Mei Nagano

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Known For:
Acting

Birthday:
September 24, 1999

Place of Birth:
Tokyo, Japan

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Mei Nagano

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

Filmography

Year Movie Role
2025 Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist's Journey Akiko
2025 Brighter Days Saho Takahashi
2024 Teasing Master Takagi-san Takagi-san
2024 Cells at Work! Red Blood Cell
2023 Mom, Is That You?! Kanzaki Mai
2022 My Broken Mariko Tomoyo Shiino
2022 Motherhood Daughter
2021 It's a Flickering Life Yoshiko – Young
2021 Hell's Garden Naoko Tanaka
2021 And So the Baton Is Passed Yuko Morimiya
2020 Masked Ward Hitomi Kawasaki
2019 You Shine in the Moonlight Mamizu Watarase
2019 NiNoKuni Asha / Kotona (voice)
2017 Daytime Shooting Star Suzume Yosano
2017 Parks Haru
2017 Teiichi: Battle of Supreme High Mimiko Shiratori
2017 Peach Girl Sae Kashiwagi
2017 Mixed Doubles Airi Ogasawara
2015 My Love Story!! Rinko Yamato
2015 A Stitch of Life Mari
2014 GACHI-BAN: ULTRA MAX
2014 The Man of the Tokyo Olympics Grace Miyako Wada [Teenager]
2012 Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins Tsubame Sanjo
2012 Stand Up! Vanguard
2010 Zebraman 2: Attack on Zebra City Sumire
2009 Hard Revenge, Milly: Bloody Battle
Year TV Show Role
2025 News Anchor Hana Sakikubo
2024 The Gift of Your Heart Ame Aihara
2023 Burn the House Down Anzu Murata
2022 Riding a Unicorn Sana Narukawa
2021 Creator's File: GOLD
2021 Police in a Pod Mai Kawai(川合 麻依)
2020 Daddy Is My Classmate Sakura Obika
2019 Mr. Hiiragi's Homeroom Sakura Kayano
2019 Terrace House: Tokyo 2019-2020 Herself - Commentator
2018 Half Blue Sky Suzume Nireno
2017 Fugitive Boys Renko Aokawa
2017 Super Salaryman Mr. Saenai
2016 Love That Makes You Cry Remi Funakawa
2016 Voice Love Yoshioka Yuiko
2015 Teddy Go! Amano An
2014 Platonic Sari Mochizuki
2010 Asaichi Herself
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