Mei Nagano

Mei Nagano

Acting

Born:
1999-09-24
Place of birth:
Tokyo, Japan

Biography

Mei Nagano is a Japanese actress. She is known for playing Rinko in the film My Love Story! (2015) as well as Yosano Suzume in the film Daytime Shooting Star (2017). In June 2017, she was announced as the lead for NHK's 98th Asadora, Hanbun, Aoi, due air in April 2018. Nagano was scouted in Kichijouji, Tokyo when she was in her third year of elementary school. She made her acting debut in the 2009 action-adventure film Hard Revenge Milly: Bloody Battle, as a minor character. In 2015, she played the heroine, Rinko Yamato, in the romantic comedy film, My Love Story! In July 2016, she starred in her first lead role in the teen drama, Koe Koi, as high school student Yuiko Yoshioka, who meets a mysterious boy who wears a paper bag over his head. In September, she starred in the Japanese version of the film Gods of Egypt. She provided the voice for the character Zaya. She also appeared in commercials for Calpis Water, Sekisui House, Townwork, UQ Mobile, and Alpen. In 2017, she starred in the romance film, Daytime Shooting Star. Nagano was a regular model for Japanese fashion magazines Nico☆Petite and nicola. In August 2016, she became an exclusive model for Seventeen.

Known For

Filmography

My Crazy Feminist Girlfriend

My Crazy Feminist Girlfriend

2026
Movie
Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist's Journey

Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist's Journey

7.42025Akiko
Movie
News Anchor

News Anchor

7.62025Hana Sakikubo
TV
Brighter Days

Brighter Days

2025Saho Takahashi
Movie
Cells at Work!

Cells at Work!

7.62024Red Blood Cell / AE-3803
Movie
Teasing Master Takagi-san

Teasing Master Takagi-san

7.32024Takagi-san
Movie
The Gift of Your Heart

The Gift of Your Heart

9.22024Ame Aihara
TV
Mom, Is That You?!

Mom, Is That You?!

6.12023Kanzaki Mai
Movie
Burn the House Down

Burn the House Down

7.22023Anzu Murata
TV
Motherhood

Motherhood

7.42022Sayaka
Movie
My Broken Mariko

My Broken Mariko

7.12022Tomoyo Shiino
Movie
Riding a Unicorn

Riding a Unicorn

6.62022Sana Narukawa
TV
And So the Baton Is Passed

And So the Baton Is Passed

6.62021Yuko Morimiya
Movie
Police in a Pod

Police in a Pod

8.22021Mai Kawai
TV
Creator's File: GOLD

Creator's File: GOLD

6.52021
TV
Hell's Garden

Hell's Garden

6.92021Naoko Tanaka
Movie
It's a Flickering Life

It's a Flickering Life

6.42021Yoshiko – Young
Movie
Daddy Is My Classmate

Daddy Is My Classmate

6.72020Sakura Obika
TV
Masked Ward

Masked Ward

6.42020Hitomi Kawasaki
Movie
NiNoKuni

NiNoKuni

6.52019Asha / Kotona (voice)
Movie
Terrace House: Tokyo 2019-2020

Terrace House: Tokyo 2019-2020

6.52019Herself - Commentator
TV
You Shine in the Moonlight

You Shine in the Moonlight

7.42019Mamizu Watarase
Movie
Mr. Hiiragi's Homeroom

Mr. Hiiragi's Homeroom

8.12019Sakura Kayano
TV
Half Blue Sky

Half Blue Sky

7.82018Suzume Nireno
TV
Mixed Doubles

Mixed Doubles

6.62017Airi Ogasawara
Movie
Fugitive Boys

Fugitive Boys

7.92017Renko Aokawa
TV
Peach Girl

Peach Girl

7.12017Sae Kashiwagi
Movie
Teiichi: Battle of Supreme High

Teiichi: Battle of Supreme High

6.92017Mimiko Shiratori
Movie
Parks

Parks

6.62017Haru
Movie
Daytime Shooting Star

Daytime Shooting Star

7.42017Suzume Yosano
Movie
Super Salaryman Mr. Saenai

Super Salaryman Mr. Saenai

6.72017
TV
Voice Love

Voice Love

6.52016Yoshioka Yuiko
TV
Love That Makes You Cry

Love That Makes You Cry

8.12016Remi Funakawa
TV
超限定能力

超限定能力

2015
Movie
My Love Story!!

My Love Story!!

7.42015Rinko Yamato
Movie
Teddy Go!

Teddy Go!

7.02015Amano An
TV
A Stitch of Life

A Stitch of Life

6.02015Mari
Movie
The Man of the Tokyo Olympics

The Man of the Tokyo Olympics

7.02014Grace Miyako Wada [Teenager]
Movie
Platonic

Platonic

6.02014Sari Mochizuki
TV
GACHI-BAN: ULTRA MAX

GACHI-BAN: ULTRA MAX

7.52014
Movie
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins

Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins

7.52012Tsubame Sanjo
Movie
Stand Up! Vanguard

Stand Up! Vanguard

2012
Movie
Zebraman 2: Attack on Zebra City

Zebraman 2: Attack on Zebra City

5.92010Sumire
Movie
Asaichi

Asaichi

2010Herself
TV
Hard Revenge, Milly: Bloody Battle

Hard Revenge, Milly: Bloody Battle

5.82009
Movie
ヒマチの嬢王

ヒマチの嬢王

TV