| Ranko Kanbe | |
| Native Name: | 神戸 蘭子 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Birth Date: | 14 April 1982 |
| Birth Place: | Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Agent: | Next Satisfaction |
| Style: | Fashion |
| Height Cm: | 154 |
[1] is a Japanese fashion model, tarento and singer. She is represented with Next Satisfaction Factor.
While moving to Tokyo from Miyazaki Prefecture, Kanbe was invited to the staff of the women fashion magazine JJ in Shibuya at the age of nineteen and became a reader model. She mainly worked as an "S-size" model for the magazine.[2] Kanbe is left-handed (but she sometimes uses her right hand when writing with a pen).
After graduating from university, she was employed to an textile company, but due to the promotion of its products, she continued to work as a reader model with company approval, and she fainted with pressure and retired, and continued to work as a free reader model for two years after that.[2]
Kanbe was later scouted by her former entertainment office, Artist-house Pyramid, in 2008, and became popular as a tarento after making appearances in television programmes, in which made regular appearances, and made other works such as her singing début with the Hexagon unit Mai Satoda with Goda Kazoku, and publishing essay books.
| Year | Title | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marui "CrystalSlyph" | Small size collection | ||
| 2009 | Kobe Collection | Autumn/Winter | |
| 2010 | Tokyo Girls Collection | Spring/Summer | |
| 2012 | Tokyo Runway | [3] |
| Year | Title | Network | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Omoikkiri Don! | Thursday panelist | |
| Omoikkiri Don! Dai 1-bu: Omoikkiri Don | |||
| Quiz! Hexagon II | |||
| 2010 | Pon! | NTV | Thursday "S-Size Model" panelist |
| 2011 | Bananaman no Kami Appli @ | ||
| Girls Golf Circle | Sun | ||
| 2012 | Girls Golf Club | Sun, Sky A | Girls Golf Circle spin-off |
| "Kaiteki! Amazon Seikatsu" 1-kagetsu Koko dake de Kaimono suruto dō naru? | TV Tokyo | ||
| 2013 | Audrey no Kami Appli @ Shinseki: Up Date | ||
| Solus Unique: Kirari kodawari | Kansai local | ||
| 2014 | Ranko & Mayu no Osawagase Police |
| Year | Title | ISBN | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Classy | Reader model era | |||
| CanCam | ||||
| Ray | ||||
| 2008 | Self matome Kami Bible: Kiriri to fuwari | |||
| 2009 | G The Television Vol. 15 |
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Akina Minami no Super Mild Seven / Mai Satoda with Goda Kazoku "I Believe –Yume o Kanaeru Mahō no Kotoba– / Don't leave me" | |
| Hexagon All Stars We Love Hexagon 2009 | ||
| Mai Satoda with Goda Kazoku Mai Satoda with Goda Kazoku |
| Year | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Jibun de Maki Kami | |
| Self matome Kami Bible: Kiriri to fuwari | ||
| Omoikkiri Don! Micchaku Special | ||
| 2009 | I Believe –Yume o Kanaeru Mahō no Kotoba– / Don't leave me | |
| Mai Satoda with Goda Kazoku | ||
| 2010 | Hexagon Family Concert We Live Hexagon 2009 | |
| Quiz! Hexagon II 2009 Gasshuku Special | ||
| 2015 | Tatta kore dake! Ranko Kanbe ga Oshieru Kihon Ballet Diet |