Acting · Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan · Born March 15, 1991
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.
Unmarried Fraud: The Side of Him I Didn't Know
2026
as Sayaka Dojima
TVGoodbye, Noir
2026
as Sakura Konishi
TVA Moonlight Nights Passing
2026
TVHappiness Comes from Eating, Sleeping and Waiting
2025
as Sorihashi Riku
MovieSamurai Detective Onihei: One Last Wish
2025
TVThe Winds of Fukushima
2025
MovieTop Swords Couple
2024
as Yui Yamamoto
TVUsotoki Rhetoric
2024
TVExtreme Married Couple
2024
as Aki Hokuto
MovieOshorin
2023
TVBurn the House Down
2023
as Claire
TVMaternity Leave Detective
2023
as Akizuki Saki
TVVictory Court Ceremony
2023
as Saotome Hana
MovieRomeo & Juliet
2023
as Juliet
MovieSolitary Gourmet New Year’s Eve Special ~Crab Errand Sure is Tough~
2022
as Kobayashi Mana
TVGoodbye My Dear
2022
as Aoki Kaoru
TVLet’s Go to the Cinema Complex!
2022
as Kaori Nakatsuka
TVThy Name
2022
as Hisae Aso
TVOjisan Is Cheering for My Love (In My Brain)
2022
as Miyashita Matsuri
TVYou are Not the Culprit
2021
TV夢の本屋をめぐる冒険
2020
MovieA Murder Is Announced
2019
as Tachibana Shiori
TVNatsuzora
2019
MovieHashi Monogatari: Konuka Ame
2017
as Osumi
TVGintama: Mitsuba Arc
2017
as Okita Mitsuba
MovieTAP THE LAST SHOW
2017
TVGoodbye Newspaper
2017
TVCross Road
2016
MovieDouble Meaning: Chain Reaction
2015
MovieTeacher and Stray Cat
2015
as Mayumi Matsukawa
MovieThe Tenor - Lirico Spinto
2014
as Shinohara Misaki
MovieHousekeeper the Peeper
2014
as Akemi Nakamura
MovieHaganai: I Don't Have Many Friends (Live Action)
2014
as Yozora Mikazuki
Movie300 Million Yen Robbery
2014
as Yuka Kobayashi
Movie24時間女優－待つ女－ 北乃きい×山本透
2013
MovieYokohama Story
2013
as Nanami Matsuura
MovieKen and Mary: The Asian Truck Express
2013
as Midori
MovieI Hate Tokyo
2013
as Natsumi Takahara
MovieUnder the Nagasaki Sky
2013
as Kiyomi Kadota
TVTenshi wa Mop wo Motte
2013
as Kiriko
MovieKid's Police
2013
MovieDouble Meaning: Yes or No?
2013
as Akira Mochizuki
MovieVillain
2012
as はるか / 伊藤 冬美
TVCleopatra na Onnatachi
2012
MovieDouble Meaning
2011
as Akira Mochizuki
MovieLove Come
2011
as Ryoko
Movie虹の向こうへ
2011
as 七海
MovieStill life
2011
MovieHappy Together –All About My Dog–
2011
as Natsuko
MovieToire no kamisama
2011
as Kana Uemura
MovieCheburashka
2010
as Masha (voice)
TVBeyond the Rainbow
2010
as Nanami
TVShooting Star
2010
as Maria Okada
MovieBushido Sixteen
2010
as Sanae Nishogi
TVBukatsudo
2010
as 小川菜々
TVThe Cicada's Eighth Day
2010
TVGraduation Song
2010
as Yurika Maejima
MovieBandage
2010
as Asako Suzuki
MoviePokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life
2009
as Sheena (voice)
MovieKie Kitano - Kitano Furii
2009
as Self
MovieHalfway
2009
as Hiro Konno
MovieLove Fight
2008
as Aki Nishimura
TVHomeroom on the Beachside
2008
as Riku Shirasaki
MovieKitaro and the Millennium Curse
2008
as Kaede Hiramoto
MovieKie Kitano's Diary
2008
as Self
MovieTales of the Bizarre: 2008 Spring Special
2008
MoviePostman
2008
as Ayumi Kaieda
Movieツナガルココロ 3 LOVE STORIES
2008
MovieSpeed Master
2007
as Mahiro Sakurai
TVLife
2007
as Ayumu Shiiba
MovieHappy Dining Table
2007
as Sawako Nakahara
TVMother at Fourteen
2006
as Kubota Megumi
MovieYubisaki
2006
as Uta
MovieKie Kitano「Oops!」
2006
as Self
TVJunjo Kirari
2006
as Arimori Fueko (young)
MovieKie Kitano "Miss Magazine"
2005
as Self
MoviePhantoms of the PopEra
2005
MovieLove on Sunday: Summer Memories
2005
as Mika
MovieNoroi: Hodo Sosa Saizensen Yori
2005
TVEmergency Room 24 Hours
1999
as Chinatsu Kamoi（鴨居 千夏）
