Kie Kitano
Biography
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
Burn the House Down
Emergency Room 24 Hours
Junjo Kirari
Natsuzora
Usotoki Rhetoric
Mother at Fourteen
Life
Happiness Comes from Eating, Sleeping and Waiting
All Movies (42)
- Samurai Detective Onihei: One Last Wish2025
- Oshorin2023
- Solitary Gourmet New Year’s Eve Special ~Crab Errand Sure is Tough~2022 · as Kobayashi Mana
- A Murder Is Announced2019 · as Tachibana Shiori
- Hashi Monogatari: Konuka Ame2017 · as Osumi
- TAP THE LAST SHOW2017
- Double Meaning: Chain Reaction2015
- Teacher and Stray Cat2015 · as Mayumi Matsukawa
- The Tenor - Lirico Spinto2014 · as Shinohara Misaki
- Housekeeper the Peeper2014 · as Akemi Nakamura
- Haganai: I Don't Have Many Friends (Live Action)2014 · as Yozora Mikazuki
- 300 Million Yen Robbery2014 · as Yuka Kobayashi
- 24時間女優－待つ女－ 北乃きい×山本透2013
- Yokohama Story2013 · as Nanami Matsuura
- Ken and Mary: The Asian Truck Express2013 · as Midori
- I Hate Tokyo2013 · as Natsumi Takahara
- Under the Nagasaki Sky2013 · as Kiyomi Kadota
- Kid's Police2013
- Double Meaning: Yes or No?2013 · as Akira Mochizuki
- Villain2012 · as はるか / 伊藤 冬美
- Double Meaning2011 · as Akira Mochizuki
- Love Come2011 · as Ryoko
- 虹の向こうへ2011 · as 七海
- Happy Together –All About My Dog–2011 · as Natsuko
- Toire no kamisama2011
- Cheburashka2010 · as Masha (voice)
- Bushido Sixteen2010 · as Sanae Nishogi
- Bandage2010 · as Asako Suzuki
- Kie Kitano - Kitano Furii2009 · as Self
- Halfway2009 · as Hiro Konno
- Love Fight2008 · as Aki Nishimura
- Kitaro and the Millennium Curse2008 · as Kaede Hiramoto
- Kie Kitano's Diary2008 · as Self
- Tales of the Bizarre: 2008 Spring Special2008
- ツナガルココロ 3 LOVE STORIES2008
- Speed Master2007 · as Mahiro Sakurai
- Happy Dining Table2007 · as Sawako Nakahara
- Yubisaki2006 · as Uta
- Kie Kitano「Oops!」2006 · as Self
- Kie Kitano "Miss Magazine"2005 · as Self
- Phantoms of the PopEra2005
- Noroi: Hodo Sosa Saizensen Yori2005
All TV Shows (31)
- A Moonlight Nights Passing2026
- Happiness Comes from Eating, Sleeping and Waiting2025 · as Sorihashi Riku
- The Winds of Fukushima2025
- Usotoki Rhetoric2024
- Extreme Married Couple2024 · as Aki Hokuto
- Burn the House Down2023 · as Claire
- Maternity Leave Detective2023 · as Akizuki Saki
- Victory Court Ceremony2023 · as Saotome Hana
- Goodbye My Dear2022 · as Aoki Kaoru
- Let’s Go to the Cinema Complex!2022 · as Kaori Nakatsuka
- Thy Name2022 · as 麻生久恵
- Ojisan Is Cheering for My Love (In My Brain)2022
- You are Not the Culprit2021
- 夢の本屋をめぐる冒険2020
- Natsuzora2019
- Gintama: Mitsuba Arc2017 · as Okita Mitsuba
- Goodbye Newspaper2017
- Cross Road2016
- Tenshi wa Mop wo Motte2013 · as Kiriko
- Cleopatra na Onnatachi2012
- 虹の向こうへ2010
- Shooting Star2010 · as Maria Okada
- Bukatsudo2010 · as 小川菜々
- The Cicada's Eighth Day2010
- Graduation Song2010 · as Yurika Maejima
- Graduation Song2010 · as Maeshima Yurika
- Homeroom on the Beachside2008 · as Riku Shirasaki
- Life2007 · as Ayumu Shiiba
- Mother at Fourteen2006 · as Kubota Megumi
- Junjo Kirari2006 · as Arimori Fueko (young)
- Emergency Room 24 Hours1999 · as Chinatsu Kamoi（鴨居 千夏）