Mirei Kiritani

Summary

Mirei Kiritani (桐谷 美玲, Kiritani Mirei, born December 16, 1989) is a Japanese actress, model, and news anchor.[1][2] She appeared in the film Heroine Shikkaku, Kimi ni Todoke, Usagi Drop, and Arakawa Under the Bridge.[3] She also appeared in the drama Andō Lloyd: A.I. knows Love?, Gunshi Kanbei, Hell Teacher Nūbē, and so on. From 2012 to 2018, she anchored the NTV's news program News Zero every Tuesday.[4] In 2015, she played the lead role in the vampire film Koisuru Vampire[5] and also the lead role in the Netflix original series Atelier.

Mirei Kiritani
桐谷 美玲
Born (1989-12-16) December 16, 1989 (age 34)
Occupation(s)Actress, model and news anchor
Years active2006–present
AgentSweet Power
Known for
Spouse
(m. 2018)
Children1
Websitesweetpower.jp/sweetpower/mirei

Filmography edit

Films edit

Year Title Role Directed by Notes Ref(s)
2006 Haru no Ibasho Aoyama Masatoshi Akihara
2007 Akai Bunka Jutaku no Hatsuko Yamaguchi Yuki Tanada
2008 Classmates Nozomi Hayakawa Yoshihiro Fukagawa Lead role [6]
Gymnasium Baby Nozomi Hayakawa Yoshihiro Fukagawa [7]
2009 Yamagata Scream Chūko Kaburagi Naoto Takenaka [8]
2010 From Me to You Ume Kurumizawa Naoto Kumazawa [9]
Ongakubito Shion Mizuno Hidetaka Itō Lead role [10]
Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac Yumi Hans Canosa [11]
2011 Gene Waltz Yumi Aoi Kentarō Ōtani [12]
Runway Beat Miki Tachibana Kentarō Ōtani [13]
Scattered Reflection Shima Kase Masaaki Taniguchi Lead role [14][15]
Snowflake Mano Masaaki Taniguchi Lead role [14][16]
Bunny Drop Kazumi Kawachi Sabu [17]
2012 Arakawa Under the Bridge Nino Ken Iizuka [18]
Ace Attorney Mayoi Ayasato (Maya Fey) Takashi Miike [19]
Until the Break of Dawn Kirari Hinata Yūichirō Hirakawa [20]
I Have to Buy New Shoes Suzume Yagami Eriko Kitagawa [21][22]
Detective Conan: The Eleventh Striker Kaoru Kouda (voice) Kōbun Shizuno [23]
2013 Crying 100 Times: Every Raindrop Falls Yoshimi Sawamura Ryūichi Hiroki Lead role [24][25]
Asa Hiru Ban Yumiko Jūzō Yamasaki [26]
2014 Team Batista The Movie: The Portrait of Kerberos Youko Bekku Kazunari Hoshino [27]
Jossy's Naoko Akagi/Red Yūichi Fukuda Lead role [28]
2015 Assassination Classroom Aguri Yukimura Eiichirō Hasumi [29]
Vampire in Love Kiira Mai Suzuki Lead role [5]
No Longer Heroine Hatori Matsuzaki Tsutomu Hanabusa Lead role [30]
2016 Assassination Classroom: Graduation Aguri Yukimura Eiichirō Hasumi [31]
2017 Revenge Girl Miki Takaraishi Kōichirō Miki Lead role [32]
2023 Go! Anpanman: Roborii and the Warming Present Roborii (voice) Toshikazu Hashimoto [33]
Once Upon a Crime Wizard Tekla Yūichi Fukuda [34]

