Kie Kitano

Kie Kitano
Kie Kitano
北きた乃きい
Born	March 15, 1991 (age 33); Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
Occupations	Actress; singer; gravure idol;
Years active	2005–present
Agent	Foster agency
	Musical career
Genres	J-pop; R&B;
Instrument	Vocals
Years active	2007–present
Labels	Avex Trax

Kie Kitano (北きた乃きい, Kitano Kii, born March 15, 1991)^[1] is a Japanese actress, singer and gravure idol.

Career

Kitano was born in Kanagawa Prefecture, and is a former member of the celebrity girls futsal team Miss Magazine. In 2005, Kitano won a Miss Magazine Award,^[1] becoming the youngest (age 14) to receive that award. In 2007, Kitano was chosen for the first time star in the drama Life. To properly portray her character, Kitano saved up and bought every volume of the manga on which the drama is based. With Kofuku no Shokutaku, she has won 31st Japan Academy Award in the New Actor category.^[2]^[3] In February 2008, she has also won the 29th Yokohama Film Festival with the same film.^[3] After acting in Life and Kofuku no Shokutaku, she was chosen to appear in the promotional video for the single released on October 10, 2007 by Little. Between December 2007 and January 2008, she was chosen as the third cheering manager for Japan's High School Soccer Tournament, following Maki Horikita and Yui Aragaki. She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress Award at Milano Film Festival in 2014 for her impressive portrayal of a music producer's assistant in "The Tenor Lirico Spinto."

Filmography

Dramas

14 Sai no Haha (2006)^[1]
Junjo Kirari (2006)^[1]
Life (2007)^[1]
Taiyo to Umi no Kyoshitsu (2008)
Nagareboshi (2010)
You Kame's Cicada (2010)
Toilet no Kamisama (2011)
School (2011)
Cleopatra Ladies -Eternal Desire for Beauty (2012)
Gintama Mitsuba Arc (2017), Mitsuba
Konuka Ame (2017), Osumi
Natsuzora (2019)
Burn the House Down (2023), Kurea^[4]

Movies

Yubisaki kara Sekai wo (2006)^[1]
Kofuku no Shokutaku (2007) – starring^[1]
Speed Master (2007)^[1]
Spider-Man 3 (2007) – Mary Jane Watson (voice-over for Kirsten Dunst)
GeGeGe no Kitaro Sennen Noroi Uta (2008) as Kaede Hiramoto^[5]
Love Fight (2008) – starring^[6]
Postman (2008)^[1]
Half Way (2009)
Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life – Sheena (voice, 2009)
Bandage (2010)
Bushido Sixteen (2010)^[7]
Tokyo Story (2013)^[8]
Jōkyō Monogatari (2013)^[9]
The Tenor Lirico Spinto (2014)
I Don't Have Many Friends (2014)
Teacher And Stray Cat (2015)
Tap The Last Show (2017)
Sengoku Girl and Kendō Boy (2020)
Oshorin (2023)^[10]
Teppen no Ken (2024)^[11]

Photobooks

First Step (2007)^[1]
Kitano Moyō (北きた乃模様さま) (2008)^[12]

Promotional videos

"I Can See Clearly Now" by Beat Crusaders (2005)
"Pink Candy -the movie-" by Kotaro Oshio (2007)
"Yume no Sei" (夢ゆめのせい) by Little (2007)
"Kibō no Uta/Kaze" (希望きぼうの唄うた／風ふう) by Funky Monkey Babys (2008)^[13]

Discography

(All released under Avex Group unless otherwise noted.)

Albums

Shin (心しん) (2011-04-13)
Can You Hear Me? (2012-03-14)

Singles

"Sakura Saku" (サクラサク) (2010-02-24) No. 7, 33,479 copies sold^[14]
"Hanataba" (花束はなたば) (2010-08-11)
"Kizuna" (絆きずな) (2011-03-02)
"Darl:orz" (2012-01-18)

