Kie Kitano

Kie Kitano

Known for
Acting
Born
March 15, 1991 (age 35)
Birthplace
Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan

Biography

Kie Kitano (北乃きい, Kitano Kii, born March 15, 1991) is a Japanese Actress, singer, TV host, and former gravure idol. She entered the entertainment industry in 2005 at the age of 14 by winning the Miss Magazine Grand Prix Award, marking her as the youngest winner in the event's history. She made her acting debut with: 恋する日曜日「夏の記憶」BS-i drama broadcasted in 2005. She starred on "Yubisaki", directed by Isao Yukisada, "Mother at Fourteen", and NHK drama "Junjo Kirari" in 2006. She did her first lead role in 2007 with "Happy Dining Table" (also known as Kōfuku na Shokutaku) directed by Takashi Komatsu, in the same year, she starred in the Fuji TV drama "Life", an very successful drama, which helped elevate her reputation as a talented and highly capable young actress, Kitano won the 4th Annual TV Navi Drama Award for Best New Actress and the 54th Television Drama Academy Award for Best Newcomer, since then, she starred in various dramas and movies.

Known For

Filmography

2026
Kill Okiharu's Tears poster

Kill Okiharu's Tears

Movie · as Hina Akasaka

2026
A Moonlight Nights Passing poster

A Moonlight Nights Passing

TV · 1 ep

2026
Unmarried Fraud: The Side of Him I Didn't Know poster

Unmarried Fraud: The Side of Him I Didn't Know

TV · as Sayaka Dojima · 8 eps

2026
Goodbye Noir poster

Goodbye Noir

TV · as Sakura Konishi · 1 ep

2026
Kamen Kyoushi poster

Kamen Kyoushi

TV · as Hanako Seki · 7 eps

2025
Samurai Detective Onihei: One Last Wish poster

Samurai Detective Onihei: One Last Wish

Movie

2025
Happiness Comes from Eating, Sleeping and Waiting poster

Happiness Comes from Eating, Sleeping and Waiting

TV · as Sorihashi Riku · 9 eps

2025
The Winds of Fukushima poster

The Winds of Fukushima

TV · 1 ep

2024
Top Swords Couple poster

Top Swords Couple

Movie · as Yui Yamamoto

2024
Extreme Married Couple poster

Extreme Married Couple

TV · as Aki Hokuto · 10 eps

2024
Usotoki Rhetoric poster

Usotoki Rhetoric

TV · 3 eps

2023
Oshorin poster

Oshorin

Movie

2023
Romeo & Juliet poster

Romeo & Juliet

Movie · as Juliet

2023
Victory Court Ceremony poster

Victory Court Ceremony

TV · as Saotome Hana · 10 eps

2023
Burn the House Down poster

Burn the House Down

TV · as Claire · 8 eps

2023
Maternity Leave Detective poster

Maternity Leave Detective

TV · as Akizuki Saki · 10 eps

2022
Solitary Gourmet New Year’s Eve Special ~Crab Errand Sure is Tough~ poster

Solitary Gourmet New Year’s Eve Special ~Crab Errand Sure is Tough~

Movie · as Kobayashi Mana

2022
Ojisan Is Cheering for My Love (In My Brain) poster

Ojisan Is Cheering for My Love (In My Brain)

TV · as Miyashita Matsuri · 10 eps

2022
Let’s Go to the Cinema Complex! poster

Let’s Go to the Cinema Complex!

TV · as Kaori Nakatsuka · 13 eps

2022
Thy Name poster

Thy Name

TV · as Hisae Aso · 8 eps

2022
Goodbye My Dear poster

Goodbye My Dear

TV · as Aoki Kaoru · 4 eps

2021
You are Not the Culprit poster

You are Not the Culprit

TV · 8 eps

2020
夢の本屋をめぐる冒険 poster

夢の本屋をめぐる冒険

TV · 2 eps

2019
A Murder Is Announced poster

A Murder Is Announced

Movie · as Tachibana Shiori

2019
Natsuzora poster

Natsuzora

TV · 156 eps

2017
TAP THE LAST SHOW poster

TAP THE LAST SHOW

Movie · as Hana Mori

2017
Hashi Monogatari: Konuka Ame poster

Hashi Monogatari: Konuka Ame

Movie · as Osumi

2017
Gintama: Mitsuba Arc poster

Gintama: Mitsuba Arc

TV · as Okita Mitsuba · 3 eps

2017
Goodbye Newspaper poster

Goodbye Newspaper

TV · 5 eps

2016
Cross Road poster

Cross Road

TV · 16 eps

2015
Teacher and Stray Cat poster

Teacher and Stray Cat

Movie · as Mayumi Matsukawa

2015
Double Meaning: Chain Reaction poster

Double Meaning: Chain Reaction

Movie

2014
The Tenor - Lirico Spinto poster

The Tenor - Lirico Spinto

Movie · as Shinohara Misaki

2014
Haganai: I Don't Have Many Friends (Live Action) poster

Haganai: I Don't Have Many Friends (Live Action)

Movie · as Yozora Mikazuki

2014
300 Million Yen Robbery poster

300 Million Yen Robbery

Movie · as Yuka Kobayashi

2014
Housekeeper the Peeper poster

Housekeeper the Peeper

Movie · as Akemi Nakamura

2013
Ken and Mary: The Asian Truck Express poster

Ken and Mary: The Asian Truck Express

Movie · as Midori

2013
Kid's Police poster

Kid's Police

Movie

2013
I Hate Tokyo poster

I Hate Tokyo

Movie · as Natsumi Takahara

2013
Yokohama Story poster

Yokohama Story

Movie · as Nanami Matsuura

2013
Double Meaning: Yes or No? poster

Double Meaning: Yes or No?

