Mari Nishio (西尾まり; born April 2, 1974) is a Japanese

actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a Character (arts), character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek ...

and former child actress.

Filmography

Film

* '' Tora-san Makes Excuses'' (1992) * ''

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'' (2002) – Sawako's friend * ''

The Matsugane Potshot Affair is a 2006 Japanese drama film directed by Nobuhiro Yamashita, starring Hirofumi Arai. Plot The lives of twin brothers Kotaro and Hikaru change when a woman's body is found on the outskirts of Matsugane after being hit by a car. Kotaro, a police ...

'' (2006) – Yoko Togashi * ''

Again Again may refer to: Entertainment * ''Again'' (video game), a 2009 adventure game for the Nintendo DS * ''Again!!'' manga * ''Again!'', a 2011 children's book by Emily Gravett * ''Again'' (film), a 2015 Japanese film Music * Again (band), a ...

'' (2015) – Yamashita's wife

Television

* ''

Taiyō ni Hoero! , literally ''Roar at the Sun!'', was a long-running prime-time television detective series in Japan, which ran from 1972 to 1986 for a total of 718 episodes. The lead star was Yujiro Ishihara. It also helped further the career of actors such a ...

'' (1981) – Suzuko Kitahara * '' Uchi no Ko ni Kagitte...'' (1984) – Izumi Suwa * ''

Papa wa Newscaster is a Japanese comedy drama series that first aired on TBS in 1987. Masakazu Tamura gained new popularity through the drama. Also, three special editions of the drama were produced later. Kagami Ryutarō is a News presenter. He is a playboy, but ...

'' (1987) – Nishio Megumi * ''

Keizoku is a Japanese mystery thriller created first as a TV drama and later as a film. It is about Detective Jun Shibata, who handles unsolved cases with her hardened partner Tōru Mayama. The television series was broadcast in 11 episodes between 8 Ja ...

'' (1999) – Maiko Ōsawa * ''

AIBOU is a Japanese television detective series that first aired on TV Asahi on June 3, 2000. It has been adapted into six films: '' AIBOU: The Movie'' (2008), ''AIBOU: CSI Files'' (2009), '' AIBOU: The Movie II'' (2010), ''AIBOU: X-DAY'' (2013), '' A ...

'' (2003) – Emi Takizawa * ''

Kagerō no Tsuji Inemuri Iwane Edo Zōshi , also spelled Kagerou, is the Japanese word for or , and may refer to: Video games * The Japanese ''Kagero'' video game series (影牢) translated as shadow dungeon, also knowns as the Deception series outside of Japan and Korea. ** '' Kager ...

'' (2007) – Setsu * ''

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'' (2009) – Rina's mother * '' Meitantei no Okite'' (2009) – Masako Aoki * ''

Don Quixote is a Spanish epic novel by Miguel de Cervantes. Originally published in two parts, in 1605 and 1615, its full title is ''The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha'' or, in Spanish, (changing in Part 2 to ). A founding work of Wester ...

'' (2011) – Reiko Okazaki * '' Last Money: Ai no Nedan'' (2011) – Yoriko Yamamoto * ''

Ashita, Mama ga Inai is a 2014 television drama that first aired on Nippon Television (NTV) on January 15, 2014. It follows the stories of ten children living in an orphanage. The drama stars child actresses Mana Ashida and Rio Suzuki, who are noted for their roles ...

'' (2014) – Otsubone's mother * ''

Masshiro is a Japanese soap opera series created by Yumiko Inoue. She wrote the screenplay based on her own experiences of her father being in hospital. Maki Horikita played the lead role as a nurse. It premiered on TBS on 13 January 2015, and concluded 1 ...

'' (2015) – Toshie Hosaka * ''

Toto Neechan is a Japanese television drama series and the 94th asadora on NHK. It premiered on April 4, 2016, and ended on October 1, 2016. The theme song is "Hanataba o Kimi ni" by Hikaru Utada. Plot Tsuneko is the eldest of three daughters of Takezō and ...

'' (2016) – Setsu Kudō * '' Kahogo no Kahoko'' (2017) – Takashi Namiki

References

External links

Official website
1974 births Living people Japanese actresses {{japan-actor-stub