Chakuuta

"Sakura Mau" (桜さくら舞まう) (2007.01.27)^[1]^[15]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l 北きた乃きい（女優じょゆう）のプロフィール (in Japanese). Yahoo! Japan. Retrieved November 7, 2008.
^ "北きた乃きい主演しゅえん、恋愛れんあいドラマの母ははの北川きたがわ悦えつ吏子初はつ監督かんとく映画えいが、主題歌しゅだいかはSalyuに決定けってい！" (in Japanese). Cinema Today. October 22, 2008. Retrieved November 7, 2008.
^ ^a ^b ヨコハマ映画えいが祭さい授賞じゅしょう式しきにガッキー、夏帆なつほら (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports. Retrieved November 7, 2008.
^ "Netflixシリーズ「御手洗みたらし家か、炎上えんじょうする」新しんキャストに工藤くどう阿須あず加か、中川なかがわ大志ひろし、恒松つねまつ祐里ゆりら". Natalie. Retrieved May 11, 2023.
^ 北きた乃きい:映画えいが「ゲゲゲの鬼太郎おにたろう」続編ぞくへんヒロインに (in Japanese). Mainichi Shinbun. Archived from the original on January 22, 2008. Retrieved January 21, 2008.
^ 腹筋ふっきん割われとるで～！北きた乃きいがボクシング特訓とっくんでムキムキ変身へんしん (in Japanese). Sankei Sports. Archived from the original on April 4, 2008. Retrieved April 2, 2008.
^ "Japanese teens wield their swords " (Archive). The Prague Post. November 22, 2013. Retrieved January 23, 2015.
^ "Autobiographical Tokyo Story Comic To Become A Live Action Movie". Japanverse. Archived from the original on April 11, 2013. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
^ "Rieko Saibara's Jōkyō Monogatari Manga Gets Live-Action Film". Anime News Network. March 22, 2013. Retrieved March 27, 2013.
^ "映画えいが「おしょりん」制作せいさく開始かいしを発表はっぴょう福井ふくいの眼鏡めがね産業さんぎょう黎明れいめい期き描えがく". Mainichi Shimbun. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
^ "北きた乃きい＆本郷ほんごう奏そう多たが剣道けんどう映画えいが「てっぺんの剣けん」でW主演しゅえん、ロケ地ち・大分おおいたで先行せんこう公開こうかい". Natalie. Retrieved August 3, 2024.
^ 北きた乃きいがセカンド写真しゃしん集しゅう発売はつばい「気きづかなかった自分じぶん発見はっけんできた」 (in Japanese). May 24, 2008. Archived from the original on May 26, 2008. Retrieved May 23, 2008.
^ ファンモンの新曲しんきょくジャケットに北きた乃きい (in Japanese). Sankei Sports. Archived from the original on October 3, 2008. Retrieved November 7, 2008.
^ "女優じょゆう・北きた乃きいの歌手かしゅデビュー作さくがTOP10入いり、ガッキー以来いらい1年ねん7ヶ月かげつぶり". Oricon. March 2, 2010. Retrieved March 2, 2010.
^ Yahoo! JAPAN – 北きた乃きいのプロフィール

北きた乃きいネット – ニュース (in Japanese). Archived from the original on December 30, 2007. Retrieved January 11, 2008.

External links

Official blog (in Japanese)
Official agency profile (in Japanese)
Official website at Avex Group (in Japanese)

[basicprofile-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l 北きた乃きい（女優じょゆう）のプロフィール (in Japanese). Yahoo! Japan. Retrieved November 7, 2008.

[halfway-2] "北きた乃きい主演しゅえん、恋愛れんあいドラマの母ははの北川きたがわ悦えつ吏子初はつ監督かんとく映画えいが、主題歌しゅだいかはSalyuに決定けってい！" (in Japanese). Cinema Today. October 22, 2008. Retrieved November 7, 2008.

[yokohamafestival-3] ヨコハマ映画えいが祭さい授賞じゅしょう式しきにガッキー、夏帆なつほら (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports. Retrieved November 7, 2008.

[4] "Netflixシリーズ「御手洗みたらし家か、炎上えんじょうする」新しんキャストに工藤くどう阿須あず加か、中川なかがわ大志ひろし、恒松つねまつ祐里ゆりら". Natalie. Retrieved May 11, 2023.

[5] 北きた乃きい:映画えいが「ゲゲゲの鬼太郎おにたろう」続編ぞくへんヒロインに (in Japanese). Mainichi Shinbun. Archived from the original on January 22, 2008. Retrieved January 21, 2008.

[6] 腹筋ふっきん割われとるで～！北きた乃きいがボクシング特訓とっくんでムキムキ変身へんしん (in Japanese). Sankei Sports. Archived from the original on April 4, 2008. Retrieved April 2, 2008.

[7] "Japanese teens wield their swords " (Archive). The Prague Post. November 22, 2013. Retrieved January 23, 2015.

[8] "Autobiographical Tokyo Story Comic To Become A Live Action Movie". Japanverse. Archived from the original on April 11, 2013. Retrieved March 23, 2013.

[9] "Rieko Saibara's Jōkyō Monogatari Manga Gets Live-Action Film". Anime News Network. March 22, 2013. Retrieved March 27, 2013.

[10] "映画えいが「おしょりん」制作せいさく開始かいしを発表はっぴょう福井ふくいの眼鏡めがね産業さんぎょう黎明れいめい期き描えがく". Mainichi Shimbun. Retrieved January 31, 2022.

[11] "北きた乃きい＆本郷ほんごう奏そう多たが剣道けんどう映画えいが「てっぺんの剣けん」でW主演しゅえん、ロケ地ち・大分おおいたで先行せんこう公開こうかい". Natalie. Retrieved August 3, 2024.

[12] 北きた乃きいがセカンド写真しゃしん集しゅう発売はつばい「気きづかなかった自分じぶん発見はっけんできた」 (in Japanese). May 24, 2008. Archived from the original on May 26, 2008. Retrieved May 23, 2008.

[13] ファンモンの新曲しんきょくジャケットに北きた乃きい (in Japanese). Sankei Sports. Archived from the original on October 3, 2008. Retrieved November 7, 2008.

[14] "女優じょゆう・北きた乃きいの歌手かしゅデビュー作さくがTOP10入いり、ガッキー以来いらい1年ねん7ヶ月かげつぶり". Oricon. March 2, 2010. Retrieved March 2, 2010.

[15] Yahoo! JAPAN – 北きた乃きいのプロフィール

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Kie Kitano
北きた乃きい
Born	(1991-03-15) March 15, 1991 (age 33) Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
Occupations	Actress singer gravure idol
Years active	2005–present^[1]
Agent	Foster agency
Musical career
Genres	J-pop R&B
Instrument	Vocals
Years active	2007–present
Labels	Avex Trax