Movie · as Akira Mochizuki

2013
Under the Nagasaki Sky poster

Under the Nagasaki Sky

Movie · as Kiyomi Kadota

2013
24時間女優-待つ女- 北乃きい×山本透 poster

24時間女優-待つ女- 北乃きい×山本透

Movie

2013
Tenshi wa Mop wo Motte poster

Tenshi wa Mop wo Motte

TV · as Kiriko · 4 eps

2012
Villain poster

Villain

Movie · as はるか / 伊藤 冬美

2012
Cleopatra na Onnatachi poster

Cleopatra na Onnatachi

TV · 8 eps

2011
Happy Together –All About My Dog– poster

Happy Together –All About My Dog–

Movie · as Natsuko

2011
Double Meaning poster

Double Meaning

Movie · as Akira Mochizuki

2011
Love Come poster

Love Come

Movie · as Ryoko

2011
Toire no kamisama poster

Toire no kamisama

Movie · as Kana Uemura

2011
虹の向こうへ poster

虹の向こうへ

Movie · as 七海

2011
School!! poster

School!!

TV · as Kanoko Takeichi · 9 eps

2010
Bandage poster

Bandage

Movie · as Asako Suzuki

2010
Bushido Sixteen poster

Bushido Sixteen

Movie · as Sanae Nishogi

2010
Cheburashka poster

Cheburashka

Movie · as Masha (voice)

2010
Still life poster

Still life

Movie · as Natsumi

2010
The Cicada's Eighth Day poster

The Cicada's Eighth Day

TV · 6 eps

2010
Shooting Star poster

Shooting Star

TV · as Maria Okada · 10 eps

2010
Beyond the Rainbow poster

Beyond the Rainbow

TV · as Nanami · 15 eps

2010
Graduation Song poster

Graduation Song

TV · as Yurika Maejima, Maeshima Yurika · 1 ep

2010
The Club Activity Way poster

The Club Activity Way

TV · as 小川菜々 · 5 eps

2009
Halfway poster

Halfway

Movie · as Hiro Konno

2009
Kie Kitano - Kitano Furii poster

Kie Kitano - Kitano Furii

Movie · as Self

2009
Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life poster

Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life

Movie · as Sheena (voice)

2008
Kitaro and the Millennium Curse poster

Kitaro and the Millennium Curse

Movie · as Kaede Hiramoto

2008
Love Fight poster

Love Fight

Movie · as Aki Nishimura

2008
Tales of the Bizarre: 2008 Spring Special poster

Tales of the Bizarre: 2008 Spring Special

Movie

2008
Kie Kitano's Diary poster

Kie Kitano's Diary

Movie · as Self

2008
Postman poster

Postman

Movie · as Ayumi Kaieda

2008
北乃きいの 「很好!しゃべっチャイナ」 1豫園編 poster

北乃きいの 「很好!しゃべっチャイナ」 1豫園編

Movie

2008
北乃きいの 「很好!しゃべっチャイナ」 2南京路編 poster

北乃きいの 「很好!しゃべっチャイナ」 2南京路編

Movie

2008
北乃きいの 「很好!しゃべっチャイナ」 3准海路編 poster

北乃きいの 「很好!しゃべっチャイナ」 3准海路編

Movie

2008
北乃きいの 「很好!しゃべっチャイナ」 4浦東編 poster

北乃きいの 「很好!しゃべっチャイナ」 4浦東編

Movie

2008
Homeroom on the Beachside poster

Homeroom on the Beachside

TV · as Riku Shirasaki · 10 eps

2007
Speed Master poster

Speed Master

Movie · as Mahiro Sakurai

2007
Happy Dining Table poster

Happy Dining Table

Movie · as Sawako Nakahara

2007
Connected Hearts: 3 Love Stories poster

Connected Hearts: 3 Love Stories

Movie

2007
Life poster

Life

TV · as Ayumu Shiiba · 11 eps

2006
Yubisaki poster

Yubisaki

Movie · as Uta

2006
Kie Kitano「Oops!」 poster

Kie Kitano「Oops!」

Movie · as Self

2006
Mother at Fourteen poster

Mother at Fourteen

TV · as Kubota Megumi · 11 eps

2006
Junjo Kirari poster

Junjo Kirari

TV · as Arimori Fueko (young) · 156 eps

2005
Noroi: Hodo Sosa Saizensen Yori poster

Noroi: Hodo Sosa Saizensen Yori

Movie

2005
Phantoms of the PopEra poster

Phantoms of the PopEra

Movie

2005
Kie Kitano "Miss Magazine" poster

Kie Kitano "Miss Magazine"

Movie · as Self

2005
Love on Sunday: Summer Memories poster

Love on Sunday: Summer Memories

Movie · as Mika

1999
Emergency Room 24 Hours poster

Emergency Room 24 Hours

TV · as Chinatsu Kamoi(鴨居 千夏) · 7 eps