is a Japanese actress, singer and

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Career

Kitano was born in

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, and 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 ''

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''. 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

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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

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and

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. She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress Award at

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in 2014 for her impressive portrayal of a music producer's assistant in "The Tenor Lirico Spinto."

Filmography

Dramas

* '' 14 Sai no Haha'' (2006) * ''Junjo Kirari'' (2006) * ''

'' (2007) * ''

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'' (2008) * ''Nagareboshi'' (2010) * ''You Kame's Cicada'' (2010) * ''Toilet no Kamisama'' (2011) * ''

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'' (2011) * ''Cleopatra Ladies -Eternal Desire for Beauty'' (2012) * '' Gintama Mitsuba Arc'' (2017), Mitsuba * ''Konuka Ame'' (2017), Osumi * ''

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'' (2019)

Movies

* ''Yubisaki kara Sekai wo'' (2006) * ''Kofuku no Shokutaku'' (2007) – starring * ''Speed Master'' (2007) * ''

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'' (2007) –

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(voice-over for

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) * '' 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) * ''

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'' (2013) * ''The Tenor Lirico Spinto'' (2014) * ''I Don't Have Many Friends'' (2014) * ''Teacher And Stray Cat'' (2015) * ''Tap The Last Show'' (2017) * ''Sengoku Girl and Kendō Boy'' (2020) * ''Oshorin'' (TBA)

Photobooks

* ''First Step'' (2007) * (2008)

Promotional videos

* "I Can See Clearly Now" by

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(2005) * "Pink Candy -the movie-" by

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(2007) * by Little (2007) * by

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(2008)

Discography

(All released under

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unless otherwise noted.)

Albums

* (2011-04-13) * ''Can You Hear Me?'' (2012-03-14)

Singles

* (2010-02-24) No. 7, 33,479 copies sold * (2010-08-11) * (2011-03-02) * "Darl:orz" (2012-01-18)

Chakuuta

* (2007.01.27)Yahoo! JAPAN – 北乃きいのプロフィール
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References

External links

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