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Mei Nagano Biography and Full Filmography - MovieWise

Quick Facts

Born:
1999-09-24

Birthplace:
Tokyo, Japan

Credits:
44 Total Roles

Mei Nagano

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Biography

Mei Nagano is a Japanese actress. She is known for playing Rinko in the film My Love Story! (2015) as well as Yosano Suzume in the film Daytime Shooting Star (2017). In June 2017, she was announced as the lead for NHK's 98th Asadora, Hanbun, Aoi, due air in April 2018.

Nagano was scouted in Kichijouji, Tokyo when she was in her third year of elementary school. She made her acting debut in the 2009 action-adventure film Hard Revenge Milly: Bloody Battle, as a minor character.

In 2015, she played the heroine, Rinko Yamato, in the romantic comedy film, My Love Story! In July 2016, she starred in her first lead role in the teen drama, Koe Koi, as high school student Yuiko Yoshioka, who meets a mysterious boy who wears a paper bag over his head. In September, she starred in the Japanese version of the film Gods of Egypt. She provided the voice for the character Zaya. She also appeared in commercials for Calpis Water, Sekisui House, Townwork, UQ Mobile, and Alpen. In 2017, she starred in the romance film, Daytime Shooting Star.

Nagano was a regular model for Japanese fashion magazines Nico☆Petite and nicola. In August 2016, she became an exclusive model for Seventeen.

Known For

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
2025 Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist's Journey MOVIE Akiko
2025 News Anchor TV Hana Sakikubo
2025 Brighter Days MOVIE Saho Takahashi
2024 Cells at Work! MOVIE Red Blood Cell / AE-3803
2024 Teasing Master Takagi-san MOVIE Takagi-san
2024 The Gift of Your Heart TV Ame Aihara
2023 Mom, Is That You?! MOVIE Kanzaki Mai
2023 Burn the House Down TV Anzu Murata
2022 Motherhood MOVIE Daughter
2022 My Broken Mariko MOVIE Tomoyo Shiino

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