Kie Kitano Explained

Kie Kitano
Native Name:北乃 きい
Native Name Lang:ja
Birth Date:15 March 1991
Birth Place:Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
Years Active:2005–present
Agent:Foster agency
Module:
Embed:yes
Background:solo_singer
Instrument:Vocals
Years Active:2007–present
Label:Avex Trax

[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

Movies

Photobooks

Promotional videos

Discography

(All released under Avex Group unless otherwise noted.)

Albums

Singles

Chakuuta

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: http://talent.yahoo.co.jp/talent/7/w06-0041.html. ja:北乃きい(女優)のプロフィール. Yahoo! Japan. November 7, 2008. Japanese.
  2. Web site: 北乃きい主演、恋愛ドラマの母の北川悦吏子初監督映画、主題歌はSalyuに決定!. October 22, 2008 . Cinema Today. November 7, 2008. Japanese.
  3. Web site: http://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/cinema/f-et-tp1-20080204-316125.html. ja:ヨコハマ映画祭授賞式にガッキー、夏帆ら. Nikkan Sports. November 7, 2008. Japanese.
  4. Web site: Netflixシリーズ「御手洗家、炎上する」新キャストに工藤阿須加、中川大志、恒松祐里ら. May 11, 2023. Natalie.
  5. Web site: http://mainichi.jp/enta/mantan/news/20080121mog00m200020000c.html . ja:北乃きい:映画「ゲゲゲの鬼太郎」続編ヒロインに . Mainichi Shinbun . January 21, 2008 . Japanese . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080122045926/http://www.mainichi.jp/enta/mantan/news/20080121mog00m200020000c.html . January 22, 2008 .
  6. Web site: http://www.sanspo.com/geino/top/gt200804/gt2008040310.html. ja:腹筋割れとるで~!北乃きいがボクシング特訓でムキムキ変身. Sankei Sports. April 2, 2008. Japanese . https://web.archive.org/web/20080404134237/http://www.sanspo.com/geino/top/gt200804/gt2008040310.html . April 4, 2008.
  7. "Japanese teens wield their swords " (Archive). The Prague Post. November 22, 2013. Retrieved January 23, 2015.
  8. Web site: Autobiographical Tokyo Story Comic To Become A Live Action Movie. Japanverse. March 23, 2013. April 11, 2013. https://archive.today/20130411043828/http://japanverse.com/2013/03/autobiographical-tokyo-story-comic-to-become-a-live-action-movie/. dead.
  9. Web site: Rieko Saibara's Jōkyō Monogatari Manga Gets Live-Action Film. March 22, 2013. March 27, 2013. Anime News Network.
  10. Web site: 映画「おしょりん」制作開始を発表 福井の眼鏡産業黎明期描く. January 31, 2022. Mainichi Shimbun.
  11. Web site: 北乃きい&本郷奏多が剣道映画「てっぺんの剣」でW主演、ロケ地・大分で先行公開. 3 August 2024. Natalie.
  12. Web site: http://www.sanspo.com/geino/top/gt200805/gt2008052403.html. ja:北乃きいがセカンド写真集発売「気づかなかった自分発見できた」. May 23, 2008. May 24, 2008. Japanese . https://web.archive.org/web/20080526164050/http://www.sanspo.com/geino/top/gt200805/gt2008052403.html . May 26, 2008.
  13. Web site: http://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/081001/gnj0810010502004-n1.htm . ja:ファンモンの新曲ジャケットに北乃きい . Sankei Sports . November 7, 2008 . Japanese . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081003033850/http://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/081001/gnj0810010502004-n1.htm . October 3, 2008 .
  14. Web site: 女優・北乃きいの歌手デビュー作がTOP10入り、ガッキー以来1年7ヶ月ぶり. Oricon. March 2, 2010. March 2, 2010.
  15. http://dir.yahoo.co.jp/talent/7/w06-0041.html Yahoo! JAPAN – 北乃きいのプロフィール