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Mei Nagano
永野 芽郁
Nagano at press event facing camera with arms at sides
Nagano at the Tokyo International Film Festival on October 2022
Born (1999-09-24) September 24, 1999 (age 24)
Tokyo, Japan
OccupationActress
Years active2009–present
AgentStardust Promotion

Mei Nagano (永野 芽郁, Nagano Mei, born September 24, 1999 in Tokyo) is a Japanese actress.[1] Amongst her film and television credits are Rinko in the film My Love Story!, Suzume Yosano in the film Daytime Shooting Star, and Suzume Nireno in the 98th NHK asadora Hanbun, Aoi.

Career[edit]

Nagano was scouted in Kichijōji, Tokyo when she was in her third year of elementary school.[1] She made her acting debut in the 2009 action-adventure film Hard Revenge Milly: Bloody Battle as a minor character.[2] Nagano was a regular model for Japanese fashion magazines Nico☆Petite and nicola.[3] In August 2016 she became an exclusive model for Seventeen.[4] In 2015 she played the heroine, Rinko Yamato, in the romantic comedy film My Love Story!.[1]

Her first lead role came in the 2016 teen drama Koe Koi as Yuiko Yoshioka, a high school student who meets a mysterious boy who wears a paper bag over his head.[5] Later that year she provided the voice for the character Zaya in the Japanese version of the film Gods of Egypt.[6] She also appeared in commercials for Calpis Water,[7] Sekisui House,[8] Townwork,[9] UQ Mobile,[10] and Alpen.[11] In 2017 she starred in the romance film Daytime Shooting Star[1] and was announced as the lead for NHK's 98th Asadora, Hanbun, Aoi, which started airing in April 2018.[12][13] For her lead role in this asadora, Nagano was named the Best Actress at the 98th Japan Television Drama Academy Awards.[14]

In 2019, Nagano acted alongside Masaki Suda in the drama Mr. Hiiragi's Homeroom, and was named Best Supporting Actress at the 100th Japan Television Drama Academy Awards for her role.[15] In 2022, Nagano was nominated in the Best Actress category for her role in the 2021 film And So the Baton Is Passed at the 45th Japan Academy Film Prize. She was also named Best Actress at the 64th Blue Ribbon Awards for her role in the same film.[16] She then appeared in the drama Unicorn ni Notte. [17] She also starred in the live-action film adaptation of the manga My Broken Mariko which was released in September 2022.[18]

Filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2009 Hard Revenge Milly: Bloody Battle [2]
2010 Zebraman 2: Attack on Zebra City Sumire [1]
Watashi no Yasashiku nai Senpai young Yamako Iriomote [19]
2012 Rurouni Kenshin Sanjō Tsubame [20]
Gachipan: Ultra Max Seira [1]
2015 A Stitch of Life Mari [21]
My Love Story! Rinko Yamato [22]
2017 Daytime Shooting Star Suzume Yosano Lead role [23]
Parks Haru [24]
Teiichi: Battle of Supreme High Mimiko Shiratori [25]
Peach Girl Sae Kashiwagi [26]
Mixed Doubles Airi Ogasawara [27]
2019 You Shine in the Moonlit Night Mamizu Watarase Lead role [28]
NiNoKuni Kotona and Asha (voice) [29]
2020 Masked Ward Hitomi Kawasaki [30]
2021 It's a Flickering Life Young Yoshiko [31]
Jigoku no Hanazono: Office Royale Naoko Tanaka Lead role [32]
And So the Baton Is Passed Yūko Morimiya Lead role [33]
2022 My Broken Mariko Tomoyo Shiino Lead role [34]
Motherhood Sayaka Lead role [35]
2023 Mom, Is That You?! Mai [36]
2024 Teasing Master Takagi-san Movie Takagi Lead role [37]
Cells at Work! Erythrocyte / Red Blood Cell (AE3803) Lead role [38]

Television drama[edit]

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2010 Hagane no Onna Young Ineko Haga Episode 6 [39]
2011 Tokidoki Mayomayo Tamako Episode 36: Onee-chan to Yobanaide [40]
ABU Asia Kodomo Drama Series Mizuki Mishima Season 7, episode 2: "Ensoku" [41]
True Horror Stories: Summer 2011 The patient Short drama [42]
2012 Stand Up! Vanguard Sumire Mizuhara Television film [43]
2013 Yae's Sakura Young Yamakawa Tokiwa Taiga drama [1]
2014 Platonic Sari Mochizuki [1][44]
Tokyo ni Olympics o Yonda Otoko Teen Grace Miyako Wada [1]
2015 Suiyo Mystery 9: Hoshin Chinatsu Miyashita Television film [45]
High School Chorus Miki Kondo Episode 3 [39]
Summer Stalker Blues Aki Nakajō [46]
Teddy Go! Anne Amano [47]
Chō Gentei Nōryoku Miyuki Hashida [48]
2016 Love That Makes You Cry Remi Funakawa [49]
Koe Koi Yuiko Yoshioka Lead role [5]
Sanada Maru Senhime Taiga drama [50]
2017 Super Salaryman Mr. Saenai Momoko Sasahara Episode 8 [51]
Fugitive Boys Renko Aokawa [52]
2018 Hanbun, Aoi. Suzume Nireno Lead role, Asadora [53]
2019 Mr. Hiiragi's Homeroom Sakura Kayano Lead role [54]
2020 Daddy is My Classmate Sakura Obika [55][56]
2021 Ichikei's Crow: The Criminal Court Judges A defendant Cameo [57]
Police in a Pod Mai Kawai Lead role [58]
2022 Riding a Unicorn Sana Narukawa Lead role [59]
2023 Burn the House Down Anzu Murata Lead role [60]
2024 The Gift of Your Heart Ame Aihara Lead role [61]

Other television[edit]

Year Title Notes Ref.
2018 69th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen As a judge [62]
2020 Terrace House: Tokyo 2019–2020 Guest studio commentator for episodes 33–36 [63]

Japanese dub[edit]

Year Title Role Voice dub for Notes Ref.
2016 Gods of Egypt Zaya Courtney Eaton [6]

Music videos[edit]

Year Artist Title Ref.
2011 Funky Monkey Babys "Love Song"
2013 Southern All Stars "Eikō no Otoko"
2015 She's "Long Goodbye" [64]
2016 Sakura Shimeji Hidarimune [65]

Bibliography[edit]

Magazines[edit]

Photobooks[edit]

Awards[edit]

Year Award Category Work(s) Result Ref
2019 43rd Elan d'or Awards Newcomer of the Year Herself Won [68]
2021 34th Nikkan Sports Film Awards Best Supporting Actress It's a Flickering Life Nominated [69]
46th Hochi Film Awards Best Supporting Actress Nominated [70]
Best Actress And So the Baton Is Passed, etc. Won [71]
2022 64th Blue Ribbon Awards Best Actress And So the Baton Is Passed, Jigoku no Hanazono: Office Royale Won [72]
45th Japan Academy Film Prize Best Actress And So the Baton Is Passed Nominated [73]
47th Hochi Film Awards Best Actress Motherhood and My Broken Mariko Nominated [74]
2023 77th Mainichi Film Awards Best Actress My Broken Mariko Nominated [75]
46th Japan Academy Film Prize Best Supporting Actress Motherhood Nominated [76]
2024 47th Japan Academy Film Prize Best Supporting Actress Mom, Is That You?! Nominated [77]

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