki
- 2023 · Victory Court Ceremony as Saotome Hana
- 2022 · Solitary Gourmet New Year’s Eve Special ~Crab Errand Sure is Tough~ as Kobayashi Mana
- 2022 · Goodbye My Dear as Aoki Kaoru
- 2022 · Let’s Go to the Cinema Complex! as Kaori Nakatsuka
- 2022 · Thy Name as 麻生久恵
- 2022 · Uncle Is Supporting My Love (In My Brain) as
- 2021 · You are Not the Culprit as
- 2020 · 夢の本屋をめぐる冒険 as
- 2019 · A Murder Is Announced as Tachibana Shiori
- 2019 · Natsuzora as
- 2017 · Hashi Monogatari: Konuka Ame as Osumi
- 2017 · Gintama: Mitsuba Arc as Okita Mitsuba
- 2017 · TAP THE LAST SHOW as
- 2017 · Goodbye Newspaper as
- 2016 · Cross Road as
- 2015 · Double Meaning: Chain Reaction as
- 2015 · Teacher and Stray Cat as Mayumi Matsukawa
- 2014 · The Tenor - Lirico Spinto as Shinohara Misaki
- 2014 · Housekeeper the Peeper as Akemi Nakamura
- 2014 · Haganai: I Don't Have Many Friends (Live Action) as Yozora Mikazuki
- 2014 · 300 Million Yen Robbery as Yuka Kobayashi
- 2013 · Yokohama Story as Nanami Matsuura
- 2013 · Ken and Mary: The Asian Truck Express as Midori
- 2013 · I Hate Tokyo as Natsumi Takahara
- 2013 · Under the Nagasaki Sky as Kiyomi Kadota
- 2013 · Tenshi wa Mop wo Motte as Kiriko
- 2013 · Kid's Police as
- 2013 · Double Meaning: Yes or No? as Akira Mochizuki
- 2012 · Villain as はるか / 伊藤 冬美
- 2012 · Cleopatra na Onnatachi as
- 2011 · Double Meaning as Akira Mochizuki
- 2011 · Love Come as Ryoko
- 2011 · 虹の向こうへ as 七海
- 2011 · Happy Together –All About My Dog– as Natsuko
- 2011 · Toire no kamisama as
- 2010 · Cheburashka as Masha (voice)
- 2010 · 虹の向こうへ as
- 2010 · Shooting Star as Maria Okada
- 2010 · Bushido Sixteen as Sanae Nishogi
- 2010 · Bukatsudo as 小川菜々
- 2010 · The Cicada's Eighth Day as
- 2010 · Graduation Song as Yurika Maejima
- 2010 · Graduation Song as Maeshima Yurika
- 2010 · Bandage as Asako Suzuki
- 2009 · Kie Kitano - Kitano Furii as Self
- 2009 · Halfway as Hiro Konno
- 2008 · Love Fight as Aki Nishimura
- 2008 · Homeroom on the Beachside as Riku Shirasaki
- 2008 · Kitaro and the Millennium Curse as Kaede Hiramoto
- 2008 · Kie Kitano's Diary as Self
- 2008 · Tales of the Bizarre: 2008 Spring Special as
- 2007 · Speed Master as Mahiro Sakurai
- 2007 · Life as Ayumu Shiiba
- 2007 · Happy Dining Table as Sawako Nakahara
- 2006 · Mother at Fourteen as Kubota Megumi
- 2006 · Yubisaki as Uta
- 2006 · Kie Kitano「Oops!」 as Self
- 2006 · Junjo Kirari as Arimori Fueko (young)
- 2005 · Kie Kitano "Miss Magazine" as Self
- 2005 · Phantoms of the PopEra as
- 2005 · Noroi: Hodo Sosa Saizensen Yori as
- 1999 · Emergency Room 24 Hours as Chinatsu Kamoi(鴨居 千夏)