TV dramas edit

Year Title Role Network Notes Ref.
2006 Kisshō Tennyo Yuiko Asai TV Asahi [35]
Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro Rin Satō BS-i Lead role; season 5 [36]
Tokyo Girl Kazue BS-i Lead role; episode 4
Honkowa: True Horror Stories: Summer 2006 Minako Nagasawa Fuji TV
Koi Suru Nichiyōbi: New Type Kanako Morie BS-i Episode 6
2007 Koi Suru Nichiyōbi: Third Series Natsuki Sannomiya BS-i Lead role; episode 4 [37]
Kaze no Kitamichi Fumie Shiraishi NHK [38]
Kira Kira Kenshūi Kana Fujino TBS Episode 7 [39]
Hana-Kimi Kanna Amagasaki Fuji TV
Deru Toko Demasho! Mariko Fujino Fuji TV Television film
2008 Dansou no Reijin: Kawashima Yoshiko no Shōgai Fumiyo Wakisaka TV Asahi Television film
2009 Chance!: Kanojo ga Seikou Shita Riyū Arisa Ebihara Fuji TV
33 Minute Detective 2 Kimi Kurayoshi Fuji TV Episode 11
Love Game Honami Ōtsuka YTV Episode 9 [40]
Otomen Miyabi Oharida Fuji TV [41]
2010 Ringetsu no Musume Chizuru Mano TV Asahi Lead role
Jotei Kaoruko Saya Nishimura TV Asahi Lead role [42]
Natsu no Koi ha Nijiiro ni Kagayaku Sakura Miyase Fuji TV [43]
2011 The Music Show Kaoru Yamazaki NTV [44]
Arakawa Under the Bridge Nino MBS [45]
Hunter: Women After Reward Money Jun Motomura KTV [46][47]
2012 13-sai no Hellowork Shōko Mano TV Asahi [3]
GTO: Aki mo Oni Abare Special Shinomi Fujisaki KTV Television film [48]
Shinikare Ruriko Enomoto Fuji TV [49]
2013 Apoyan Haruko Morio TBS [50][51]
Cheap Flight Yūka Kuramochi NTV [52]
Galileo Wakana Isogai/Haruna Mikami Fuji TV Season 2, episode 5
Saitō San 2 Maya Yamauchi NTV [53]
Andō Lloyd: A.I. knows Love? Mysterious Beautiful Girl TBS
2014 Gunshi Kanbei Dashi NHK Taiga drama [54]
Shinigami-kun Death's Watcher TV Asahi [55]
Tsui no Sumika Tomoko Asakura NHK BS-P Lead role; miniseries [56]
Hell Teacher Nūbē Ritsuko Takahashi NTV [57]
Honkowa: True Horror Stories: 15th Anniversary Special Risa Takimoto Fuji TV Lead role
2016 Sumika Sumire Sumire Kisaragi TV Asahi Lead role [58]
A Girl & Three Sweethearts Misaki Sakurai Fuji TV Lead role [59]

Web dramas edit

Other TV shows edit

  • Mezamashi TV "Hayamimi Trend No.1" (Fuji TV, 2006-2007)
  • Gekimote! Seventeen Gakuen (BS-TBS, 2009-2010), MC
  • News Zero (NTV, 2012-2018), News Anchor on Tuesday[4]
  • News Every (NTV, 2024- ), News Anchor [62]

Stage edit

  • Shin Bakumatsu Junjōden (Theatre Cocoon at Shibuya, July 12, 2012 – July 22, 2012), Sōji Okita[63]
  • Hiryūden 21: Satsuriku no Aki (Aoyama Theatre, October 5, 2013 – October 20, 2013),[2] Michiko Kanbayashi

Dubbing edit

Video games edit

Music videos edit

  • Hiiragi - "Kakera"[66] (August 26, 2009)
  • Kg - "Itoshi Sugite duet with Tiara"[67] (February 3, 2010)

Radio edit

  • Bunka Hōsō Recommen: "Kiritani Mirei no Radio-san." (April 6, 2010 – March 25, 2015, on Wednesday)[2]

Bibliography edit

Books edit

  • Mirei San no Seikatsu. (Shueisha, August 18, 2009) ISBN 9784087805352[68]
  • Mirei San no Seikatsu. super! (Shueisha, January 28, 2011) ISBN 9784087805932[69][70]

Magazines edit

Photobooks edit

  • Cinema×Kiritani Mirei Making of "Ranhansha and Snow Flake" (Kadokawa Group Publishing, July 29, 2011) ISBN 9784046214188[73]
  • Kiritani Mirei 2013 Calendar Photobook (Shueisha, October 12, 2012) ISBN 9784081021505[74][75]
  • First Shasinshū "Shitsuren, Ryokō, Paris." (Kodansha, December 11, 2014) ISBN 9784062191494[76]

Discography edit

Singles edit

Awards edit

  • Nail Queen 2014 (Actress Category)[78]

References edit

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External links edit

  • Official agency profile (in Japanese)