Acting · Osaka, Japan · Born August 31, 2001
Nana Mori is a Japanese actress known for the earthy naturalism and grounded vulnerability she brings to contemporary independent and mainstream cinema. Discovered in her home prefecture of Oita at age 15, she bypassed traditional idol career tracks in favor of selective collaborations with prominent Japanese auteurs. She gained widespread international recognition in 2019 for her voice acting breakthrough as Hina Amano in Makoto Shinkai’s climate-anxiety anime masterpiece Weathering with You. Recognizing her chameleonic ability to balance youthful innocence with an understated melancholy, legendary filmmaker Shunji Iwai cast her in his 2020 epistolary romance Last Letter. Playing a dual role across fragmented timelines, her performance earned her the Newcomer of the Year award at the 44th Japan Academy Film Prize. In the 2023 series The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House, Mori shines as Kiyo, a aspiring maiko who finds her true calling as a house cook. Her performance is the series’ emotional core, anchoring Hirokazu Kore-eda’s culinary world with a quiet, unforced warmth that eschews sentimentality for something genuinely lived-in.
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as Shina
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as Ju-Ju
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TVHirayasumi
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as Natsumi Kobayashi
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as Kanae Sumida
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as Akiko
TVGolden SixTONES
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as Anri Seki
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MovieAt the Bench
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as Haru Iyoda
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as Nana
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TVCinderellas of Midsummer
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as Natsumi Aoi
MovieInsomniacs After School
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as Isaki Magari
MovieFather of the Milky Way Railroad
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as Miyazawa Toshi
TVThe Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House
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as Kiyo
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as Yurina Kurasaka
TVThe Window of non-REM
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TVDuty and Revenge
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as Sawai Mikako
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as Minato Takatsuki
Movie461 Days of Bento: A Promise Between Father and Son
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as Hiromi Nishina
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as Kiki Inoue
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as Mizuki Nishiyama
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as Narrator (voice)
TVTsukai TV Sukatto Japan
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TVYell
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MovieLast Letter
2020
as Fuka / Young Yuri
MovieLittle Letter
2020
MovieHell Girl
2019
as Miho Ichikawa
MovieThe First Supper
2019
as Miyako in childhood
MovieWeathering with You
2019
as Hina Amano (voice)
MovieTokyo Ghoul 'S'
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as Yoriko Kosaka
TVMr. Hiiragi's Homeroom
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as Runa Horibe
TVWeakest Beast
2018
as Chiharu Hanai (Young)
TVSuits
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as Natsumi Uesugi（上杉 夏美）
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as Misuzu Nakao
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as Machiko Nagata
TVTokyo Vampire Hotel
2017
as Akari
