Kie Kitano

Kie Kitano, 北乃 きい , Kie Kitano (2006) Born (1991-03-15) March 15, 1991 (age 22), Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan Years active 2005-present Kie Kitano (北乃 きい, Kitano Kii, born March 15, 1991 in Kanagawa Prefecture) is a singer, gravure idol and an actress in Japan. She is signed with the Foster agency. Kitano is a former member of the celebrity girls futsal team Miss Magazine. In 2005, Kitano won a Miss Magazine Award, 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. In February 2008, she has also won the 29th Yokohama Film Festival with the same film. 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. Filmography edit: Dramas edit: 14 Sai no Haha (2006), Junjo Kirari (2006), Life (2007), Taiyo to Umi no Kyoshitsu (2008), Nagareboshi (2010), You Kame's Cicada (2010), Toilet no Kamisama (2011), School (2011), Movies edit: Yubisaki kara Sekai wo (2006), Kofuku no Shokutaku (2007) - starring, Speed Master (2007), GeGeGe no Kitaro Sennen Noroi Uta (2008) as Kaede Hiramoto , Love Fight (2008) - starring, Postman (2008), Half Way (2009), Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life - Sheena (voice, 2009), Bandage (2010), Tokyo Story (2013) , Jōkyō Monogatari (2013), Photobooks edit: First Step (2007), Kitano Moyō (北乃模様) (2008) , Promotional videos edit: "I Can See Clearly Now" by Beat Crusaders (2005), "Pink Candy -the movie-" by Kotaro Oshio (2007), "Yume no Sei" (夢のせい) by Little (2007), "Kibō no Uta/Kaze" (希望の唄／風) by Funky Monkey Babys (2008)

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