Mirei Kiritani

Mirei Kiritani
Mirei Kiritani
桐谷美玲
Born	December 16, 1989 (age 34); Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Occupation(s)	Actress, model and news anchor
Years active	2006–present
Agent	Sweet Power
Known for	Joshi Zu; Hell Teacher Nūbē; Koisuru Vampire; Heroine Shikkaku; Sukinahito ga Iru Koto;
Spouse	Shohei Miura (m. 2018)
Children	1
Website	sweetpower.jp/sweetpower/mirei

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.

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]
2008	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]
2013	Asa Hiru Ban	Yumiko	Jūzō Yamasaki		^[26]
2014	Team Batista The Movie: The Portrait of Kerberos	Youko Bekku	Kazunari Hoshino		^[27]
2014	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]
2023	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]
2016	A Girl & Three Sweethearts	Misaki Sakurai	Fuji TV	Lead role	^[59]

Web dramas[edit]

Teddy Bear (2008), Haruna Suzuki^[60]
Atelier (2015), Mayuko Tokita^[61]

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]

Kinyō Road Show!: Twilight (NTV, November 12, 2010), Bella Swan^[64]

Video games[edit]

Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (Nintendo 3DS, February 26, 2015), Maya Fey/Mayoi Ayasato voice
Dragon Quest Heroes: Yamiryuu to Sekaiju no Shiro (PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, February 26, 2015), Meer voice^[65]

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]

Seventeen, Shueisha 1967-, as an exclusive model from April 2006 to December 2011^[2]^[71]
Non-no, Shueisha 1971-, as a regular model from March 2012 to June 2015^[2]^[72]

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]

Sweet&Bitter (EPIC Records Japan, July 27, 2011)^[77]

Awards[edit]

Nail Queen 2014 (Actress Category)^[78]

References[edit]

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External links[edit]

Official agency profile (in Japanese)

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