Mei Nagano
Acting • Born 1999-09-24
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.
Filmography
44 credits
Zebraman 2: Attack on Zebra City
Movie • 2010
Sumire
My Broken Mariko
Movie • 2022
Tomoyo Shiino
Mom, Is That You?!
Movie • 2023
Kanzaki Mai
Motherhood
Movie • 2022
Daughter
GACHI-BAN: ULTRA MAX
Movie • 2014
Teasing Master Takagi-san
Movie • 2024
Takagi-san
My Love Story!!
Movie • 2015
Rinko Yamato
Hard Revenge, Milly: Bloody Battle
Movie • 2009
Cells at Work!
Movie • 2024
Red Blood Cell / AE-3803
The Man of the Tokyo Olympics
Movie • 2014
Grace Miyako Wada [Teenager]
Daytime Shooting Star
Movie • 2017
Suzume Yosano
Parks
Movie • 2017
Haru
Teiichi: Battle of Supreme High
Movie • 2017
Mimiko Shiratori
Peach Girl
Movie • 2017
Sae Kashiwagi
Mixed Doubles
Movie • 2017
Airi Ogasawara
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
Movie • 2012
Tsubame Sanjo
You Shine in the Moonlight
Movie • 2019
Mamizu Watarase
NiNoKuni
Movie • 2019
Asha / Kotona (voice)
Masked Ward
Movie • 2020
Hitomi Kawasaki
It's a Flickering Life
Movie • 2021
Yoshiko – Young
Hell's Garden
Movie • 2021
Naoko Tanaka
A Stitch of Life
Movie • 2015
Mari
And So the Baton Is Passed
Movie • 2021
Yuko Morimiya
Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist's Journey
Movie • 2025
Akiko
Brighter Days
Movie • 2025
Saho Takahashi
Stand Up! Vanguard
Movie • 2012
My Crazy Feminist Girlfriend
Movie
Creator's File: GOLD
TV • 2021
Police in a Pod
TV • 2021
Mai Kawai
Teddy Go!
TV • 2015
Amano An
Love That Makes You Cry
TV • 2016
Remi Funakawa
Fugitive Boys
TV • 2017
Renko Aokawa
Half Blue Sky
TV • 2018
Suzume Nireno
Riding a Unicorn
TV • 2022
Sana Narukawa
Voice Love
TV • 2016
Yoshioka Yuiko
The Gift of Your Heart
TV • 2024
Ame Aihara
Mr. Hiiragi's Homeroom
TV • 2019
Sakura Kayano
Platonic
TV • 2014
Sari Mochizuki
Burn the House Down
TV • 2023
Anzu Murata
Terrace House: Tokyo 2019-2020
TV • 2019
Herself - Commentator
Super Salaryman Mr. Saenai
TV • 2017
Daddy Is My Classmate
TV • 2020
Sakura Obika
Asaichi
TV • 2010
Herself
News Anchor
TV • 2025
Hana Sakikubo